[bug#38824] [PATCH] gnu: mercurial: Update to 5.2.1.

[Brett Gilio]

Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear Guix,
>
> It looks like we can straightforwardly update to Mercurial 5.2.1, and in the
> process move away from python-2 for this package.
>
> Attached is a patch to do so.
>
> Kind regards,
> Roel Janssen
>
> From 3f1d92acf8ddae31379ac52cb7f3aac039c218fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Roel Janssen <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 22:03:16 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: mercurial: Update to 5.2.1.
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> From 5.1.x Python 3 support is “in beta”
> (see <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/UpgradeNotes#A5.1>).
>
> * gnu/packages/version-control.scm (mercurial): Update to 5.2.1.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm 
> b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> index d354a807a3..6d5a05b1b2 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
> @@ -1230,20 +1230,17 @@ control to Git repositories.")
>  (define-public mercurial
>    (package
>      (name "mercurial")
> -    (version "5.0.2")
> +    (version "5.2.1")
>      (source (origin
>               (method url-fetch)
>               (uri (string-append "https://www.mercurial-scm.org/";
>                                   "release/mercurial-" version ".tar.gz"))
>               (sha256
>                (base32
> -               "1y60hfc8gh4ha9sw650qs7hndqmvbn0qxpmqwpn4q18z5xwm1f19"))))
> +               "1pxkd37b0a1mi2zakk1hi122lgz1ffy2fxdnbs8acwlqpw55bc8q"))))
>      (build-system python-build-system)
>      (arguments
> -     `(;; Restrict to Python 2, as Python 3 would require
> -       ;; the argument --c2to3.
> -       #:python ,python-2
> -       ;; FIXME: Disabled tests because they require the nose unit
> +     `(;; FIXME: Disabled tests because they require the nose unit
>         ;; testing framework: https://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ .
>         #:tests? #f))
>      (home-page "https://www.mercurial-scm.org/";)

Thanks for the submission. We do have a python-nose package. Is this
different from the nose unit mentioned in the rationale for disabling
the tests?

-- 
Brett M. Gilio
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