Subject: [bug#38840] [PATCH] update python-py3status 3.21 to python-xyz.scm

From: Christopher Baines <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:19:18 +0000

Marius Bakke <[email-masked]> writes:

> [email-masked] writes:
>
>> From c759d206188cbabb17198614247dbbeb9d4803bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Grillon <[email-masked]>
>> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:25:55 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: python-py3status: Update file dependency
>>
>> * gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-py3status): Update file as
>> propagated dependecy
>
> Thanks!  Do you know how "file" is used for py3status?  Ideally we would
> patch all invokations of "file" so that it uses the absolute file name,
> instead of propagating it, along these lines:
>
>   (substitute* "foo.py"
>     (("'file'") (string-append "'" (which "file") "'")))
>
> Can you see if such an approach is feasible for python-py3status?

It's been a few months, is this patch still relevant?

Thanks,

Chris