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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-1412.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-1412.section.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3b6af73359d --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-1412.section.xml @@ -0,0 +1,466 @@ +<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-release-14.12"> + <title>Release 14.12 (<quote>Caterpillar</quote>, 2014/12/30)</title> + <para> + In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has + the following highlights: + </para> + <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> + </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> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + NixOS is now based on Glibc 2.20. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + KDE has been updated to 4.14. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The default Linux kernel has been updated to 3.14. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + If <literal>users.mutableUsers</literal> is enabled (the + default), changes made to the declaration of a user or group + will be correctly realised when running + <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal>. For instance, removing a user + specification from <literal>configuration.nix</literal> will + cause the actual user account to be deleted. If + <literal>users.mutableUsers</literal> is disabled, it is no + longer necessary to specify UIDs or GIDs; if omitted, they are + allocated dynamically. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + Following new services were added since the last release: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>atftpd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>bosun</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>bspwm</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>chronos</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>collectd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>consul</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>cpuminer-cryptonight</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>crashplan</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>dnscrypt-proxy</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>docker-registry</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>docker</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>etcd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fail2ban</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fcgiwrap</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fleet</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fluxbox</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gdm</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>geoclue2</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gitlab</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gitolite</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.gnome-documents</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.gnome-online-miners</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.gvfs</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.seahorse</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>hbase</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>i2pd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>influxdb</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>kubernetes</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>liquidsoap</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lxc</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mailpile</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mesos</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mlmmj</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>monetdb</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mopidy</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>neo4j</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>nsd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>openntpd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>opentsdb</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>openvswitch</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>parallels-guest</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>peerflix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>phd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>polipo</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>prosody</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>radicale</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>redmine</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>riemann</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>scollector</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>seeks</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>siproxd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>strongswan</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>tcsd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>teamspeak3</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>thermald</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>torque/mrom</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>torque/server</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>uhub</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>unifi</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>znc</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>zookeeper</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the + following incompatible changes: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + The default version of Apache httpd is now 2.4. If you use the + <literal>extraConfig</literal> 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: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + services.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2; +} +</programlisting> + </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. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair is now called + <literal>ve-container-name</literal> rather than + <literal>c-container-name</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + 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 <literal>rm -rf /tmp/.vbox*</literal>. The line + <literal>imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix> ]</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. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Chromium has been updated to 39.0.2171.65. + <literal>enablePepperPDF</literal> 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>. + </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. + </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 xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones</link>. + </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. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Intel GPU driver was updated to the 3.x prerelease version + (used by most distributions) and supports DRI3 now. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</section> |