From cbd6fb1b3a665ecbf79332a45319d6d1873838dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gloster <mail@glob.in>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:49:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Release Notes: tracking UIDs/GIDs is in 17.09

---
 nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
index 66b88eab09b..bd999b60013 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ has the following highlights: </para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
-    <para></para>
+    <para>
+      The user handling now keeps track of deallocated UIDs/GIDs. When a user
+      or group is revived, this allows it to be allocated the UID/GID it had before.
+      A consequence is that UIDs and GIDs are no longer reused.
+    </para>
   </listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>