Compile hand-written release notes with changelog-d

.gitignore

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ perl/Makefile.config
 /doc/manual/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md
 /doc/manual/src/language/builtins.md
 /doc/manual/src/language/builtin-constants.md
+/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
 
 # /scripts/
 /scripts/nix-profile.sh

doc/manual/local.mk

@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ $(d)/language.json: $(bindir)/nix
 	$(trace-gen) $(dummy-env) $(bindir)/nix __dump-language > $@.tmp
 	@mv $@.tmp $@
 
+$(d)/src/release-notes/rl-next.md: $(d)/rl-next/*
+	$(trace-gen) changelog-d doc/manual/rl-next > $@
+
 # Generate the HTML manual.
 .PHONY: manual-html
 manual-html: $(docdir)/manual/index.html
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ doc/manual/generated/man1/nix3-manpages: $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli
 # `@docroot@` is to be preserved for documenting the mechanism
 # FIXME: maybe contributing guides should live right next to the code
 # instead of in the manual
-$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/anchors.jq $(d)/custom.css $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(d)/src/language/builtins.md $(d)/src/language/builtin-constants.md
+$(docdir)/manual/index.html: $(MANUAL_SRCS) $(d)/book.toml $(d)/anchors.jq $(d)/custom.css $(d)/src/SUMMARY.md $(d)/src/command-ref/new-cli $(d)/src/contributing/experimental-feature-descriptions.md $(d)/src/command-ref/conf-file.md $(d)/src/language/builtins.md $(d)/src/language/builtin-constants.md $(d)/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
 	$(trace-gen) \
 		tmp="$$(mktemp -d)"; \
 		cp -r doc/manual "$$tmp"; \

doc/manual/rl-next/config

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+organization: NixOS
+repository: nix

doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md

@@ -220,3 +220,41 @@ Configure your editor to use the `clangd` from the shell, either by running it i
 > For some editors (e.g. Visual Studio Code), you may need to install a [special extension](https://open-vsx.org/extension/llvm-vs-code-extensions/vscode-clangd) for the editor to interact with `clangd`.
 > Some other editors (e.g. Emacs, Vim) need a plugin to support LSP servers in general (e.g. [lsp-mode](https://github.com/emacs-lsp/lsp-mode) for Emacs and [vim-lsp](https://github.com/prabirshrestha/vim-lsp) for vim).
 > Editor-specific setup is typically opinionated, so we will not cover it here in more detail.
+
+## Add a release note
+
+`doc/manual/rl-next` contains release notes entries for all unreleased changes.
+
+User-visible changes should come with a release note.
+
+### Add an entry
+
+Here's what a complete entry looks like. The file name is not incorporated in the document.
+
+```
+synopsis: Basically a title
+issues: #1234
+prs: #1238
+description: {
+
+Here's one or more paragraphs that describe the change.
+
+- It's markdown
+- Add references to the manual using @docroot@
+
+}
+```
+
+Significant changes should add the following header, which moves them to the top.
+
+```
+significance: significant
+```
+
+<!-- Keep an eye on https://codeberg.org/fgaz/changelog-d/issues/1 -->
+See also the [format documentation](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#changelog).
+
+### Build process
+
+Releases have a precomputed `rl-MAJOR.MINOR.md`, and no `rl-next.md`.
+Non-releases build the release notes on the fly.

flake.nix

@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@
           "--enable-internal-api-docs"
         ];
 
+        # TODO: after backport of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/268487, remove `haskellPackages.` -
+        #       vastly improves output closure, and adds shell completions
+        changelog-d = pkgs.buildPackages.haskellPackages.changelog-d;
+
         nativeBuildDeps =
           [
             buildPackages.bison
@@ -189,7 +193,10 @@
             buildPackages.jq # Also for custom mdBook preprocessor.
             buildPackages.openssh # only needed for tests (ssh-keygen)
           ]
-          ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [(buildPackages.util-linuxMinimal or buildPackages.utillinuxMinimal)];
+          ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [(buildPackages.util-linuxMinimal or buildPackages.utillinuxMinimal)]
+          # Official releases don't have rl-next, so we don't need to compile a changelog
+          ++ lib.optional (!officialRelease) changelog-d
+          ;
 
         buildDeps =
           [ curl
@@ -721,6 +728,8 @@
               ++ lib.optional
                 (stdenv.cc.isClang && stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform)
                 pkgs.buildPackages.clang-tools
+              # We want changelog-d in the shell even if it's an official release
+              ++ lib.optional officialRelease changelog-d
               ;
 
             buildInputs = buildDeps ++ propagatedDeps