bug#52836: "guix import pypi" fails with "Failed to extract file from wheel" and "no requires.txt file found"

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Mon, 27 Dec 2021 at 22:10, bbb ee <blasforr@gmail.com> wrote:

> ```
> guix import: warning: Failed to extract file:
> PyPortfolioOpt-1.5.1.dist-info/METADATA from wheel.
> guix import: warning: Cannot guess requirements from source archive: no
> requires.txt file found.
> ```

Is it a bug on Guix side or upstream?  Because it seems that upstream
does not provide metadata information, at least, as usually expected.

Well, I have not yet inspected the PyPI package but it seems possible
that it is incorrectly packaged with the Setuptools standard.


> ## additional information
> This user has encountered a similar issue for "guix import pypi httpie"
> https://www.mail-archive.com/bug-guix@gnu.org/msg14277.html
>
> However "guix import pypi httpie" runs for my version of guix.

Well, “guix import pypi httpie” works for me.


Cheers,
simon