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authorCyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>2015-12-27 03:26:11 +0100
committerCyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>2016-06-14 22:03:22 +0200
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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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@@ -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: