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</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The default Linux kernel was updated to the 5.10 LTS series, coming from the 5.4 LTS series.</para>
<para>The <package>linux_latest</package> kernel was updated to the 5.12 series. It currently is not officially supported for use with the zfs filesystem. If you use zfs, you should use a different kernel version (either the LTS kernel, or track a specific one). </para>
<para>
Desktop Environments:
</para>
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</itemizedlist>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.gnuradio.org/">GNURadio</link> 3.8 was
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/82263">finally</link>
packaged, along with a rewrite to the Nix expressions, allowing users to
override the features upstream supports selecting to compile or not to.
Additionally, the attribute <code>gnuradio</code> and <code>gnuradio3_7</code>
now point to an externally wrapped by default derivations, that allow you to
also add `extraPythonPackages` to the Python interpreter used by GNURadio.
Missing environmental variables needed for operational GUI were also added
(<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/75478">#75478</link>).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.gnuradio.org/">GNURadio</link> has a
<code>pkgs</code> attribute set, and there's a <code>gnuradio.callPackage</code>
function that extends <code>pkgs</code> with a <code>mkDerivation</code>, and a
<code>mkDerivationWith</code>, like Qt5. Now all <code>gnuradio.pkgs</code> are
defined with <code>gnuradio.callPackage</code> and some packages that depend
on gnuradio are defined with this as well.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</link> has been updated
to version 3.0.32 (See <link xlink:href="https://lists.privoxy.org/pipermail/privoxy-announce/2021-February/000007.html">announcement</link>).
Compared to the previous release, Privoxy has gained support for HTTPS
inspection (still experimental), Brotli decompression, several new filters
and lots of bug fixes, including security ones. In addition, the package
is now built with compression and external filters support, which were
previously disabled.
</para>
<para>
Regarding the NixOS module, new options for HTTPS inspection have been added
and <option>services.privoxy.extraConfig</option> has been replaced by the new
<xref linkend="opt-services.privoxy.settings"/>
(See <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md">RFC 0042</link>
for the motivation).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Python optimizations were disabled again. Builds with optimizations enabled
are not reproducible. Optimizations can now be enabled with an option.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://kodi.tv/">Kodi</link> has been updated to version 19.1 "Matrix". See
the <link xlink:href="https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-190-matrix-release">announcement</link> for
further details.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <option>services.packagekit.backend</option> option has been removed as
it only supported a single setting which would always be the default.
Instead new <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md">RFC
0042</link> compliant <xref linkend="opt-services.packagekit.settings"/>
and <xref linkend="opt-services.packagekit.vendorSettings"/> options have
been introduced.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://nginx.org">Nginx</link> has been updated to stable version 1.20.0.
Now nginx uses the zlib-ng library by default.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
KDE Gear (formerly KDE Applications) is upgraded to 21.04, see its
<link xlink:href="https://kde.org/announcements/gear/21.04/">release
notes</link> for details.
</para>
<para>
The <code>kdeApplications</code> package set is now <code>kdeGear</code>,
in keeping with the new name. The old name remains for compatibility, but
it is deprecated.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://libreswan.org/">Libreswan</link> has been updated
to version 4.4. The package now includes example configurations and manual
pages by default. The NixOS module has been changed to use the upstream
systemd units and write the configuration in the <literal>/etc/ipsec.d/
</literal> directory. In addition, two new options have been added to
specify connection policies
(<xref linkend="opt-services.libreswan.policies"/>)
and disable send/receive redirects
(<xref linkend="opt-services.libreswan.disableRedirects"/>).
</para>
<para>The <package>linux_latest</package> kernel was updated to the 5.12 series. It currently is not officially supported for use with the zfs filesystem. If you use zfs, you should use a different kernel version (either the LTS kernel, or track a specific one). </para>
</listitem>

</itemizedlist>
</section>

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</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.gnuradio.org/">GNURadio</link> 3.8 was
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/82263">finally</link>
packaged, along with a rewrite to the Nix expressions, allowing users to
override the features upstream supports selecting to compile or not to.
Additionally, the attribute <code>gnuradio</code> and <code>gnuradio3_7</code>
now point to an externally wrapped by default derivations, that allow you to
also add `extraPythonPackages` to the Python interpreter used by GNURadio.
Missing environmental variables needed for operational GUI were also added
(<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/75478">#75478</link>).
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.keycloak.org/">Keycloak</link>,
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<programlisting>
self: super:
{
mpi = super.mpich;
mpi = super.mpich;
}
</programlisting>
</para>
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for details.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.gnuradio.org/">GNURadio</link> has a
<code>pkgs</code> attribute set, and there's a <code>gnuradio.callPackage</code>
function that extends <code>pkgs</code> with a <code>mkDerivation</code>, and a
<code>mkDerivationWith</code>, like Qt5. Now all <code>gnuradio.pkgs</code> are
defined with <code>gnuradio.callPackage</code> and some packages that depend
on gnuradio are defined with this as well.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</link> has been updated
to version 3.0.32 (See <link xlink:href="https://lists.privoxy.org/pipermail/privoxy-announce/2021-February/000007.html">announcement</link>).
Compared to the previous release, Privoxy has gained support for HTTPS
inspection (still experimental), Brotli decompression, several new filters
and lots of bug fixes, including security ones. In addition, the package
is now built with compression and external filters support, which were
previously disabled.
</para>
<para>
Regarding the NixOS module, new options for HTTPS inspection have been added
and <option>services.privoxy.extraConfig</option> has been replaced by the new
<xref linkend="opt-services.privoxy.settings"/>
(See <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md">RFC 0042</link>
for the motivation).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://kodi.tv/">Kodi</link> has been updated to version 19.1 "Matrix". See
the <link xlink:href="https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-190-matrix-release">announcement</link> for
further details.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <option>services.packagekit.backend</option> option has been removed as
it only supported a single setting which would always be the default.
Instead new <link
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0042-config-option.md">RFC
0042</link> compliant <xref linkend="opt-services.packagekit.settings"/>
and <xref linkend="opt-services.packagekit.vendorSettings"/> options have
been introduced.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://nginx.org">Nginx</link> has been updated to stable version 1.20.0.
Now nginx uses the zlib-ng library by default.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
KDE Gear (formerly KDE Applications) is upgraded to 21.04, see its
<link xlink:href="https://kde.org/announcements/gear/21.04/">release
notes</link> for details.
</para>
<para>
The <code>kdeApplications</code> package set is now <code>kdeGear</code>,
in keeping with the new name. The old name remains for compatibility, but
it is deprecated.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://libreswan.org/">Libreswan</link> has been updated
to version 4.4. The package now includes example configurations and manual
pages by default. The NixOS module has been changed to use the upstream
systemd units and write the configuration in the <literal>/etc/ipsec.d/
</literal> directory. In addition, two new options have been added to
specify connection policies
(<xref linkend="opt-services.libreswan.policies"/>)
and disable send/receive redirects
(<xref linkend="opt-services.libreswan.disableRedirects"/>).
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem>
<para>
The Mailman NixOS module (<literal>services.mailman</literal>) has a new
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PulseAudio was upgraded to 14.0, with changes to the handling of default sinks.
See its <link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Notes/14.0/">release notes</link>.
</para>

</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
GNOME users may wish to delete their <literal>~/.config/pulse</literal> due to the changes to stream routing
logic. See <link xlink:href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/issues/832">PulseAudio bug 832</link>
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