* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-ipython-genutils)[description]: Add
deprecation note.
---
gnu/packages/python.scm | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 67022d2..66c297c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -4536,7 +4536,12 @@ standard library.")
(home-page "http://ipython.org";)
(synopsis "Vestigial utilities from IPython")
(description
- "This package provides retired utilities from IPython.")
+ "This package provides retired utilities from IPython. No packages
outside IPython/Jupyter should depend on it.
+
+This package shouldn't exist. It contains some common utilities shared by
+Jupyter and IPython projects during The Big Split. As soon as possible, those
+packages will remove their dependency on this, and this package will go
+away.")
(license license:bsd-3)))
(define-public python2-ipython-genutils
--
2.7.4
