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The default Linux kernel is 4.9 and Nix is at 1.11.8. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The default desktop environment now is KDE's Plasma 5. KDE 4 + has been removed + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The setuid wrapper functionality now supports setting + capabilities. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + X.org server uses branch 1.19. Due to ABI incompatibilities, + <literal>ati_unfree</literal> keeps forcing 1.17 and + <literal>amdgpu-pro</literal> starts forcing 1.18. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Cross compilation has been rewritten. See the nixpkgs manual + for details. The most obvious breaking change is that in + derivations there is no <literal>.nativeDrv</literal> nor + <literal>.crossDrv</literal> are now cross by default, not + native. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>overridePackages</literal> function has been + rewritten to be replaced by + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-overlays-install"> + overlays</link> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Packages in nixpkgs can be marked as insecure through listed + vulnerabilities. See the + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-allow-insecure">Nixpkgs + manual</link> for more information. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + PHP now defaults to PHP 7.1 + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> + <section xml:id="sec-release-17.03-new-services"> + <title>New Services</title> + <para> + The following new services were added since the last release: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>hardware/ckb.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>hardware/mcelog.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>hardware/usb-wwan.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>hardware/video/capture/mwprocapture.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/adb.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/chromium.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/gphoto2.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/java.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/mtr.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/oblogout.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/vim.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs/wireshark.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>security/dhparams.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/audio/ympd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/computing/boinc/client.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/continuous-integration/buildbot/master.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/continuous-integration/buildbot/worker.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/continuous-integration/gitlab-runner.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/databases/riak-cs.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/databases/stanchion.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/desktops/gnome3/gnome-terminal-server.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/editors/infinoted.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/hardware/illum.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/hardware/trezord.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/logging/journalbeat.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/mail/offlineimap.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/mail/postgrey.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/couchpotato.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/docker-registry.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/errbot.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/geoip-updater.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/gogs.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/leaps.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/nix-optimise.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/ssm-agent.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/misc/sssd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/arbtt.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/netdata.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/default.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/alertmanager.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/blackbox-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/json-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/node-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/snmp-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/unifi-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/prometheus/varnish-exporter.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/sysstat.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/telegraf.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/monitoring/vnstat.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/network-filesystems/cachefilesd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/network-filesystems/glusterfs.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/network-filesystems/ipfs.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/dante.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/dnscrypt-wrapper.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/fakeroute.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/flannel.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/htpdate.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/miredo.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/nftables.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/powerdns.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/pdns-recursor.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/quagga.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/redsocks.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/networking/wireguard.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/system/cgmanager.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/torrent/opentracker.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/atlassian/confluence.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/atlassian/crowd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/atlassian/jira.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/frab.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/nixbot.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/selfoss.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/web-apps/quassel-webserver.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/x11/unclutter-xfixes.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>services/x11/urxvtd.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>system/boot/systemd-nspawn.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>virtualisation/ecs-agent.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>virtualisation/lxcfs.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>virtualisation/openstack/keystone.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>virtualisation/openstack/glance.nix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> + <section xml:id="sec-release-17.03-incompatibilities"> + <title>Backward Incompatibilities</title> + <para> + When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the + following incompatible changes: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Derivations have no <literal>.nativeDrv</literal> nor + <literal>.crossDrv</literal> and are now cross by default, not + native. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>stdenv.overrides</literal> is now expected to take + <literal>self</literal> and <literal>super</literal> + arguments. See <literal>lib.trivial.extends</literal> for what + those parameters represent. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>ansible</literal> now defaults to ansible version 2 + as version 1 has been removed due to a serious + <link xlink:href="https://www.computest.nl/advisories/CT-2017-0109_Ansible.txt"> + vulnerability</link> unpatched by upstream. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome</literal> alias has been removed along with + <literal>gtk</literal>, <literal>gtkmm</literal> and several + others. Now you need to use versioned attributes, like + <literal>gnome3</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The attribute name of the Radicale daemon has been changed + from <literal>pythonPackages.radicale</literal> to + <literal>radicale</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>stripHash</literal> bash function in + <literal>stdenv</literal> changed according to its + documentation; it now outputs the stripped name to + <literal>stdout</literal> instead of putting it in the + variable <literal>strippedName</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + PHP now scans for extra configuration .ini files in /etc/php.d + instead of /etc. This prevents accidentally loading non-PHP + .ini files that may be in /etc. