Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add matplotlib.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:

> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>> What happens is that ‘package-with-python2’ automatically generates
>> python2 variants of the dependencies of the package you give it.  So
>> (package-with-python2 python-matplotlib) generates a package with an
>> input that is exactly (package-with-python2 python-numpydoc), hence with
>> #:tests? #t.
>
> Oh, I see.  Wouldn't it be better if, for each input,
> 'pyckage-with-python2' would check if in (gnu packages python) a
> variable with prefix 'python2-' is defined and, in case it is, use
> that variable instead of constructing new package?

No, I think this is not desirable.  Variable names are for us humans,
and programs shouldn’t try to guess what’s meant by browsing module name
spaces.

Thanks,
Ludo’.