Merge branch 'path-info' into ca-drv-exotic

5 files changed, 120 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md
index def4a7b66..8b566fc7b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Release 2.4 (2021-10-XX)
+# Release 2.4 (2021-11-01)
 
 This is the first release in more than two years and is the result of
 more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3.
@@ -276,18 +276,62 @@ more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3.
 
 * Plugins can now register `nix` subcommands.
 
+* The `--indirect` flag to `nix-store --add-root` has become a no-op.
+  `--add-root` will always generate indirect GC roots from now on.
+
 ## Incompatible changes
 
 * The `nix` command is now marked as an experimental feature. This
   means that you need to add
 
-  > experimental-features = nix-command
+  ```
+  experimental-features = nix-command
+  ```
 
   to your `nix.conf` if you want to use it, or pass
   `--extra-experimental-features nix-command` on the command line.
 
-* The old `nix run` has been renamed to `nix shell` (and there is a
-  new `nix run` that does something else, as described above).
+* The `nix` command no longer has a syntax for referring to packages
+  in a channel. This means that the following no longer works:
+
+  ```console
+  nix build nixpkgs.hello # Nix 2.3
+  ```
+
+  Instead, you can either use the `#` syntax to select a package from
+  a flake, e.g.
+
+  ```console
+  nix build nixpkgs#hello
+  ```
+
+  Or, if you want to use the `nixpkgs` channel in the `NIX_PATH`
+  environment variable:
+
+  ```console
+  nix build -f '<nixpkgs>' hello
+  ```
+
+* The old `nix run` has been renamed to `nix shell`, while there is a
+  new `nix run` that runs a default command. So instead of
+
+  ```console
+  nix run nixpkgs.hello -c hello # Nix 2.3
+  ```
+
+  you should use
+
+  ```console
+  nix shell nixpkgs#hello -c hello
+  ```
+
+  or just
+
+  ```console
+  nix run nixpkgs#hello
+  ```
+
+  if the command you want to run has the same name as the package.
 
 * It is now an error to modify the `plugin-files` setting via a
   command-line flag that appears after the first non-flag argument to
@@ -354,6 +398,7 @@ dramforever,
 Dustin DeWeese,
 edef,
 Eelco Dolstra,
+Ellie Hermaszewska,
 Emilio Karakey,
 Emily,
 Eric Culp,
@@ -364,7 +409,7 @@ Federico Pellegrin,
 Finn Behrens,
 Florian Franzen,
 Félix Baylac-Jacqué,
-Gabriel Gonzalez,
+Gabriella Gonzalez,
 Geoff Reedy,
 Georges Dubus,
 Graham Christensen,
@@ -387,7 +432,6 @@ Jaroslavas Pocepko,
 Jarrett Keifer,
 Jeremy Schlatter,
 Joachim Breitner,
-Joe Hermaszewski,
 Joe Pea,
 John Ericson,
 Jonathan Ringer,
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.5.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.5.md
index ede614ca3..dd6fd3b0f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.5.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.5.md
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
-# Release 2.5 (2021-XX-XX)
+# Release 2.5 (2021-12-13)
 
+* The garbage collector no longer blocks new builds, so the message
+  `waiting for the big garbage collector lock...` is a thing of the
+  past.
+
+* Binary cache stores now have a setting `compression-level`.
+
+* `nix develop` now has a flag `--unpack` to run `unpackPhase`.
+
+* Lists can now be compared lexicographically using the `<` operator.
+
+* New built-in function: `builtins.groupBy`, with the same functionality as
+  Nixpkgs' `lib.groupBy`, but faster.
+
+* `nix repl` now has a `:log` command.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.6.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.6.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..280faead1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Release 2.6 (2022-01-24)
+
+* The Nix CLI now searches for a `flake.nix` up until the root of the current
+  Git repository or a filesystem boundary rather than just in the current
+  directory.
+* The TOML parser used by `builtins.fromTOML` has been replaced by [a
+  more compliant one](https://github.com/ToruNiina/toml11).
+* Added `:st`/`:show-trace` commands to `nix repl`, which are used to
+  set or toggle display of error traces.
+* New builtin function `builtins.zipAttrsWith` with the same
+  functionality as `lib.zipAttrsWith` from Nixpkgs, but much more
+  efficient.
+* New command `nix store copy-log` to copy build logs from one store
+  to another.
+* The `commit-lockfile-summary` option can be set to a non-empty
+  string to override the commit summary used when commiting an updated
+  lockfile.  This may be used in conjunction with the `nixConfig`
+  attribute in `flake.nix` to better conform to repository
+  conventions.
+* `docker run -ti nixos/nix:master` will place you in the Docker
+  container with the latest version of Nix from the `master` branch.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.7.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.7.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc92a9cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.7.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Release X.Y (2022-03-07)
+
+* Nix will now make some helpful suggestions when you mistype
+  something on the command line. For instance, if you type `nix build
+  nixpkgs#thunderbrd`, it will suggest `thunderbird`.
+
+* A number of "default" flake output attributes have been
+  renamed. These are:
+
+  * `defaultPackage.<system>` → `packages.<system>.default`
+  * `defaultApps.<system>` → `apps.<system>.default`
+  * `defaultTemplate` → `templates.default`
+  * `defaultBundler.<system>` → `bundlers.<system>.default`
+  * `overlay` → `overlays.default`
+  * `devShell.<system>` → `devShells.<system>.default`
+
+  The old flake output attributes still work, but `nix flake check`
+  will warn about them.
+
+* Breaking API change: `nix bundle` now supports bundlers of the form
+  `bundler.<system>.<name>= derivation: another-derivation;`. This
+  supports additional functionality to inspect evaluation information
+  during bundling. A new
+  [repository](https://github.com/NixOS/bundlers) has various bundlers
+  implemented.
+
+* `nix store ping` now reports the version of the remote Nix daemon.
+
+* `nix flake {init,new}` now display information about which files have been
+  created.
+
+* Templates can now define a `welcomeText` attribute, which is printed out by
+  `nix flake {init,new} --template <template>`.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c869b5e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Release X.Y (202?-??-??)