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+* Changes in 0.7 (since 0.6)
+** Package management
+*** Binaries for mips64el-linux now available from hydra.gnu.org
+
+These come in addition to the x86_64-linux and i686-linux binaries already
+provided, thanks to our generous donor and friendly admins. See
+“Substitutes” in the manual.
+
+*** ‘guix package’ has a new ‘--show’ option
+*** ‘guix refresh’ has a new ‘--list-dependent’ option
+
+** 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>)
+*** 134 new packages
+
+abbaye, aegis, attica, babl, barcode, behave, btar, busybox, ccache, ccrtp,
+chess, clucene, cmatrix, commoncpp, conkeror, cook, cssc, datamash, diffstat,
+doxygen, dropbear, dtach, duplicity, e2fsck-static, exosip, fftw-openmpi,
+fish, gconf, gegl, gimp, gmsh, gnome-mime-data, gnome-vfs, gnumeric, goffice,
+gsegrafix, guile-opengl, guile-static-stripped, hdup, hwloc, inotify-tools,
+jrnl, kbd, kmod, lftp, libarchive, libart-lgpl, libbonobo, libbonoboui,
+libcroco, libdbusmenu-qt, libftdi, libglade, libgnome, libgnomecanvas,
+libgnomeprint, libgnomeprintui, libgnomeui, libgsf, libidl, libmcrypt,
+libmhash, librsvg, librsync, libsodium, libuv, libvpx, links, lzop, man-pages,
+maxima, mcrypt, mosh, mpg123, mplayer, mu, ncmpcpp, node, notmuch, numactl,
+offlineimap, openmpi, orbit2, osip, pangox-compat, perl-io-tty, petsc,
+petsc-complex, petsc-complex-openmpi, petsc-openmpi, pingus, podofo, protobuf,
+pt-scotch, python-enum34, python-keyring, python-lockfile, python-mock,
+python-parse, python-parse-type, python-parsedatetime, python-pycrypto,
+python-six, python-tzlocal, python2-lockfile, python2-mock, qjson, qrencode,
+rasqal, rdiff-backup, rdup, redland, rottlog, scotch, sipwitch, sshfs-fuse,
+strigi, sudo, superlu, superlu-dist, talkfilters, talloc, tcpdump, tinyproxy,
+transmission, ucommon, udev, vlc, vtk, wakelan, wireless-tools,
+wpa-supplicant, xboard, youtube-dl
+
+*** 87 package updates
+
+bitlbee-3.2.2, cursynth-1.5, ddrescue-1.18.1, dfc-3.0.4, dmd-0.2,
+docbook-xml-4.3, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xsl-1.78.1, dvdisaster-0.72.6,
+ffmpeg-2.3, fftw-3.3.4, fftwf-3.3.4, flac-1.3.0, gawk-4.1.1, gcc-4.7.4,
+gcc-4.8.3, gcc-4.8.3, gcc-4.9.1, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-4.8.3,
+gcc-objc++-4.8.3, gcc-objc-4.8.3, gcc-stripped-tarball-4.8.3,
+gcc-toolchain-4.8.3, gcc-toolchain-4.9.1, gccgo-4.8.3, gdb-7.7.1,
+gettext-0.19.2, gfortran-4.8.3, glib-2.40.0, global-6.3, gmp-6.0.0a,
+gnupg-1.4.18, gnupg-2.0.25, gnutls-3.2.15, gp2c-0.0.9pl1, grep-2.20,
+gst-plugins-base-1.0.10, gstreamer-0.10.36, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-2.24.2,
+guile-2.0.11, guile-2.0.11, guix-0.6, guix-0.6.0ae8c15, htop-1.0.3,
+icu4c-53.1, imagemagick-6.8.9-0, json-c-0.12, libdrm-2.4.33, libgc-7.2e,
+libgcrypt-1.5.3, libgpg-error-1.13, libjpeg-8d, libmicrohttpd-0.9.37,
+libogg-1.3.2, libotr-4.0.0, libtasn1-3.6, libvorbis-1.3.4, lightning-2.0.4,
+linux-libre-3.15.6, lua-5.1.5, lua-5.2.3, mcron-1.0.8, moe-1.6, nano-2.3.6,
+neon-0.29.6, nettle-3.0, openssl-1.0.1h, parallel-20140722, pari-gp-2.7.1,
+pspp-0.8.3, python-2.7.6, python-dateutil-2.2, python2-dateutil-2.2,
+qemu-2.0.0, qemu-headless-2.0.0, qt-4.8.6, qt-5.2.1, readline-6.2,
+screen-4.2.1, soprano-2.9.4, texinfo-5.2, texlive-2014, tor-0.2.4.22,
+wdiff-1.2.2, xorriso-1.3.8, xterm-304
+
+** 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
+
+Although it is still possible to configure Guix to use the old store
+directory, we recommend that you start with a fresh install to /gnu/store.
