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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml deleted file mode 100644 index c14679eea07..00000000000 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1803.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,855 +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-18.03"> - <title>Release 18.03 (“Impala”, 2018/04/04)</title> - - <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-18.03-highlights"> - <title>Highlights</title> - - <para> - In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the - following highlights: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - End of support is planned for end of October 2018, handing over to 18.09. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Platform support: x86_64-linux and x86_64-darwin since release time (the - latter isn't NixOS, really). Binaries for aarch64-linux are available, but - no channel exists yet, as it's waiting for some test fixes, etc. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Nix now defaults to 2.0; see its - <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-relnotes-2.0">release - notes</link>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Core version changes: linux: 4.9 -> 4.14, glibc: 2.25 -> 2.26, gcc: 6 -> - 7, systemd: 234 -> 237. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Desktop version changes: gnome: 3.24 -> 3.26, (KDE) plasma-desktop: 5.10 - -> 5.12. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - MariaDB 10.2, updated from 10.1, is now the default MySQL implementation. - While upgrading a few changes have been made to the infrastructure - involved: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>libmysql</literal> has been deprecated, please use - <literal>mysql.connector-c</literal> instead, a compatibility passthru - has been added to the MySQL packages. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>mysql57</literal> package has a new - <literal>static</literal> output containing the static libraries - including <literal>libmysqld.a</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - PHP now defaults to PHP 7.2, updated from 7.1. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> - - <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-18.03-new-services"> - <title>New Services</title> - - <para> - The following new services were added since the last release: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./config/krb5/default.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./hardware/digitalbitbox.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./misc/label.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/ccache.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/criu.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/digitalbitbox/default.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/less.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/npm.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/plotinus.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/rootston.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/systemtap.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/sway.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/udevil.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/way-cooler.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/yabar.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./programs/zsh/zsh-autoenv.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/backup/borgbackup.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/backup/crashplan-small-business.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/desktops/dleyna-renderer.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/desktops/dleyna-server.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/desktops/pipewire.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/desktops/gnome3/chrome-gnome-shell.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/desktops/gnome3/tracker-miners.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/hardware/fwupd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/hardware/interception-tools.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/hardware/u2f.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/mail/clamsmtp.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/mail/dkimproxy-out.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/mail/pfix-srsd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/gitea.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/home-assistant.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/ihaskell.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/logkeys.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/novacomd.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/osrm.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/plexpy.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/pykms.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/misc/tzupdate.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/network-filesystems/beegfs.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/network-filesystems/openafs/client.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/network-filesystems/openafs/server.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/network-filesystems/ceph.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/networking/aria2.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/networking/monero.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/networking/nghttpx/default.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/networking/nixops-dns.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/networking/rxe.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/networking/stunnel.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/web-apps/matomo.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/web-apps/restya-board.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/web-servers/mighttpd2.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./services/x11/fractalart.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./system/boot/binfmt.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./system/boot/grow-partition.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./tasks/filesystems/ecryptfs.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>./virtualisation/hyperv-guest.nix</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> - - <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-18.03-incompatibilities"> - <title>Backward Incompatibilities</title> - - <para> - When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following - incompatible changes: - </para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>sound.enable</literal> now defaults to false. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Dollar signs in options under <option>services.postfix</option> are passed - verbatim to Postfix, which will interpret them as the beginning of a - parameter expression. This was already true for string-valued options in - the previous release, but not for list-valued options. If you need to pass - literal dollar signs through Postfix, double them. