Subject: Re: [bug#39367] [PATCH] gnu: Add anki.

From: Nicolas Goaziou <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:18:18 +0100

Hello,

"Robert Smith" <[email-masked]> writes:

> Since Anki uses python at run time, is the proper action to wrap the
> executable with the desired pythonpath, or to declare python as a
> propagated input? Propagating python sounds simpler, but would likely be
> inconvienent for users who need custom python versions. I'll look into
> wrapping PYTHONPATH and I will resubmit.

As a rule of thumb, with a few exceptions—notably in
emacs-build-system—, propagated-inputs should ideally be used as a last
resort, when nothing else works.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou