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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7eac1f93..c5950d39 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,48 +1,56 @@ -============================================== -NetworkManager-1.2.4 -Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.2.2 -============================================== - -This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: - -* The timeout for requests of secrets to agents has been increased from 25 to - 120 seconds. -* NetworkManager now follows symlinks when accessing resolv.conf and - 'rc-manager=file'. -* Added new values 'symlink' and 'unmanaged' to rc-manager configuration option. -* It is now possible to configure the default rc-manager option at compile time. -* Name servers passed to dnsmasq now specify an egress interface to avoid - problems with multiple active connections. -* Reverse DNS entries for IPv6 are now added to dnsmasq, and IPv4 reverse - entries now honor the network prefix. -* A new 'dns-priority' property of ipv4 and ipv6 settings can be used to tweak - the order of servers in resolv.conf when multiple connections are active. -* Added a 'Reload' D-Bus method to reload configuration and reapply DNS - configuration. -* Now devices are disconnected before the system suspends, executing dispatcher - scripts. This allows external applications to be notified of the change in - connectivity. -* Devices without L3 configuration are not more put in DOWN state on shutdown. -* MTU settings are now applied also to devices without IPv4 configuration. -* Improved VPN support in nmcli. -* Many bug fixes. - ============================================ -NetworkManager-1.2.2 +NetworkManager-1.4 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.2 ============================================ This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: -* The dnsmasq DNS management mode now uses D-Bus API of dnsmasq to make signal - nameserver changes. -* Hostname is now correctly read on Slackware. -* IPv6 addresses for default wired connections now stay stable. -* Reading portname on s390 systems on 4.4 kernels and newer has been corrected. -* nmcli no longer warns about version mismatches. -* Updated translations. -* Improved developer documentations. -* Multiple minor bugfixes. +* The MAC address assigned to a device can now be set according to + different policies: preserve, permanent, random, stable +* NetworkManager now waits for IPv6 DAD to terminate before completing + the activation +* Added support for setting IPv6 tokenized interface identifiers + through the 'ipv6.token' connection property +* Added a 'Reload' D-Bus method to reload configuration and reapply + DNS configuration +* Added ability to create a configuration checkpoints and rolling back + changes after a timeout. +* NetworkManager now follows symlinks when accessing resolv.conf and + rc-manager is set to 'file' +* Added support for oFono as modem manager +* The devices now exposes counters of transferred data +* The 'may-fail' property of ipv4 and ipv6 settings is now respected + more accurately +* The timeout for requests of secrets to agents has been increased + from 25 to 120 seconds +* Name servers passed to dnsmasq now specify an egress interface to + avoid problems with multiple active connections +* Reverse DNS entries for IPv6 are now added to dnsmasq, and IPv4 + reverse entries now honor the network prefix +* A new 'dns-priority' property of ipv4 and ipv6 settings can be used + to tweak the order of servers in resolv.conf when multiple + connections are active +* configure script accepts --enable-{address,undefined}-sanitizer + options to build NetworkManager with GCC sanitizers +* The default resolv.conf manager can now be specified at build time + using the --with-config-dns-rc-manager-default configure option +* NetworkManager is now compiled with --gc-sections to reduce + executable size +* Added a new 'VPN_PLUGIN' logging domain +* It is now possible to change the configuration currently applied on + a device with 'nmcli device modify' and 'nmcli device reapply' +* nmcli invoked without parameters shows an overview of the current + network configuration +* The 'nmcli connection add' syntax has been extended and is now + possible to pass properties (e.g. 'ipv4.dns') along with aliases +* nmtui now returns to initial menu after a sub-form exits +* Improved bash autocompletion for nmcli +* Now devices are disconnected before the system suspends, executing + dispatcher scripts. This allows external applications to be notified + of the change in connectivity +* Dispatcher scripts are now called also when connectivity status + changes +* Many other fixes and improvements ============================================ NetworkManager-1.2 |