X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=fbaf7bd4716880e2c9c53ce83eac5f534dd16859;hp=6f58020d5fb67b405dc0510246fcb66cb08006c8;hb=8f838d8aab0c5480664de04dce0171de4f4c7b00;hpb=85d683970b7dc2c4470b2b7d60c3d9dce28c1471 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6f58020d5..fbaf7bd47 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: will load all these snippets and apply them on top of the main unit configuration file, possibly extending or overriding its settings. Using these drop-in snippets is - generally nicer than the two earler options for changing - unit files locally: copying the files form + generally nicer than the two earlier options for changing + unit files locally: copying the files from /usr/lib/systemd/system/ to /etc/systemd/system/ and editing them there; or creating a new file in /etc/systemd/system/ that incorporates the original one via ".include". Drop-in @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: * systemctl gained a new "list-dependencies" command for listing the dependencies of a unit recursively. - * Inhibitors are now honoured and listed by "systemctl + * Inhibitors are now honored and listed by "systemctl suspend", "systemctl poweroff" (and similar) too, not only GNOME. These commands will also list active sessions by other users. @@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: are now ignored, since systemd does not support early-boot LSB init scripts anymore, and these facilities are implied anyway for normal services. syslog.target has also been - removed hence. + removed. - * There ar new bus calls on PID1's Manager object for + * There are new bus calls on PID1's Manager object for canceling jobs, and removing snapshot units. Previously, both calls were only available on the Job and Snapshot objects themselves. @@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: bind mount specific directories from the host into the container. - * nspawn will not mount its own devpts file system instance - into the container, in order not to leaker pty devices from + * nspawn will now mount its own devpts file system instance + into the container, in order not to leake pty devices from the host into the container. * systemd will now read the firmware boot time performance @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: this, and take it into account for boot performance analysis via "systemd-analyze". This is currently supported only in conjunction with Gummiboot, but could be supported by other - boot loaders too. For details, see: + boot loaders too. For details see: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface @@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: * "systemctl unlock-sessions" has been added, that allows unlocking the screens of all user sessions at once, similar how "systemctl lock-sessions" already locked all users - sessions. This is backed by a new D-Bus call - UnlockSessions(). + sessions. This is backed by a new D-Bus call UnlockSessions(). * "loginctl seat-status" will now show the master device of a seat. (i.e. the device of a seat that needs to be around for @@ -141,8 +140,9 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: configuration of files and directories (with wildcards) that shall be excluded from automatic cleanup ("aging"). - * udev permission rules are now only applied for "add" rules, - no longer for "change" events. + * udev default rules set the device node permissions now only + at "add" events, and do not change them any longer with a + later "change" event. * The log messages for lid events and power/sleep keypresses now carry a message ID. @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: * udevadm hwdb gained a new --root= parameter to change the root directory to operate relative to. - * logind will now issue a sync() request to the kernel early - at shutdown, so that dirty buffers are flushed to disk early + * logind will now issue a background sync() request to the kernel + early at shutdown, so that dirty buffers are flushed to disk early instead of at the last moment, in order to optimize shutdown times a little. @@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ CHANGES WITH 198: * systemd-detect-virt will now also detect xen PVs - * The pstore file system is now mounted by default, if it is available. + * The pstore file system is now mounted by default, if it is + available. Contributions from: Adel Gadllah, Aleksander Morgado, Auke Kok, Ayan George, Bastien Nocera, Colin Walters, Daniel Buch,