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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1603.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1603.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0ede1a9ce8ed --- /dev/null +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1603.xml @@ -0,0 +1,276 @@ +<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-16.03"> + +<title>Release 16.03 (“Emu”, 2016/03/??)</title> + +<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release +has the following highlights:</para> + +<itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para>Firefox and similar browsers are now <emphasis>wrapped by default</emphasis>. + The package and attribute names are plain <literal>firefox</literal> + or <literal>midori</literal>, etc. Backward-compatibility attributes were set up, + but note that <command>nix-env -u</command> will <emphasis>not</emphasis> update + your current <literal>firefox-with-plugins</literal>; + you have to uninstall it and install <literal>firefox</literal> instead. + More discussion is <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/12299"> + on the PR</link>. </para> + </listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +<para>The following new services were added since the last release: + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><literal>services/monitoring/longview.nix</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>services/networking/pdnsd.nix</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>services/web-apps/pump.io.nix</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>services/security/haka.nix</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>i18n/inputMethod/default.nix</literal></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> +</para> + +<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the +following incompatible changes:</para> + +<itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para><command>wmiiSnap</command> has been replaced with + <command>wmii_hg</command>, but + <command>services.xserver.windowManager.wmii.enable</command> has + been updated respectively so this only affects you if you have + explicitly installed <command>wmiiSnap</command>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>jobs</literal> NixOS option has been removed. It served as + compatibility layer between Upstart jobs and SystemD services. All services + have been rewritten to use <literal>systemd.services</literal></para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><command>wmiimenu</command> is removed, as it has been + removed by the developers upstream. Use <command>wimenu</command> + from the <command>wmii-hg</command> package.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Gitit is no longer automatically added to the module list in + NixOS and as such there will not be any manual entries for it. You + will need to add an import statement to your NixOS configuration + in order to use it, e.g. + +<programlisting><![CDATA[ +{ + imports = [ <nixos/modules/services/misc/gitit.nix> ]; +} +]]></programlisting> + + will include the Gitit service configuration options.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><command>nginx</command> does not accept flags for enabling and + disabling modules anymore. Instead it accepts <literal>modules</literal> + argument, which is a list of modules to be built in. All modules now + reside in <literal>nginxModules</literal> set. Example configuration: + +<programlisting><![CDATA[ +nginx.override { + modules = [ nginxModules.rtmp nginxModules.dav nginxModules.moreheaders ]; +} +]]></programlisting> + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><command>s3sync</command> is removed, as it hasn't been + developed by upstream for 4 years and only runs with ruby 1.8. + For an actively-developer alternative look at + <command>tarsnap</command> and others. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><command>ruby_1_8</command> has been removed as it's not + supported from upstream anymore and probably contains security + issues. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>tidy-html5</literal> package is removed. + Upstream only provided <literal>(lib)tidy5</literal> during development, + and now they went back to <literal>(lib)tidy</literal> to work as a drop-in + replacement of the original package that has been unmaintained for years. + You can (still) use the <literal>html-tidy</literal> package, which got updated + to a stable release from this new upstream.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>extraDeviceOptions</literal> argument is removed + from <literal>bumblebee</literal> package. Instead there are + now two separate arguments: <literal>extraNvidiaDeviceOptions</literal> + and <literal>extraNouveauDeviceOptions</literal> for setting + extra X11 options for nvidia and nouveau drivers, respectively. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>The <literal>Ctrl+Alt+Backspace</literal> key combination + no longer kills the X server by default. + There's a new option <option>services.xserver.enableCtrlAltBackspace</option> + allowing to enable the combination again. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>emacsPackagesNg</literal> now contains all packages + from the ELPA, MELPA, and MELPA Stable repositories. