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authorEmily <git@emilylange.de>2024-05-10 18:01:47 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-05-10 18:01:47 +0200
commit3a8dd0415af5429ed2fd9e9ba6924ec240bca830 (patch)
tree42ca2cb13b2b5ac8c374c7cdc98acf0ba625040f /nixos/doc
parent44dad02947e68c54252599f72ce9e6fab121b96a (diff)
parente4f185cfaf2c6ba59d3d4d3de42f79f4b1cea978 (diff)
Merge pull request #310209 from emilylange/chromium-disable-drm-auto-download
chromium: prevent automatic Widevine DRM download
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
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--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md
@@ -459,6 +459,11 @@ The pre-existing [services.ankisyncd](#opt-services.ankisyncd.enable) has been m
 
 - `firefox-devedition`, `firefox-beta`, `firefox-esr` executable file names for now match their package names, which is consistent with the `firefox-*-bin` packages. The desktop entries are also updated so that you can have multiple editions of firefox in your app launcher.
 
+- `chromium` and `ungoogled-chromium` had a long stanging issue regarding Widevine DRM handling in nixpkgs fixed.
+  `chromium` now no longer automatically downloads Widevine when encountering DRM protected content.
+  To be able to play DRM protected content in `chromium` now, you have to explicitly opt-in as originally intended using `chromium.override { enableWideVine = true; }`.
+  This override has been added almost 10 years ago.
+
 - switch-to-configuration does not directly call systemd-tmpfiles anymore.
   Instead, the new artificial sysinit-reactivation.target is introduced which
   allows to restart multiple services that are ordered before sysinit.target