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authorJan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>2019-09-18 22:13:35 +0200
committerJan Tojnar <jtojnar@gmail.com>2019-09-18 22:13:35 +0200
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--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1809.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
<title>Highlights</title>
<para>
- In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the
- following notable updates:
+ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following notable updates:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -25,28 +24,22 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Platform support: x86_64-linux and x86_64-darwin as always. Support for
- aarch64-linux is as with the previous releases, not equivalent to the
- x86-64-linux release, but with efforts to reach parity.
+ Platform support: x86_64-linux and x86_64-darwin as always. Support for aarch64-linux is as with the previous releases, not equivalent to the x86-64-linux release, but with efforts to reach parity.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Nix has been updated to 2.1; see its
- <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-relnotes-2.1">release
- notes</link>.
+ Nix has been updated to 2.1; see its <link xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-relnotes-2.1">release notes</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Core versions: linux: 4.14 LTS (unchanged), glibc: 2.26 → 2.27, gcc: 7
- (unchanged), systemd: 237 → 239.
+ Core versions: linux: 4.14 LTS (unchanged), glibc: 2.26 → 2.27, gcc: 7 (unchanged), systemd: 237 → 239.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Desktop version changes: gnome: 3.26 → 3.28, (KDE) plasma-desktop: 5.12
- → 5.13.
+ Desktop version changes: gnome: 3.26 → 3.28, (KDE) plasma-desktop: 5.12 → 5.13.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -58,8 +51,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Support for wrapping binaries using <literal>firejail</literal> has been
- added through <varname>programs.firejail.wrappedBinaries</varname>.
+ Support for wrapping binaries using <literal>firejail</literal> has been added through <varname>programs.firejail.wrappedBinaries</varname>.
</para>
<para>
For example
@@ -74,17 +66,12 @@ programs.firejail = {
};
</programlisting>
<para>
- This will place <literal>firefox</literal> and <literal>mpv</literal>
- binaries in the global path wrapped by firejail.
+ This will place <literal>firefox</literal> and <literal>mpv</literal> binaries in the global path wrapped by firejail.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- User channels are now in the default <literal>NIX_PATH</literal>, allowing
- users to use their personal <command>nix-channel</command> defined
- channels in <command>nix-build</command> and <command>nix-shell</command>
- commands, as well as in imports like <code>import
- &lt;mychannel&gt;</code>.
+ User channels are now in the default <literal>NIX_PATH</literal>, allowing users to use their personal <command>nix-channel</command> defined channels in <command>nix-build</command> and <command>nix-shell</command> commands, as well as in imports like <code>import &lt;mychannel&gt;</code>.
</para>
<para>
For example
@@ -114,52 +101,31 @@ $ nix-instantiate -E '(import &lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt; {}).gitFull'
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <varname>services.cassandra</varname> module has been reworked and was
- rewritten from scratch. The service has succeeding tests for the versions
- 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 3.11 of
- <link
- xlink:href="https://cassandra.apache.org/">Apache
- Cassandra</link>.
+ The <varname>services.cassandra</varname> module has been reworked and was rewritten from scratch. The service has succeeding tests for the versions 2.1, 2.2, 3.0 and 3.11 of <link
+ xlink:href="https://cassandra.apache.org/">Apache Cassandra</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- There is a new <varname>services.foundationdb</varname> module for
- deploying
- <link xlink:href="https://www.foundationdb.org">FoundationDB</link>
- clusters.
+ There is a new <varname>services.foundationdb</varname> module for deploying <link xlink:href="https://www.foundationdb.org">FoundationDB</link> clusters.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- When enabled the <literal>iproute2</literal> will copy the files expected
- by ip route (e.g., <filename>rt_tables</filename>) in
- <filename>/etc/iproute2</filename>. This allows to write aliases for
- routing tables for instance.
+ When enabled the <literal>iproute2</literal> will copy the files expected by ip route (e.g., <filename>rt_tables</filename>) in <filename>/etc/iproute2</filename>. This allows to write aliases for routing tables for instance.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <varname>services.strongswan-swanctl</varname> is a modern replacement for
- <varname>services.strongswan</varname>. You can use either one of them to
- setup IPsec VPNs but not both at the same time.
+ <varname>services.strongswan-swanctl</varname> is a modern replacement for <varname>services.strongswan</varname>. You can use either one of them to setup IPsec VPNs but not both at the same time.
