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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.10.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.10.md
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+# Release 2.10 (2022-07-11)
+
+* `nix repl` now takes installables on the command line, unifying the usage
+  with other commands that use `--file` and `--expr`. Primary breaking change
+  is for the common usage of `nix repl '<nixpkgs>'` which can be recovered with
+  `nix repl --file '<nixpkgs>'` or `nix repl --expr 'import <nixpkgs>{}'`.
+
+  This is currently guarded by the `repl-flake` experimental feature.
+
+* A new function `builtins.traceVerbose` is available. It is similar
+  to `builtins.trace` if the `trace-verbose` setting is set to true,
+  and it is a no-op otherwise.
+
+* `nix search` has a new flag `--exclude` to filter out packages.
+
+* On Linux, if `/nix` doesn't exist and cannot be created and you're
+  not running as root, Nix will automatically use
+  `~/.local/share/nix/root` as a chroot store. This enables non-root
+  users to download the statically linked Nix binary and have it work
+  out of the box, e.g.
+
+  ```
+  # ~/nix run nixpkgs#hello
+  warning: '/nix' does not exists, so Nix will use '/home/ubuntu/.local/share/nix/root' as a chroot store
+  Hello, world!
+  ```
+
+* `flake-registry.json` is now fetched from `channels.nixos.org`.
+
+* Nix can now be built with LTO by passing `--enable-lto` to `configure`.
+  LTO is currently only supported when building with GCC.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.11.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.11.md
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+# Release 2.11 (2022-08-24)
+
+* `nix copy` now copies the store paths in parallel as much as possible (again).
+  This doesn't apply for the `daemon` and `ssh-ng` stores which copy everything
+  in one batch to avoid latencies issues.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.7.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.7.md
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+# Release 2.7 (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-2.8.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.8.md
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+# Release 2.8 (2022-04-19)
+
+* New experimental command: `nix fmt`, which applies a formatter
+  defined by the `formatter.<system>` flake output to the Nix
+  expressions in a flake.
+
+* Various Nix commands can now read expressions from standard input
+  using `--file -`.
+
+* New experimental builtin function `builtins.fetchClosure` that
+  copies a closure from a binary cache at evaluation time and rewrites
+  it to content-addressed form (if it isn't already). Like
+  `builtins.storePath`, this allows importing pre-built store paths;
+  the difference is that it doesn't require the user to configure
+  binary caches and trusted public keys.
+
+  This function is only available if you enable the experimental
+  feature `fetch-closure`.
+
+* New experimental feature: *impure derivations*. These are
+  derivations that can produce a different result every time they're
+  built. Here is an example:
+
+  ```nix
+  stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "impure";
+    __impure = true; # marks this derivation as impure
+    buildCommand = "date > $out";
+  }
+  ```
+
+  Running `nix build` twice on this expression will build the
+  derivation twice, producing two different content-addressed store
+  paths. Like fixed-output derivations, impure derivations have access
+  to the network. Only fixed-output derivations and impure derivations
+  can depend on an impure derivation.
+
+* `nix store make-content-addressable` has been renamed to `nix store
+  make-content-addressed`.
+
+* The `nixosModule` flake output attribute has been renamed consistent
+  with the `.default` renames in Nix 2.7.
+
+  * `nixosModule` → `nixosModules.default`
+
+  As before, the old output will continue to work, but `nix flake check` will
+  issue a warning about it.
+
+* `nix run` is now stricter in what it accepts: members of the `apps`
+  flake output are now required to be apps (as defined in [the
+  manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-run.html#apps)),
+  and members of `packages` or `legacyPackages` must be derivations
+  (not apps).
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.9.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.9.md
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+# Release 2.9 (2022-05-30)
+
+* Running Nix with the new `--debugger` flag will cause it to start a
+  repl session if an exception is thrown during evaluation, or if
+  `builtins.break` is called.  From there you can inspect the values
+  of variables and evaluate Nix expressions.  In debug mode, the
+  following new repl commands are available:
+
+  ```
+  :env          Show env stack
+  :bt           Show trace stack
+  :st           Show current trace
+  :st <idx>     Change to another trace in the stack
+  :c            Go until end of program, exception, or builtins.break().
+  :s            Go one step
+  ```
+
+  Read more about the debugger
+  [here](https://www.zknotes.com/note/5970).
+
+* Nix now provides better integration with zsh's `run-help`
+  feature. It is now included in the Nix installation in the form of
+  an autoloadable shell function, `run-help-nix`. It picks up Nix
+  subcommands from the currently typed in command and directs the user
+  to the associated man pages.
+
+* `nix repl` has a new build-and-link (`:bl`) command that builds a
+  derivation while creating GC root symlinks.
+
+* The path produced by `builtins.toFile` is now allowed to be imported
+  or read even with restricted evaluation. Note that this will not
+  work with a read-only store.
+
+* `nix build` has a new `--print-out-paths` flag to print the
+  resulting output paths.  This matches the default behaviour of
+  `nix-build`.
+
+* You can now specify which outputs of a derivation `nix` should
+  operate on using the syntax `installable^outputs`,
+  e.g. `nixpkgs#glibc^dev,static` or `nixpkgs#glibc^*`. By default,
+  `nix` will use the outputs specified by the derivation's
+  `meta.outputsToInstall` attribute if it exists, or all outputs
+  otherwise.
+
+* `builtins.fetchTree` (and flake inputs) can now be used to fetch
+  plain files over the `http(s)` and `file` protocols in addition to
+  directory tarballs.
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
index 7dd8387d8..68f7d1a9d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
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@@ -1,28 +1,7 @@
 # Release X.Y (202?-??-??)
 
-* A number of "default" flake output attributes have been
-  renamed. These are:
+* `<nix/fetchurl.nix>` now accepts an additional argument `impure` which
+  defaults to `false`.  If it is set to `true`, the `hash` and `sha256`
+  arguments will be ignored and the resulting derivation will have
+  `__impure` set to `true`, making it an impure derivation.
 
-  * `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.
-
-* `nix bundle` breaking API change 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>`.