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author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2006-10-12 11:22:47 +0000 |
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committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2006-10-12 11:22:47 +0000 |
commit | ce71dc90768950e55a347d1794a12e5774383044 (patch) | |
tree | 1fa40ad50759cbb1db827c139aa7f2b93cba60bf /doc/release-notes.xml | |
parent | 368c196a62a57f681f59128f30c278a292092401 (diff) | |
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* Release notes.
svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=6710
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.xml b/doc/release-notes.xml index a7b637ab9dd..0d119e17be1 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.xml +++ b/doc/release-notes.xml @@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ xlink:href='http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nix-0.10/'>Nix <listitem><para>Opera.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and the Windows - SDK.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and + the Windows SDK.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ xlink:href='http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/nix/nix-0.10/'>Nix strategoxt = (import ../development/compilers/strategoxt) { inherit fetchurl pkgconfig sdf aterm; stdenv = overrideInStdenv stdenv [gnumake380]; -};</programlisting> +}; + +gnumake380 = <replaceable>...</replaceable>;</programlisting> Likewise, there are many packages that don’t compile with the default GCC (4.1.1), but that’s easily fixed: @@ -159,6 +161,28 @@ pkg = import <replaceable>...</replaceable> { }</programlisting> </para></listitem> + + + <listitem><para>Packages can now have a human-readable + <emphasis>description</emphasis> field. Package descriptions are + shown by <literal>nix-env -qa --description</literal>. In addition, + they’re shown on the Nixpkgs release page. A description can be + added to a package as follows: + +<programlisting> +stdenv.mkDerivation { + name = "exult-1.2"; + <replaceable>...</replaceable> + meta = { + description = "A reimplementation of the Ultima VII game engine"; + }; +}</programlisting> + + The <varname>meta</varname> attribute is not passed to the builder, + so changes to the description do not trigger a rebuild. Additional + <varname>meta</varname> attributes may be defined in the future + (such as the URL of the package’s homepage, the license, + etc.).</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> |