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authorMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2021-10-12 16:50:47 +0000
committerMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2021-10-12 17:46:23 +0000
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* Changes in 1.4.0 (since 1.3.0)
** Package management
-*** New 'deb' format for the 'guix pack' command
+*** New ‘deb’ format for the ‘guix pack’ command
+*** New ‘guix import minetest’ command, to import Minetest extensions
+*** ‘guix import elpa’ now supports the non-GNU ELPA repository
+*** New updater (see ‘guix refresh’): ‘generic-git’
+*** ‘--with-commit’ option now accepts strings returned by ‘git describe’
** Distribution
*** The installation script can now enable local substitute servers discovery
+*** More control over boot-time file system checks and repairs
+*** XFS file systems can be created by the installer and mounted by label/UUID
+** Programming interfaces
+*** (guix records) now supports “field sanitizers”
+** Noteworthy bug fixes
+*** Fall back to Software Heritage when cloning a channel
+ (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/44187>)
+*** ‘--with-patch’ can be used on packages with non-origin sources
+ (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/49697>)
+*** Fix pathological profile building performance in the presence of grafts
+ (<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/49439>)
+
* Changes in 1.3.0 (since 1.2.0)
** Package management
*** POWER9 (powerpc64le-linux) is now supported as a technology preview