+
+*** Substitutes from hydra.gnu.org must now be signed and authorized
+*** Support for offloading builds to other Guix machines over SSH
+*** New ‘guix archive’ command
+*** New ‘guix system’ command; it can currently build VM images
+*** ‘guix package’ accepts several arguments after -i, -r, and -u
+*** Updating a profile with ‘guix package’ is now noticeably faster
+*** ‘guix build’ can override a package’s source with the new ‘--with-source’
+*** ‘guix build’ has a new ‘--no-build-hook’ option
+*** ‘guix’ commands that build packages have a common set of options
+*** ‘guix hash’ has a new ‘--recursive’ option
+*** Daemon no longer bind-mounts the host’s /dev (improves reproducibility)
+** Programming interfaces
+*** New (guix pk-crypto) and (guix pki) modules for public key cryptography
+*** New #:local-build? parameter for derivations that shouldn’t be offloaded
+*** (gnu system vm) has procedures to build VMs that share the host’s store
+*** New ‘text-file*’ procedure in (guix monads)
+*** System service definitions are now provided by the (guix services) modules
+*** New X and SLiM services in (gnu services xorg)
+*** New (guix git-download) and (guix svn-download) for git/svn checkouts
+** GNU distribution
+*** 91 new packages
+
+a2ps, asciidoc, aspell-dict-en, aspell-dict-eo, aspell-dict-es,
+aspell-dict-fr, aumix, bitlbee, bogofilter, boost, calcurse, clusterssh,
+corkscrew, cursynth, docbook-xml, docbook-xsl, elfutils, enscript, fftwf,
+fltk, fuse, gcc-toolchain, giflib, glade, gmime, gnome-desktop, gnubg, gnubik,
+gnumach-headers, gnunet, gnuplot, gnurl, gphoto2, gtkglext, guile-json,
+guile-reader-for-guile_2.0.11, gxmessage, hdf5, hurd-headers, inkscape, iotop,
+isc-dhcp, iso-codes, jnettop, libatomic-ops, libexif, libgphoto2, libmpcdec,
+libmpdclient, libotr, libpcap, libpeas, libpipeline, libtirpc, libwebsockets,
+ltrace, luajit, lynx, man-db, mc, mig, miniupnpc, moe, mpc123, mpd, ncdc,
+ncdu, ncmpc, neon, neon, octave, opus, paperkey, patchutils, perl-tk,
+perl-x11-protocol, pinentry, python2-element-tree, python2-pybugz, quilt,
+source-highlight, stalonetray, trueprint, ttf-dejavu, unionfs-fuse,
+unionfs-fuse-static, uucp, vera, windowmaker, xapian, xterm
+
+*** 90 package updates
+
+apl-1.3, autoconf-2.68, automake-1.14.1, bash-4.3, bash-light-4.3,
+bigloo-4.1a, binutils-2.24, binutils-static-stripped-tarball-2.24,
+coreutils-8.22, curl-7.35.0, ed-1.10, ffmpeg-2.1.4, file-5.18, freeipmi-1.4.1,
+gcc-4.8.2, gcc-4.8.2, gdb-7.7, gdbm-1.11, gettext-0.18.3.2, glib-2.39.1,
+glibc-2.19, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.19, global-6.2.12, glpk-4.54,
+gnu-pw-mgr-1.2, gnupg-1.4.16, gnutls-3.2.12, gp2c-0.0.8pl1, grep-2.18,
+gst-plugins-base-0.10.36, gstreamer-1.0.10, gtk+-3.10.1, gtkmm-2.24.2,
+guile-2.0.11, guile-ssh-0.6.0, guile-static-stripped-tarball-2.0.11,
+guile-wm-1.0, guile-xcb-1.3, guix-0.5, help2man-1.45.1, icu4c-52.1,
+imagemagick-6.8.8-10, inetutils-1.9.2, lapack-3.5.0, libcdio-0.92,
+libdrm-2.4.46, libextractor-1.3, libgc-7.2e, libgc-7.4.0, libgcrypt-1.6.1,
+libjpeg-9, libmicrohttpd-0.9.34, libssh-0.6.3, libtasn1-3.4, lightning-2.0.3,
+linux-libre-3.13.7, mpc-1.0.2, mutt-1.5.23, net-base-5.2, ocrad-0.23,
