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Guix-Past: update python2-mmtk

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>
To: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
Cc: 61605-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#61605] Guix-Past: update python2-mmtk
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:48:45 +0100

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr> writes:
>
>>> Subject: [PATCH] past: Update python2-mmtk.
>>>
>>> * modules/past/packages/python27.scm (python2-mmtk): Update to 2.7.13
>>
>> Updating the past, how weird.  :-)
>
> Quoting Nicolas Rougier: the nice aspect of Python 2 being out of
> maintenance is that we now have a performant language for scientific
> computing that is guaranteed not to change any more :-)
>
> Maybe we should rename guix-past to guix-slow-science, or guix-long-now
> (in reference to the Long Now Foundation)?

Heh, though there are things in Guix-Past that have little to do with
“slow science”.

Ludo’.

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