diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3ef1f420..0fb2f2bf 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 branch -a` -and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.1.5 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.1.6 && 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 6b197ec1..2a8187f8 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Releases .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2016.1.6 releases/v2016.1.5 releases/v2016.1.4 releases/v2016.1.3 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.1.6.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.1.6.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e9f97838 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.6.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Gluon 2016.1.6 +============== + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* build: fix nodejs host build on Debian Wheezy (`#776 `_) +* build: fix parallel builds with Make 4.2+ + + Trying to use ``-j N`` with Make 4.2 would spawn an unlimited number of processes, + eventually leading to memory exhaustion. + +* build: fix occasional build failure in libpcap package +* build: don't require hexdump for x86 builds (`#811 `_) + + Trying to build Gluon for x86 on systems without hexdump would silently generate + broken images. + +* Add support for DNS servers given by their link-local IPv6 address in Router Advertisements + (`#854 `_) + +* ar71xx-generic: correctly setup LNA GPIOs on CPE210/510 (`#796 `_) + + Improves the reception by about 20dB. + +* ar71xx-generic: switch default WAN/LAN assignment on Ubiquiti UAP Pro + (`#764 `_) + + Switch to the usual "PoE is WAN/setup mode, secondary is LAN" scheme. This only affects + new installations; the assignment won't be changed on updates unless the configuration is + reset. + +* ar71xx-generic: fix ath10k memory leak (`#690 `_) +* ar71xx-generic: add support for new TP-Link region codes + (`#860 `_) + + TP-Link has started providing US- and EU-specific firmwares for the Archer C7 v2. To generate + Gluon images installable from these new firmwares, the ``GLUON_REGION`` variable must be set + to ``eu`` or ``us`` in ``site.mk`` or on the ``make`` command line (the images will still be + installable from all old firmwares without region codes). + +Known Issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Expert Mode 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 6b756b21..6ac7b678 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. *v2016.1.5*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2016.1.6*. 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 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Building the images ------------------- To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the -version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.1.5*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.1.6*. ::