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author | Domen Kožar <domen@dev.si> | 2014-12-18 02:00:42 +0100 |
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committer | Domen Kožar <domen@dev.si> | 2014-12-18 12:22:17 +0100 |
commit | 44af18f8ae070b73854ccd8ec707f5b2a6ee0897 (patch) | |
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update release notes
(cherry picked from commit 33e9a0503a55aef49c4d8750a712388ab71b6446) Signed-off-by: Domen Kožar <domen@dev.si>
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml index 86b11966c76d..ac55b6a9f117 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml @@ -4,12 +4,113 @@ version="5.0" xml:id="sec-release-14.12"> -<title>Release 14.12 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/12/??)</title> - -<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the -following incompatible changes: - -<itemizedlist> + <title>Release 14.12 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/12/??)</title> + + <para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: + + <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="http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.nixos/15165"> + 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><option>users.mutableUsers</option> set to <literal>true</literal> now respect any changes + made after initial creation of a user or a group. + </para></listitem> + + </itemizedlist></para> + + <para>Following new services were added since the last release: + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>parallels-guest</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>docker</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>lxc</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>openvswitch</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>fluxbox</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>bspwm</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gdm</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>fcgiwrap</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>peerflix</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>fail2ban</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>chronos</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>znc</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>unifi</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>teamspeak3</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>strongswan</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>seeks</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>radicale</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>prosody</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>polipo</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>openntpd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>nsd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>mailpile</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>i2pd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>dnscrypt-proxy</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>consul</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>atftpd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>scollector</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>collectd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>bosun</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>riemann</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>zookeeper</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>uhub</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>siproxd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>redmine</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>phd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>mesos</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gitlab</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gitolite</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>etcd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>docker-registry</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>cpuminer-cryptonight</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>thermald</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>mlmmj</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>tcsd</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gnome3.seahorse</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gnome3.gvfs</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gnome3.gnome-online-miners</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>gnome3.gnome-documents</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>geoclue2</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>opentsdb</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>neo4j</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>monetdb</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>influxdb</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>hbase</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>torque/mrom</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>torque/server</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>kubernetes</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>fleet</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>crashplan</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>mopidy</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>liquidsoap</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para>Following renames of options have taken in effect (old names are obsolete): + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><option>fonts.enableFontConfig</option> to <option>fonts.fontconfig.enable</option></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><option>fonts.extraFonts</option> to <option>fonts.fonts</option></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><option>services.virtualbox.enable</option> to <option>services.virtualboxGuest.enable</option></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><option>nix.proxy</option> to <option>networking.proxy.default</option></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><option>hardware.opengl.videoDrivers</option> to <option>services.xserver.videoDrivers</option></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the + following incompatible changes: + + <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>The default version of Apache httpd is now 2.4. If you use the <option>extraConfig</option> option to pass literal @@ -34,7 +135,27 @@ services.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2; rather than <literal>c-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></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 + <command>rm -rf /tmp.vbox*</command>. <literal>imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix> ]</literal> + is no longer necessary, use <literal>services.virtualboxHost.enable = true</literal> instead. + </para></listitem> + + <listitem><para>Chromium has been updated to 39.0.2171.65. <option>enablePepperPDF</option> 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 |