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# Nix Release Notes
add information on release cycle and backports
2023-09-21 03:52:05 +03:00
Update the release cycle - Align the “frequent” release cycle with the calendar - The 6-month release cycle is hard to keep track of. A monthly release will make it much easier to remember the release date. - Officialise the support for a stable version maintained for as long as NixOS stable - This is already the case in practice, it just happens that the “stable” Nixpkgs version is whichever version was deemed stable-enough at the time of the NixOS release. Officialise that by cutting a new major release alongside each NixOS one. Note that this breaks whatever semver compatibility Nix might pretend to have, but I don't think it makes sense any way.
2024-03-22 12:40:29 +02:00
The Nix release cycle is calendar-based as follows:
- A new minor version (`XX.YY+1.0`) is published every month and supported for two months;
- A new major version (`XX+1.1.0`) is published twice a year, in April and October, and supported for eight months.
add information on release cycle and backports
2023-09-21 03:52:05 +03:00
Update the release cycle - Align the “frequent” release cycle with the calendar - The 6-month release cycle is hard to keep track of. A monthly release will make it much easier to remember the release date. - Officialise the support for a stable version maintained for as long as NixOS stable - This is already the case in practice, it just happens that the “stable” Nixpkgs version is whichever version was deemed stable-enough at the time of the NixOS release. Officialise that by cutting a new major release alongside each NixOS one. Note that this breaks whatever semver compatibility Nix might pretend to have, but I don't think it makes sense any way.
2024-03-22 12:40:29 +02:00
The rationale behind that cycle is that
- Minor versions stay close to master and bring early access to new features for the user who need them;
- Major versions are aligned with the NixOS releases (released one month before NixOS and supported for as long at it).
more detail on backports Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2023-09-22 00:23:14 +03:00
Update the release cycle - Align the “frequent” release cycle with the calendar - The 6-month release cycle is hard to keep track of. A monthly release will make it much easier to remember the release date. - Officialise the support for a stable version maintained for as long as NixOS stable - This is already the case in practice, it just happens that the “stable” Nixpkgs version is whichever version was deemed stable-enough at the time of the NixOS release. Officialise that by cutting a new major release alongside each NixOS one. Note that this breaks whatever semver compatibility Nix might pretend to have, but I don't think it makes sense any way.
2024-03-22 12:40:29 +02:00
Bugfixes and security issues are backported to every supported version.
Patch releases are published as needed.
add information on release cycle and backports
2023-09-21 03:52:05 +03:00
Update the release cycle - Align the “frequent” release cycle with the calendar - The 6-month release cycle is hard to keep track of. A monthly release will make it much easier to remember the release date. - Officialise the support for a stable version maintained for as long as NixOS stable - This is already the case in practice, it just happens that the “stable” Nixpkgs version is whichever version was deemed stable-enough at the time of the NixOS release. Officialise that by cutting a new major release alongside each NixOS one. Note that this breaks whatever semver compatibility Nix might pretend to have, but I don't think it makes sense any way.
2024-03-22 12:40:29 +02:00
Notable changes and additions are announced in the release notes for each version.
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