From a16de399a169dde964d53e570e936def639ebdc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dima <dgoldin+github@protonmail.ch>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 19:26:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] release-notes 19.09: removal of non-LTS kernel attrs

Even though the release obviously already happened, I think it might
still make sense to add a short note about the attributes not being
supported any longer (and going forward).

(cherry picked from commit 7163d3a9df35904d0c9acc9f643fd70ee3108539)
(cherry picked from commit a64b8c3c191af1317cfdc1ea4f4e5f881c4cf503)
---
 nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
index 1b7ca76c2f0..422b219698e 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
@@ -563,6 +563,18 @@
        earlier version of NixOS.
      </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+     <para>
+       Due to the short lifetime of non-LTS kernel releases package attributes like <literal>linux_5_1</literal>,
+       <literal>linux_5_2</literal> and <literal>linux_5_3</literal> have been removed to discourage dependence
+       on specific non-LTS kernel versions in stable NixOS releases.
+
+       Going forward, versioned attributes like <literal>linux_4_9</literal> will exist for LTS versions only.
+       Please use <literal>linux_latest</literal> or <literal>linux_testing</literal> if you depend on non-LTS
+       releases. Keep in mind that <literal>linux_latest</literal> and <literal>linux_testing</literal> will
+       change versions under the hood during the lifetime of a stable release and might include breaking changes.
+     </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>