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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml index 76b6792aac45..3697b69fcf50 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1703.xml @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> </itemizedlist> -<para>Other notable improvements:</para> +<para>Other notable changes:</para> <itemizedlist> @@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ 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 @@ -290,6 +298,22 @@ following incompatible changes:</para> </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 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> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> |