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| author | Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> | 2015-12-27 03:26:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> | 2016-06-14 22:03:22 +0200 |
| commit | 266785d21e9ed3fcbecebea302231cf35e303d66 (patch) | |
| tree | 944e99e1c6da36b629798f8f5ff1851a8c951397 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 4f54a63e1e71bf9a48e66bd4459809b699889620 (diff) | |
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import: pypi: read requirements from wheels.
* doc/guix.tex (Invoking guix import): Mention that the pypi importer
works better with "unzip".
* guix/import/pypi.scm (latest-wheel-release,
wheel-url->extracted-directory): New procedures.
* tests/pypi.scm (("pypi->guix-package, wheels"): New test.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 46d9e77fe6..0a30b52fca 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4545,7 +4545,9 @@ Import metadata from the @uref{https://pypi.python.org/, Python Package Index}@footnote{This functionality requires Guile-JSON to be installed. @xref{Requirements}.}. Information is taken from the JSON-formatted description available at @code{pypi.python.org} and usually includes all -the relevant information, including package dependencies. +the relevant information, including package dependencies. For maximum +efficiency, it is recommended to install the @command{unzip} utility, so +that the importer can unzip Python wheels and gather data from them. The command below imports metadata for the @code{itsdangerous} Python package: |