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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..139f61c2a550 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml @@ -0,0 +1,467 @@ +<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-14.12"> + <title>Release 14.12 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/12/30)</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="https://www.mail-archive.com/nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl/msg13957.html"> + 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> + If <option>users.mutableUsers</option> is enabled (the default), changes + made to the declaration of a user or group will be correctly realised when + running <command>nixos-rebuild</command>. For instance, removing a user + specification from <filename>configuration.nix</filename> will cause the + actual user account to be deleted. If <option>users.mutableUsers</option> + is disabled, it is no longer necessary to specify UIDs or GIDs; if + omitted, they are allocated dynamically. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para> + Following new services were added since the last release: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>atftpd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>bosun</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>bspwm</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>chronos</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>collectd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>consul</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>cpuminer-cryptonight</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>crashplan</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>dnscrypt-proxy</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>docker-registry</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>docker</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>etcd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fail2ban</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fcgiwrap</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fleet</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>fluxbox</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gdm</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>geoclue2</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gitlab</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gitolite</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.gnome-documents</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.gnome-online-miners</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.gvfs</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>gnome3.seahorse</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>hbase</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>i2pd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>influxdb</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>kubernetes</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>liquidsoap</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>lxc</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mailpile</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mesos</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mlmmj</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>monetdb</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>mopidy</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>neo4j</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>nsd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>openntpd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>opentsdb</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>openvswitch</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>parallels-guest</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>peerflix</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>phd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>polipo</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>prosody</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>radicale</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>redmine</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>riemann</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>scollector</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>seeks</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>siproxd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>strongswan</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>tcsd</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>teamspeak3</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>thermald</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>torque/mrom</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>torque/server</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>uhub</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>unifi</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>znc</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <literal>zookeeper</literal> + </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 Apache configuration + text, you may need to update it — see + <link +xlink:href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html">Apache’s + documentation</link> for details. If you wish to continue to use httpd + 2.2, add the following line to your NixOS configuration: +<programlisting> +services.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2; +</programlisting> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + PHP 5.3 has been removed because it is no longer supported by the PHP + project. A <link +xlink:href="http://php.net/migration54">migration + guide</link> is available. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair is now called + <literal>ve-<replaceable>container-name</replaceable></literal> 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>. The line <literal>imports = [ + <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix> ]</literal> is no + longer necessary, use <literal>services.virtualboxHost.enable = + true</literal> instead. + </para> + <para> + Also, hardening mode is now enabled by default, which means that unless + you want to use USB support, you no longer need to be a member of the + <literal>vboxusers</literal> group. + </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 <literal>time.timeZone</literal> in + <literal>configuration.nix</literal>. A fairly complete list of possible + values for that setting is available at + <link +xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones"/>. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + GNU screen has been updated to 4.2.1, which breaks the ability to connect + to sessions created by older versions of screen. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The Intel GPU driver was updated to the 3.x prerelease version (used by + most distributions) and supports DRI3 now. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> +</section> |