diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm index ea1093cf5e..6f9a557c36 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/python.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm @@ -14018,3 +14018,30 @@ scalable way of keeping track of data together with learned annotations and reduces the code overhead typically encountered when using a mostly object-oriented library such as @code{scikit-learn}.") (license license:bsd-3))) + +(define-public python-dill + (package + (name "python-dill") + (version "0.2.8.2") + (source + (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (pypi-uri "dill" version)) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1cymzn9fxwdy33h21zkk4gqgzvd25110hh3zdqnvnwa3p52c4kb2")))) + (build-system python-build-system) + ;; FIXME: The check phase fails with "don't know how to make test". + (arguments '(#:tests? #f)) + (home-page "https://pypi.org/project/dill") + (synopsis "Serialize all of Python") + (description "Dill extends Python's @code{pickle} module for serializing +and de-serializing Python objects to the majority of the built-in Python +types. Dill provides the user the same interface as the @code{pickle} module, +and also includes some additional features. In addition to pickling Python +objects, @code{dill} provides the ability to save the state of an interpreter +session in a single command. Hence, it would be feasable to save a +interpreter session, close the interpreter, ship the pickled file to another +computer, open a new interpreter, unpickle the session and thus continue from +the saved state of the original interpreter session.") + (license license:bsd-3)))