From b6d657adbef938aab89ca7df3a1a7f60fef59828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Silvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:07:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] release-notes: Mention stricter option evaluation

As caused by https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/82743
---
 nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index 908fc3b1a1da..d65217610e79 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -736,6 +736,13 @@ CREATE ROLE postgres LOGIN SUPERUSER;
      The USBGuard module now removes options and instead hardcodes values for <literal>IPCAccessControlFiles</literal>, <literal>ruleFiles</literal>, and <literal>auditFilePath</literal>. Audit logs can be found in the journal.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     The NixOS module system now evaluates option definitions more strictly, allowing it to detect a larger set of problems.
+     As a result, what previously evaluated may not do so anymore.
+     See <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/82743#issuecomment-674520472">the PR that changed this</link> for more info.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>