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Data directory for Postfix MTA server is moved from + <filename>/var/postfix</filename> to <filename>/var/lib/postfix</filename>. + Old configurations are migrated automatically. <literal>service.postfix</literal> + module has also received many improvements, such as correct directories' access + rights, new <literal>aliasFiles</literal> and <literal>mapFiles</literal> + options and more.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Filesystem options should now be configured as a list of strings, not + a comma-separated string. The old style will continue to work, but print a + warning, until the 16.09 release. An example of the new style: + +<programlisting> +fileSystems."/example" = { + device = "/dev/sdc"; + fsType = "btrfs"; + options = [ "noatime" "compress=lzo" "space_cache" "autodefrag" ]; +}; +</programlisting> + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>CUPS, installed by <literal>services.printing</literal> module, now + has its data directory in <filename>/var/lib/cups</filename>. Old + configurations from <filename>/etc/cups</filename> are moved there + automatically, but there might be problems. Also configuration options + <literal>services.printing.cupsdConf</literal> and + <literal>services.printing.cupsdFilesConf</literal> were removed + because they had been allowing one to override configuration variables + required for CUPS to work at all on NixOS. For most use cases, + <literal>services.printing.extraConf</literal> and new option + <literal>services.printing.extraFilesConf</literal> should be enough; + if you encounter a situation when they are not, please file a bug.</para> + + <para>There are also Gutenprint improvements; in particular, a new option + <literal>services.printing.gutenprint</literal> is added to enable automatic + updating of Gutenprint PPMs; it's greatly recommended to enable it instead + of adding <literal>gutenprint</literal> to the <literal>drivers</literal> list. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>services.xserver.vaapiDrivers</literal> has been removed. Use + <literal>services.hardware.opengl.extraPackages{,32}</literal> instead. You can + also specify VDPAU drivers there.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>programs.ibus</literal> moved to <literal>i18n.inputMethod.ibus</literal>. + The option <literal>programs.ibus.plugins</literal> changed to <literal>i18n.inputMethod.ibus.engines</literal> + and the option to enable ibus changed from <literal>programs.ibus.enable</literal> to + <literal>i18n.inputMethod.enabled</literal>. + <literal>i18n.inputMethod.enabled</literal> should be set to the used input method name, + <literal>"ibus"</literal> for ibus. + An example of the new style: + +<programlisting> +i18n.inputMethod.enabled = "ibus"; +i18n.inputMethod.ibus.engines = with pkgs.ibus-engines; [ anthy mozc ]; +</programlisting> + +That is equivalent to the old version: + +<programlisting> +programs.ibus.enable = true; +programs.ibus.plugins = with pkgs; [ ibus-anthy mozc ]; +</programlisting> + + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>services.udev.extraRules</literal> option now writes rules + to <filename>99-local.rules</filename> instead of <filename>10-local.rules</filename>. + This makes all the user rules apply after others, so their results wouldn't be + overriden by anything else.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Large parts of the <literal>services.gitlab</literal> module has been + been rewritten. There are new configuration options available. The + <literal>stateDir</literal> option was renamned to + <literal>statePath</literal> and the <literal>satellitesDir</literal> option + was removed. Please review the currently available options.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + The option <option>services.nsd.zones.<name>.data</option> no + longer interpret the dollar sign ($) as a shell variable, as such it + should not be escaped anymore. Thus the following zone data: + </para> + <programlisting> +\$ORIGIN example.com. +\$TTL 1800 +@ IN SOA ns1.vpn.nbp.name. admin.example.com. ( + </programlisting> + <para> + Should modified to look like the actual file expected by nsd: + </para> + <programlisting> +$ORIGIN example.com. +$TTL 1800 +@ IN SOA ns1.vpn.nbp.name. admin.example.com. ( + </programlisting> + </listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + + +<para>Other notable improvements: +<itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>The <command>command-not-found</command> hook was extended. + Apart from <literal>$NIX_AUTO_INSTALL</literal> variable, + it newly also checks for <literal>$NIX_AUTO_RUN</literal> + which causes it to directly run the missing commands via + <command>nix-shell</command> (without installing anything). </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><literal>ejabberd</literal> module is brought back and now works on + NixOS.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Input method support was improved. New NixOS modules (fcitx, nabi and uim), + fcitx engines (chewing, hangul, m17n, mozc and table-other) and ibus engines (hangul and m17n) + have been added.</para> + </listitem> + +</itemizedlist></para> + +</section> |