* Updated NEWS for the upcoming 0.6 release.
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Version 0.6
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Major changes include the following:
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* Rewrite of the normalisation engine.
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  * Multiple builds can now be performed in parallel (option `-j').
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  * Distributed builds.  Nix can now call a shell script to forward
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    builds to Nix installations on remote machines, which may or may
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    not be of the same platform type.
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  * Option `--fallback' allows recovery from broken substitutes.
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  * Option `--keep-going' causes building of other (unaffected)
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    derivations to continue if one failed.
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* Improvements to the garbage collector (i.e., it should actually work
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  now).
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* Setuid Nix installations allow a Nix store to be shared among
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  multiple users.
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* Substitute registration is much faster now.
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* A utility `nix-build' to build a Nix expression and create a symlink
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  to the result int the current directory; useful for testing Nix
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  derivations.
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* Manual updates.
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* `nix-env' changes:
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  * Derivations for other platforms are filtered out (which can be
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    overriden using `--system-filter').
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  * `--install' by default now uninstall previous derivations with the
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    same name.
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  * `--upgrade' allows upgrading to a specific version.
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  * New operation `--delete-generations' to remove profile
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    generations (necessary for effective garbage collection).
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  * Nicer output (sorted, columnised).
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* More sensible verbosity levels all around (builder output is now
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  shown always, unless `-Q' is given).
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* Nix expression language changes:
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  * Added a `map' function.
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* An Emacs mode for editing Nix expressions (with syntax highlighting
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  and indentation) has been added.
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* Many bug fixes.
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Version 0.5 and earlier
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Please refer to the Subversion commit log messages.
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