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[PATCH] gnu: wrap-python3: Clarify relationship with wrapped package.

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From: Philip McGrath <philip <at> philipmcgrath.com>
To: 56769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Philip McGrath <philip <at> philipmcgrath.com>
Subject: [bug#56769] [PATCH] gnu: wrap-python3: Clarify relationship with wrapped package.
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:05:10 -0400

The previous description could give the impression that the user faced a
choice between `python` and `python3`, but could not have both at once.
In fact, the packages `python-wrapper` and `python-minimal-wrapper`
already provide both sets of names.

* gnu/packages/python.scm (wrap-python3)[description]: Tweak.
---
 gnu/packages/python.scm | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 4fcee28ba3..c815343d5d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy <at> bioneland.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Greg Hogan <code <at> greghogan.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Philip McGrath <philip <at> philipmcgrath.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -662,10 +663,12 @@ (define* (wrap-python3 python
     (synopsis "Wrapper for the Python 3 commands")
     (description
      "This package provides wrappers for the commands of Python <at> tie{}3.x such
-that they can be invoked under their usual name---e.g., @command{python}
+that they can also be invoked under their usual names---e.g., @command{python}
 instead of @command{python3} or @command{pip} instead of @command{pip3}.
 To function properly, this package should not be installed together with the
-@command{python} package.")))
+@command{python} package: this package uses the @command{python} package as a
+propagated input, so installing this package already makes both the versioned
+and the unversioned commands available.")))
 
 (define-public python-wrapper (wrap-python3 python))
 (define-public python-minimal-wrapper (wrap-python3 python-minimal))

base-commit: 212ca81895b2baa819ea11a308ad21880b84a546
-- 
2.32.0

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