[PATCH] gnu: python-debug: Improve description and synopsis.

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  • jgart
  • Maxim Cournoyer
  • Maxime Devos
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(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)(name . jgart)(address . jgart@dismail.de)
20220626220938.12896-1-jgart@dismail.de
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-debug): Improve description and
synopsis.
[synopsis]: Improve synopsis.
[description]: Improve description.
---
gnu/packages/python.scm | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index ad475d8acc..6611e13096 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -617,10 +617,11 @@ (define-public python-debug
((#:configure-flags flags '())
`(cons "--with-pydebug" ,flags))))
(synopsis
- "High-level, dynamically-typed programming language (for debugging)")
+ "Python with the debug hooks enabled")
(description
- "This variant of Python provides an interpreter built with
-@code{--with-pydebug} to help develop and debug extensions. See
+"This variant of Python provides an interpreter
+built with the @code{--with-pydebug} flag, enabling
+debug hooks for development or testing purposes. See
@url{https://pythonextensionpatterns.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debugging/debug.html},
for more information.")))
--
2.36.1
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M
Maxime Devos wrote on 27 Jun 2022 00:40
19be37371b7a8e551cad80d45aa839e811f9c542.camel@telenet.be
jgart via Guix-patches via schreef op zo 26-06-2022 om 17:09 [-0500]:
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>      (synopsis
> -     "High-level, dynamically-typed programming language (for debugging)")
> +     "Python with the debug hooks enabled")
>      (description
> -     "This variant of Python provides an interpreter built with
> -@code{--with-pydebug} to help develop and debug extensions.  See
> +"This variant of Python provides an interpreter
> +built with the @code{--with-pydebug} flag, enabling
> +debug hooks for development or testing purposes.  See
>  @url{https://pythonextensionpatterns.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debugging/debug.html},
>  for more information.")))

I can't tell whether the old or new description is better but the new
synopsis seems better to me (more to the point and descriptive -- you
can do debugging in the regular python too!). Maybe it would be even
better to make clear in the description that you can also do debugging
with the _regular_ python package?

Greetings,
Maxime.
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M
Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 16 Jul 2022 05:54
Re: bug#56243: [PATCH] gnu: python-debug: Improve description and synopsis.
(name . Maxime Devos)(address . maximedevos@telenet.be)
87ilnxr9u6.fsf_-_@gmail.com
Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:

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> jgart via Guix-patches via schreef op zo 26-06-2022 om 17:09 [-0500]:
>>      (synopsis
>> -     "High-level, dynamically-typed programming language (for debugging)")
>> +     "Python with the debug hooks enabled")
>>      (description
>> -     "This variant of Python provides an interpreter built with
>> -@code{--with-pydebug} to help develop and debug extensions.  See
>> +"This variant of Python provides an interpreter
>> +built with the @code{--with-pydebug} flag, enabling
>> +debug hooks for development or testing purposes.  See
>>  @url{https://pythonextensionpatterns.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debugging/debug.html},
>>  for more information.")))
>
> I can't tell whether the old or new description is better but the new
> synopsis seems better to me (more to the point and descriptive -- you
> can do debugging in the regular python too!). Maybe it would be even
> better to make clear in the description that you can also do debugging
> with the _regular_ python package?

I pushed the improved synopsis, but also had doubts about the
description change, so left it out in
15943fa75788edb8d9ed1c3d8d320f50d21e4baa.

Closing.

Thanks,

Maxim
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J
(name . Maxim Cournoyer)(address . maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com)
20220715230425.GB1120@gac
On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 23:54:25 -0400 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I pushed the improved synopsis, but also had doubts about the
> description change, so left it out in
> 15943fa75788edb8d9ed1c3d8d320f50d21e4baa.

Hi Maxim,

Sorry I couldn't get to it in time but thanks for working on it.

all best,

jgart
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