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+# Python 2 is Not Supported
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+Packages, applications, and services based on Python 2 are no longer supported and are being removed. If you require a Python 2 based package, you can include that package in your own local repository.
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+Some packages may continue to be maintained for internal use by nixpkgs, but they should not be used by new public packages.
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+For more details, see [Issue #201859](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/201859).