Re: [PATCH] gnu: add xlsx2csv.

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Catonano writes:

> I would say
>
>> "Xlsx2csv is a program to convert xlsx
>> format files into plaintext @dfn{comma separated values} (CSV)
>> files.  It was designed to be fast and to handle large files."
>
> In this way they could search on tne internet the meaning of xlsx and csv and 
> know
> exactly what ths package is about.

Find new patch attached, hope this is OK.  If not, please modify to your
liking.  I took some inspiration from our libreoffice.scm package
description.

Greeting,
Jan

>From f5ae32ba44a91fe99889ea3770ca7733dc051edd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:46:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add xlsx2csv.

* gnu/packages/xml.scm (xlsx2csv): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/xml.scm | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index e97a0b0..7f673db 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Raimon Grau <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <address@hidden>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -741,3 +742,35 @@ used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML 
documents.  XPath is used to
 match and extract data, and elements can be added, deleted or modified using
 XSLT and EXSLT.")
    (license license:x11)))
+
+(define-public xlsx2csv
+  (package
+    (name "xlsx2csv")
+    (version "0.7.2")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append
+                   "https://github.com/dilshod/";
+                   name "/archive/release/" version ".tar.gz"))
+             (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "1gpn6kaa7l1ai8c9zx2j3acf04bvxq79pni8jjfjrk01smjbyyql"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:python ,python-2
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'check
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "test/run"
+               ;; Run tests with `python' only
+               (("^(PYTHON_VERSIONS = ).*" all m) (string-append m "['']")))
+             (zero? (system* "test/run")))))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/dilshod/xlsx2csv";)
+    (synopsis "xlsx to csv converter")
+    (description
+     "Xlsx2csv is a program to convert Microsoft Excel 2007 XML (XLSX) format
+spreadsheets into plaintext @dfn{comma separated values} (CSV) files.  It is
+designed to be fast and to handle large input files.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))
-- 
2.9.2


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