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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-1404.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-1404.section.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8771623b468 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-1404.section.xml @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-release-14.04"> + <title>Release 14.04 (<quote>Baboon</quote>, 2014/04/30)</title> + <para> + This is the second stable release branch of NixOS. In addition to + numerous new and upgraded packages and modules, this release has the + following highlights: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Installation on UEFI systems is now supported. See + <xref linkend="sec-installation" /> for details. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Systemd has been updated to version 212, which has + <link xlink:href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/plain/NEWS?id=v212">numerous + improvements</link>. NixOS now automatically starts systemd user + instances when you log in. You can define global user units + through the <literal>systemd.unit.*</literal> options. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + NixOS is now based on Glibc 2.19 and GCC 4.8. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The default Linux kernel has been updated to 3.12. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + KDE has been updated to 4.12. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + GNOME 3.10 experimental support has been added. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Nix has been updated to 1.7 + (<link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-relnotes-1.7">details</link>). + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + NixOS now supports fully declarative management of users and + groups. If you set <literal>users.mutableUsers</literal> to + <literal>false</literal>, then the contents of + <literal>/etc/passwd</literal> and <literal>/etc/group</literal> + will be + <link xlink:href="https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/lisa02/tech/full_papers/traugott/traugott_html/">congruent</link> + to your NixOS configuration. For instance, if you remove a user + from <literal>users.extraUsers</literal> and run + <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal>, the user account will cease to + exist. Also, imperative commands for managing users and groups, + such as <literal>useradd</literal>, are no longer available. If + <literal>users.mutableUsers</literal> is <literal>true</literal> + (the default), then behaviour is unchanged from NixOS 13.10. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + NixOS now has basic container support, meaning you can easily + run a NixOS instance as a container in a NixOS host system. + These containers are suitable for testing and experimentation + but not production use, since they’re not fully isolated from + the host. See <xref linkend="ch-containers" /> for details. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Systemd units provided by packages can now be overridden from + the NixOS configuration. For instance, if a package + <literal>foo</literal> provides systemd units, you can say: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + systemd.packages = [ pkgs.foo ]; +} +</programlisting> + <para> + to enable those units. You can then set or override unit options + in the usual way, e.g. + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + systemd.services.foo.wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; + systemd.services.foo.serviceConfig.MemoryLimit = "512M"; +} +</programlisting> + <para> + When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the + following incompatible changes: + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Nixpkgs no longer exposes unfree packages by default. If your + NixOS configuration requires unfree packages from Nixpkgs, you + need to enable support for them explicitly by setting: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; +} +</programlisting> + <para> + Otherwise, you get an error message such as: + </para> + <programlisting> + error: package ‘nvidia-x11-331.49-3.12.17’ in ‘…/nvidia-x11/default.nix:56’ + has an unfree license, refusing to evaluate +</programlisting> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Adobe Flash player is no longer enabled by default in the + Firefox and Chromium wrappers. To enable it, you must set: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true; + nixpkgs.config.firefox.enableAdobeFlash = true; # for Firefox + nixpkgs.config.chromium.enableAdobeFlash = true; # for Chromium +} +</programlisting> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The firewall is now enabled by default. If you don’t want this, + you need to disable it explicitly: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + networking.firewall.enable = false; +} +</programlisting> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The option <literal>boot.loader.grub.memtest86</literal> has + been renamed to + <literal>boot.loader.grub.memtest86.enable</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>mysql55</literal> service has been merged into the + <literal>mysql</literal> service, which no longer sets a default + for the option <literal>services.mysql.package</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Package variants are now differentiated by suffixing the name, + rather than the version. For instance, + <literal>sqlite-3.8.4.3-interactive</literal> is now called + <literal>sqlite-interactive-3.8.4.3</literal>. This ensures that + <literal>nix-env -i sqlite</literal> is unambiguous, and that + <literal>nix-env -u</literal> won’t <quote>upgrade</quote> + <literal>sqlite</literal> to + <literal>sqlite-interactive</literal> or vice versa. Notably, + this change affects the Firefox wrapper (which provides + plugins), as it is now called + <literal>firefox-wrapper</literal>. So when using + <literal>nix-env</literal>, you should do + <literal>nix-env -e firefox; nix-env -i firefox-wrapper</literal> + if you want to keep using the wrapper. This change does not + affect declarative package management, since attribute names + like <literal>pkgs.firefoxWrapper</literal> were already + unambiguous. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The symlink <literal>/etc/ca-bundle.crt</literal> is gone. + Programs should instead use the environment variable + <literal>OPENSSL_X509_CERT_FILE</literal> (which points to + <literal>/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt</literal>). + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</section> |