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2006-10-06 * Translate Unicode quote characters to ASCII equivalents whenEelco Dolstra1-12/+12
generating NEWS.txt.
2006-10-06 * Typos etc.Eelco Dolstra1-5/+5
* Set the release date.
2006-10-02 * Document the new let.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+3
2006-10-02 * Manual updates (especially how nix-build makes testing packages muchEelco Dolstra1-7/+10
easier; no longer need a helper expression).
2006-09-27 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-84/+131
2006-09-27 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-34/+100
2006-09-26 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+2
2006-09-06 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-8/+29
2006-08-23 * Allow --arg in nix-env as well, example:Eelco Dolstra1-10/+17
$ nix-env -qa --system-filter \* --arg system '"powerpc-darwin"' to override the system from the default value (__currentSystem in all-packages.nix).
2006-08-22 * Release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-13/+132
2006-08-21 * Convert to DocBook 5.Eelco Dolstra1-9/+11
* Use Jing for RelaxNG validation, xmllint seems buggy.
2006-07-25 * Doh.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2006-07-25 * Support the --attr / -A flag in nix-env as well. So now we can do,Eelco Dolstra1-0/+3
e.g., $ nix-env -i -A subversion xorg.xorgserver The main advantage over using symbolic names is that using attribute names is unambiguous and much, much faster.
2006-07-20 * Call find-runtime-roots.pl from the garbage collector to preventEelco Dolstra1-0/+3
running applications etc. from being garbage collected.
2006-06-14 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-0/+3
2006-05-31 * For fixed-output derivations, pass the environment variables listedEelco Dolstra1-0/+2
in the attribute variable `impureEnvVars' from the caller to the builder.
2006-05-08 (no commit message)Eelco Dolstra1-0/+8
2005-12-15 * Begin release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+50
2005-12-13 * Change `referer' to `referrer' throughout. In particular, theEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
nix-store query options `--referer' and `--referer-closure' have been changed to `--referrer' and `--referrer-closure' (but the old ones are still accepted for compatibility).
2005-09-22 * Merge release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-0/+35
2005-09-16 * Updated release notes.Eelco Dolstra1-1/+19
2005-09-14 * Release notes in Docbook; ASCII release notes (i.e., the `NEWS'Eelco Dolstra1-0/+505
file) is now generated from that using `w3m' and some XSL hackery.