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--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml
@@ -6,19 +6,16 @@
  <title>Release 14.12 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/12/30)</title>
 
  <para>
-  In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the
-  following highlights:
+  In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights:
   <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     Systemd has been updated to version 217, which has numerous
-     <link xlink:href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024662.html">improvements.</link>
+     Systemd has been updated to version 217, which has numerous <link xlink:href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024662.html">improvements.</link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     <link xlink:href="https://www.mail-archive.com/nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl/msg13957.html">
-     Nix has been updated to 1.8.</link>
+     <link xlink:href="https://www.mail-archive.com/nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl/msg13957.html"> Nix has been updated to 1.8.</link>
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
@@ -38,13 +35,7 @@
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     If <option>users.mutableUsers</option> is enabled (the default), changes
-     made to the declaration of a user or group will be correctly realised when
-     running <command>nixos-rebuild</command>. For instance, removing a user
-     specification from <filename>configuration.nix</filename> will cause the
-     actual user account to be deleted. If <option>users.mutableUsers</option>
-     is disabled, it is no longer necessary to specify UIDs or GIDs; if
-     omitted, they are allocated dynamically.
+     If <option>users.mutableUsers</option> is enabled (the default), changes made to the declaration of a user or group will be correctly realised when running <command>nixos-rebuild</command>. For instance, removing a user specification from <filename>configuration.nix</filename> will cause the actual user account to be deleted. If <option>users.mutableUsers</option> is disabled, it is no longer necessary to specify UIDs or GIDs; if omitted, they are allocated dynamically.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
@@ -362,18 +353,12 @@
  </para>
 
  <para>
-  When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following
-  incompatible changes:
+  When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following incompatible changes:
   <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     The default version of Apache httpd is now 2.4. If you use the
-     <option>extraConfig</option> option to pass literal Apache configuration
-     text, you may need to update it — see
-     <link
-xlink:href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html">Apache’s
-     documentation</link> for details. If you wish to continue to use httpd
-     2.2, add the following line to your NixOS configuration:
+     The default version of Apache httpd is now 2.4. If you use the <option>extraConfig</option> option to pass literal Apache configuration text, you may need to update it — see <link
+xlink:href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html">Apache’s documentation</link> for details. If you wish to continue to use httpd 2.2, add the following line to your NixOS configuration:
 <programlisting>
 services.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2;
 </programlisting>
@@ -381,85 +366,57 @@ services.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2;
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     PHP 5.3 has been removed because it is no longer supported by the PHP
-     project. A <link
-xlink:href="http://php.net/migration54">migration
-     guide</link> is available.
+     PHP 5.3 has been removed because it is no longer supported by the PHP project. A <link
+xlink:href="http://php.net/migration54">migration guide</link> is available.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair is now called
-     <literal>ve-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> rather
-     than <literal>c-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal>.
+     The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair is now called <literal>ve-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> rather than <literal>c-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     GNOME 3.10 support has been dropped. The default GNOME version is now
-     3.12.
+     GNOME 3.10 support has been dropped. The default GNOME version is now 3.12.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     VirtualBox has been upgraded to 4.3.20 release. Users may be required to
-     run <command>rm -rf /tmp/.vbox*</command>. The line <literal>imports = [
-     &lt;nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix&gt; ]</literal> is no
-     longer necessary, use <literal>services.virtualboxHost.enable =
-     true</literal> instead.
+     VirtualBox has been upgraded to 4.3.20 release. Users may be required to run <command>rm -rf /tmp/.vbox*</command>. The line <literal>imports = [ &lt;nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix&gt; ]</literal> is no longer necessary, use <literal>services.virtualboxHost.enable = true</literal> instead.
     </para>
     <para>
-     Also, hardening mode is now enabled by default, which means that unless
-     you want to use USB support, you no longer need to be a member of the
-     <literal>vboxusers</literal> group.
+     Also, hardening mode is now enabled by default, which means that unless you want to use USB support, you no longer need to be a member of the <literal>vboxusers</literal> group.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     Chromium has been updated to 39.0.2171.65.
-     <option>enablePepperPDF</option> is now enabled by default.
-     <literal>chromium*Wrapper</literal> packages no longer exist, because
-     upstream removed NSAPI support. <literal>chromium-stable</literal> has
-     been renamed to <literal>chromium</literal>.
+     Chromium has been updated to 39.0.2171.65. <option>enablePepperPDF</option> is now enabled by default. <literal>chromium*Wrapper</literal> packages no longer exist, because upstream removed NSAPI support. <literal>chromium-stable</literal> has been renamed to <literal>chromium</literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     Python packaging documentation is now part of nixpkgs manual. To override
-     the python packages available to a custom python you now use
-     <literal>pkgs.pythonFull.buildEnv.override</literal> instead of
-     <literal>pkgs.pythonFull.override</literal>.
+     Python packaging documentation is now part of nixpkgs manual. To override the python packages available to a custom python you now use <literal>pkgs.pythonFull.buildEnv.override</literal> instead of <literal>pkgs.pythonFull.override</literal>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     <literal>boot.resumeDevice = "8:6"</literal> is no longer supported. Most
-     users will want to leave it undefined, which takes the swap partitions
-     automatically. There is an evaluation assertion to ensure that the string
-     starts with a slash.
+     <literal>boot.resumeDevice = "8:6"</literal> is no longer supported. Most users will want to leave it undefined, which takes the swap partitions automatically. There is an evaluation assertion to ensure that the string starts with a slash.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     The system-wide default timezone for NixOS installations changed from
-     <literal>CET</literal> to <literal>UTC</literal>. To choose a different
-     timezone for your system, configure <literal>time.timeZone</literal> in
-     <literal>configuration.nix</literal>. A fairly complete list of possible
-     values for that setting is available at
-     <link
+     The system-wide default timezone for NixOS installations changed from <literal>CET</literal> to <literal>UTC</literal>. To choose a different timezone for your system, configure <literal>time.timeZone</literal> in <literal>configuration.nix</literal>. A fairly complete list of possible values for that setting is available at <link
 xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones"/>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     GNU screen has been updated to 4.2.1, which breaks the ability to connect
-     to sessions created by older versions of screen.
+     GNU screen has been updated to 4.2.1, which breaks the ability to connect to sessions created by older versions of screen.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     The Intel GPU driver was updated to the 3.x prerelease version (used by
-     most distributions) and supports DRI3 now.
+     The Intel GPU driver was updated to the 3.x prerelease version (used by most distributions) and supports DRI3 now.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>