From bb23492d23460e00c4aff751d51ba04d2397da36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tristan Ross Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 17:52:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc/rl2505: move variants to 25.05 --- doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md | 4 ++++ doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md | 2 -- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md index 2651ebb072d7..8f895908d2b9 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md +++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md @@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ There is also a breaking change in the handling of CUDA. Instead of using a CUDA compatible jaxlib as before, you can use plugins like `python3Packages.jax-cuda12-plugin`. +- Added `allowVariants` to gate availability of package sets like `pkgsLLVM`, `pkgsMusl`, `pkgsZig`, etc. This was done in an effort to + decrease evaluation times by limiting the number of instances of nixpkgs to evaluate. The option will be removed in the future as a + new mechanism is in the works for handling cross compilation. + ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.05-notable-changes} diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md index 81e3c7d04675..33a2138756b7 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md +++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md @@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ ## Highlights {#sec-nixpkgs-release-25.11-highlights} -- Added `allowVariants` to gate availability of package sets like `pkgsLLVM`, `pkgsMusl`, `pkgsZig`, etc. This option will be removed in a future release. - - The initial work to support native compilation on LoongArch64 has completed, with further changes currently in preparation. In accordance with the [Software Development and Build Convention for LoongArch Architectures](https://github.com/loongson/la-softdev-convention), this release sets the default march level to `la64v1.0`, covering the desktop and server processors of 3X5000