Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add python-pyqi.

[Leo Famulari]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 10:27:39PM +1000, Ben Woodcroft wrote:
> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pyqi, python2-pyqi): New variables.

Thanks for the patches!

> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       ;; Use GitHub as source because PyPI archive does not contain tests.
> +       (uri (string-append "https://github.com/biocore/pyqi/archive/";
> +                           version ".tar.gz"))

I've had some success asking upstream authors to start releasing their
test suites on PyPi. YMMV. This is not a "blocker".

> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:phases
> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
> +         (add-before 'build 'remove-version-requirement
> +           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +             (substitute* "setup.py"
> +               (("if ver not in \\['2.7', '3.3'\\]:")
> +                (string-append
> +                 "if ver not in ['2.7', '3.3', '"
> +                 (string-take (string-take-right
> +                               (assoc-ref inputs "python") 5) 3)
> +                 "']:")))))

I assume everything works with this change :)

> +    (home-page "http://bipy.github.io/pyqi";)

This is what PyPi calls the home page, but I get 404. Did it work for
you, meaning I am experiencing a transient error? Or should we use
something else?