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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

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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