Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add Cython

[Federico Beffa]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Eric Bavier <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> It's not a common need when building packages.  There are a few other
> packages that need an existing, writable $HOME when building or testing.

OK. But if the directory would exist, then the build system would
cover more packages with no extra tweaking required.

> I don't see what prompts this new module.  Leftover from development?

Yes.

> Does package-with-python2 not work here?  You might be able to do::
>
> (define-public cython2
>   (package (inherit (package-with-python2 cython))
>     (name "cython2")))

Yes, that's nicer. Changed.

Thanks for the comments!
Fede

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