Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@goebel-consult.de> skribis:

>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:54:03AM +1000, Ben Woodcroft wrote:
>>>  (define-public python2-ipython
>>> -  (let ((ipython (package-with-python2 python-ipython)))
>>> +  (let ((parent (package-with-python2
>>> +                 (strip-python2-variant python-ipython))))
>
> I wonder why this "strip-python2-variant" is not integrated into
> package-with-python2?
>
> Having it separately IMHO is of no use, it just adds additional code to
> be copy&pasted.

You’re right, we can eventually apply this patch: