# HG changeset patch
# User Arne Babenhauserheide <address@hidden>
# Date 1380634471 -7200
#      Tue Oct 01 15:34:31 2013 +0200
# Node ID d190622d428db9728e41abaa4ba63d40c06e943a
# Parent  a34f735e8b79e33072e37f2d1a8a750b0fb24a40
gnu: Add mercurial.

* gnu/packages/version-control.scm (mercurial): New variable.

diff --git a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
--- a/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/version-control.scm
@@ -180,6 +180,32 @@
    (license gpl2)
    (home-page "http://git-scm.com/")))
 
+
+(define-public mercurial
+  (package
+    (name "mercurial")
+    (version "2.7.1")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/mercurial-" 
+                          version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "121m8f7vmipmdg00cnzdz2rjkgydh28mwfirqkrbs5fv089vywl4"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:python ,python-2)) ; Restrict to python2, as python 3 would require
+                            ; the argument --c2to3
+    (home-page "http://mercurial.selenic.com")
+    (synopsis "Decentralized version control system")
+    (description
+     "Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool.
+It efficiently handles projects of any size
+and offers an easy and intuitive interface.")
+    (license gpl2+)))
+
+
 (define-public subversion
   (package
     (name "subversion")