From e13f1b2c5b5b65e4660d2c1be810d5227c1a16f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 00:16:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs, README: Gluon v2016.2.4 --- README.md | 2 +- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/user/getting_started.rst | 4 +-- 4 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 14e1fb13..bafb1a39 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 v2016.2.3 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2.4 && 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 b1d40eab..d5a23a8f 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Releases .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2016.2.4 releases/v2016.2.3 releases/v2016.2.2 releases/v2016.2.1 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4fb06026 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.4.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Gluon 2016.2.4 +============== + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* Fix batman-adv (compat 15) not being able to transmit packages of specific sizes (`b7eeef9 `_) + + We suspect that this issue was also the reason for the autoupdater/wget hangs observed by many communities. + Non-Gluon nodes like gateways should be updated to batman-adv 2017.0.1 to get the fix. + +* Fix build after ftp.all.kernel.org discontinuation (`#1059 `_) + +* Fix high load because of frequent calls of the respondd initscript (`9a0aeb9 `_) + + The respondd restart triggers added in v2016.2.3 ran a significant portion of the respondd initscript for each router advertisement + received. This was fixed by a backport of a netifd patch. + +* x86 sysupgrade fixes (`41fd50d `_, + `ad37e2b `_) + + This fixes sysupgrade on mmcblk and similar devices. + +Other changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* The manifest generator has been extended to generate SHA256 checksums in addition to SHA512 ones + (`f9d59be `_) + + We have recently switched the autoupdater to SHA256 in the Gluon master to avoid mixing two different + lengths of hashes for no good reason. This makes the manifests of Gluon v2016.2.x compatible with the + new autoupdater so it doesn't prevent backports or downgrades. + + **Note:** Downgrades of major Gluon versions are generally unsupported and will often lead to + broken configurations. + +Known Issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* x86 sysupgrade (sometimes) loses config when kernel partition grows (`#1010 `_) + + This issue affects upgrades from v2016.2.x and older to the Gluon master only, we hope to fix it before the next + major release. + +* 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 6c897902..b42da7ea 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. *v2016.2.3*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2016.2.4*. 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. *v2016.2.3*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2.4*. ::