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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-release-17.09">
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<title>Release 17.09 (“Hummingbird”, 2017/09/??)</title>
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<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release
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has the following highlights: </para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The user handling now keeps track of deallocated UIDs/GIDs. When a user
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or group is revived, this allows it to be allocated the UID/GID it had before.
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A consequence is that UIDs and GIDs are no longer reused.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Xserver services module now allows one to specify configuration for each monitor.
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This is done via the xrandrHeads property. It is backwards compatible, so your
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existing configuration still works. You can replace each monitor designation with
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an attribute set containing the monitor designation, whether the monitor is the
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primary monitor, and extra configuration for that specific monitor. Only one
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monitor can be the primary monitor.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>The following new services were added since the last release:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para></para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
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following incompatible changes:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Top-level <literal>idea</literal> package collection was renamed.
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All JetBrains IDEs are now at <literal>jetbrains</literal>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Other notable improvements:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Modules can now be disabled by using <link
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xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#sec-replace-modules">
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disabledModules</link>, allowing another to take it's place. This can be
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used to import a set of modules from another channel while keeping the
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rest of the system on a stable release.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Updated to FreeType 2.7.1, including a new TrueType engine.
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The new engine replaces the Infinality engine which was the default in
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NixOS. The default font rendering settings are now provided by
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fontconfig-penultimate, replacing fontconfig-ultimate; the new defaults
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are less invasive and provide rendering that is more consistent with
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other systems and hopefully with each font designer's intent. Some
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system-wide configuration has been removed from the Fontconfig NixOS
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module where user Fontconfig settings are available.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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