From 1ef4eb493ccf51ec60bc845756ce187b6b06abe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:31:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add v2018.1.1 release notes --- README.md | 2 +- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/user/getting_started.rst | 4 +-- 4 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e5ac6029..91bac8d0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the future development of Gluon. Please refrain from using the `master` branch for anything else but development purposes! Use the most recent release instead. You can list all releases by running `git tag` -and switch to one by running `git checkout v2018.1 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2018.1.1 && make update`. If you're using the autoupdater, do not autoupdate nodes with anything but releases. If you upgrade using random master commits the nodes *will break* eventually. diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index c29d564a..c24671e5 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Fre :caption: Releases :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2018.1.1 releases/v2018.1 releases/v2017.1.8 releases/v2017.1.7 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst b/docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0b15aeaa --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2018.1.1.rst @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Gluon 2018.1.1 +============== + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* Fix a bug leading to configuration loss on upgrade under certain circumstances + (`#1496 `_) + + The issue can only occur when upgrading from 2018.1 and there are multiple + mirror entries in *site.conf* (specifically, an early failure for one of the + mirrors, e.g. during DNS resolution, followed by a successful upgrade from a + different mirror triggers the issue). + + This is a regression in Gluon 2018.1. + +* Fix next-node ARP issue + (`#1488 `_) + + A routing table issue led to ARP requests being sent from the next-node IPv4 address, but with + a node-specific source MAC address. This could make the next-node IPv4 address unreachable. + + This is a regression in Gluon 2018.1. + +* Fix build on hosts with glibc 2.28 + + Fixed by various tool upgrades in LEDE (*bison*, *e2fsutils*, ...) + +Other changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Linux kernel has been updated to v4.4.148 + +Known issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended. + +* The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 `_) + + This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed). + +* Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 `_) + + The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while. + +* Frequent reboots due to out-of-memory or high load due to memory pressure on weak hardware specially in larger meshes + (`#1243 `_) + + Optimizations in Gluon 2018.1 have significantly improved memory usage. + There are still known bugs leading to unreasonably high load that we hope to + solve in future releases. diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst index 996a5b96..315a80c6 100644 --- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst +++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gluon's releases are managed using `Git tags`_. If you are just getting started with Gluon we recommend to use the latest stable release of Gluon. Take a look at the `list of gluon releases`_ and notice the latest release, -e.g. *v2018.1*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2018.1.1*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it as a Zip archive as the archive will be missing version information. Please keep in mind that there is no "default Gluon" build; a site configuration @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Building the images ------------------- To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the -version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2018.1*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2018.1.1*. ::