+openssh-6.6p1, openssl-1.0.1g, parallel-20140322, pari-gp-2.7.0, pspp-0.8.2,
+pulseaudio-5.0, python-2.7.6, python-3.3.5, python-wrapper-3.3.5,
+python2-pysqlite-2.6.3a, qemu-1.7.1, qemu-headless-1.7.1,
+qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares-1.7.1, qt-4.8.5, qt-5.2.0, readline-6.3,
+recutils-1.7, slim-1.3.6, sqlite-3.8.4.3, subversion-1.7.14, texinfo-4.13a,
+tor-0.2.4.21, tzdata-2014a, units-2.11, valgrind-3.9.0, vim-7.4, wget-1.15,
+xnee-3.18, xorriso-1.3.6.pl01, zile-2.4.11
+
+*** New ‘gcc-toolchain’ meta-package, makes it easy to install a GCC tool chain
+*** libc’s Info manual is now installed
+*** Binutils is built with --enable-deterministic-archives
+*** Packages that populated man/man* now populate share/man/man*
+*** Many other packaging improvements
+** Bugs fixed
+*** ‘guix pull’ consumes less memory, compiles in parallel
+*** ‘guix package --list-*’ gracefully handles EPIPE when used in a pipeline
+*** ‘guix package’ handles collisions between a symlink and a directory
+ (http://bugs.gnu.org/17083)
+*** HTTP downloads provide a ‘User-Agent’ field (http://bugs.gnu.org/16703)
+*** ‘guix package’ no longer shows misleading installed package number
+ (http://bugs.gnu.org/16484)
+*** Manual suggests ‘useradd --system’ (http://bugs.gnu.org/16289)
+*** Python is built with ctypes support (http://bugs.gnu.org/16569)
+*** HTTP/TLS connection not terminated properly (http://bugs.gnu.org/14884)
+*** Gracefully handle poorly behaved HTTP servers (http://bugs.gnu.org/15733)
+
+* Changes in 0.5 (since 0.4)
+** Package management
+*** GNU package descriptions synchronized with the ‘gnumaint’ repository
+
+In addition to synopses, descriptions of GNU packages are now kept in sync
+with the ‘gnumaint’ repository, which is the canonical place for GNU package
+meta-data.
+
+** Programming interfaces
+*** Patches are now listed as part of ‘origin’
+
+The ‘origin’ form supports two new fields: ‘patches’ (list of patches), and
+‘snippet’ (code snippet to modify the source.) These are applied when running
+‘guix build --source’. See “Defining Packages” in the manual.
+
+*** New (guix monads) monadic interface to operate on the store
+
+See “The Store Monad” in the manual. The (gnu system …) modules have been
+rewritten to use this monadic interface.
+
+*** New (guix profiles) module
+
+It provides an API for dealing with profiles, as with the ‘guix package’
+command.
+
+*** New (gnu system) module
+
+This module provides a generic way to describe the system’s configuration,
+and to instantiate it, regardless of the final medium (QEMU image, etc.)
+See “System Configuration” in the manual.
+
+This is work in progress. Send feedback to guix-devel@gnu.org!
+
+*** ‘build-expression->derivation’ uses more parameters
+
+Some positional parameters have been changed to keyword parameters.
+See “Derivations” in the manual.
+
+** GNU distribution
+*** New port to the Loongson MIPS64 processors, n32 ABI (‘mips64el-linux’)
+
+Bootstrap binaries have been built for that architecture, and several
+Loongson-specific patches not yet available upstream have been applied to core
+packages. See “GNU Distribution” and “Porting” in the manual.
