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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2023-04-11 12:40:14 +0200
committerEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2023-04-11 12:40:56 +0200
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Release notes
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in1
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.15.md58
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md56
3 files changed, 59 insertions, 56 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in
index 5bf274550..f783d5908 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in
+++ b/doc/manual/src/SUMMARY.md.in
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
- [CLI guideline](contributing/cli-guideline.md)
- [Release Notes](release-notes/release-notes.md)
- [Release X.Y (202?-??-??)](release-notes/rl-next.md)
+ - [Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)](release-notes/rl-2.15.md)
- [Release 2.14 (2023-02-28)](release-notes/rl-2.14.md)
- [Release 2.13 (2023-01-17)](release-notes/rl-2.13.md)
- [Release 2.12 (2022-12-06)](release-notes/rl-2.12.md)
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.15.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.15.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..133121999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.15.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Release 2.15 (2023-04-11)
+
+* Commands which take installables on the command line can now read them from the standard input if
+ passed the `--stdin` flag. This is primarily useful when you have a large amount of paths which
+ exceed the OS argument limit.
+
+* The `nix-hash` command now supports Base64 and SRI. Use the flags `--base64`
+ or `--sri` to specify the format of output hash as Base64 or SRI, and `--to-base64`
+ or `--to-sri` to convert a hash to Base64 or SRI format, respectively.
+
+ As the choice of hash formats is no longer binary, the `--base16` flag is also added
+ to explicitly specify the Base16 format, which is still the default.
+
+* The special handling of an [installable](../command-ref/new-cli/nix.md#installables) with `.drv` suffix being interpreted as all of the given [store derivation](../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation)'s output paths is removed, and instead taken as the literal store path that it represents.
+
+ The new `^` syntax for store paths introduced in Nix 2.13 allows explicitly referencing output paths of a derivation.
+ Using this is better and more clear than relying on the now-removed `.drv` special handling.
+
+ For example,
+ ```shell-session
+ $ nix path-info /nix/store/gzaflydcr6sb3567hap9q6srzx8ggdgg-glibc-2.33-78.drv
+ ```
+
+ now gives info about the derivation itself, while
+
+ ```shell-session
+ $ nix path-info /nix/store/gzaflydcr6sb3567hap9q6srzx8ggdgg-glibc-2.33-78.drv^*
+ ```
+ provides information about each of its outputs.
+
+* The experimental command `nix describe-stores` has been removed.
+
+* Nix stores and their settings are now documented in [`nix help-stores`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md).
+
+* Documentation for operations of `nix-store` and `nix-env` are now available on separate pages of the manual.
+ They include all common options that can be specified and common environment variables that affect these commands.
+
+ These pages can be viewed offline with `man` using
+
+ * `man nix-store-<operation>` and `man nix-env-<operation>`
+ * `nix-store --help --<operation>` and `nix-env --help --<operation>`.
+
+* Nix when used as a client now checks whether the store (the server) trusts the client.
+ (The store always had to check whether it trusts the client, but now the client is informed of the store's decision.)
+ This is useful for scripting interactions with (non-legacy-ssh) remote Nix stores.
+
+ `nix store ping` and `nix doctor` now display this information.
+
+* The new command `nix derivation add` allows adding derivations to the store without involving the Nix language.
+ It exists to round out our collection of basic utility/plumbing commands, and allow for a low barrier-to-entry way of experimenting with alternative front-ends to the Nix Store.
+ It uses the same JSON layout as `nix derivation show`, and is its inverse.
+
+* `nix show-derivation` has been renamed to `nix derivation show`.
+ This matches `nix derivation add`, and avoids bloating the top-level namespace.
+ The old name is still kept as an alias for compatibility, however.
+
+* The `nix derivation {add,show}` JSON format now includes the derivation name as a top-level field.
+ This is useful in general, but especially necessary for the `add` direction, as otherwise we would need to pass in the name out of band for certain cases.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
index 5b62836bf..78ae99f4b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
@@ -1,58 +1,2 @@
# Release X.Y (202?-??-??)
-* Commands which take installables on the command line can now read them from the standard input if
- passed the `--stdin` flag. This is primarily useful when you have a large amount of paths which
- exceed the OS arg limit.
-
-* The `nix-hash` command now supports Base64 and SRI. Use the flags `--base64`
- or `--sri` to specify the format of output hash as Base64 or SRI, and `--to-base64`
- or `--to-sri` to convert a hash to Base64 or SRI format, respectively.
-
- As the choice of hash formats is no longer binary, the `--base16` flag is also added
- to explicitly specify the Base16 format, which is still the default.
-
-* The special handling of an [installable](../command-ref/new-cli/nix.md#installables) with `.drv` suffix being interpreted as all of the given [store derivation](../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation)'s output paths is removed, and instead taken as the literal store path that it represents.
-
- The new `^` syntax for store paths introduced in Nix 2.13 allows explicitly referencing output paths of a derivation.
- Using this is better and more clear than relying on the now-removed `.drv` special handling.
-
- For example,
- ```shell-session
- $ nix path-info /nix/store/gzaflydcr6sb3567hap9q6srzx8ggdgg-glibc-2.33-78.drv
- ```
-
- now gives info about the derivation itself, while
-
- ```shell-session
- $ nix path-info /nix/store/gzaflydcr6sb3567hap9q6srzx8ggdgg-glibc-2.33-78.drv^*
- ```
- provides information about each of its outputs.
-
-* The experimental command `nix describe-stores` has been removed.
-
-* Nix stores and their settings are now documented in [`nix help-stores`](@docroot@/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-help-stores.md).
-
-* Documentation for operations of `nix-store` and `nix-env` are now available on separate pages of the manual.
- They include all common options that can be specified and common environment variables that affect these commands.
-
- These pages can be viewed offline with `man` using
-
- * `man nix-store-<operation>` and `man nix-env-<operation>`
- * `nix-store --help --<operation>` and `nix-env --help --<operation>`.
-
-* Nix when used as a client now checks whether the store (the server) trusts the client.
- (The store always had to check whether it trusts the client, but now the client is informed of the store's decision.)
- This is useful for scripting interactions with (non-legacy-ssh) remote Nix stores.
-
- `nix store ping` and `nix doctor` now display this information.
-
-* A new command `nix derivation add` is created, to allow adding derivations to the store without involving the Nix language.
- It exists to round out our collection of basic utility/plumbing commands, and allow for a low barrier-to-entry way of experimenting with alternative front-ends to the Nix Store.
- It uses the same JSON layout as `nix show-derivation`, and is its inverse.
-
-* `nix show-derivation` has been renamed to `nix derivation show`.
- This matches `nix derivation add`, and avoids bloating the top-level namespace.
- The old name is still kept as an alias for compatibility, however.
-
-* The `nix derivation {add,show}` JSON format now includes the derivation name as a top-level field.
- This is useful in general, but especially necessary for the `add` direction, as otherwise we would need to pass in the name out of band for certain cases.