vowpalwabbit: init at 8.3.2

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diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vowpalwabbit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vowpalwabbit/default.nix
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+{ fetchurl, boost, zlib, clang, ncurses, pythonPackages, lib }:
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "vowpalwabbit-${version}";
+    version = "8.3.2";
+
+    src = fetchurl{
+      url = "mirror://pypi/v/vowpalwabbit/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0qm8rlrs2gfgamqnpx4lapxakpzgh0yh3kp1lbd7lhb0r748m3k7";
+    };
+    # vw tries to write some explicit things to home
+    # python installed: The directory '/homeless-shelter/.cache/pip/http'
+    preInstall = ''
+      export HOME=$PWD
+    '';
+
+    buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ boost.dev zlib.dev clang ncurses pytest docutils pygments ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ numpy scipy scikitlearn ];
+
+    checkPhase = ''
+      # check-manifest requires a git clone, not a tarball
+      # check-manifest --ignore "Makefile,PACKAGE.rst,*.cc,tox.ini,tests*,examples*,src*"
+      python setup.py check -mrs
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Vowpal Wabbit is a fast machine learning library for online learning, and this is the python wrapper for the project.";
+      homepage    = https://github.com/JohnLangford/vowpal_wabbit;
+      license     = licenses.bsd3;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ teh ];
+    };
+
+}