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<title>Unstable revision</title>
<para>In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The Haskell packages infrastructure has been re-designed from the ground up.
NixOS now distributes the latest version of every single package registered on
<link xlink:href="http://hackage.haskell.org/">Hackage</link>, i.e. well over
8000 Haskell packages. Further information and usage instructions for the
improved infrastructure are available at <link
xlink:href="https://nixos.org/wiki/Haskell">https://nixos.org/wiki/Haskell</link>.
Users migrating from an earlier release will find also find helpful information
below, in the list of backwards-incompatible changes.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>Following new services were added since the last release:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><literal>brltty</literal></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><literal>marathon</literal></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
following incompatible changes:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Steam now doesn't need root rights to work. Instead of using
<literal>*-steam-chrootenv</literal>, you should now just run <literal>steam</literal>.
<literal>steamChrootEnv</literal> package was renamed to <literal>steam</literal>,
and old <literal>steam</literal> package -- to <literal>steamOriginal</literal>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>CMPlayer has been renamed to bomi upstream. Package <literal>cmplayer</literal>
was accordingly renamed to <literal>bomi</literal>
</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The default <literal>NIX_PATH</literal> for NixOS now includes
<literal>/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels</literal>, so it's
easy to add custom channels.
</para>
<para>
Moreover, whenever a <command>nixos-rebuild &lt;action&gt;
--upgrade</command> is issued, every channel that includes a file
called <filename>.update-on-nixos-rebuild</filename> will be upgraded
alongside of the <literal>nixos</literal> channel.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The CUPS printing service has been updated to version <literal>2.0.2</literal>.
Furthermore its systemd service has been renamed to <literal>cups.service</literal>.
</para>
<para>
Local printers are no longer shared or advertised by default. This behavior
can be changed by enabling <literal>services.printing.defaultShared</literal>
or <literal>services.printing.browsing</literal> respectively.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
HPLIP (printer, scanner, and fax drivers for HP devices) has
been updated to version <literal>3.15.4</literal>. This release
adds support for the <literal>arm6l-linux</literal> and
<literal>arm7l-linux</literal> platforms.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</chapter>