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author | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2017-02-14 09:55:06 +0100 |
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committer | Frederik Rietdijk <fridh@fridh.nl> | 2017-03-21 11:05:03 +0100 |
commit | 4263c53f668058e0f1a16ddc3703c2e3c72805fc (patch) | |
tree | 5a91479a2e5a017940aeee6d7f718828e2dbb730 /nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml | |
parent | 9c730bc40bb134aa6b0d420947a3077379aedb29 (diff) |
Python changelog
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml index f6e8e9a4515b..49ae296c40c8 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml @@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> </listitem> <listitem> + <para>Python 2.6 interpreter and package set have been removed.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The Python 2.7 interpreter does not use modules anymore. Instead, all CPython interpreters now include the whole standard library except for `tkinter`, which is available in the Python package set.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para> Python 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 are now built deterministically and 3.4 mostly. Minor modifications had to be made to the interpreters in order to generate @@ -284,8 +292,16 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> </listitem> <listitem> + <para>The Python package sets now use a fixed-point combinator and the sets are available as attributes of the interpreters.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The Python function `buildPythonPackage` has been improved and can be used to build from Setuptools source, Flit source, and precompiled Wheels.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para> - When adding new or updating current libraries, the expressions should be put + When adding new or updating current Python libraries, the expressions should be put in separate files in <literal>pkgs/development/python-modules</literal> and called from <literal>python-packages.nix</literal>. </para> |