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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2001ec12fe..4dcffdd425 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,75 @@ Copyright © 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> Please send Guix bug reports to bug-guix@gnu.org. +* Changes in 0.7 (since 0.6) +** Package management +*** ‘guix refresh’ has a new ‘--list-dependent’ options + +See “Invoking guix refresh” in the manual. + +** Programming interfaces +*** New (guix gexp) module, which implements “G-expressions” + +G-expressions are a new mechanism to embed build-side code in host-side +code. See “G-Expressions” in the manual. + +*** (gnu system) and related modules now use G-expressions + +This greatly simplifies code, and guarantees that build code carries +references to the packages or derivations it uses. + +*** ‘build-expression->derivation’ is deprecated in favor of G-expressions +*** The (gnu system) module has been largely augmented and factorized +*** New (guix build vm) module, support for virtual machine images +*** New (guix build activation) module, for “system activation” +*** New (guix build syscalls) module +*** New (guix build install) and module for whole system installation +*** New (gnu system install) module, for the installation system +*** New (gnu system file-systems) module, for ‘file-system’ declarations +*** New (gnu) module, which aggregates common (gnu …) modules +*** ‘service’ records now have an optional ‘activate’ field + +This allows services to specify code to run at system activation time. + +** GNU distribution +*** An image to install the GNU system from a USB stick is provided + +This is the first time an installation image is provided. See “System +Installation” in the manual for details. This is work in progress as noted +in “Limitations”. Your feedback and help are welcome! + +*** Support for more parameters in ‘operating-system’ declarations + +Operating system declarations can now provide a list of file systems, a list +of setuid programs, bootloader options, and more. See “System Configuration” +in the manual. + +*** ‘guix system’ supports more actions + +Newly supported actions are ‘init’, ‘build’, ‘reconfigure’, and ‘disk-image’. +See “Invoking guix system” in the manual. + +*** User accounts and groups are created at system activation time +*** Virtual machine support uses para-virtualized devices +*** GCC package now has an additional ‘lib’ output, for run-time support libs +*** GLib package now has a separate “bin” output (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17853>) +*** XXX new packages +*** XXX package updates + +** Native language support +*** New translations: de (German), and hu (Hungarian) +*** Updated translations: eo, pt_BR, sr, vi +*** Package descriptions moved from the ‘guix’ text domain to ‘guix-packages’ +** Bugs fixed +*** Downloads are now faster (<http://bugs.gnu.org/15368>) +*** ‘guix authenticate’ properly writes signatures to stdout + (<http://bugs.gnu.org/17312>) +*** Progress report of downloads is now properly displayed +*** Error reporting of pk-crypto errors has been improved +*** The 'patches' field now works for origins with no extension +*** Synchronization and GC issues fixed in the offload hook +*** (guix ftp-client) emits USER commands suitable for all servers + * Changes in 0.6 (since 0.5) ** Package management *** Default store directory changed to /gnu/store |