From affeeb5a23077f3fab1eb3ab8c6a06e168ea04b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Beniamino Galvani Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 15:46:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: update for a release candidate --- NEWS | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 63284c3f6a..c82d64f158 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,54 @@ +============================================ +NetworkManager-1.9.90 (1.10-rc1) +Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.8 +============================================ + +This is a new stable release of NetworkManager. Notable changes include: + +* NetworkManager includes now basic OpenVSwitch support, good enough + to be capable of setting up simple OpenVSwitch configurations. +* Added support for activating PPP connections on non-Ethernet + interfaces. +* It is now possible to authenticate to a Wi-Fi network using WPS + (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). +* Implemented support for Wi-Fi PMF (Protected Management Frames, + 802.11w), which can be configured via the wifi-sec.pmf property. +* Now the maximum rate of wireless access points supporting 802.11 is + properly calculated and exposed on D-Bus. +* Background scanning is now disabled for non-WPA-Enterprise Wi-Fi + networks. +* Added support for the Bluetooth NAP (Network Access Point) profile. +* Added support for disabling connectivity checking via the D-Bus + interface. +* The internal DHCP client now understands the domain-search option +* Bridge connections support the group-forward-mask property. +* NetworkManager can now configure multiple IPv6 default routes + received through RA and each gets configured with the announced + preference. +* It is possible to specify the routing table for each static route. +* Support specifying a explicit routing table for any non-static-route, + including routes from DHCP, device-routes, IPv6 autoconf. +* Device are left configured when a user sets them as unmanaged by + NetworkManager. +* New connection.auth-retry property to configure how often authentication + is prompted before failing the configuration. +* The platform code that handles synchronization with kernel status + via netlink has been reworked and is more efficient. +* Allowed the update of connections that have an associated ifcfg-rh + routing rules file. +* Improve bash completion for nmcli. +* Non-UTF8 properties are now escaped when they are exported on D-Bus. +* NetworkManager-wait-online.service now starts NetworkManager.service + if needed. +* The MAC address for bond connections can be changed in nmtui. +* Fixed dependency problems when setting the MTU of VLAN and master + devices. +* The systemd-resolved DNS plugin properly handles the DNS priority + setting. +* Fixed setting a DHCP timeout greater than 60 seconds (dhclient). +* Fixed some memory leaks. +* Many other bug fixes and improvements. + ============================================ NetworkManager-1.8 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.6