diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml index ac55b6a9f117..2e5ff5fb495b 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1412.xml @@ -4,169 +4,158 @@ version="5.0" xml:id="sec-release-14.12"> - Release 14.12 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/12/??) - - In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: - - - - Systemd has been updated to version 217, which has numerous - improvements - . - - - Nix has been updated to 1.8. - - NixOS is now based on Glibc 2.20. - - KDE has been updated to 4.14. - - The default Linux kernel has been updated to 3.14. - - set to true now respect any changes - made after initial creation of a user or a group. - - - - - Following new services were added since the last release: - - - parallels-guest - docker - lxc - openvswitch - fluxbox - bspwm - gdm - fcgiwrap - peerflix - fail2ban - chronos - znc - unifi - teamspeak3 - strongswan - seeks - radicale - prosody - polipo - openntpd - nsd - mailpile - i2pd - dnscrypt-proxy - consul - atftpd - scollector - collectd - bosun - riemann - zookeeper - uhub - siproxd - redmine - phd - mesos - gitlab - gitolite - etcd - docker-registry - cpuminer-cryptonight - thermald - mlmmj - tcsd - gnome3.seahorse - gnome3.gvfs - gnome3.gnome-online-miners - gnome3.gnome-documents - geoclue2 - opentsdb - neo4j - monetdb - influxdb - hbase - torque/mrom - torque/server - kubernetes - fleet - crashplan - mopidy - liquidsoap - - - - Following renames of options have taken in effect (old names are obsolete): - - - to - to - to - to - to - - - - When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the - following incompatible changes: - - +Release 14.12 (“Caterpillar”, 2014/12/??) - The default version of Apache httpd is now 2.4. If - you use the option to pass literal - Apache configuration text, you may need to update it — see Apache’s - documentation for details. If you wish to continue to use - httpd 2.2, add the following line to your NixOS configuration: +In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights: - -services.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2; - + - +Systemd has been updated to version 217, which has numerous +improvements +. - PHP 5.3 has been removed because it is no longer - supported by the PHP project. A migration guide is - available. + +Nix has been updated to 1.8. - The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair - is now called ve-container-name - rather than c-container-name. +NixOS is now based on Glibc 2.20. - GNOME 3.10 support has been dropped. The default GNOME version is now 3.12. - - VirtualBox has been upgraded to 4.3.20 release. Users may be required to run - rm -rf /tmp.vbox*. imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix> ] - is no longer necessary, use services.virtualboxHost.enable = true instead. - - - Chromium has been updated to 39.0.2171.65. is now enabled by default. - chromium*Wrapper packages no longer exist, because upstream removed NSAPI support. - chromium-stable has been renamed to chromium. - - - Python packaging documentation is now part of nixpkgs manual. To override - the python packages available to a custom python you now use pkgs.pythonFull.buildEnv.override - instead of pkgs.pythonFull.override. - +KDE has been updated to 4.14. - boot.resumeDevice = "8:6" 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. - - - The system-wide default timezone for NixOS installations - changed from CET to UTC. To choose - a different timezone for your system, configure - time.timeZone in - configuration.nix. A fairly complete list of possible - values for that setting is available at . +The default Linux kernel has been updated to 3.14. - GNU screen has been updated to 4.2.1, which breaks - the ability to connect to sessions created by older versions of - screen. + set to true now respect any changes +made after initial creation of a user or a group. + + + + +Following new services were added since the last release: + + +parallels-guest +docker +lxc +openvswitch +fluxbox +bspwm +gdm +fcgiwrap +peerflix +fail2ban +chronos +znc +unifi +teamspeak3 +strongswan +seeks +radicale +prosody +polipo +openntpd +nsd +mailpile +i2pd +dnscrypt-proxy +consul +atftpd +scollector +collectd +bosun +riemann +zookeeper +uhub +siproxd +redmine +phd +mesos +gitlab +gitolite +etcd +docker-registry +cpuminer-cryptonight +thermald +mlmmj +tcsd +gnome3.seahorse +gnome3.gvfs +gnome3.gnome-online-miners +gnome3.gnome-documents +geoclue2 +opentsdb +neo4j +monetdb +influxdb +hbase +torque/mrom +torque/server +kubernetes +fleet +crashplan +mopidy +liquidsoap + + + +When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the +following incompatible changes: + + + +The default version of Apache httpd is now 2.4. If +you use the option to pass literal +Apache configuration text, you may need to update it — see Apache’s +documentation for details. If you wish to continue to use +httpd 2.2, add the following line to your NixOS configuration: + +rogramlisting> +rvices.httpd.package = pkgs.apacheHttpd_2_2; +programlisting> + + + +PHP 5.3 has been removed because it is no longer +supported by the PHP project. A migration guide is +available. + +The host side of a container virtual Ethernet pair +is now called ve-container-name +rather than c-container-name. + +GNOME 3.10 support has been dropped. The default GNOME version is now 3.12. + +VirtualBox has been upgraded to 4.3.20 release. Users may be required to run +rm -rf /tmp.vbox*. imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/programs/virtualbox.nix> ] +is no longer necessary, use services.virtualboxHost.enable = true instead. + + +Chromium has been updated to 39.0.2171.65. is now enabled by default. +chromium*Wrapper packages no longer exist, because upstream removed NSAPI support. +chromium-stable has been renamed to chromium. + + +Python packaging documentation is now part of nixpkgs manual. To override +the python packages available to a custom python you now use pkgs.pythonFull.buildEnv.override +instead of pkgs.pythonFull.override. + + +boot.resumeDevice = "8:6" 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. + + +The system-wide default timezone for NixOS installations +changed from CET to UTC. To choose +a different timezone for your system, configure +time.timeZone in +configuration.nix. A fairly complete list of possible +values for that setting is available at . + +GNU screen has been updated to 4.2.1, which breaks +the ability to connect to sessions created by older versions of +screen.