From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: Should python-build-system packages have native-inputs? Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:11:59 -0400 Message-ID: <871seyym1s.fsf@netris.org> References: <874ljv7rk0.fsf@gmail.com> <9766df40-5e91-577e-d2ed-195a1d8569fd@crazy-compilers.com> <87muxn63p9.fsf@gmail.com> <0e4db36b-cc7b-588b-1f37-bc5ce5bae2ab@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42078) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpsh-0001AF-5P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:13:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpse-0007TR-0c for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:12:59 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([64.112.178.59]:52244) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCpsd-0007TN-TY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:12:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0e4db36b-cc7b-588b-1f37-bc5ce5bae2ab@crazy-compilers.com> (Hartmut Goebel's message of "Sat, 28 Apr 2018 13:25:11 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Hartmut Goebel Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hartmut Goebel writes: > Am 28.04.2018 um 12:11 schrieb Chris Marusich: > >> Because the python-build-system never cross-compiles, > > This is an implementation detail which might might change. And if we > remove all inputs now, we need to add again them later. This is a lot of > work, I know since I've cleaned this up for all Python modules. IMHO > it's not a good idea for drop this knowledge from the code. I agree. Mark