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* NEWS: Update for 1.5.0.

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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Copyright © 2013-2022 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2024 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim@guixotic.coop> Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2024 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim@guixotic.coop>
Copyright © 2022 Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> Copyright © 2022 Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
Copyright © 2026 Noé Lopez <noelopez@free.fr>
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@ -16,8 +17,77 @@ Please send Guix bug reports to bug-guix@gnu.org.
* Changes in 1.5.0 (since 1.4.0) * Changes in 1.5.0 (since 1.4.0)
** Package management ** Package management
*** New rpm format for the guix pack command *** New rpm format for the guix pack command
*** New appimage format for the guix pack command
*** New --max-layers and --file options for the guix pack command
*** New --roll-back and --expression options for the guix deploy command
*** New --with-version package transformation option
*** New --with-configure-flag package transformation option
*** New --nesting option to use Guix within guix shell containers
*** New --emulate-fhs option for guix shell containers
*** New --dependents and --development options for guix build
*** New --interactive and --list-types flags for guix repl
*** The root file-system of guix shell containers is now read-only
*** New --writable-root option for the guix shell command
*** Improved style rules for guix style
*** New guix locate command
*** guix refresh now honours the --key-server option
*** guix git authenticate now remembers introduction commit and signer
*** guix git authenticate now installs pre-push and post-merge git hooks
*** System reconfiguration now supports kexec for fast reboot
*** Hetzner Cloud is now supported by the guix deploy command
*** The Guix Daemon can now be run without root privileges
*** guix refresh can now target partial version
*** New guix import composer command
*** New guix import binary-npm command
*** New guix import nuget command
*** New graphml backend for guix graph
*** New cyclonedx-json backend for guix graph
*** AppArmor profiles are now available for guix and guix-daemon
** Distribution ** Distribution
*** nss-certs is now included in %base-packages *** nss-certs is now included in %base-packages
*** udev-service-type now supports hardware configuration files
*** gdm-service-type now uses Wayland by default
*** KDE Plasma 6.5 is now available with the new plasma-desktop-service-type
*** GNOME was updated to version 44 with a more modular desktop service
*** Declarative offloading with new build-machines field of operating-system
*** containerd-service-type is no longer included with the Docker service
*** privileged-programs replaces setuid-programs in operating-system
*** The postgresql field of postgresql-configuration is now mandatory
*** The Rottlog service was replaced by new log-rotation-service-type
*** The default system log has been changed to Shepherds system-log service
*** New recommended %base-home-services variable for Guix Home
*** UDisks now mounts removable devices in /run/media/$USER instead of /media
*** Syncthing service received incompatible changes
*** node-build-system received incompatible changes
*** New services for /etc/profile.d and /etc/bashrc.d
*** New build system for clasp-cl
*** New Rust packaging model
*** C.utf8 locale is now supported by glibc
*** Fully bootstrapped mono and zig are now available
*** 64bit Hurd (x86_64-gnu) now has experimental support
*** 12525 new packages
*** 8911 package updates
Noteworthy updates:
bash 5.2.37, binutils 2.44, clojure 1.12.0, cups 2.4.14, emacs 30.2,
gcc-toolchain 15.2.0, gdb 16.3, ghc 9.2.8, gimp 3.0.4, glibc 2.41,
gnome 46.10, gnupg 2.4.7, go 1.25.3, guile 3.0.9, icecat 140.6.0-gnu1,
icedtea 3.19.0, inkscape 1.3.2, julia 1.8.5, libreoffice 25.2.5.2,
linux-libre 6.17.12, lxde 0.99.3, mate 1.28.2, ocaml 5.3.0, octave 10.3.0,
openjdk 25, perl 5.36.0, python 3.11.14, racket 8.18, rust 1.85.1, r 4.5.2,
sbcl 2.5.8, shepherd 1.0.9, xfce 4.20.0, xorg-server 21.1.21
** Programming interfaces
*** (gnu system setuid) has been renamed to (gnu system privilege)
*** Moved to a new Rust packaging model and repackaged all Rust applications
*** Rust library packages have been moved to the guix-rust-past-crates channel
*** Most Python packages now use the pyproject-build-system
** Noteworthy bug fixes
*** Daemon vulnerability allowing store corruption has been fixed
*** Daemon vulnerability allowing takeover of build users has been fixed
*** Daemon privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed
*** Daemon CVEs have been fixed
CVE-2024-27297, CVE-2024-52867, CVE-2025-46415, CVE-2025-46416, CVE-2025-59378
* Changes in 1.4.0 (since 1.3.0) * Changes in 1.4.0 (since 1.3.0)
** Package management ** Package management
*** New guix home command, for home environment management *** New guix home command, for home environment management