Rebecca Turner
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Lix cannot be built with GNU readline, and we would "rather not" be GPL.
Change-Id: I0e86f0f10dab966ab1d1d467fb61fd2de50c00de
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synopsis: readline support removed
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cls: [1885]
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category: Packaging
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credits: [9999years]
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Support for building Lix with [`readline`][readline] instead of
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[`editline`][editline] has been removed. `readline` support hasn't worked for a
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long time (attempting to use it would lead to build errors) and would make Lix
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subject to the GPL if it did work. In the future, we're hoping to replace
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`editline` with [`rustyline`][rustyline] for improved ergonomics in the `nix
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repl`.
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[readline]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Readline
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[editline]: https://github.com/troglobit/editline
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[rustyline]: https://github.com/kkawakam/rustyline
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