docs, README: import release notes from Gluon v2016.2.1

ffrgb · Nov 8, 2016 · 138a3a0 · 138a3a0
1 parent 9fba8d7
commit 138a3a0
Show file tree

Hide file tree

Showing 4 changed files with 63 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git 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 v2016.2 && make update`.
+and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.2.1 && 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
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Releases
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   releases/v2016.2.1
    releases/v2016.2
    releases/v2016.1.6
    releases/v2016.1.5

diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+Gluon 2016.2.1
+==============
+
+Added hardware support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ar71xx-generic
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* TP-Link
+
+  - TL-WA901ND v4
+
+Bugfixes
+~~~~~~~~
+
+* Make status page work with disabled cookies/local storage
+  (`#912 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/912>`_)
+
+* Update kernel to 3.18.44
+
+  Fixes CVE-2016-5195 and CVE-2016-7117. It is unlikely that these issues pose
+  a threat to usual Gluon setups, but installing additional packages may make a
+  system vulnerable. In any case, updating is highly recommended.
+
+* Downgrade mac80211 to an earlier state
+
+  Unfortunately, a mac80211 update that was done shortly before the release of
+  Gluon v2016.2 (that seemed necessary to properly support ath10k devices) had
+  again caused severe ath9k stability issues that remained unreported until v2016.2
+  was out.
+
+  We have now reverted mac80211 to an earlier state that was reported to be very
+  stable (while keeping the ath10k-specific changes); in addition, some patches
+  that were reported to cause connection or performance issues with certain clients
+  have been reverted. While is it still not perfectly stable, is should be at least
+  as good as (and probably better than) the v2016.1.x release series.
+
+Known Issues
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/94>`_)
+
+  Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended.
+
+* The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/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 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
+
+  The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while.
+
+* Git HTTPS downloads from git.kernel.org fail on Debian Wheezy (`#919 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/919>`_)
+
+  The GnuTLS version on Debian Wheezy is too old and can't establish a connection with
+  git.kernel.org anymore. A newer GnuTLS version is available in wheezy-backports, but
+  as there is no libcurl3-gnutls package linked against the new version, installing the
+  new version has no effect.
diff --git 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. *v2016.2*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it
+e.g. *v2016.2.1*. 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
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Building the images
 -------------------
 
 To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the
-version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2*.
+version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.2.1*.
 
 ::