From 3470b3aafdbc2c3c9cc5dead1be6655ad19a23f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Williams Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 15:16:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] release: update NEWS --- NEWS | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 987d29409b..b5622c3019 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,59 @@ +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.9.10 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.8 +============================================== + +This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: + +* Added a new curses-based client called "nmtui" for easier console operation +* Added interactive connection editing and creation mode to nmcli with detailed + help and tab completion support +* nmcli bash completion has been greatly improved +* Added support for Data Center Bridging (DCB) and FibreChannel over Ethernet (FCoE) +* IPv6 autoconfiguration is now done in userspace with libndp instead of the kernel +* The D-Bus daemon is no longer required for root-only operation +* WiFi, ADSL, WWAN, and Bluetooth are now optional plugins, reducing install size +* Added support for Infiniband Partitions +* Network connection files are no longer watched by default, use "nmcli con reload" + to notice chagnes made externally or set "monitor-connection-files=true" in + NetworkManager.conf's [main] section +* Connections can now be locked to interface names in addition to hardware/MAC addresses +* A new "ignore-carrier" configuration option is available to ignore the carrier + on selected interfaces +* A new "dns=none" option has been added to suppress changes to /etc/resolv.conf +* Changes made to IP addresses, IP routes, and master/slave relationships from + external tools are now recognized and reflected in the D-Bus API +* Assuming the existing configuration of interfaces without changing that + configuration is now more reliable +* The 'root' user is no longer subject to PolicyKit access controls and usage + of D-Bus "at_console" permissions has been removed +* Configuration file snippets can be dropped in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d to + change smaller sets of configuration options +* Added IP-level support for more software/virtual interfaces types including + GRE, macvlan, macvtap, tun, tap, veth, and vxlan interfaces +* All network interfaces known to the kernel are now exposed through + the D-Bus interface +* Improved support for routing-only VPNs like openswan/libreswan/strongswan +* Added support for "temporary" connections which are not saved to disk until + requested +* Added WWAN autoconnect support and fixed issues with airplane mode handling +* NetworkManager-wait-online systemd service behavior is more reliable +* The dispatcher timeout has increased to 10 minutes, and new "pre-up" and + "pre-down" events have been added which block activation until complete +* NetworkManager no longer prevents Wake-on-LAN functionality from working +* PPPoE now requires userland "rp-pppoe" to work around kernel bugs with + that prevent detecting server-side termination of the PPP link +* An ARP announcement is now sent after IPv4 addresses are configured +* Added a DNS plugin for dnssec-trigger for better DNSSEC operation +* More properties are now exposed via the D-Bus properties interface in + addition to getter/setter functions +* Added support for custom IP address ranges for Shared connections +* Fatal connection failures now block automatic reconnection more reliably +* VPN connection IP details are now available via the D-Bus interface +* VPN plugins can now request additional/new secrets from the user during the + connection process + + ============================================== NetworkManager-0.9.8 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.6