</para>
<para>
- <varname>services.strongswan-swanctl</varname> uses the
- <link xlink:href="https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/swanctl">swanctl</link>
- command which uses the modern
- <link xlink:href="https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/blob/master/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/README.md">vici</link>
- <emphasis>Versatile IKE Configuration Interface</emphasis>. The deprecated
- <literal>ipsec</literal> command used in
- <varname>services.strongswan</varname> is using the legacy
- <link xlink:href="https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/blob/master/README_LEGACY.md">stroke
- configuration interface</link>.
+ <varname>services.strongswan-swanctl</varname> uses the <link xlink:href="https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/swanctl">swanctl</link> command which uses the modern <link xlink:href="https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/blob/master/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/README.md">vici</link> <emphasis>Versatile IKE Configuration Interface</emphasis>. The deprecated <literal>ipsec</literal> command used in <varname>services.strongswan</varname> is using the legacy <link xlink:href="https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan/blob/master/README_LEGACY.md">stroke configuration interface</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The new <varname>services.elasticsearch-curator</varname> service
- periodically curates or manages, your Elasticsearch indices and snapshots.
+ The new <varname>services.elasticsearch-curator</varname> service periodically curates or manages, your Elasticsearch indices and snapshots.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -470,38 +436,32 @@ $ nix-instantiate -E '(import &lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt; {}).gitFull'
<title>Backward Incompatibilities</title>
<para>
- When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following
- incompatible changes:
+ When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the following incompatible changes:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Some licenses that were incorrectly not marked as unfree now are. This is
- the case for:
+ Some licenses that were incorrectly not marked as unfree now are. This is the case for:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- cc-by-nc-sa-20: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike
- 2.0
+ cc-by-nc-sa-20: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.0
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- cc-by-nc-sa-25: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike
- 2.5
+ cc-by-nc-sa-25: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 2.5
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- cc-by-nc-sa-30: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike
- 3.0
+ cc-by-nc-sa-30: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- cc-by-nc-sa-40: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike
- 4.0
+ cc-by-nc-sa-40: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -519,128 +479,71 @@ $ nix-instantiate -E '(import &lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt; {}).gitFull'
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The deprecated <varname>services.cassandra</varname> module has seen a
- complete rewrite. (See above.)
+ The deprecated <varname>services.cassandra</varname> module has seen a complete rewrite. (See above.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.strict</literal> is removed. Use
- <literal>builtins.seq</literal> instead.
+ <literal>lib.strict</literal> is removed. Use <literal>builtins.seq</literal> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <literal>clementine</literal> package points now to the free
- derivation. <literal>clementineFree</literal> is removed now and
- <literal>clementineUnfree</literal> points to the package which is bundled
- with the unfree <literal>libspotify</literal> package.
+ The <literal>clementine</literal> package points now to the free derivation. <literal>clementineFree</literal> is removed now and <literal>clementineUnfree</literal> points to the package which is bundled with the unfree <literal>libspotify</literal> package.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <literal>netcat</literal> package is now taken directly from OpenBSD's
- <literal>libressl</literal>, instead of relying on Debian's fork. The new
- version should be very close to the old version, but there are some minor
- differences. Importantly, flags like -b, -q, -C, and -Z are no longer
- accepted by the nc command.
+ The <literal>netcat</literal> package is now taken directly from OpenBSD's <literal>libressl</literal>, instead of relying on Debian's fork. The new version should be very close to the old version, but there are some minor differences. Importantly, flags like -b, -q, -C, and -Z are no longer accepted by the nc command.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <varname>services.docker-registry.extraConfig</varname> object doesn't
- contain environment variables anymore. Instead it needs to provide an
- object structure that can be mapped onto the YAML configuration defined in
- <link xlink:href="https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/v2.6.2/docs/configuration.md">the
- <varname>docker/distribution</varname> docs</link>.
+ The <varname>services.docker-registry.extraConfig</varname> object doesn't contain environment variables anymore. Instead it needs to provide an object structure that can be mapped onto the YAML configuration defined in <link xlink:href="https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/v2.6.2/docs/configuration.md">the <varname>docker/distribution</varname> docs</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>gnucash</literal> has changed from version 2.4 to 3.x. If you've
- been using <literal>gnucash</literal> (version 2.4) instead of
- <literal>gnucash26</literal> (version 2.6) you must open your Gnucash data
- file(s) with <literal>gnucash26</literal> and then save them to upgrade
- the file format. Then you may use your data file(s) with Gnucash 3.x. See
- the upgrade
- <link xlink:href="https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade">documentation</link>.