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>postage</literal> package (for web-based PostgreSQL - administration) has been renamed to <literal>pgmanage</literal>. The - corresponding module has also been renamed. To migrate please rename all - <option>services.postage</option> options to - <option>services.pgmanage</option>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Package attributes starting with a digit have been prefixed with an - underscore sign. This is to avoid quoting in the configuration and other - issues with command-line tools like <literal>nix-env</literal>. The change - affects the following packages: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>2048-in-terminal</literal> → - <literal>_2048-in-terminal</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>90secondportraits</literal> → - <literal>_90secondportraits</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>2bwm</literal> → <literal>_2bwm</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>389-ds-base</literal> → <literal>_389-ds-base</literal> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis role="strong"> The OpenSSH service no longer enables support for - DSA keys by default, which could cause a system lock out. Update your keys - or, unfavorably, re-enable DSA support manually. </emphasis> - </para> - <para> - DSA support was - <link xlink:href="https://www.openssh.com/legacy.html">deprecated in - OpenSSH 7.0</link>, due to it being too weak. To re-enable support, add - <literal>PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-dss</literal> to the end of your - <option>services.openssh.extraConfig</option>. - </para> - <para> - After updating the keys to be stronger, anyone still on a pre-17.03 - version is safe to jump to 17.03, as vetted - <link xlink:href="https://search.nix.gsc.io/?q=stateVersion">here</link>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>openssh</literal> package now includes Kerberos support by - default; the <literal>openssh_with_kerberos</literal> package is now a - deprecated alias. If you do not want Kerberos support, you can do - <literal>openssh.override { withKerberos = false; }</literal>. Note, this - also applies to the <literal>openssh_hpn</literal> package. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>cc-wrapper</literal> has been split in two; there is now also a - <literal>bintools-wrapper</literal>. The most commonly used files in - <filename>nix-support</filename> are now split between the two wrappers. - Some commonly used ones, like - <filename>nix-support/dynamic-linker</filename>, are duplicated for - backwards compatability, even though they rightly belong only in - <literal>bintools-wrapper</literal>. Other more obscure ones are just - moved. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The propagation logic has been changed. The new logic, along with new - types of dependencies that go with, is thoroughly documented in the - "Specifying dependencies" section of the "Standard Environment" chapter of - the nixpkgs manual. -<!-- That's <xref linkend="ssec-stdenv-attributes"> were we to merge the manuals. --> - The old logic isn't but is easy to describe: dependencies were propagated - as the same type of dependency no matter what. In practice, that means - that many <function>propagatedNativeBuildInputs</function> should instead - be <function>propagatedBuildInputs</function>. Thankfully, that was and is - the least used type of dependency. Also, it means that some - <function>propagatedBuildInputs</function> should instead be - <function>depsTargetTargetPropagated</function>. Other types dependencies - should be unaffected. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>lib.addPassthru drv passthru</literal> is removed. Use - <literal>lib.extendDerivation true passthru drv</literal> instead. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>memcached</literal> service no longer accept dynamic socket - paths via <option>services.memcached.socket</option>. Unix sockets can be - still enabled by <option>services.memcached.enableUnixSocket</option> and - will be accessible at <literal>/run/memcached/memcached.sock</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <varname>hardware.amdHybridGraphics.disable</varname> option was - removed for lack of a maintainer. If you still need this module, you may - wish to include a copy of it from an older version of nixos in your - imports. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The merging of config options for - <varname>services.postfix.config</varname> was buggy. Previously, if other - options in the Postfix module like - <varname>services.postfix.useSrs</varname> were set and the user set - config options that were also set by such options, the resulting config - wouldn't include all options that were needed. They are now merged - correctly. If config options need to be overridden, - <literal>lib.mkForce</literal> or <literal>lib.mkOverride</literal> can be - used. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The following changes apply if the <literal>stateVersion</literal> is - changed to 18.03 or higher. For <literal>stateVersion = "17.09"</literal> - or lower the old behavior is preserved. - </para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>matrix-synapse</literal> uses postgresql by default instead of - sqlite. Migration instructions can be found - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/postgres.rst#porting-from-sqlite"> - here </link>. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>jid</literal> package has been removed, due to maintenance - overhead of a go package having non-versioned dependencies. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - When using <option>services.xserver.libinput</option> (enabled by default - in GNOME), it now handles all input devices, not just touchpads. As a - result, you might need to re-evaluate any custom Xorg configuration. In - particular, <literal>Option "XkbRules" "base"</literal> may result in - broken keyboard layout. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>attic</literal> package was removed. A maintained fork called - <link xlink:href="https://www.borgbackup.org/">Borg</link> should be used - instead. Migration instructions can be found - <link xlink:href="http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/upgrade.html#attic-and-borg-0-xx-to-borg-1-x">here</link>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The Piwik analytics software was renamed to Matomo: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - The package <literal>pkgs.piwik</literal> was renamed to - <literal>pkgs.matomo</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The service <literal>services.piwik</literal> was renamed to - <literal>services.matomo</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The data directory <filename>/var/lib/piwik</filename> was renamed to - <filename>/var/lib/matomo</filename>. All files will be moved - automatically on first startup, but you might need to adjust your - backup scripts. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The default <option>serverName</option> for the nginx configuration - changed from <literal>piwik.${config.networking.hostName}</literal> to - <literal>matomo.