@@ -16899,3 +16899,38 @@ always possible to declare a command with the highest possible (and least
flexible) layer and then tune the behaviour with any of the lower layers
including the native API of @code{python-argparse}.")
(license license:lgpl3+))))
+
+(define-public python-ppft
+ (package
+ (name "python-ppft")
+ (version "1.6.6.1")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (pypi-uri "ppft" version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1z1invkhszc5d2mvgr221v7cszzifcc77mz0pv3wjp6x5q2768cy"))))
+ (build-system python-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ `(#:phases
+ (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (replace 'check
+ (lambda _
+ (with-directory-excursion "/tmp"
+ (invoke "nosetests" "-v"))
+ #t)))))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("python-nose" ,python-nose)))
+ (propagated-inputs
+ `(("python-six" ,python-six)))
+ (home-page "https://pypi.org/project/ppft/")
+ (synopsis "Fork of Parallel Python")
+ (description
+ "This package phython-ppft is a fork of Parallel Python, and is developed
+as part of python-pathos. Parallel Python module (pp) provides an easy and
+efficient way to create parallel-enabled applications for SMP (symmetric
+multiprocessing) computers and clusters. pp module features cross-platform
+portability and dynamic load balancing.")
+ ;; looks like bsd-3 https://github.com/uqfoundation/ppft/blob/master/LICENSE
+ (license license:bsd-3)))