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Two lone top-level dict dbs moved into + <literal>dictdDBs</literal>. This affects: + <literal>dictdWordnet</literal> which is now at + <literal>dictdDBs.wordnet</literal> and + <literal>dictdWiktionary</literal> which is now at + <literal>dictdDBs.wiktionary</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Parsoid service now uses YAML configuration format. + <literal>service.parsoid.interwikis</literal> is now called + <literal>service.parsoid.wikis</literal> and is a list of + either API URLs or attribute sets as specified in parsoid's + documentation. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>Ntpd</literal> was replaced by + <literal>systemd-timesyncd</literal> as the default service to + synchronize system time with a remote NTP server. The old + behavior can be restored by setting + <literal>services.ntp.enable</literal> to + <literal>true</literal>. Upstream time servers for all NTP + implementations are now configured using + <literal>networking.timeServers</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>service.nylon</literal> is now declared using named + instances. As an example: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + services.nylon = { + enable = true; + acceptInterface = "br0"; + bindInterface = "tun1"; + port = 5912; + }; +} +</programlisting> + <para> + should be replaced with: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +{ + services.nylon.myvpn = { + enable = true; + acceptInterface = "br0"; + bindInterface = "tun1"; + port = 5912; + }; +} +</programlisting> + <para> + this enables you to declare a SOCKS proxy for each uplink. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>overridePackages</literal> function no longer exists. + It is replaced by + <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-overlays-install"> + overlays</link>. For example, the following code: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +let + pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {}; +in + pkgs.overridePackages (self: super: ...) +</programlisting> + <para> + should be replaced by: + </para> + <programlisting language="bash"> +let + pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {}; +in + import pkgs.path { overlays = [(self: super: ...)]; } +</programlisting> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Autoloading connection tracking helpers is now disabled by + default. This default was also changed in the Linux kernel and + is considered insecure if not configured properly in your + firewall. If you need connection tracking helpers (i.e. for + active FTP) please enable + <literal>networking.firewall.autoLoadConntrackHelpers</literal> + and tune + <literal>networking.firewall.connectionTrackingModules</literal> + to suit your needs. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>local_recipient_maps</literal> is not set to empty + value by Postfix service. It's an insecure default as stated + by Postfix documentation. Those who want to retain this + setting need to set it via + <literal>services.postfix.extraConfig</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Iputils no longer provide ping6 and traceroute6. The + functionality of these tools has been integrated into ping and + traceroute respectively. To enforce an address family the new + flags <literal>-4</literal> and <literal>-6</literal> have + been added. One notable incompatibility is that specifying an + interface (for link-local IPv6 for instance) is no longer done + with the <literal>-I</literal> flag, but by encoding the + interface into the address + (<literal>ping fe80::1%eth0</literal>). + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The socket handling of the <literal>services.rmilter</literal> + module has been fixed and refactored. As rmilter doesn't + support binding to more than one socket, the options + <literal>bindUnixSockets</literal> and + <literal>bindInetSockets</literal> have been replaced by + <literal>services.rmilter.bindSocket.*</literal>. The default + is still a unix socket in + <literal>/run/rmilter/rmilter.sock</literal>. Refer to the + options documentation for more information. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <literal>fetch*</literal> functions no longer support md5, + please use sha256 instead. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The dnscrypt-proxy module interface has been streamlined + around the <literal>extraArgs</literal> option. Where + possible, legacy option declarations are mapped to + <literal>extraArgs</literal> but will emit warnings. The + <literal>resolverList</literal> has been outright removed: to + use an unlisted resolver, use the + <literal>customResolver</literal> option. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + torbrowser now stores local state under + <literal>~/.local/share/tor-browser</literal> by default. Any + browser profile data from the old location, + <literal>~/.torbrowser4</literal>, must be migrated manually. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The ihaskell, monetdb, offlineimap and sitecopy services have + been removed. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> + <section xml:id="sec-release-17.03-notable-changes"> + <title>Other Notable Changes</title> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Module type system have a new extensible option types feature + that allow to extend certain types, such as enum, through + multiple option declarations of the same option across + multiple modules. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>jre</literal> now defaults to GTK UI by default. This + improves visual consistency and makes Java follow system font + style, improving the situation on HighDPI displays. This has a + cost of increased closure size; for server and other headless + workloads it's recommended to use + <literal>jre_headless</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Python 2.6 interpreter and package set have been removed. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Python 2.7 interpreter does not use modules anymore. + Instead, all CPython interpreters now include the whole + standard library except for `tkinter`, which is available in + the Python package set. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Python 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 are now built deterministically and + 3.4 mostly. Minor modifications had to be made to the + interpreters in order to generate deterministic bytecode. This + has security implications and is relevant for those using + Python in a <literal>nix-shell</literal>. See the Nixpkgs + manual for details. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Python package sets now use a fixed-point combinator and + the sets are available as attributes of the interpreters. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Python function <literal>buildPythonPackage</literal> has + been improved and can be used to build from Setuptools source, + Flit source, and precompiled Wheels. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + When adding new or updating current Python libraries, the + expressions should be put in separate files in + <literal>pkgs/development/python-modules</literal> and called + from <literal>python-packages.nix</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The dnscrypt-proxy service supports synchronizing the list of + public resolvers without working DNS resolution. This fixes + issues caused by the resolver list becoming outdated. It also + improves the viability of DNSCrypt only configurations. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Containers using bridged networking no longer lose their + connection after changes to the host networking. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + ZFS supports pool auto scrubbing. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The bind DNS utilities (e.g. dig) have been split into their + own output and are now also available in + <literal>pkgs.dnsutils</literal> and it is no longer necessary + to pull in all of <literal>bind</literal> to use them. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Per-user configuration was moved from + <literal>~/.nixpkgs</literal> to + <literal>~/.config/nixpkgs</literal>. The former is still + valid for <literal>config.nix</literal> for backwards + compatibility. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </section> +</section> |