From b3fc0160618d89bf63ce87ccad27fc68360c9731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 09:03:39 +0000 Subject: * Translate Unicode quote characters to ASCII equivalents when generating NEWS.txt. --- doc/manual/quote-literals.xsl | 4 ++++ doc/manual/release-notes.xml | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/manual/quote-literals.xsl b/doc/manual/quote-literals.xsl index 983f5ac35068..03971bff90dc 100644 --- a/doc/manual/quote-literals.xsl +++ b/doc/manual/quote-literals.xsl @@ -37,4 +37,8 @@ + + + + diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml index ea85cacf998c..609be91f532c 100644 --- a/doc/manual/release-notes.xml +++ b/doc/manual/release-notes.xml @@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ xlink:href='http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/channels-v3/nixpkgs-unstable hash.) Big cleanups and simplifications of the basic store - semantics. The notion of "closure store expressions" is gone (and - so is the notion of "successors"); the file system references of a + semantics. The notion of “closure store expressions” is gone (and + so is the notion of “successors”); the file system references of a store path are now just stored in the database. For instance, given any store path, you can query its closure: @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ $ nix-store -qR $(which firefox) ... lots of paths ... Also, Nix now remembers for each store path the derivation that - built it (the "deriver"): + built it (the “deriver”): $ nix-store -qR $(which firefox) @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ $ nix-store -q --referrers-closure \ One-click installation :-) It is now possible to install any top-level component in Nixpkgs directly, through the web - - see, e.g., . All you have to do is associate /nix/bin/nix-install-package with the MIME type @@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ $ nix-env -f .../i686-linux.nix -i -E 'x: x.firefoxWrapper' The garbage collector now finally deletes paths in - the right order (i.e., topologically sorted under the - references relation), thus making it safe to - interrupt the collector without risking a store that violates the - closure invariant. + the right order (i.e., topologically sorted under the “references” + relation), thus making it safe to interrupt the collector without + risking a store that violates the closure + invariant. Likewise, the substitute mechanism now downloads files in the right order, thus preserving the closure invariant at @@ -737,10 +737,10 @@ $ nix-env -f .../i686-linux.nix -i -E 'x: x.firefoxWrapper' Binary patching. When upgrading components using pre-built binaries (through nix-pull / nix-channel), Nix can automatically download and apply binary patches to already installed - components instead of full downloads. Patching is "smart": if there - is a *sequence* of patches to an installed component, Nix will use - it. Patches are currently generated automatically between Nixpkgs - (pre-)releases. + components instead of full downloads. Patching is “smart”: if there + is a sequence of patches to an installed + component, Nix will use it. Patches are currently generated + automatically between Nixpkgs (pre-)releases. Simplifications to the substitute mechanism. -- cgit 1.4.1