nixos/fonts: Document removal of ancient bitmap fonts from default co…

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NixOS · Mar 13, 2022 · 5ac5bed · 5ac5bed
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -404,6 +404,24 @@
           in your configuration.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>fonts.fonts</literal> no longer includes ancient
+          bitmap fonts when both
+          <literal>config.services.xserver.enable</literal> and
+          <literal>config.nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree</literal> are
+          enabled. If you still want these fonts, use:
+        </para>
+        <programlisting language="bash">
+{
+  fonts.fonts = [
+    pkgs.xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter100dpi
+    pkgs.xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter75dpi
+    pkgs.xorg.fontbh100dpi
+  ];
+}
+</programlisting>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           The DHCP server (<literal>services.dhcpd4</literal>,

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   This change may require a reboot to take effect, and k3s may not be able to run if the boot cgroup hierarchy does not match its configuration.
   The previous behavior may be retained by explicitly setting `systemd.enableUnifiedCgroupHierarchy = false` in your configuration.
 
+- `fonts.fonts` no longer includes ancient bitmap fonts when both `config.services.xserver.enable` and `config.nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree` are enabled.
+  If you still want these fonts, use:
+
+  ```nix
+  {
+    fonts.fonts = [
+      pkgs.xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter100dpi
+      pkgs.xorg.fontbhlucidatypewriter75dpi
+      pkgs.xorg.fontbh100dpi
+    ];
+  }
+  ```
+
 - The DHCP server (`services.dhcpd4`, `services.dhcpd6`) has been hardened.
   The service is now using the systemd's `DynamicUser` mechanism to run as an unprivileged dynamically-allocated user with limited capabilities.
   The dhcpd state files are now always stored in `/var/lib/dhcpd{4,6}` and the `services.dhcpd4.stateDir` and `service.dhcpd6.stateDir` options have been removed.