# Release X.Y (202?-??-??)

* Various nix commands can now read expressions from stdin with `--file -`.

* `nix store make-content-addressable` has been renamed to `nix store
  make-content-addressed`.

* New experimental builtin function `builtins.fetchClosure` that
  copies a closure from a binary cache at evaluation time and rewrites
  it to content-addressed form (if it isn't already). Like
  `builtins.storePath`, this allows importing pre-built store paths;
  the difference is that it doesn't require the user to configure
  binary caches and trusted public keys.

  This function is only available if you enable the experimental
  feature `fetch-closure`.

* New experimental feature: *impure derivations*. These are
  derivations that can produce a different result every time they're
  built. Here is an example:

  ```nix
  stdenv.mkDerivation {
    name = "impure";
    __impure = true; # marks this derivation as impure
    buildCommand = "date > $out";
  }
  ```

  Running `nix build` twice on this expression will build the
  derivation twice, producing two different content-addressed store
  paths. Like fixed-output derivations, impure derivations have access
  to the network. Only fixed-output derivations and impure derivations
  can depend on an impure derivation.
