Release 17.09 (“Hummingbird”, 2017/09/??)In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release
has the following highlights: The following new services were added since the last release:When upgrading from a previous release, please be aware of the
following incompatible changes:Other notable improvements:
Modules can now be disabled by using
disabledModules, allowing another to take it's place. This can be
used to import a set of modules from another channel while keeping the
rest of the system on a stable release.
Updated to FreeType 2.7.1, including a new TrueType engine.
The new engine replaces the Infinality engine which was the default in
NixOS. The default font rendering settings are now provided by
fontconfig-penultimate, replacing fontconfig-ultimate; the new defaults
are less invasive and provide rendering that is more consistent with
other systems and hopefully with each font designer's intent. Some
system-wide configuration has been removed from the Fontconfig NixOS
module where user Fontconfig settings are available.