[Nix-dev] Re: python-wrapper or similar

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> writes:

> Generally speaking, the state of Python in Nix is poor. We need a way to
> compute PYTHONPATH properly, like ghc-wrapper does for GHC, but so far no-one
> has volunteered to do it.

More precisely, the state of Python libraries in user environments is
poor.

Python applications in user environments (e.g., Tahoe-LAFS, BuildBot)
work well.

Within Nix builds Python’s setup hook along with ‘buildPythonPackage’ do
the right thing, too.

Thanks,
Ludo’.