On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 07:15:25PM +1000, Ben Woodcroft wrote: > On 19/04/16 05:07, Leo Famulari wrote: > >> (define-public python2-ipython > >>- (let ((ipython (package-with-python2 python-ipython))) > >>+ (let ((parent (package-with-python2 > >>+ (strip-python2-variant python-ipython)))) > >I prefer to the upstream name (ipython) rather than "parent". Some > >people use "base". I'd rather not introduce a 3rd option ;) > > Fair point. I'd prefer "base" since then copy and paste works better, which > is especially useful if the addition of setuptools as a native input is the > only difference.
Good point! I hadn't thought of that benefit of using 'base'.