+
+Pre-built binaries are not yet available via hydra.gnu.org, so Guix will
+build from source on this platform.
+
+*** 110 new packages
+
+acct, alive, alsa-utils, apl, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core, atkmm, autogen,
+automoc4, brasero, bridge-utils, cairomm, catkin, complexity, evince, ffmpeg,
+fftw, ftgl, gcc-objc, gcc-objc++, gccgo, gcl, gfortran, glibmm, glpk,
+gnome-icon-theme, gnu-pw-mgr, gp2c, gpgme, gsettings-desktop-schemas, gtkmm,
+gtksourceview, guile-ssh, guile-wm, gvpe, hicolor-icon-theme, httpd, icecat,
+icon-naming-utils, json-c, lapack, libcanberra, libcap, libgnome-keyring,
+libmikmod, libnl, libnotify, libsamplerate, libsigc++, libsndfile, libssh,
+libtheora, libxkbcommon, mercurial, mtools, netcat, pangomm, parallel,
+pavucontrol, pciutils, pem, perl-encode-locale, perl-file-list,
+perl-file-listing, perl-html-parser, perl-html-tagset, perl-http-cookies,
+perl-http-daemon, perl-http-date, perl-http-message, perl-http-negotiate,
+perl-io-html, perl-libwww, perl-libxml, perl-lwp-mediatypes, perl-net-http,
+perl-uri, perl-www-robotrules, perl-xml-dom, perl-xml-regexp, perl-xml-simple,
+phonon, powertop, pulseaudio, python2-dogtail, python2-empy, qemu-headless,
+qt, qt, raptor2, scons, sdl, sdl-gfx, sdl-image, sdl-mixer, sdl-net, sdl-ttf,
+sdl2, serveez, shared-mime-info, sharutils, skribilo, slim, soprano, swig,
+xcb-util, xcb-util-image, xcb-util-keysyms, xcb-util-renderutil, xcb-util-wm
+
+*** 47 package updates
+
+atk 2.10.0, bison 3.0.2, cmake 2.8.12, dmd 0.1, freeipmi 1.3.3, gcc 4.8.2,
+gcc 4.8.2, gcc-cross-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 4.8.2, gcc-stripped-tarball 4.8.2,
+gdb 7.6.2, gettext 0.18.3.1, glib 2.38.0, global 6.2.9, gmp 5.1.3,
+gnupg 2.0.22, gobject-introspection 1.38.0, grep 2.15, gsl 1.16,
+gtk+ 2.24.21, gtk+ 3.10.1, guile 2.0.9, guile 2.0.9, guile-xcb 1.2,
+harfbuzz 0.9.22, hello 2.9, iproute2 3.12.0, libdrm 2.4.46,
+libextractor 1.2, libjpeg 9, libmicrohttpd 0.9.32, lightning 2.0.2,
+linux-libre 3.12, lzip 1.15, make 4.0, mit-krb5 1.11.3, pari-gp 2.5.5,
+pixman 0.32.4, python 3.3.2, qemu 1.6.1,
+qemu-with-multiple-smb-shares 1.6.1, rcs 5.9.2, recutils 1.6, rsync 3.1.0,
+tar 1.27.1, texinfo 5.2, units 2.02, xorriso 1.3.2
+
+*** Packages are now built with GCC 4.8.2 by default (was 4.7.3)
+
+** Native language support
+*** New ‘sr’ (Serbian) translation
+*** New ‘vi’ (Vietnamese) translation
+*** Updated ‘pt_BR’ (Brazilian Portuguese) translation
+** Bugs fixed
+*** ‘guix pull’ compiles Guix deterministically and correctly
+
+Previously, the build environment was not cleared in between ‘compile-file’
+calls, leading to build errors due to Guile bug http://bugs.gnu.org/15602 .
+
+*** ‘guix package’ allows removal of a specific package output
+ (http://bugs.gnu.org/15756)
+*** ‘guix-daemon’ always sets umask to 022
+ (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-07/msg00033.html)
+*** Files referenced by environment variables are protected from GC
+*** Yet unbuilt packages get correctly installed (http://bugs.gnu.org/15283)
+*** ‘bootstrap-graph.{png,eps,pdf}’ built in srcdir (http://bugs.gnu.org/15640)
+
* Changes in 0.4 (since 0.3)
** Package management
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