Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add python-xlrd.

[Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Ben Woodcroft <b.woodcroft@uq.edu.au> skribis:
>
>> On 20/09/15 06:37, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
>>> Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>> +         ;; so use nose to run tests instead for now.
>>>>>> +         (replace 'check (lambda _ (zero? (system* "nosetests")))))))
>>>>>> +    (native-inputs
>>>>>> +     `(("python-setuptools" ,python2-setuptools)
>>>>>> +       ("python-nose" ,python2-nose)))
>>>>> I don't know python packaging but when I look at other packages it
>>>>> seems that these are usually used as “inputs” not
>>>>> “native-inputs”.
>>>> Nose is used for the tests only and setuptools is used at build time, so
>>>> I think it’s fine like this.
>>> Is this a general statement or something specific to this package? If
>>> this is general it seems to be a good idea to make a big commit that
>>> fixes all the python packages which use these dependencies as normal
>>> inputs?  WDYT?
>> If someone were to change things wholesale, it might also be a good
>> idea to change the pypi importer to match.
>>
>> Let me know when you want me to send an updated patch - all your
>> comments look good to me Marthieu.
>
> Mathieu, Ricardo: It seems to me that this patch should go in.  The
> other issues can be discussed separately IMO; WDYT?

Pushed with the changes in 02a8a1876a9facd52fa71e76a5fdab8c97063eca

sorry for the delay. Thanks Ben.

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Mathieu Lirzin