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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/mail.scm | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm index 99af84519e..bec3bc5ad6 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm @@ -408,7 +408,9 @@ attachments, create new maildirs, and so on.") (version "0.3.7") (source (origin (method url-fetch) - ; v0.3.7 not on PyPi yet, so use github instead + ;; package author intends on distributing via github rather + ;; than pypi: + ;; https://github.com/pazz/alot/issues/877#issuecomment-230173331 (uri (string-append "https://github.com/pazz/alot/archive/" version ".tar.gz")) (file-name (string-append "alot-" version ".tar.gz")) @@ -418,8 +420,8 @@ attachments, create new maildirs, and so on.") (build-system python-build-system) (arguments `(#:tests? #f ; no tests - ; python 3 is unsupported, more info: - ; https://github.com/pazz/alot/blob/0.3.7/docs/source/faq.rst + ;; python 3 is unsupported, more info: + ;; https://github.com/pazz/alot/blob/0.3.7/docs/source/faq.rst #:python ,python-2)) (inputs `(("python2-magic" ,python2-magic) |