[Nix-dev] 16.09 beta released

[Daniel Frank]

What I've found so far is that NixOS cannot be used with a Gnome
desktop and a non-us keyboard layout. Or to be more specific: If you
cannot enter your password on a us keyboard.
The combination of two bugs - one a "wontfix" - prevents that:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9006 Lock screen only works in
gdm ("wontfix")
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/14318 gdm always uses a us
keyboard layout
So if gdm cannot be used due to the layout issue, it's impossible to
lock the screen, which can be a security issue.



Second problem I've noticed when I just switched my laptop to the
nixos-16.09 channel is that there is now a conflict between Synaptics
and libinput, because gnome3 now automatically enables libpinput by
default.
A note in the release notes would be helpful that you may need to
explicitely disable libinput in case you use gnome3, even if libinput
claims that it's not enabled by default.



Am Montag, den 12.09.2016, 10:28 +0200 schrieb Domen Kožar:
> This release is pretty quiet so far.
> 
> I wonder if that means most of things work or do we need a more
> broader call of more testing?
> 
> Please report back your findings - thanks!
> 
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:51 PM, zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for coordinating the release Domen!
> > 
> > On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, 21:17 Tomasz Czyż, <tomasz.czyz at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Cheers!
> > > 
> > > 2016-09-06 21:02 GMT+01:00 Domen Kožar <domen at dev.si>:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to announce NixOS 16.09 beta in the name of community.
> > > > 
> > > > This release will bring two major changes:
> > > > 
> > > > - multiple outputs, reducing runtime closure size (sometimes
> > > > even by half)
> > > > - security hardening flags
> > > > 
> > > > Please upgrade channels as usual and test:
> > > > 
> > > >     $ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-16.09 
> > > > nixos
> > > >     $ nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to point out two serious bugs that you might hit:
> > > > 
> > > > - dbus will fail to reload, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkg
> > > > s/issues/18358
> > > > - make sure /var/empty doesn't have write permissions set
> > > > otherwise sshd won't start, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkg
> > > > s/pull/18365
> > > > 
> > > > If you'd like to help out, test and check the github bug
> > > > tracker under 16.09 milestone.
> > > > 
> > > > As usual, we're working on getting build failures down: https:/
> > > > /github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/18209
> > > > 
> > > > Final is set to be release on 29th September. 
> > > > 
> > > > I've also finally put together a PR that documents the release
> > > > process, any feeback is welcome (it's still far from perfect): 
> > > > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/18062
> > > > 
> > > > PS: 16.09-small channel will be also created once container
> > > > tests are fixed
> > > > 
> > > > Domen
> > > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
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