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* Moved some stuff to the Nixpkgs manual.

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* Updated the release notes.
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Eelco Dolstra 2008-08-05 11:03:05 +00:00
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<listitem><para>TODO: Berkeley DB no longer needed.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New substituter to copy from remotely mounted Nix
stores (TODO: document).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>nix-store --dump-db / --load-db</command>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>New primops:
@ -25,6 +28,25 @@
<varname>builtins.genericClosure</varname>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>GC options: <option>--max-freed</option>,
<option>--max-links</option>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>TODO: Optimistic profile locking.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The option <option>--dry-run</option> is now
supported by <command>nix-store -r</command> and
<command>nix-build</command>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The information previously shown by
<option>--dry-run</option> (i.e., which derivations will be built
and which paths will be substituted) is now always shown by
<command>nix-env</command>, <command>nix-store -r</command> and
<command>nix-build</command>. The total download size of
substitutable paths is now also shown.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>nix-prefetch-url</command> now supports
<literal>mirror://</literal> URLs.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>