From e060d9a2ffb677f7482ddba4845544392a1f4b28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 16:02:43 +0100 Subject: Remove obsolete file --- doc/outline.txt | 158 -------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 158 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/outline.txt (limited to 'doc/outline.txt') diff --git a/doc/outline.txt b/doc/outline.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 816cdbdc3ed7..000000000000 --- a/doc/outline.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,158 +0,0 @@ -- The standard environment - - (Some of this can be moved from the Nix manual) - - - Special attributes - - - Generic builder - - - Helper functions - - - GCC / ld wrapper (+ env vars) - - - Phases (+ how to add phases) and hooks - - - Override functions for stdenv - - - Overriding GCC - - - Overriding the setup script - - - Predefined override functions in all-packages.nix: static binary - stdenv, dietlibc stdenv - - - Stdenv bootstrap; how to update the Linux bootstrap binaries - - - Specific platform notes (Linux, Native, Cygwin, Mingw) - - -- Support for specific languages - - - Perl - - - Generic Perl builder - - - Python - - - Wrapper generation - - - Haskell - - - TODO - - - Java - - - TODO; Java needs lots of improvement - - - TeX/LaTeX - - - Special support for building TeX documents - - -- Special kinds of applications - - - OpenGL apps - - - Binary-only apps - - - Linux kernel modules - - - Mozilla plugins/extensions - - - X apps - - - KDE apps - - - GConf-based apps - - - Programs that need wrappers - - - makeWrapper etc. - - - Initial ramdisks - - -- Library functions - - - i.e. in lib/default.nix - - -- Specific package notes - - - Linux kernel; how to update; feature tests - - - X.org; how to update - - - Gnome; how to update - - - GCC? - - - GHC? - - - ... - - -- Meta attributes - - - License attr; possible values - - -- Virtual machine support (for the build farm) - - - vmtools - - - KVM notes - - - Performing a build in a VM - - - In the host FS - - - In a disk image - - - RPM builds - - - RPM image creation - - - Deb builds - - - Deb image creation - - - Debugging VM builds - - -- Guidelines for Nixpkgs contributions - - - File naming conventions - - - Versioning of packages - - - Tree organisation - - - Variable naming - - - Layout / indentations style - - - Output FS hierarchy (e.g. $out/share/man instead of $out/man) - - -- Misc - - - Building outside of the Nixpkgs tree - - - Config options - - - Downloading stuff - - - fetchurl - - - mirror:// scheme - - - fetchsvn - - - fetchcvs - - - fetchdarcs - - -- Appendix: Nixpkgs config options - -- cgit 1.4.1