- Gnucash 2.4 is still available under the attribute
- <literal>gnucash24</literal>.
+ <literal>gnucash</literal> has changed from version 2.4 to 3.x. If you've been using <literal>gnucash</literal> (version 2.4) instead of <literal>gnucash26</literal> (version 2.6) you must open your Gnucash data file(s) with <literal>gnucash26</literal> and then save them to upgrade the file format. Then you may use your data file(s) with Gnucash 3.x. See the upgrade <link xlink:href="https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade">documentation</link>. Gnucash 2.4 is still available under the attribute <literal>gnucash24</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <varname>services.munge</varname> now runs as user (and group)
- <literal>munge</literal> instead of root. Make sure the key file is
- accessible to the daemon.
+ <varname>services.munge</varname> now runs as user (and group) <literal>munge</literal> instead of root. Make sure the key file is accessible to the daemon.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <varname>dockerTools.buildImage</varname> now uses <literal>null</literal>
- as default value for <varname>tag</varname>, which indicates that the nix
- output hash will be used as tag.
+ <varname>dockerTools.buildImage</varname> now uses <literal>null</literal> as default value for <varname>tag</varname>, which indicates that the nix output hash will be used as tag.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The ELK stack: <varname>elasticsearch</varname>,
- <varname>logstash</varname> and <varname>kibana</varname> has been
- upgraded from 2.* to 6.3.*. The 2.* versions have been
- <link xlink:href="https://www.elastic.co/support/eol">unsupported since
- last year</link> so they have been removed. You can still use the 5.*
- versions under the names <varname>elasticsearch5</varname>,
- <varname>logstash5</varname> and <varname>kibana5</varname>.
+ The ELK stack: <varname>elasticsearch</varname>, <varname>logstash</varname> and <varname>kibana</varname> has been upgraded from 2.* to 6.3.*. The 2.* versions have been <link xlink:href="https://www.elastic.co/support/eol">unsupported since last year</link> so they have been removed. You can still use the 5.* versions under the names <varname>elasticsearch5</varname>, <varname>logstash5</varname> and <varname>kibana5</varname>.
</para>
<para>
- The elastic beats: <varname>filebeat</varname>,
- <varname>heartbeat</varname>, <varname>metricbeat</varname> and
- <varname>packetbeat</varname> have had the same treatment: they now target
- 6.3.* as well. The 5.* versions are available under the names:
- <varname>filebeat5</varname>, <varname>heartbeat5</varname>,
- <varname>metricbeat5</varname> and <varname>packetbeat5</varname>
+ The elastic beats: <varname>filebeat</varname>, <varname>heartbeat</varname>, <varname>metricbeat</varname> and <varname>packetbeat</varname> have had the same treatment: they now target 6.3.* as well. The 5.* versions are available under the names: <varname>filebeat5</varname>, <varname>heartbeat5</varname>, <varname>metricbeat5</varname> and <varname>packetbeat5</varname>
</para>
<para>
- The ELK-6.3 stack now comes with
- <link xlink:href="https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open">X-Pack by
- default</link>. Since X-Pack is licensed under the
- <link xlink:href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt">Elastic
- License</link> the ELK packages now have an unfree license. To use them
- you need to specify <literal>allowUnfree = true;</literal> in your nixpkgs
- configuration.
+ The ELK-6.3 stack now comes with <link xlink:href="https://www.elastic.co/products/x-pack/open">X-Pack by default</link>. Since X-Pack is licensed under the <link xlink:href="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt">Elastic License</link> the ELK packages now have an unfree license. To use them you need to specify <literal>allowUnfree = true;</literal> in your nixpkgs configuration.
</para>
<para>
- Fortunately there is also a free variant of the ELK stack without X-Pack.
- The packages are available under the names:
- <varname>elasticsearch-oss</varname>, <varname>logstash-oss</varname> and
- <varname>kibana-oss</varname>.
+ Fortunately there is also a free variant of the ELK stack without X-Pack. The packages are available under the names: <varname>elasticsearch-oss</varname>, <varname>logstash-oss</varname> and <varname>kibana-oss</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Options
- <literal>boot.initrd.luks.devices.<replaceable>name</replaceable>.yubikey.ramfsMountPoint</literal>
- <literal>boot.initrd.luks.devices.<replaceable>name</replaceable>.yubikey.storage.mountPoint</literal>
- were removed. <literal>luksroot.nix</literal> module never supported more
- than one YubiKey at a time anyway, hence those options never had any
- effect. You should be able to remove them from your config without any
- issues.
