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| author | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> | 2011-10-28 23:04:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> | 2011-10-28 23:04:16 +0200 |
| commit | 485d149fe80915d94ed49ea6c2c0552cf7a3e79a (patch) | |
| tree | 6a48492b46b8c1e3df1c58626c28f05a978c61f7 /NEWS | |
| parent | 263bf4c0c89bb88dc995acd9a6a2de9095fbd461 (diff) | |
Imported Upstream version 0.9.1.95 upstream/0.9.1.95
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 118 |
1 files changed, 118 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b27a9b2e..63f39e01 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,122 @@ ============================================== +NetworkManager-0.9.2 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.0 +============================================== + +* Support for libnl2 and libnl3 and various memory leak fixes +* Bug fixes for the ifnet config plugin +* Ensure IPv6 link-local DNS servers work correctly in the dnsmasq DNS plugin +* Add ability for nmcli to delete connections +* Fix setup of connection sharing with newer iptables versions +* Ensure WiMAX activation emits correct signals (fixes initial signal strength) +* Fix an issue with duplicated keyfile connections +* Ensure the 'novj' options is passed through to pppd +* Store timestamps for VPN connections too +* Fix a crash when deleting default wired connections +* Fix a security issue in the ifcfg-rh plugin with newlines in file names +* Fix the "SpecificObject" property for active VPN connection objects +* Improve handling of rfkill on some platforms +* Spaces no longer used in ifcfg config file names +* IPv6 RAs are now accepted when forwarding is configured +* dnsmasq local caching nameserver plugin cache size bumped to 400 entries (from 150) +* Fix handling of SSIDs in the keyfile plugin +* Fix some GObject Introspection annotations in libnm-glib and libnm-util +* Fix setting hostnames from DHCP + + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.9.0 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.x +============================================== + +This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: + +* All connections and configuration now managed by NetworkManager +* Secrets for any connection can now be stored in user session or by NetworkManager +* All secrets can now be requested each time +* Fast User Switching support +* Support for WiMAX mobile broadband +* Connections can now be restricted to one or more users +* Support for 802.1X certificate subject matching for greater security +* Requires wpa_supplicant 0.7 or later +* Better support for AP roaming using nl80211 and background scanning +* Simplified D-Bus API for easier client usage +* Support for GObject Introspection in libnm-glib and libnm-util + + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.8.6 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.4 +============================================== + +This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: + +* Fix handling of WINS server address in libnm-glib +* Fix checks for s390 CTC device types +* Fix export of nm_device_get_ip_iface() in libnm-glib +* Fix export of IPv6 DNS GValue conversion functions in libnm-glib +* Recognize and manage platform 'gadget' devices +* Send only "short" hostname, not FQDN, to DHCP servers +* Allow "_" as a valid character for GSM APNs +* Handle shared connections in the ifnet plugin +* Fix Ad-Hoc frequency selection for user-created Ad-Hoc networks +* Allow failed connections to be retried when Ethernet carrier bounces +* Allow usage of paths for certificates and keys in the keyfile plugin +* Fix crash requesting system VPN secrets +* Add ability to blacklist certain MAC addresses for wired & wifi connections +* Ensure users are authorized to share wifi networks (CVE-2011-2176) + + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.8.4 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.2 +============================================== + +This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: + +* Preliminary support for Exherbo Linux +* Logging fixes to suppress unnecessary messages +* Ensure removed devices are cleaned up +* Fix potential 64-bit crash updating timestamps +* IPv6 setup, routing, and compliance fixes +* Fix WWAN enable/disable handling +* Handle reverse DNS lookups with local caching nameserver configurations +* Ensure usable DNS configuration is written when NetworkManager quits +* No longer updates /etc/hosts when hostname changes +* Request WPAD option from DHCP servers +* Allow use of paths for certificates and keys in connection keyfiles +* Allow operation without any DHCP client installed +* Fix operation with newer versions of dnsmasq +* nmcli support for WWAN connections +* Persistent hostname sent to DHCP servers by default +* Allow disabing PPP support at build time +* Red Hat/Fedora ifcfg plugin fixes for handling S390 CTC device configuration +* Red Hat/Fedora ifcfg plugin fixes for handling IPADDR config items +* Shutdown crash fixes +* Memory leak fixes +* Documentation fixes and updates +* and much more... + +============================================== +NetworkManager-0.8.2 +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.8.1 +============================================== + +This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: + +* Native local caching nameserver support using dnsmasq +* Automatically detect addition and removal of new VPN plugins +* Support for handling suspend/resume signals from UPower +* Ensure users are allowed to enable/disable WiFi and networking +* Ensure WiFi enable state is perserved across reboot and suspend +* Better handling of /etc/hosts and preservation of custom hostnames +* Support for the systemd session management service +* Better handling of 'keyfile' system connection errors +* Support for S390 network devices +* and much more... + + +============================================== NetworkManager-0.7.0 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.6.6 ============================================== |