[PATCH 0/2] Add pipx package manager for Python applications

This series adds pipx, a tool similar to pip but oriented towards installation

of Python applications rather than libraries, with automatic isolation of

installed packages.

Other distros are now changing pip to recommend using pipx instead[1]. Whether

or not Guix will do the same, it seems like a good idea to at least have pipx

available in the repos.

I was unsure whether python-pipx should go into python-build or

python-xyz. python-pip is declared in the former, python-virtualenv in the

latter. In the end I chose python-xyz.

Tests have been disabled because those of python-userpath rely on `docker pull`

and those of python-pipx rely on application wheels from PyPI. It might be

possible to enable at least some tests of python-pipx by using wheels from

Guix. Rn I did not, however, have time to investigate.

I tested the new package(s) with:

#BEGIN_EXAMPLE

./pre-inst-env guix lint python-userpath python-pipx

guix gc -D /gnu/store/*python-userpath-1.9.0 /gnu/store/*python-pipx-1.2.0

./pre-inst-env guix build python-userpath --rounds=3

./pre-inst-env guix build python-pipx --rounds=3

./pre-inst-env guix shell -C coreutils python-pipx findutils which less bash --network --no-cwd

pipx install pycowsay

pipx ensurepath

bash -l

pycowsay moooo

pipx uninstall pycowsay

#END_EXAMPLE

[1] https://pythonspeed.com/articles/externally-managed-environment-pep-668/

Wojtek Kosior (2):

gnu: Add python-userpath.

gnu: Add python-pipx.

gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 file changed, 77 insertions(+)

base-commit: 76e041f9eef85bb039c5251d3350c62ee2066883

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2.41.0

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gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

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gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)