nix-gh/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1.12.xml
Benjamin Staffin d267db0d75
Move note about float support out of the wrong release notes
Looks like this snuck into the 1.11 release notes post-release, but
float support isn't actually present until 1.12.
2017-04-12 18:01:43 -04:00

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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="ssec-relnotes-1.12">
<title>Release 1.12 (TBA)</title>
<para>This release has the following new features:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>It is no longer necessary to set the
<envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> environment variable if you need to use
the Nix daemon. Nix will use the daemon automatically if you dont
have write access to the Nix database.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The Nix language now supports floating point numbers. They are
based on regular C++ <literal>float</literal> and compatible with
existing integers and number-related operations. Export and import to and
from JSON and XML works, too.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>This release has contributions from TBD.</para>
</section>