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From: Bengt Richter <bokr@bokr.com>
Subject: Re: Python 2 end-of-life?
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:42:39 -0800
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To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>

Hi zimoun,

On +2019-11-29 12:41:43 +0100, zimoun wrote:
> Hi Bengt,
> 
[...]
> 
> > > > That's yet another question: could we patch the upstream code to replace
> > > > Python by something else that's more convenient for Guix. That may
> > > > actually be a worthwhile approach to reduce software bloat in Guix,
> > > > but it also shifts some of the maintenance burden from upstream to Guix.
> > >
> > > It does not appear to me a reasonable approach.
> >
> > If it could be an automated patch substitution of a pure guix function that
> > will pass the same well-designed test suite as the python function it replaces,
> > then I think it is entirely reasonable. We are not asking upstream to do anything,
> > other than providing a well-designed test suite that will serve themselves well.
> 
> Please show me the code and I will change my mind about the
> "reasonable approach". :-)
> 
> And what do we win? More reproducibility? More bootstrappability?
>

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/C._A._R._Hoare#The_Emperor's_Old_Clothes

The first quote in particular ;-)

> 
> All the best,
> simon

-- 
Regards,
Bengt Richter