[bug#33764] [PATCH] gnu: z3: Update to 4.8.3 and add python{, 2}-z3 bindings.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Amin Bandali <address@hidden> skribis:

> On 2018-12-17  9:29 AM, Efraim Flashner wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 04:18:16PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

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>>> > +(define-public python2-z3
>>> > +  (package (inherit python-z3)
>>> 
>>> This definition cannot be in python.scm; it must be in the same file as
>>> ‘z3’ or we can get “unbound variable” errors while loading either of
>>> these two modules.
>
> Oh I see.  If we choose to keep it (add it), I’ll move it to maths.scm.
>
>>> Also, as we’re approaching end-of-life upstream for Python 2.x, we now
>>> avoid creating “python2-” packages, unless we cannot avoid it for some
>>> reason.  Do you think we could do without this “python2-z3” package?
>>> 
>>
>> Currently our z3 package builds python2 bindings
>
> What Efraim said.  Since the current z3 provides python2 bindings, I
> thought I would preserve that option by adding a python2-z3 in case
> anyone wants to continue to use the python2 bindings.
>
> I’m Cc’ing Marius who’s one of the recent committers to the z3 package
> definition.  Marius, any thoughts on whether we should keep the python2
> bindings around or do away with them?

Marius, WDYT?

Ludo’.