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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 098c8c5095b..00000000000 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1509.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,750 +0,0 @@ -<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" - xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - version="5.0" - xml:id="sec-release-15.09"> - <title>Release 15.09 (“Dingo”, 2015/09/30)</title> - - <para> - In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the - following highlights: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - The <link xlink:href="http://haskell.org/">Haskell</link> packages - infrastructure has been re-designed from the ground up ("Haskell - NG"). NixOS now distributes the latest version of every single package - registered on - <link - xlink:href="http://hackage.haskell.org/">Hackage</link> -- well - in excess of 8,000 Haskell packages. Detailed instructions on how to use - that infrastructure can be found in the - <link - xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure">User's - Guide to the Haskell Infrastructure</link>. Users migrating from an earlier - release may find helpful information below, in the list of - backwards-incompatible changes. Furthermore, we distribute 51(!) additional - Haskell package sets that provide every single - <link - xlink:href="http://www.stackage.org/">LTS Haskell</link> release - since version 0.0 as well as the most recent - <link - xlink:href="http://www.stackage.org/">Stackage Nightly</link> - snapshot. The announcement - <link - xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix-dev/2015-September/018138.html">"Full - Stackage Support in Nixpkgs"</link> gives additional details. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Nix has been updated to version 1.10, which among other improvements - enables cryptographic signatures on binary caches for improved security. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - You can now keep your NixOS system up to date automatically by setting -<programlisting> -system.autoUpgrade.enable = true; -</programlisting> - This will cause the system to periodically check for updates in your - current channel and run <command>nixos-rebuild</command>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - This release is based on Glibc 2.21, GCC 4.9 and Linux 3.18. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - GNOME has been upgraded to 3.16. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Xfce has been upgraded to 4.12. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - KDE 5 has been upgraded to KDE Frameworks 5.10, Plasma 5.3.2 and - Applications 15.04.3. KDE 4 has been updated to kdelibs-4.14.10. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - E19 has been upgraded to 0.16.8.15. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para> - The following new services were added since the last release: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/mail/exim.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/apache-kafka.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/canto-daemon.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/confd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/devmon.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/gitit.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/ihaskell.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/mbpfan.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/mediatomb.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/mwlib.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/parsoid.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/plex.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/ripple-rest.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/subsonic.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/misc/sundtek.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/monitoring/cadvisor.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/monitoring/das_watchdog.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/monitoring/grafana.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/monitoring/riemann-tools.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/monitoring/teamviewer.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/network-filesystems/u9fs.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/aiccu.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/asterisk.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/bird.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/charybdis.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/docker-registry-server.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/fan.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/firefox/sync-server.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/gateone.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/heyefi.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/i2p.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/lambdabot.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/mstpd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/nix-serve.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/nylon.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/racoon.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/skydns.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/shout.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/softether.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/sslh.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/tinc.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/tlsdated.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/tox-bootstrapd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/tvheadend.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/networking/zerotierone.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/scheduling/marathon.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/security/fprintd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/security/hologram.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/security/munge.