When I search for a deprecated package, I get both the deprecated package and the new one. That is quite confusing and I can't decide which one to take. For example:
$ guix package -s geiser name: geiser-next version: 0.9 outputs: out systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux armhf-linux aarch64-linux mips64el-linux dependencies: emacs-minimal-25.3 guile-2.0.14 location: guix/packages.scm:335:2 homepage: https://nongnu.org/geiser/ license: Modified BSD synopsis: Collection of Emacs modes for Guile and Racket hacking description: [..] relevance: 6 name: geiser version: 0.9 outputs: out systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux armhf-linux aarch64-linux mips64el-linux dependencies: emacs-minimal-25.3 guile-2.0.14 location: gnu/packages/emacs.scm:314:2 homepage: https://nongnu.org/geiser/ license: Modified BSD synopsis: Collection of Emacs modes for Guile and Racket hacking description: [..] relevance: 6 Here I get two exactly same results, besides the package name and the source code line number. I have to look into the package sources to find out which of the two is the not-deprecated one. As a user, I would like to see only the new package mentioned. Maybe some users also want a short note like: "geiser formerly known as geiser-new." Technical background: `deprecated-package` is defined in `guix/packages.scm`: ``` (define (deprecated-package old-name p) "Return a package called OLD-NAME and marked as superseded by P, a package object." (package (inherit p) (name old-name) (properties `((superseded . ,p))))) ``` That means the `guix package -s` should somehow make use of the `superseeded` property. Björn