python39Packages are not serchable on search.nixos.org , but actually available

sirphobos · July 8, 2023, 6:54pm

was python39 deprecated already? all things in python39Packages are still available, but i catton find it in search (NixOS Search)

figsoda · July 8, 2023, 7:27pm

It is not searchable because it is not recursed into, this happened in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/208232

github.com

NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/b685a4a245ef52613632164a10cb4d84d64ae340/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L17564


      
          };
          
          
pythonInterpreters = callPackage ./../development/interpreters/python { };
          inherit (pythonInterpreters) python27 python38 python39 python310 python311 python312 python3Minimal pypy27 pypy39 pypy38 pypy37 rustpython;
          
          
# List of extensions with overrides to apply to all Python package sets.
          pythonPackagesExtensions = [ ];
          # Python package sets.
          python27Packages = python27.pkgs;
          python38Packages = python38.pkgs;
          python39Packages = python39.pkgs;
          python310Packages = recurseIntoAttrs python310.pkgs;
          python311Packages = recurseIntoAttrs python311.pkgs;
          python312Packages = python312.pkgs;
          pypyPackages = pypy.pkgs;
          pypy2Packages = pypy2.pkgs;
          pypy27Packages = pypy27.pkgs;
          pypy3Packages = pypy3.pkgs;
          pypy37Packages = pypy37.pkgs;
          pypy38Packages = pypy38.pkgs;
          pypy39Packages = pypy39.pkgs;

sirphobos · July 8, 2023, 7:41pm

was it intentional? or was it a mistake?

if intentional - i’m interested in the reason. seems like a harsh way to deprecate it this way

fabianh · July 8, 2023, 7:47pm

afaik only the last 2 stable releases are recursed into due to resource constraints.

figsoda · July 8, 2023, 8:35pm

It is intentional. I think the intention is to start supporting python 3.9 more passively in 23.05

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