commit 133b64613d4dda8df2f3d3885d66daf599d28324
parent c6c41e331e9c14fa0fa966af020d0ae1f1191a24
Author: Daniel Barlow <dan@telent.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:18:28 +0000
link to NEWS file
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
A brief guide to backward-incompatible changes
that are likely to break configurations or workflows
+2023-07-13
+
+* a significant re-arrangement of modules and services, which will
+probably break any configuration written before this time. For a
+detailed explanation, see
+https://www.liminix.org/doc/configuration.html#modules
+
2023-12-10
* configurations (usually) need no longer import modules from
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -18,22 +18,14 @@ outside word goes across it.
Liminix is pre-1.0. We are still finding new and better ways to do things,
and there is no attempt to maintain backward compatibility with the old
-ways. This will change when it settles down.
+ways.
-_In general:_ development mostly happens on the `main` branch, which is
-therefore not guaranteed to build or to work on every commit. For the
-latest functioning version, see [the CI system](https://build.liminix.org/jobset/liminix/build) and pick a revision with all jobs green.
+The [NEWS](NEWS) file (available wherever you found this README) is
+a high-level overview of breaking changes.
-_In particular:_ as of July 2023, a significant re-arrangement of
-modules and services is ongoing:
-
-* if you are using out-of-tree configurations created before commit
- 2e50368, especially if they reference things under pkgs.liminix,
- they will need updating. Look at changes to examples/rotuer.nix
- for guidance
-
-* the same is intermittently true for examples/{extensino,arhcive}.nix
- where I've updated rotuer and not updated them to match.
+Development mostly happens on the `main` branch, which is therefore
+not guaranteed to build or to work on every commit. For the latest
+functioning version, see [the CI system](https://build.liminix.org/jobset/liminix/build) and pick a revision with all jobs green.
## Documentation
