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This section lists the release notes for each stable version of NixOS
and current unstable revision.
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+Release 17.09 (“Hummingbird”, 2017/03/??)
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+In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release
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+The following new services were added since the last release:
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+When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
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+Other notable improvements:
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