ephem: init at 3.7.6.0 (#29710)

* ephem: init at 3.7.6.0

Compute positions of the planets and stars

* Update default.nix

* python.pkgs.ephem: enable tests for python2 at least

pkgs/development/python-modules/ephem/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
+, glibcLocales, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ephem";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  version = "3.7.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "7a4c82b1def2893e02aec0394f108d24adb17bd7b0ca6f4bc78eb7120c0212ac";
+  };
+
+  patchFlags = "-p0";
+  checkInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales ];
+  # JPLTest uses assets not distributed in package
+  checkPhase = ''
+    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" py.test --pyargs ephem.tests -k "not JPLTest"
+  '';
+
+  # Unfortunately, the tests are broken for Python 3 in 3.7.6.0. They have been
+  # fixed in https://github.com/brandon-rhodes/pyephem/commit/c8633854e2d251a198b0f701d0528b508baa2411
+  # but there has not been a new release since then.
+  doCheck = !isPy3k;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Compute positions of the planets and stars";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ephem/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chrisrosset ];
+  };
+}