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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml index 31f08d9da34..7674b0a5c0d 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce+icewm"; </listitem> <listitem> <para> - The <literal>99-main.network</literal> file was removed. Maching all + The <literal>99-main.network</literal> file was removed. Matching all network interfaces caused many breakages, see <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18962">#18962</link> and <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/71106">#71106</link>. @@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce+icewm"; </listitem> <listitem> <para> - There is now only one Xfce package-set and module. This means attributes, <literal>xfce4-14</literal> - <literal>xfce4-12</literal>, and <literal>xfceUnstable</literal> all now point to the latest Xfce 4.14 - packages. And in future NixOS releases will be the latest released version of Xfce available at the - time during the releases development (if viable). + There is now only one Xfce package-set and module. This means that attributes <literal>xfce4-14</literal> + and <literal>xfceUnstable</literal> all now point to the latest Xfce 4.14 + packages. And in the future NixOS releases will be the latest released version of Xfce available at the + time of the release's development (if viable). </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ services.xserver.displayManager.defaultSession = "xfce+icewm"; <listitem> <para> The <literal>buildRustCrate</literal> infrastructure now produces <literal>lib</literal> outputs in addition to the <literal>out</literal> output. - This has led to drastically reduced closed sizes for some rust crates since development dependencies are now in the <literal>lib</literal> output. + This has led to drastically reduced closure sizes for some rust crates since development dependencies are now in the <literal>lib</literal> output. </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -631,6 +631,72 @@ auth required pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet </citerefentry>-script now uses the python test-driver. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <package>riot-web</package> package now accepts configuration overrides as an attribute set instead of a string. + A formerly used JSON configuration can be converted to an attribute set with <literal>builtins.fromJSON</literal>. + </para> + <para> + The new default configuration also disables automatic guest account registration and analytics to improve privacy. + The previous behavior can be restored by setting <literal>config.riot-web.conf = { disable_guests = false; piwik = true; }</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Stand-alone usage of <literal>Upower</literal> now requires + <option>services.upower.enable</option> instead of just installing into + <xref linkend="opt-environment.systemPackages"/>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <package>nextcloud</package> has been updated to <literal>v18.0.2</literal>. This means + that users from NixOS 19.09 can't upgrade directly since you can only move one version + forward and 19.09 uses <literal>v16.0.8</literal>. + </para> + <para> + To provide a safe upgrade-path and to circumvent similar issues in the future, the following + measures were taken: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + The <package>pkgs.nextcloud</package>-attribute has been removed and replaced with + versioned attributes (currently <package>pkgs.nextcloud17</package> and + <package>pkgs.nextcloud18</package>). With this change major-releases can be backported + without breaking stuff and to make upgrade-paths easier. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Existing setups will be detected using + <link linkend="opt-system.stateVersion">system.stateVersion</link>: by default, + <package>nextcloud17</package> will be used, but will raise a warning which notes + that after that deploy it's recommended to update to the latest stable version + (<package>nextcloud18</package>) by declaring the newly introduced setting + <link linkend="opt-services.nextcloud.package">services.nextcloud.package</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Users with an overlay (e.g. to use <package>nextcloud</package> at version + <literal>v18</literal> on <literal>19.09</literal>) will get an evaluation error + by default. This is done to ensure that our + <link linkend="opt-services.nextcloud.package">package</link>-option doesn't select an + older version by accident. It's recommended to use <package>pkgs.nextcloud18</package> + or to set <link linkend="opt-services.nextcloud.package">package</link> to + <package>pkgs.nextcloud</package> explicitly. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <warning> + <para> + Please note that if you're comming from <literal>19.03</literal> or older, you have + to manually upgrade to <literal>19.09</literal> first to upgrade your server + to Nextcloud v16. + </para> + </warning> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> @@ -693,6 +759,77 @@ auth required pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 1000 quiet via <option>boot.initrd.luks.fido2Support</option>. </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Predicatbly named network-interfaces get renamed in stage-1. This means that it's possible + to use the proper interface name for e.g. dropbear-setups. + </para> + <para> + For further reference, please read <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/68953">#68953</link> or the corresponding <link xlink:href="https://discourse.nixos.org/t/predictable-network-interface-names-in-initrd/4055">discourse thread</link>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <package>matrix-synapse</package>-package has been updated to + <link xlink:href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.11.1">v1.11.1</link>. + Due to <link xlink:href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.10.0rc1">stricter requirements</link> + for database configuration when using <package>postgresql</package>, the automated database setup + of the module has been removed to avoid any further edge-cases. + </para> + <para> + <package>matrix-synapse</package> expects <literal>postgresql</literal>-databases to have the options + <literal>LC_COLLATE</literal> and <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> set to + <link xlink:href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/locale.html"><literal>'C'</literal></link> which basically + instructs <literal>postgresql</literal> to ignore any locale-based preferences. + </para> + <para> + Depending on your setup, you need to incorporate one of the following changes in your setup to + upgrade to 20.03: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>If you use <literal>sqlite3</literal> you don't need to do anything.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>If you use <literal>postgresql</literal> on a different server, you don't need + to change anything as well since this module was never designed to configure remote databases. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>If you use <literal>postgresql</literal> and configured your synapse initially on + <literal>19.09</literal> or older, you simply need to enable <package>postgresql</package>-support + explicitly: +<programlisting>{ ... }: { + services.matrix-synapse = { + <link linkend="opt-services.matrix-synapse.enable">enable</link> = true; + /* and all the other config you've defined here */ + }; + <link linkend="opt-services.postgresql.enable">services.postgresql.enable</link> = true; +}</programlisting> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>If you deploy a fresh <package>matrix-synapse</package>, you need to configure + the database yourself (e.g. by using the + <link linkend="opt-services.postgresql.initialScript">services.postgresql.initialScript</link> + option). An example for this can be found in the + <link linkend="module-services-matrix">documentation of the Matrix module</link>. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>If you initially deployed your <package>matrix-synapse</package> on + <literal>nixos-unstable</literal> <emphasis>after</emphasis> the <literal>19.09</literal>-release, + your database is misconfigured due to a regression in NixOS. For now, <package>matrix-synapse</package> will + startup with a warning, but it's recommended to reconfigure the database to set the values + <literal>LC_COLLATE</literal> and <literal>LC_CTYPE</literal> to + <link xlink:href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/locale.html"><literal>'C'</literal></link>. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The <link linkend="opt-systemd.network.links">systemd.network.links</link> option is now respected + even when <link linkend="opt-systemd.network.enable">systemd-networkd</link> is disabled. + This mirrors the behaviour of systemd - It's udev that parses <literal>.link</literal> files, + not <command>systemd-networkd</command>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <package>mongodb</package> has been updated to version <literal>3.4.24</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> |