release-notes: state that PolyMC has been replaced

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Skyler Grey 2 years ago
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      nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
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      nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md

@ -38,6 +38,24 @@
<literal>stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>polymc</literal> package has been removed due to
a rogue maintainer. It has been replaced by
<literal>prismlauncher</literal>, a fork by the rest of the
maintainers. For more details, see
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624">the
pull request that made this change</link> and
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460">this
issue detailing the vulnerability</link>. Users with existing
installations should rename
<literal>~/.local/share/polymc</literal> to
<literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher</literal>. The main
config file’s path has also moved from
<literal>~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg</literal> to
<literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>nixpkgs.hostPlatform</literal> and

@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
built for `stdenv.hostPlatform` (i.e. produced by `stdenv.cc`) by evaluating
`stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform`.
- The `polymc` package has been removed due to a rogue maintainer. It has been
replaced by `prismlauncher`, a fork by the rest of the maintainers. For more
details, see [the pull request that made this
change](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624) and [this issue
detailing the vulnerability](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460).
Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/polymc` to
`~/.local/share/PrismLauncher`. The main config file's path has also moved
from `~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg` to
`~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg`.
- The `nixpkgs.hostPlatform` and `nixpkgs.buildPlatform` options have been added.
These cover and override the `nixpkgs.{system,localSystem,crossSystem}` options.

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