Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:

> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-xopen, python2-xopen): New variables.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/python.scm | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
> index 789e199..70c5aed 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
> @@ -11929,3 +11929,29 @@ network.")
>  
>  (define-public python2-argcomplete
>    (package-with-python2 python-argcomplete))
> +
> +(define-public python-xopen
> +  (package
> +    (name "python-xopen")
> +    (version "0.1.1")
> +    (source
> +      (origin
> +        (method url-fetch)
> +        (uri (string-append "https://github.com/marcelm/xopen/archive/v"
> +                            version ".tar.gz"))

Why not use 'pypi-uri' here? Otherwise LGTM.

> +        (sha256
> +          (base32
> +           "1dp0fg56fk5kiz9n1h82b6bf9vf15p4c79bvidlbgvsx3jqqaa39"))
> +        (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))))
> +    (build-system python-build-system)
> +    (home-page "https://github.com/marcelm/xopen/")
> +    (synopsis "Open compressed files transparently")
> +    (description "This module provides an @code{xopen} function that works like
> +Python's built-in @code{open} function, but can also deal with compressed files.
> +Supported compression formats are gzip, bzip2 and, xz, and are automatically
> +recognized by their file extensions.  The focus is on being as efficient as
> +possible on all supported Python versions.")
> +    (license license:expat)))
> +
> +(define-public python2-xopen
> +  (package-with-python2 python-xopen))
> -- 
> 2.9.3