Re: [PATCH 00/14] Change python-build-system (fixes bug 20765)

[Marius Bakke]

Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 28.09.2016 um 17:54 schrieb Marius Bakke:
>> Or push a branch somewhere?
>
> Branch is now available at 
> <https://gitlab.com/htgoebel/guix/tree/python-build-system>

Thanks a lot for doing this!

After adding a couple of patches I'm able to build many python packages.
Patch #2 mostly emulates NixOS "shim" setup.py[0], required for packages
using distutils instead of setuptools.

Some packages really don't like the new configure flags however (scons).
Perhaps we should have them as default, but if #:configure-flags is set,
let them be overridden?

Also some packages are missing a dependency on "python-py"[1].

Perhaps we can set up a Hydra channel to deal with the fallout?

Cheers,
Marius

0: 
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/run_setup.py

1: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py/1.4.31

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