Hi,

Thank you for the patch.

I've refactored it to utilize #:test-flags instead adjusting 'check phase
and improve it's description by adding more detail from project's README:

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modified   gnu/packages/electronics.scm
@@ -583,18 +583,27 @@ (define-public python-edalize
         (base32 "1gfysk6wj3mxndyzma604i3y2lkfn1im0bdmzxv5rn4x2nyk68sc"))))
     (build-system pyproject-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (replace 'check
-                    (lambda* (#:key tests? inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-                      (when tests?
-                        ;; Skip erroneous tests
-                        (invoke "pytest" "tests" "-vv" "-k"
-                                (string-append "not test_gatemate "
-                                 "and not test_vivado_edif_netlist "
-                                 "and not test_xcelium " "and not test_vcs"))))))))
-    (native-inputs (list python-setuptools python-wheel python-jinja2
-                         python-pytest))
-    (home-page "https:/test_vivado_edif_netlist/github.com/olofk/edalize/")
+     (list
+      #:test-flags
+      #~(list "-k" (string-join
+                    ;; XXX: Tests failing with assertion not equal, find out
+                    ;; why.
+                    (list "not test_gatemate"
+                          "test_gatemate_minimal"
+                          "test_vcs_tool_options"
+                          "test_vcs_no_tool_options"
+                          "test_vcs_minimal"
+                          "test_vivado_edif_netlist"
+                          "test_vivado_edif_netlist_no_link_design"
+                          "test_xcelium")
+                    " and not "))))
+    (native-inputs
+     (list python-pytest
+           python-setuptools
+           python-wheel))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     (list python-jinja2))
+    (home-page "https:/github.com/olofk/edalize/")
     (synopsis "Python Library for interacting with EDA tools")
     (description
      "Edalize can create project files for supported tools and run them in

modified   gnu/packages/electronics.scm
@@ -604,11 +604,16 @@ (define-public python-edalize
            python-wheel))
     (propagated-inputs
      (list python-jinja2))
-    (home-page "https:/github.com/olofk/edalize/")
+    (home-page "https://github.com/olofk/edalize/")
     (synopsis "Python Library for interacting with EDA tools")
     (description
-     "Edalize can create project files for supported tools and run them in
-batch or GUI mode.")
+     "This package implements a functionality to create project files for
+supported tools and run them in batch or GUI mode.  All EDA tools such as
+Icarus, Yosys, ModelSim, Vivado, Verilator, GHDL, Quartus etc get input HDL
+files (Verilog and VHDL) and some tool-specific files (constraint files,memory
+initialization files, IP description files etc).  Together with the files,
+perhaps a couple of Verilog `defines, some top-level parameters/generics or
+some tool-specific options are set.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))0
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Pushed to master as 8335a6d973c64a89f9a951c638a5d087b7bd8b61.

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Oleg