+ Options <literal>boot.initrd.luks.devices.<replaceable>name</replaceable>.yubikey.ramfsMountPoint</literal> <literal>boot.initrd.luks.devices.<replaceable>name</replaceable>.yubikey.storage.mountPoint</literal> were removed. <literal>luksroot.nix</literal> module never supported more than one YubiKey at a time anyway, hence those options never had any effect. You should be able to remove them from your config without any issues.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>stdenv.system</literal> and <literal>system</literal> in nixpkgs
- now refer to the host platform instead of the build platform. For native
- builds this is not change, let alone a breaking one. For cross builds, it
- is a breaking change, and <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform.system</literal>
- can be used instead for the old behavior. They should be using that
- anyways for clarity.
+ <literal>stdenv.system</literal> and <literal>system</literal> in nixpkgs now refer to the host platform instead of the build platform. For native builds this is not change, let alone a breaking one. For cross builds, it is a breaking change, and <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform.system</literal> can be used instead for the old behavior. They should be using that anyways for clarity.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Groups <literal>kvm</literal> and <literal>render</literal> are introduced
- now, as systemd requires them.
+ Groups <literal>kvm</literal> and <literal>render</literal> are introduced now, as systemd requires them.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -656,92 +559,69 @@ $ nix-instantiate -E '(import &lt;nixpkgsunstable&gt; {}).gitFull'
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>dockerTools.pullImage</literal> relies on image digest instead of
- image tag to download the image. The <literal>sha256</literal> of a pulled
- image has to be updated.
+ <literal>dockerTools.pullImage</literal> relies on image digest instead of image tag to download the image. The <literal>sha256</literal> of a pulled image has to be updated.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.attrNamesToStr</literal> has been deprecated. Use more
- specific concatenation (<literal>lib.concat(Map)StringsSep</literal>)
- instead.
+ <literal>lib.attrNamesToStr</literal> has been deprecated. Use more specific concatenation (<literal>lib.concat(Map)StringsSep</literal>) instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.addErrorContextToAttrs</literal> has been deprecated. Use
- <literal>builtins.addErrorContext</literal> directly.
+ <literal>lib.addErrorContextToAttrs</literal> has been deprecated. Use <literal>builtins.addErrorContext</literal> directly.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.showVal</literal> has been deprecated. Use
- <literal>lib.traceSeqN</literal> instead.
+ <literal>lib.showVal</literal> has been deprecated. Use <literal>lib.traceSeqN</literal> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.traceXMLVal</literal> has been deprecated. Use
- <literal>lib.traceValFn builtins.toXml</literal> instead.
+ <literal>lib.traceXMLVal</literal> has been deprecated. Use <literal>lib.traceValFn builtins.toXml</literal> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.traceXMLValMarked</literal> has been deprecated. Use
- <literal>lib.traceValFn (x: str + builtins.toXML x)</literal> instead.
+ <literal>lib.traceXMLValMarked</literal> has been deprecated. Use <literal>lib.traceValFn (x: str + builtins.toXML x)</literal> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <literal>pkgs</literal> argument to NixOS modules can now be set
- directly using <literal>nixpkgs.pkgs</literal>. Previously, only the
- <literal>system</literal>, <literal>config</literal> and
- <literal>overlays</literal> arguments could be used to influence
- <literal>pkgs</literal>.
+ The <literal>pkgs</literal> argument to NixOS modules can now be set directly using <literal>nixpkgs.pkgs</literal>. Previously, only the <literal>system</literal>, <literal>config</literal> and <literal>overlays</literal> arguments could be used to influence <literal>pkgs</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- A NixOS system can now be constructed more easily based on a preexisting
- invocation of Nixpkgs. For example:
+ A NixOS system can now be constructed more easily based on a preexisting invocation of Nixpkgs. For example:
<programlisting>
inherit (pkgs.nixos {
boot.loader.grub.enable = false;
fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/xvda1";
}) toplevel kernel initialRamdisk manual;
</programlisting>
- This benefits evaluation performance, lets you write Nixpkgs packages that
- depend on NixOS images and is consistent with a deployment architecture
- that would be centered around Nixpkgs overlays.
