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| author | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2005-03-10 15:01:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2005-03-10 15:01:03 +0000 |
| commit | 48b5082ccbd52757601e60bab2bc9fdcea2e00b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ac46f09a03bc08abb0e3a4f8f1e5fafa0f6c6aa | |
| parent | 8a282aa46c1671252adc0c19ac40d453f743ff7d (diff) | |
* NEWS update.
svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=2367
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 25 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9468d19065a91..a5985e5d6f4ad 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,12 +9,29 @@ Nix Packages 0.7 tools. This change also makes the bootstrap process faster. For instance, - GCC is built only once, not thrice. + GCC is built only once instead of three times. (Contributed by Armijn Hemel.) -* Many packages have been changed and added, but notably: +* Tarballs used by Nixpkgs are now obtained from the same server that + hosts Nixpkgs (catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl). This reduces the risk of + packages being unbuildable due to moved or deleted files on various + servers. - - Qt 3 has been added. +* There now is a generic mechanism for building Perl modules. See the + various Perl modules defined in pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix. + +* Notable new packages: - - Mysql has been added. + - Qt 3 + - MySQL + - MythTV + - Mono + - MonoDevelop (alpha) + - Xine + +* Notable updates: + + - GCC 3.4.3 + - Glibc 2.3.4 + - GTK 2.6 |