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/system/cloud-init.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/web-servers/shellinabox.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/x11/unclutter.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services/x11/display-managers/sddm.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>system/boot/coredump.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>system/boot/loader/loader.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>system/boot/loader/generic-extlinux-compatible</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>system/boot/networkd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>system/boot/resolved.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>system/boot/timesyncd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>tasks/filesystems/exfat.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>tasks/filesystems/ntfs.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>tasks/filesystems/vboxsf.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>virtualisation/virtualbox-host.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>virtualisation/vmware-guest.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>virtualisation/xen-dom0.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para> - When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following - incompatible changes: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <command>sshd</command> no longer supports DSA and ECDSA host keys by - default. If you have existing systems with such host keys and want to - continue to use them, please set -<programlisting> -system.stateVersion = "14.12"; -</programlisting> - The new option <option>system.stateVersion</option> ensures that certain - configuration changes that could break existing systems (such as the - <command>sshd</command> host key setting) will maintain compatibility with - the specified NixOS release. NixOps sets the state version of existing - deployments automatically. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <command>cron</command> is no longer enabled by default, unless you have a - non-empty <option>services.cron.systemCronJobs</option>. To force - <command>cron</command> to be enabled, set <option>services.cron.enable = - true</option>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Nix now requires binary caches to be cryptographically signed. If you have - unsigned binary caches that you want to continue to use, you should set - <option>nix.requireSignedBinaryCaches = false</option>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Steam now doesn't need root rights to work. Instead of using - <literal>*-steam-chrootenv</literal>, you should now just run - <literal>steam</literal>. <literal>steamChrootEnv</literal> package was - renamed to <literal>steam</literal>, and old <literal>steam</literal> - package -- to <literal>steamOriginal</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - CMPlayer has been renamed to bomi upstream. Package - <literal>cmplayer</literal> was accordingly renamed to - <literal>bomi</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Atom Shell has been renamed to Electron upstream. Package - <literal>atom-shell</literal> was accordingly renamed to - <literal>electron</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Elm is not released on Hackage anymore. You should now use - <literal>elmPackages.elm</literal> which contains the latest Elm platform. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The CUPS printing service has been updated to version - <literal>2.0.2</literal>. Furthermore its systemd service has been renamed - to <literal>cups.service</literal>. - </para> - <para> - Local printers are no longer shared or advertised by default. This - behavior can be changed by enabling - <option>services.printing.defaultShared</option> or - <option>services.printing.browsing</option> respectively. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The VirtualBox host and guest options have been named more consistently. - They can now found in <option>virtualisation.virtualbox.host.*</option> - instead of <option>services.virtualboxHost.*</option> and - <option>virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.*</option> instead of - <option>services.virtualboxGuest.*</option>. - </para> - <para> - Also, there now is support for the <literal>vboxsf</literal> file system - using the <option>fileSystems</option> configuration attribute. An example - of how this can be used in a configuration: -<programlisting> -fileSystems."/shiny" = { - device = "myshinysharedfolder"; - fsType = "vboxsf"; -}; -</programlisting> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - "<literal>nix-env -qa</literal>" no longer discovers Haskell - packages by name. The only packages visible in the global scope are - <literal>ghc</literal>, <literal>cabal-install</literal>, and - <literal>stack</literal>, but all other packages are hidden. The reason - for this inconvenience is the sheer size of the Haskell package set. - Name-based lookups are expensive, and most <literal>nix-env -qa</literal> - operations would become much slower if we'd add the entire Hackage - database into the top level attribute set. Instead, the list of Haskell - packages can be displayed by running: - </para> -<programlisting> -nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -qaP -A haskellPackages -</programlisting> - <para> - Executable programs written in Haskell can be installed with: - </para> -<programlisting> -nix-env -f "<nixpkgs>" -iA haskellPackages.pandoc -</programlisting> - <para> - Installing Haskell <emphasis>libraries</emphasis> this way, however, is no - longer supported. See the next item for more details. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Previous versions of NixOS came with a feature called - <literal>ghc-wrapper</literal>, a small script that allowed GHC to - transparently pick up on libraries installed in the user's profile. This - feature has been deprecated; <literal>ghc-wrapper</literal> was removed - from the distribution. The proper way to register Haskell libraries with - the compiler now is the <literal>haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages</literal> - function. The - <link - xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#users-guide-to-the-haskell-infrastructure">User's - Guide to the Haskell Infrastructure</link> provides more information about - this subject. