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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml index 1c0aaca8ae2..64a56d9197f 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml @@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce+icewm"; </programlisting> </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The testing driver implementation in NixOS is now in Python <filename>make-test-python.nix</filename>. + This was done by Jacek Galowicz (<link xlink:href="https://github.com/tfc">@tfc</link>), and with the + collaboration of Julian Stecklina (<link xlink:href="https://github.com/blitz">@blitz</link>) and + Jana Traue (<link xlink:href="https://github.com/jtraue">@jtraue</link>). All documentation has been updated to use this + testing driver, and a vast majority of the 286 tests in NixOS were ported to python driver. In 20.09 the Perl driver implementation, + <filename>make-test.nix</filename>, is slated for removal. This should give users of the NixOS integration framework + a transitory period to rewrite their tests to use the Python implementation. Users of the Perl driver will see + this warning everytime they use it: +<screen> +<prompt>$ </prompt>warning: Perl VM tests are deprecated and will be removed for 20.09. +Please update your tests to use the python test driver. +See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/71684 for details. +</screen> + API compatibility is planned to be kept for at least the next release with the perl driver. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> |