* [bug#56769] [PATCH] gnu: wrap-python3: Clarify relationship with wrapped package.
@ 2022-07-25 20:05 Philip McGrath
2022-08-09 14:58 ` bug#56769: " Ludovic Courtès
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From: Philip McGrath @ 2022-07-25 20:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 56769; +Cc: Philip McGrath
The previous description could give the impression that the user faced a
choice between `python` and `python3`, but could not have both at once.
In fact, the packages `python-wrapper` and `python-minimal-wrapper`
already provide both sets of names.
* gnu/packages/python.scm (wrap-python3)[description]: Tweak.
---
gnu/packages/python.scm | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 4fcee28ba3..c815343d5d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2019 Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy@bioneland.org>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Greg Hogan <code@greghogan.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Philip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -662,10 +663,12 @@ (define* (wrap-python3 python
(synopsis "Wrapper for the Python 3 commands")
(description
"This package provides wrappers for the commands of Python@tie{}3.x such
-that they can be invoked under their usual name---e.g., @command{python}
+that they can also be invoked under their usual names---e.g., @command{python}
instead of @command{python3} or @command{pip} instead of @command{pip3}.
To function properly, this package should not be installed together with the
-@command{python} package.")))
+@command{python} package: this package uses the @command{python} package as a
+propagated input, so installing this package already makes both the versioned
+and the unversioned commands available.")))
(define-public python-wrapper (wrap-python3 python))
(define-public python-minimal-wrapper (wrap-python3 python-minimal))
base-commit: 212ca81895b2baa819ea11a308ad21880b84a546
--
2.32.0
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* bug#56769: [PATCH] gnu: wrap-python3: Clarify relationship with wrapped package.
2022-07-25 20:05 [bug#56769] [PATCH] gnu: wrap-python3: Clarify relationship with wrapped package Philip McGrath
@ 2022-08-09 14:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2022-08-09 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Philip McGrath; +Cc: 56769-done
Hi,
Philip McGrath <philip@philipmcgrath.com> skribis:
> The previous description could give the impression that the user faced a
> choice between `python` and `python3`, but could not have both at once.
> In fact, the packages `python-wrapper` and `python-minimal-wrapper`
> already provide both sets of names.
>
> * gnu/packages/python.scm (wrap-python3)[description]: Tweak.
Applied!
> +@command{python} package: this package uses the @command{python} package as a
> +propagated input, so installing this package already makes both the versioned
> +and the unversioned commands available.")))
Change @command to @code above.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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