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - All Haskell builds that have been generated with version 1.x of the - <literal>cabal2nix</literal> utility are now invalid and need to be - re-generated with a current version of <literal>cabal2nix</literal> to - function. The most recent version of this tool can be installed by running - <literal>nix-env -i cabal2nix</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>haskellPackages</literal> set in Nixpkgs used to have a - function attribute called <literal>extension</literal> that users could - override in their <literal>~/.nixpkgs/config.nix</literal> files to - configure additional attributes, etc. That function still exists, but it's - now called <literal>overrides</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The OpenBLAS library has been updated to version - <literal>0.2.14</literal>. Support for the - <literal>x86_64-darwin</literal> platform was added. Dynamic architecture - detection was enabled; OpenBLAS now selects microarchitecture-optimized - routines at runtime, so optimal performance is achieved without the need - to rebuild OpenBLAS locally. OpenBLAS has replaced ATLAS in most packages - which use an optimized BLAS or LAPACK implementation. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>phpfpm</literal> is now using the default PHP version - (<literal>pkgs.php</literal>) instead of PHP 5.4 - (<literal>pkgs.php54</literal>). - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>locate</literal> service no longer indexes the Nix store by - default, preventing packages with potentially numerous versions from - cluttering the output. Indexing the store can be activated by setting - <option>services.locate.includeStore = true</option>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The Nix expression search path (<envar>NIX_PATH</envar>) no longer - contains <filename>/etc/nixos/nixpkgs</filename> by default. You can - override <envar>NIX_PATH</envar> by setting <option>nix.nixPath</option>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Python 2.6 has been marked as broken (as it no longer receives security - updates from upstream). - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Any use of module arguments such as <varname>pkgs</varname> to access - library functions, or to define <literal>imports</literal> attributes will - now lead to an infinite loop at the time of the evaluation. - </para> - <para> - In case of an infinite loop, use the <command>--show-trace</command> - command line argument and read the line just above the error message. -<screen> -<prompt>$ </prompt>nixos-rebuild build --show-trace -… -while evaluating the module argument `pkgs' in "/etc/nixos/my-module.nix": -infinite recursion encountered -</screen> - </para> - <para> - Any use of <literal>pkgs.lib</literal>, should be replaced by - <varname>lib</varname>, after adding it as argument of the module. The - following module -<programlisting> -{ config, pkgs, ... }: - -with pkgs.lib; - -{ - options = { - foo = mkOption { … }; - }; - config = mkIf config.foo { … }; -} -</programlisting> - should be modified to look like: -<programlisting> -{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }: - -with lib; - -{ - options = { - foo = mkOption { <replaceable>option declaration</replaceable> }; - }; - config = mkIf config.foo { <replaceable>option definition</replaceable> }; -} -</programlisting> - </para> - <para> - When <varname>pkgs</varname> is used to download other projects to import - their modules, and only in such cases, it should be replaced by - <literal>(import <nixpkgs> {})</literal>. The following module -<programlisting> -{ config, pkgs, ... }: - -let - myProject = pkgs.fetchurl { - src = <replaceable>url</replaceable>; - sha256 = <replaceable>hash</replaceable>; - }; -in - -{ - imports = [ "${myProject}/module.nix" ]; -} -</programlisting> - should be modified to look like: -<programlisting> -{ config, pkgs, ... }: - -let - myProject = (import <nixpkgs> {}).fetchurl { - src = <replaceable>url</replaceable>; - sha256 = <replaceable>hash</replaceable>; - }; -in - -{ - imports = [ "${myProject}/module.nix" ]; -} -</programlisting> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para> - Other notable improvements: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - The nixos and nixpkgs channels were unified, so one - <emphasis>can</emphasis> use <literal>nix-env -iA nixos.bash</literal> - instead of <literal>nix-env -iA nixos.pkgs.bash</literal>. See - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/2cd7c1f198">the - commit</link> for details. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Users running an SSH server who worry about the quality of their - <literal>/etc/ssh/moduli</literal> file with respect to the - <link - xlink:href="https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html">vulnerabilities - discovered in the Diffie-Hellman key exchange</link> can now replace - OpenSSH's default version with one they generated themselves using the new - <option>services.openssh.moduliFile</option> option. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - A newly packaged TeX Live 2015 is provided in - <literal>pkgs.texlive</literal>, split into 6500 nix packages. For basic - user documentation see - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/release-15.09/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix#L1" - >the - source</link>. Beware of - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9757" - >an - issue</link> when installing a too large package set. The plan is to - deprecate and maybe delete the original TeX packages until the next - release. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>buildEnv.env</option> on all Python interpreters is now available - for nix-shell interoperability. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> -</section> |