diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml index b45c19fa9af..a7341491882 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2105.xml @@ -984,6 +984,24 @@ environment.systemPackages = [ PostgreSQL 9.5 is scheduled EOL during the 21.05 life cycle and has been removed. + + + Xfce4 relies on + GIO/GVfs for userspace virtual filesystem access in applications + like thunar and + gigolo. + For that to work, the gvfs nixos service is enabled by default, + and it can be configured with the specific package that provides + GVfs. Until now Xfce4 was setting it to use a lighter version of + GVfs (without support for samba). To avoid conflicts with other + desktop environments this setting has been dropped. Users that + still want it should add the following to their system + configuration: + + = pkgs.gvfs.override { samba = null; }; + + +