diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
index e326f89d4f4..6ed99315a7a 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/release-notes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
This section lists the release notes for each stable version of NixOS
and current unstable revision.
+
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2781cee3614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-unstable.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+
+Unstable
+
+When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
+ following incompatible changes:
+
+
+
+ wmiiSnap has been replaced with
+ wmii_hg, but
+ services.xserver.windowManager.wmii.enable
+ has been updated respectively so this only affects you if you
+ have explicitly installed wmiiSnap.
+
+
+ wmiimenu is removed, as it has been removed by
+ the developers upstream. Use wimenu from the
+ wmii-hg package.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e8ecc72a6d3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-args: with args; stdenv.mkDerivation {
- name = "wmii-3.6";
-
- src = fetchurl {
- url = http://dl.suckless.org/wmii/wmii-3.6.tar.gz;
- sha256 = "46f39b788c5ef4695040b36cc7d9c539db0306bafc4d8cefdc5980ed4331b216";
- };
-
- buildInputs = [ libX11 libixp xextproto libXt libXext ];
- inherit libixp;
-
- phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
-
- installPhase = "
- for i in libfmt libutf libregexp libbio; do
- cd $i; make; cd ..
- done
- mkdir -p \$out/lib
- cp ${libixp}/lib/libixp.a \$out/lib
- export CFLAGS=\$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
- export LDFLAGS\=$(echo \$NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/-rpath/-L/g')
- sed -i -e \"s%^PREFIX.*%PREFIX=\$out%\" \\
- -e \"s%^\\(INCS.*\\)%\\1 \$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE%\" \\
- -e \"s%^\\(LIBS.*\\)%\\1 \$LDFLAGS%\" \\
- -e 's%^\\(AWKPATH = \\).*%\\1${gawk}/bin/gawk%' \\
- config.mk
- # don't use the default one installed by nixos!
- #sed -i -e \"s%ixpc%\$libixp/bin/ixpc%\" wmiir
- make install
- ";
- meta = { homepage = "www.suckless.org";
- description = "a really cool window manager which can by driven by keyboard only";
- license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
- };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii31/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii31/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 568be30f1c5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/wmii31/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-args: with args; stdenv.mkDerivation {
- name = "wmiimenu-3.1";
-
- src = fetchurl {
- url = http://dl.suckless.org/wmii/wmii-3.1.tar.gz;
- sha256 = "0sviwxbanpsfdm55zvx9hflncw35slkz41xr517y3yfgxx6qlhlk";
- };
-
- buildInputs = [ libX11 libixp ];
- inherit libixp;
-
- phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
-
- installPhase = "
- export CFLAGS=\$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE
- export LDFLAGS\=$(echo \$NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/-rpath/-L/g')
- sed -i -e \"s%^PREFIX.*%PREFIX=\$out%\" \\
- -e \"s%^\\(INCS.*\\)%\\1 \$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE%\" \\
- -e \"s%^\\(LIBS.*\\)%\\1 \$LDFLAGS%\" \\
- config.mk
- # don't use the default one installed by nixos!
- # sed -i -e \"s%ixpc%\$libixp/bin/ixpc%\" wmiir
-
- # This will fail but wmiimenu has been built (hack!)
- set +e
- make &> /dev/null
- set -e
- mkdir -p \$out/bin
- cp cmd/wmiimenu \$out/bin
- ";
- meta = { homepage = "www.suckless.org";
- description = "One small tool of the wmii window manger to let the user select an item from a list by filtering";
- license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
- };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cbe9e20f0b1..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-args: with args;
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
- name = "libixp_for_wmii-0.4";
- phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
- installPhase = "
- export LDFLAGS\=$(echo \$NIX_LDFLAGS | sed -e 's/-rpath/-L/g')
- sed -i -e \"s%^PREFIX.*%PREFIX=\$out%\" \\
- -e \"s%^\\(INCLUDE.*\\)%\\1 \$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE%\" \\
- -e \"s%^\\(LIBS.*\\)%\\1 \$LDFLAGS%\" \\
- config.mk
- make
- mkdir -p \$out/include
- cp -r include/*.h \$out/include
- cp -r lib \$out
- ";
- src = fetchurl {
- url = http://dl.suckless.org/libs/libixp-0.4.tar.gz;
- sha256 = "0b44p9wvmzxpyf2xd86rxyr49bmfh9cd5hj3d234gkvynvgph60p";
- };
-
- meta = {
- homepage = http://libs.suckless.org/libixp;
- description = "stand-alone client/server 9P library";
- license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ mit lpl-102 ];
- };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1ca22091e3d..984485e893c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7556,10 +7556,6 @@ let
libxslt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxslt { };
- libixp_for_wmii = lowPrio (import ../development/libraries/libixp_for_wmii {
- inherit fetchurl stdenv;
- });
-
libixp_hg = callPackage ../development/libraries/libixp-hg { };
libyaml = callPackage ../development/libraries/libyaml { };
@@ -13308,20 +13304,6 @@ let
wmctrl = callPackage ../tools/X11/wmctrl { };
- # I'm keen on wmiimenu only >wmii-3.5 no longer has it...
- wmiimenu = import ../applications/window-managers/wmii31 {
- libixp = libixp_for_wmii;
- inherit fetchurl /* fetchhg */ stdenv gawk;
- inherit (xlibs) libX11;
- };
-
- wmiiSnap = import ../applications/window-managers/wmii {
- libixp = libixp_for_wmii;
- inherit fetchurl /* fetchhg */ stdenv gawk;
- inherit (xlibs) libX11 xextproto libXt libXext;
- includeUnpack = config.stdenv.includeUnpack or false;
- };
-
wmii_hg = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/wmii-hg { };
wordnet = callPackage ../applications/misc/wordnet { };