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[[sec-release-21.11]]
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== Release 21.11
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This is the current unstable branch and the information in this
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section is therefore not final.
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[[sec-release-21.11-highlights]]
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=== Highlights
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This release has the following notable changes:
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2021-07-07 23:24:27 +02:00
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* All Home Manager modules are now loaded on all platforms. With this
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change you will get a more descriptive error message if you attempt to
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enable a module that is incompatible with the host platform.
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Previously, modules that were platform specific would only be loaded
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on that particular platform. For example, a module defining a
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https://systemd.io/[systemd] service would only be loaded when the
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host platform was Linux. This reduced evaluation times, simplified the
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generated documentation, and made it impossible to accidentally use
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modules that do not support the host platform.
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While the above benefits are quite nice, avoiding module loads also
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brings a few problems. For example, the
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https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/[public documentation]
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will only show the options available for Linux hosts and the
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documentation cannot make references to options within modules that
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are unavailable on some hosts. Finally, users who wish to use the same
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configuration file for different platforms cannot do so, even if the
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platform incompatible options are unused.
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Ultimately, the benefits of loading all modules won and the behavior
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has now changed. For associated discussion see
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https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/1906[issue #1906].
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[[sec-release-21.11-state-version-changes]]
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=== State Version Changes
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The state version in this release includes the changes below. These
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changes are only active if the `home.stateVersion` option is set to
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"21.11" or later.
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* Nothing has happened.
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