+ This benefits evaluation performance, lets you write Nixpkgs packages that depend on NixOS images and is consistent with a deployment architecture that would be centered around Nixpkgs overlays.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.traceValIfNot</literal> has been deprecated. Use
- <literal>if/then/else</literal> and <literal>lib.traceValSeq</literal>
- instead.
+ <literal>lib.traceValIfNot</literal> has been deprecated. Use <literal>if/then/else</literal> and <literal>lib.traceValSeq</literal> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.traceCallXml</literal> has been deprecated. Please complain
- if you use the function regularly.
+ <literal>lib.traceCallXml</literal> has been deprecated. Please complain if you use the function regularly.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The attribute <literal>lib.nixpkgsVersion</literal> has been deprecated in
- favor of <literal>lib.version</literal>. Please refer to the discussion in
- <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/39416#discussion_r183845745">NixOS/nixpkgs#39416</link>
- for further reference.
+ The attribute <literal>lib.nixpkgsVersion</literal> has been deprecated in favor of <literal>lib.version</literal>. Please refer to the discussion in <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/39416#discussion_r183845745">NixOS/nixpkgs#39416</link> for further reference.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>lib.recursiveUpdateUntil</literal> was not acting according to
- its specification. It has been fixed to act according to the docstring,
- and a test has been added.
+ <literal>lib.recursiveUpdateUntil</literal> was not acting according to its specification. It has been fixed to act according to the docstring, and a test has been added.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -755,9 +635,7 @@ inherit (pkgs.nixos {
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Puts the generated Diffie-Hellman parameters into the Nix store instead
- of managing them in a stateful manner in
- <filename class="directory">/var/lib/dhparams</filename>.
+ Puts the generated Diffie-Hellman parameters into the Nix store instead of managing them in a stateful manner in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/dhparams</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -767,27 +645,20 @@ inherit (pkgs.nixos {
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The default bit size to use for the generated Diffie-Hellman
- parameters.
+ The default bit size to use for the generated Diffie-Hellman parameters.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<note>
<para>
- The path to the actual generated parameter files should now be queried
- using
- <literal>config.security.dhparams.params.<replaceable>name</replaceable>.path</literal>
- because it might be either in the Nix store or in a directory configured
- by <option>security.dhparams.path</option>.
+ The path to the actual generated parameter files should now be queried using <literal>config.security.dhparams.params.<replaceable>name</replaceable>.path</literal> because it might be either in the Nix store or in a directory configured by <option>security.dhparams.path</option>.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<title>For developers:</title>
<para>
- Module implementers should not set a specific bit size in order to let
- users configure it by themselves if they want to have a different bit
- size than the default (2048).
+ Module implementers should not set a specific bit size in order to let users configure it by themselves if they want to have a different bit size than the default (2048).
</para>
<para>
An example usage of this would be:
@@ -806,126 +677,82 @@ inherit (pkgs.nixos {
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<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>networking.networkmanager.useDnsmasq</literal> has been
- deprecated. Use <literal>networking.networkmanager.dns</literal> instead.
+ <literal>networking.networkmanager.useDnsmasq</literal> has been deprecated. Use <literal>networking.networkmanager.dns</literal> instead.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The Kubernetes package has been bumped to major version 1.11. Please
- consult the
- <link xlink:href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.11/CHANGELOG-1.11.md">release
- notes</link> for details on new features and api changes.
+ The Kubernetes package has been bumped to major version 1.11. Please consult the <link xlink:href="https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.11/CHANGELOG-1.11.md">release notes</link> for details on new features and api changes.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The option
- <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.admissionControl</varname> was
- renamed to
- <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.enableAdmissionPlugins</varname>.
+ The option <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.admissionControl</varname> was renamed to <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.enableAdmissionPlugins</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Recommended way to access the Kubernetes Dashboard is via HTTPS (TLS)
- Therefore; public service port for the dashboard has changed to 443
- (container port 8443) and scheme to https.
+ Recommended way to access the Kubernetes Dashboard is via HTTPS (TLS) Therefore; public service port for the dashboard has changed to 443 (container port 8443) and scheme to https.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The option <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.address</varname> was
- renamed to <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.bindAddress</varname>.
- Note that the default value has changed from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0.
+ The option <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.address</varname> was renamed to <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.bindAddress</varname>. Note that the default value has changed from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The option <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.publicAddress</varname>
- was not used and thus has been removed.
+ The option <varname>services.kubernetes.apiserver.publicAddress</varname> was not used and thus has been removed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The option
- <varname>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.enableRBAC</varname> was
- renamed to
- <varname>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.rbac.enable</varname>.
