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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a3eba5811e..2691e24faf 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -13579,7 +13579,6 @@ for instance, the module python-dateutil is packaged under the names starts with @code{py} (e.g. @code{pytz}), we keep it and prefix it as described above. - @subsubsection Specifying Dependencies @cindex inputs, for Python packages @@ -13596,6 +13595,11 @@ following check list to determine which dependency goes where. @itemize @item +We currently package Python 2 with @code{setuptools} and @code{pip} +installed like Python 3.4 has per default. Thus you don't need to +specify either of these as an input. + +@item Python dependencies required at run time go into @code{propagated-inputs}. They are typically defined with the @code{install_requires} keyword in @file{setup.py}, or in the @@ -13609,8 +13613,7 @@ testing---e.g., those in @code{tests_require}---go into propagated because they are not needed at run time, and (2) in a cross-compilation context, it's the ``native'' input that we'd want. -Examples are @code{setuptools}, which is usually needed only at build -time, or the @code{pytest}, @code{mock}, and @code{nose} test +Examples are the @code{pytest}, @code{mock}, and @code{nose} test frameworks. Of course if any of these packages is also required at run-time, it needs to go to @code{propagated-inputs}. |