NEWS: document kernel baseline bump

Follow-up for 16ac586e5a
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Mike Yuan
2025-03-16 19:30:37 +01:00
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removed. cgroup v2 ('unified' hierarchy) will always be mounted
during system bootup and systemd-nspawn container initialization.
* The minimum kernel baseline version has been bumped to v5.4
(released in 2019), with the recommended version now going up to
v5.7. Consult the README file for a list of required kernel APIs.
* The default access mode of tty/pts device nodes has been changed to
0600, which was 0620 in the older releases, due to general security
concerns about terminals being written to by other users. To restore
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migrated between cgroups. It is likely to be fully removed in a
future release (reach out if you have use cases).
* The recommended kernel baseline version has been bumped to v5.4
(released in 2019). Expect limited testing on older kernel versions,
where "old-kernel" taint flag would also be set. Support for them
will be phased out in a future release in 2025, i.e. we expect to bump
the minimum baseline to v5.4 then too.
* Support for System V service scripts is deprecated and will be
removed in v258. Please make sure to update your software
*now* to include a native systemd unit file instead of a legacy