+ The option <varname>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.enableRBAC</varname> was renamed to <varname>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.rbac.enable</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The Kubernetes Dashboard now has only minimal RBAC permissions by default.
- If dashboard cluster-admin rights are desired, set
- <varname>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.rbac.clusterAdmin</varname>
- to true. On existing clusters, in order for the revocation of privileges
- to take effect, the current ClusterRoleBinding for kubernetes-dashboard
- must be manually removed: <literal>kubectl delete clusterrolebinding
- kubernetes-dashboard</literal>
+ The Kubernetes Dashboard now has only minimal RBAC permissions by default. If dashboard cluster-admin rights are desired, set <varname>services.kubernetes.addons.dashboard.rbac.clusterAdmin</varname> to true. On existing clusters, in order for the revocation of privileges to take effect, the current ClusterRoleBinding for kubernetes-dashboard must be manually removed: <literal>kubectl delete clusterrolebinding kubernetes-dashboard</literal>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The <varname>programs.screen</varname> module provides allows to configure
- <literal>/etc/screenrc</literal>, however the module behaved fairly
- counterintuitive as the config exists, but the package wasn't available.
- Since 18.09 <literal>pkgs.screen</literal> will be added to
- <literal>environment.systemPackages</literal>.
+ The <varname>programs.screen</varname> module provides allows to configure <literal>/etc/screenrc</literal>, however the module behaved fairly counterintuitive as the config exists, but the package wasn't available. Since 18.09 <literal>pkgs.screen</literal> will be added to <literal>environment.systemPackages</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The module <option>services.networking.hostapd</option> now uses WPA2 by
- default.
+ The module <option>services.networking.hostapd</option> now uses WPA2 by default.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <varname>s6Dns</varname>, <varname>s6Networking</varname>,
- <varname>s6LinuxUtils</varname> and <varname>s6PortableUtils</varname>
- renamed to <varname>s6-dns</varname>, <varname>s6-networking</varname>,
- <varname>s6-linux-utils</varname> and <varname>s6-portable-utils</varname>
- respectively.
+ <varname>s6Dns</varname>, <varname>s6Networking</varname>, <varname>s6LinuxUtils</varname> and <varname>s6PortableUtils</varname> renamed to <varname>s6-dns</varname>, <varname>s6-networking</varname>, <varname>s6-linux-utils</varname> and <varname>s6-portable-utils</varname> respectively.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The module option <option>nix.useSandbox</option> is now defaulted to
- <literal>true</literal>.
+ The module option <option>nix.useSandbox</option> is now defaulted to <literal>true</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The config activation script of <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal> now
- <link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemctl.html#Manager%20Lifecycle%20Commands">reloads</link>
- all user units for each authenticated user.
+ The config activation script of <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal> now <link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemctl.html#Manager%20Lifecycle%20Commands">reloads</link> all user units for each authenticated user.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- The default display manager is now LightDM. To use SLiM set
- <literal>services.xserver.displayManager.slim.enable</literal> to
- <literal>true</literal>.
+ The default display manager is now LightDM. To use SLiM set <literal>services.xserver.displayManager.slim.enable</literal> to <literal>true</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- NixOS option descriptions are now automatically broken up into individual
- paragraphs if the text contains two consecutive newlines, so it's no
- longer necessary to use <code>&lt;/para&gt;&lt;para&gt;</code> to start a
- new paragraph.
+ NixOS option descriptions are now automatically broken up into individual paragraphs if the text contains two consecutive newlines, so it's no longer necessary to use <code>&lt;/para&gt;&lt;para&gt;</code> to start a new paragraph.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Top-level <literal>buildPlatform</literal>,
- <literal>hostPlatform</literal>, and <literal>targetPlatform</literal> in
- Nixpkgs are deprecated. Please use their equivalents in
- <literal>stdenv</literal> instead:
- <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform</literal>,
- <literal>stdenv.hostPlatform</literal>, and
- <literal>stdenv.targetPlatform</literal>.
+ Top-level <literal>buildPlatform</literal>, <literal>hostPlatform</literal>, and <literal>targetPlatform</literal> in Nixpkgs are deprecated. Please use their equivalents in <literal>stdenv</literal> instead: <literal>stdenv.buildPlatform</literal>, <literal>stdenv.hostPlatform</literal>, and <literal>stdenv.targetPlatform</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
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