gnu: python2: Deprecate "python@2".

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python2-called-python): New variable.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index b41e0c61b8..3907fd66bd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ data types.")
 ;; Current 2.x version.
 (define-public python-2 python-2.7)
 
+(define-public python2-called-python
+  ;; Both 2.x and 3.x used to be called "python".  In commit
+  ;; a7714d42de2c3082f3609d1e63c83d703fb39cf9 (March 2018), we renamed the
+  ;; Python 2.x package to "python2".
+  (package
+    (inherit python-2)
+    (name "python")
+    (properties `((superseded . ,python-2)))))
+
 (define-public python-3.6
   (package (inherit python-2)
     (name "python")