Re: [PATCH] IPython: Use 'python2-variant'.

[Leo Famulari]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 07:15:25PM +1000, Ben Woodcroft wrote:
> On 19/04/16 05:07, Leo Famulari wrote:
> >>  (define-public python2-ipython
> >>-  (let ((ipython (package-with-python2 python-ipython)))
> >>+  (let ((parent (package-with-python2
> >>+                 (strip-python2-variant python-ipython))))
> >I prefer to the upstream name (ipython) rather than "parent". Some
> >people use "base". I'd rather not introduce a 3rd option ;)
> 
> Fair point. I'd prefer "base" since then copy and paste works better, which
> is especially useful if the addition of setuptools as a native input is the
> only difference.

Good point! I hadn't thought of that benefit of using 'base'.