Merge pull request #196624 from Minion3665/replace-polymc-with-prismlauncher

4 files changed, 47 insertions, 11 deletions

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
index 02201861234b9..6f06838833eb4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -1501,18 +1501,18 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          MultiMC has been replaced with the fork PolyMC due to upstream
-          developers being hostile to 3rd party package maintainers.
-          PolyMC removes all MultiMC branding and is aimed at providing
-          proper 3rd party packages like the one contained in Nixpkgs.
-          This change affects the data folder where game instances and
-          other save and configuration files are stored. Users with
-          existing installations should rename
+          MultiMC has been replaced with the fork PrismLauncher due to
+          upstream developers being hostile to 3rd party package
+          maintainers. PrismLauncher removes all MultiMC branding and is
+          aimed at providing proper 3rd party packages like the one
+          contained in Nixpkgs. This change affects the data folder
+          where game instances and other save and configuration files
+          are stored. Users with existing installations should rename
           <literal>~/.local/share/multimc</literal> to
-          <literal>~/.local/share/polymc</literal>. The main config
-          file’s path has also moved from
+          <literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher</literal>. The main
+          config file’s path has also moved from
           <literal>~/.local/share/multimc/multimc.cfg</literal> to
-          <literal>~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg</literal>.
+          <literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
index daae918071574..9eaf08d63d5cd 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
+          The <literal>polymc</literal> package has been removed due to
+          a rogue maintainer. It has been replaced by
+          <literal>prismlauncher</literal>, a fork by the rest of the
+          maintainers. For more details, see
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624">the
+          pull request that made this change</link> and
+          <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460">this
+          issue detailing the vulnerability</link>. Users with existing
+          installations should rename
+          <literal>~/.local/share/polymc</literal> to
+          <literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher</literal>. The main
+          config file’s path has also moved from
+          <literal>~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg</literal> to
+          <literal>~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg</literal>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
           The <literal>nixpkgs.hostPlatform</literal> and
           <literal>nixpkgs.buildPlatform</literal> options have been
           added. These cover and override the
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 2d2140d92d590..6fe5eba212f38 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -581,7 +581,15 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - The `miller` package has been upgraded from 5.10.3 to [6.2.0](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/releases/tag/v6.2.0). See [What's new in Miller 6](https://miller.readthedocs.io/en/latest/new-in-miller-6).
 
-- MultiMC has been replaced with the fork PolyMC due to upstream developers being hostile to 3rd party package maintainers. PolyMC removes all MultiMC branding and is aimed at providing proper 3rd party packages like the one contained in Nixpkgs. This change affects the data folder where game instances and other save and configuration files are stored. Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/multimc` to `~/.local/share/polymc`. The main config file's path has also moved from `~/.local/share/multimc/multimc.cfg` to `~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg`.
+- MultiMC has been replaced with the fork PrismLauncher due to upstream
+  developers being hostile to 3rd party package maintainers. PrismLauncher
+  removes all MultiMC branding and is aimed at providing proper 3rd party
+  packages like the one contained in Nixpkgs. This change affects the data
+  folder where game instances and other save and configuration files are stored.
+  Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/multimc` to
+  `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher`. The main config file's path has also moved
+  from `~/.local/share/multimc/multimc.cfg` to
+  `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg`.
 
 - `systemd-nspawn@.service` settings have been reverted to the default systemd behaviour. User namespaces are now activated by default. If you want to keep running nspawn containers without user namespaces you need to set `systemd.nspawn.<name>.execConfig.PrivateUsers = false`
 
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index 821345e892543..3a2a2a0c9f972 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   built for `stdenv.hostPlatform` (i.e. produced by `stdenv.cc`) by evaluating
   `stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform`.
 
+- The `polymc` package has been removed due to a rogue maintainer. It has been
+  replaced by `prismlauncher`, a fork by the rest of the maintainers. For more
+  details, see [the pull request that made this
+  change](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/196624) and [this issue
+  detailing the vulnerability](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/196460).
+  Users with existing installations should rename `~/.local/share/polymc` to
+  `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher`. The main config file's path has also moved
+  from `~/.local/share/polymc/polymc.cfg` to
+  `~/.local/share/PrismLauncher/prismlauncher.cfg`.
+
 - The `nixpkgs.hostPlatform` and `nixpkgs.buildPlatform` options have been added.
   These cover and override the `nixpkgs.{system,localSystem,crossSystem}` options.