diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg/package.py
index de08f9b889f..9ff65ef5aeb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg/package.py
@@ -7,17 +7,15 @@
 
 
 class PyAzureMgmtDatalakeNspkg(PythonPackage):
-    # BEGIN VERSIONS [WHEEL ONLY]
+    """Microsoft Azure Data Lake Management Namespace Package."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python"
+
     version(
         "3.0.1",
         sha256="2ac6fa13c55b87112199c5fb03a3098cefebed5f44ac34ab3d39b399951b22c4",
         url="https://pypi.org/packages/48/3d/c65a520d93448923a96784582a0deafaae096cb37b444ae5d63b57f0562d/azure_mgmt_datalake_nspkg-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     )
-    # END VERSIONS
 
-    # BEGIN VARIANTS
-    # END VARIANTS
-    # BEGIN DEPENDENCIES
     with default_args(type=("build", "run")):
         depends_on("py-azure-mgmt-nspkg@3:", when="@3:")
-    # END DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azureml-sdk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azureml-sdk/package.py
index 9183020c06e..a488c1e97a7 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azureml-sdk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-azureml-sdk/package.py
@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@ class PyAzuremlSdk(PythonPackage):
         depends_on("py-azureml-pipeline@1.23", when="@1.23")
         depends_on("py-azureml-train@1.23", when="@1.23")
         depends_on("py-azureml-train-automl-client@1.23", when="@1.23")
+
+    # <<< manual changes
+    # https://github.com/Azure/MachineLearningNotebooks/issues/1285#issuecomment-1215799814
+    depends_on("python@:3.8", type=("build", "run"), when="@:1.44")
+    # manual changes >>>
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools-rust/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools-rust/package.py
index 4558981f5c1..cb192442b58 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools-rust/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools-rust/package.py
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ class PySetuptoolsRust(PythonPackage):
         depends_on("py-setuptools@46.1:", when="@0.12:1.2")
         depends_on("py-toml@0.9:", when="@:0")
         depends_on("py-typing-extensions@3.7.4.3:", when="@1:1.7")
+
+    # <<< manual changes
+    depends_on("rust", type="run")
+    # manual changes >>>