bug#25746: python-pykka

[Ricardo Wurmus]

ng0 <address@hidden> writes:

>>From 5f04445d95ac22a98eb80038f6e087218f3cf369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: ng0 <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:30:58 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add python-pykka.
>
> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pykka): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/python.scm | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
> index 3e59b5892..875149b74 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
> @@ -2614,6 +2614,32 @@ somewhat intelligeble.")
>  (define-public python2-pyjwt
>    (package-with-python2 python-pyjwt))
>  
> +(define-public python-pykka
> +  (package
> +    (name "python-pykka")
> +    (version "1.2.1")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (pypi-uri "Pykka" version))
> +       (sha256
> +        (base32
> +         "049w3r0mdnnw7xv19jiq7rvls9k7xs73x05b4qs5d6z4vvmgyiz8"))))
> +    (build-system python-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:tests? #f)) ; Testsuite fails for unspecified reasons.

It would be nice to have some more details here and a FIXME, so that
dedicated folks could fix this in the future.

> +    (home-page "https://www.pykka.org/";)
> +    (synopsis "Pykka is a Python implementation of the actor model")
> +    (description
> +     "Pykka is a Python implementation of the actor model.
> +The actor model introduces some simple rules to control the sharing
> +of state and cooperation between execution units, which makes it
> +easier to build concurrent applications.")
> +    (license license:asl2.0)))
> +
> +(define-public python2-pykka
> +  (package-with-python2 python-pykka))
> +

Other than that the patch looks fine to me.  Could you provide a more
detailed explanation about the test failures?  Do all tests fail or just
some?  Any idea why they might fail?  Do they only fail when built by
Guix or also when building outside of a container?

-- 
Ricardo

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