${config.networking.hostName}.${config.networking.domain}</literal> - if <option>config.networking.domain</option> is set, - <literal>matomo.${config.networking.hostName}</literal> if it is not - set. If you change your <option>serverName</option>, remember you'll - need to update the <literal>trustedHosts[]</literal> array in - <filename>/var/lib/matomo/config/config.ini.php</filename> as well. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>piwik</literal> user was renamed to - <literal>matomo</literal>. The service will adjust ownership - automatically for files in the data directory. If you use unix socket - authentication, remember to give the new <literal>matomo</literal> user - access to the database and to change the <literal>username</literal> to - <literal>matomo</literal> in the <literal>[database]</literal> section - of <filename>/var/lib/matomo/config/config.ini.php</filename>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - If you named your database `piwik`, you might want to rename it to - `matomo` to keep things clean, but this is neither enforced nor - required. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>nodejs-4_x</literal> is end-of-life. - <literal>nodejs-4_x</literal>, <literal>nodejs-slim-4_x</literal> and - <literal>nodePackages_4_x</literal> are removed. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The <literal>pump.io</literal> NixOS module was removed. It is now - maintained as an - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/rvl/pump.io-nixos">external - module</link>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The Prosody XMPP server has received a major update. The following modules - were renamed: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>services.prosody.modules.httpserver</option> is now - <option>services.prosody.modules.http_files</option> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>services.prosody.modules.console</option> is now - <option>services.prosody.modules.admin_telnet</option> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </para> - <para> - Many new modules are now core modules, most notably - <option>services.prosody.modules.carbons</option> and - <option>services.prosody.modules.mam</option>. - </para> - <para> - The better-performing <literal>libevent</literal> backend is now enabled - by default. - </para> - <para> - <literal>withCommunityModules</literal> now passes through the modules to - <option>services.prosody.extraModules</option>. Use - <literal>withOnlyInstalledCommunityModules</literal> for modules that - should not be enabled directly, e.g <literal>lib_ldap</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - All prometheus exporter modules are now defined as submodules. The - exporters are configured using - <literal>services.prometheus.exporters</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> - - <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-18.03-notable-changes"> - <title>Other Notable Changes</title> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - ZNC option <option>services.znc.mutable</option> now defaults to - <literal>true</literal>. That means that old configuration is not - overwritten by default when update to the znc options are made. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The option <option>networking.wireless.networks.<name>.auth</option> - has been added for wireless networks with WPA-Enterprise authentication. - There is also a new <option>extraConfig</option> option to directly - configure <literal>wpa_supplicant</literal> and <option>hidden</option> to - connect to hidden networks. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - In the module <option>networking.interfaces.<name></option> the - following options have been removed: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>ipAddress</option> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>ipv6Address</option> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>prefixLength</option> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>ipv6PrefixLength</option> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <option>subnetMask</option> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - To assign static addresses to an interface the options - <option>ipv4.addresses</option> and <option>ipv6.addresses</option> should - be used instead. The options <option>ip4</option> and <option>ip6</option> - have been renamed to <option>ipv4.addresses</option> - <option>ipv6.addresses</option> respectively. The new options - <option>ipv4.routes</option> and <option>ipv6.routes</option> have been - added to set up static routing. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The option <option>services.logstash.listenAddress</option> is now - <literal>127.0.0.1</literal> by default. Previously the default behaviour - was to listen on all interfaces. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>services.btrfs.autoScrub</literal> has been added, to - periodically check btrfs filesystems for data corruption. If there's a - correct copy available, it will automatically repair corrupted blocks. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>displayManager.lightdm.greeters.gtk.clock-format.</literal> has - been added, the clock format string (as expected by strftime, e.g. - <literal>%H:%M</literal>) to use with the lightdm gtk greeter panel. - </para> - <para> - If set to null the default clock format is used. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <literal>displayManager.lightdm.greeters.gtk.indicators</literal> has been - added, a list of allowed indicator modules to use with the lightdm gtk - greeter panel. - </para> - <para> - Built-in indicators include <literal>~a11y</literal>, - <literal>~language</literal>, <literal>~session</literal>, - <literal>~power</literal>, <literal>~clock</literal>, - <literal>~host</literal>, <literal>~spacer</literal>. Unity indicators can - be represented by short name (e.g. <literal>sound</literal>, - <literal>power</literal>), service file name, or absolute path. - </para> - <para> - If set to <literal>null</literal> the default indicators are used. - </para> - <para> - In order to have the previous default configuration add -<programlisting> - services.xserver.displayManager.lightdm.greeters.gtk.indicators = [ - "~host" "~spacer" - "~clock" "~spacer" - "~session" - "~language" - "~a11y" - "~power" - ]; -</programlisting> - to your <literal>configuration.nix</literal>. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - The NixOS test driver supports user services declared by - <literal>systemd.user.services</literal>. The methods - <literal>waitForUnit</literal>, <literal>getUnitInfo</literal>, - <literal>startJob</literal> and <literal>stopJob</literal> provide an - optional <literal>$user</literal> argument for that purpose. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Enabling bash completion on NixOS, - <literal>programs.bash.enableCompletion</literal>, will now also enable - completion for the Nix command line tools by installing the - <link xlink:href="https://github.com/hedning/nix-bash-completions">nix-bash-completions</link> - package. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </section> -</section> |