From 5da8a1538250785c16f2cbcb39e4ab15b74d1698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 18:13:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs, README: import Gluon v2016.2.6 release notes --- README.md | 2 +- docs/conf.py | 2 +- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/user/getting_started.rst | 4 +-- 5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 72ba9d3e..01a8f6e0 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 relaseses by running `git tag` -and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2.5 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2.6 && 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/conf.py b/docs/conf.py index c66cbf62..59b5be81 100644 --- a/docs/conf.py +++ b/docs/conf.py @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ master_doc = 'index' # General information about the project. project = 'Gluon' -copyright = '2015-2016, Project Gluon' +copyright = '2015-2017, Project Gluon' # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 03bd2160..e509a990 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Fre :maxdepth: 1 releases/v2017.1 + releases/v2016.2.6 releases/v2016.2.5 releases/v2016.2.4 releases/v2016.2.3 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fac3f13d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.6.rst @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +Gluon 2016.2.6 +============== + +Added hardware support +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +ar71xx-generic +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* TP-Link TL-WR841N/ND v12 + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* Fix `CVE-2016-10229 `_ + (`#1097 `_) + + Fortunately, the standard Gluon setup is not vulnerable, as the issue only affects + applications that use MSG_PEEK on UDP sockets. dnsmasq does use MSG_PEEK, but + only in the DHCP component, which is not enabled during normal node operation. + +* Fix roaming issue affecting communication between clients + (`#1121 `_) + + This issue affects all previous releases of Gluon v2016.2.x. + +* Fix build against OpenSSL 1.1 (`b6a22ce `_) + +* Fix build with long path names (`#1120 `_) + +* Use new staged sysupgrade procedure (`d4a69c0 `_) + + The new sysupgrade fixes an issue affecting x86, causing nodes to lose their + configuration on upgrade when the size of the kernel partition grows. This is + the case when upgrading from Gluon v2016.2.x to newer (LEDE-based) Gluon + versions. **This means that a Gluon node running an older version must be + upgraded to Gluon v2016.2.6 first before switching to a LEDE-based version!** + + One downside of the staged sysupgrade is that all processes, including the SSH + server, will be terminated at the start of the sysupgrade to allow unmounting + the root filesystem. This makes it impossible to get any feedback from the + upgrade process without a serial console. + +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. diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst index ccf29f30..5fa8750d 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. *v2016.2.5*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2016.2.6*. 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 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Building the images ------------------- To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the -version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2.5*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2.6*. ::