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diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md index c0fcedefd..3ddd53315 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-2.4.md @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3. * The **`nix` command** has seen a lot of work and is now almost at feature parity with the old command-line interface (the `nix-*` commands). It aims to be [more modern, consistent and pleasant to - use](../contributing/cli-guideline.md) than the old CLI. + use](../contributing/cli-guideline.md) than the old CLI. It is still + marked as experimental but its interface should not change much + anymore in future releases. * **Flakes** are a new format to package Nix-based projects in a more discoverable, composable, consistent and reproducible way. A flake @@ -180,8 +182,9 @@ more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3. * **New built-in functions**: - `builtins.fetchTree` allows fetching a source tree using any - backends supported by the fetcher infrastructure. It replaces - `fetchGit`, `fetchMercurial` and `fetchTarball`. + backends supported by the fetcher infrastructure. It subsumes the + functionality of existing built-ins like `fetchGit`, + `fetchMercurial` and `fetchTarball`. - `builtins.getFlake` fetches a flake and returns its output attributes. This function should not be used inside flakes! Use @@ -247,6 +250,8 @@ more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3. - With `-p`, it passes any `--arg`s as Nixpkgs arguments. + - Support for structured attributes. + * `nix-prefetch-url` has a new `--executable` flag. * On `x86_64` systems, [`x86_64` microarchitecture @@ -281,7 +286,8 @@ more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3. to your `nix.conf` if you want to use it, or pass `--extra-experimental-features nix-command` on the command line. -* `nix run` has been renamed to `nix shell`. +* The old `nix run` has been renamed to `nix shell` (and there is a + new `nix run` that does something else, as described above). * 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 @@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ more than 2800 commits from 195 contributors since release 2.3. `nix-instantiate --plugin-files "" default.nix`. * We no longer release source tarballs. If you want to build from - source, please build from the Git repository. + source, please build from the tags in the Git repository. ## Contributors |