From ef606760abd87c98371fbc08c1f25ad897823a2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 23:17:48 +0200 Subject: Pandoc conversion --- doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md (limited to 'doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md') diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c816c9851 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# Release 0.6 (2004-11-14) + + - Rewrite of the normalisation engine. + + - Multiple builds can now be performed in parallel (option `-j`). + + - Distributed builds. Nix can now call a shell script to forward + builds to Nix installations on remote machines, which may or may + not be of the same platform type. + + - Option `--fallback` allows recovery from broken substitutes. + + - Option `--keep-going` causes building of other (unaffected) + derivations to continue if one failed. + + - Improvements to the garbage collector (i.e., it should actually work + now). + + - Setuid Nix installations allow a Nix store to be shared among + multiple users. + + - Substitute registration is much faster now. + + - A utility `nix-build` to build a Nix expression and create a symlink + to the result int the current directory; useful for testing Nix + derivations. + + - Manual updates. + + - `nix-env` changes: + + - Derivations for other platforms are filtered out (which can be + overridden using `--system-filter`). + + - `--install` by default now uninstall previous derivations with + the same name. + + - `--upgrade` allows upgrading to a specific version. + + - New operation `--delete-generations` to remove profile + generations (necessary for effective garbage collection). + + - Nicer output (sorted, columnised). + + - More sensible verbosity levels all around (builder output is now + shown always, unless `-Q` is given). + + - Nix expression language changes: + + - New language construct: `with + E1; + E2` brings all attributes defined in the attribute set E1 in + scope in E2. + + - Added a `map` function. + + - Various new operators (e.g., string concatenation). + + - Expression evaluation is much faster. + + - An Emacs mode for editing Nix expressions (with syntax highlighting + and indentation) has been added. + + - Many bug fixes. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 802150f987e720452920a3d1993c3b4b36861116 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:28:05 +0200 Subject: -> Pandoc doesn't know so let's force it to be rendered as italics. --- doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md') diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md index c816c9851..ed2d21583 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-0.6.md @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ - New language construct: `with E1; - E2` brings all attributes defined in the attribute set E1 in - scope in E2. + E2` brings all attributes defined in the attribute set *E1* in + scope in *E2*. - Added a `map` function. -- cgit v1.2.3