Release updates

changes/README.md

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+Common Changelog Snippets
+=========================
+
+These changelog snippets are to assist to automagically create TurnKey Linux
+appliance changelog entries which include all relevant changes- including
+common changes.
+
+This ensures that each appliance changelog is complete and standalone, but
+without need to manually copy/paste shared changelog entries.
+
+Filename & Format Specification
+-------------------------------
+
+Changelog snippet files should be named::
+
+    COMMON/changes/COMMON_MAKFILE.changelog
+
+Where:
+    FAB_PATH            path to 'fab' directory; defaults to '/turnkey/fab/'
+    COMMON              '$FAB_PATH/common/' 
+    COMMON_MAKFILE      Name of common makefile in 'COMMON/mk/turnkey/'; e.g.
+                        'apache' refers to 'COMMON/mk/turnkey/apache.mk'
+    COMMON_CHANGELOG    Matching changelog file; e.g.:
+                        'COMMON/changes/apache.changelog'
+    TKL_VERSION         Numerical TurnKey Linux version; e.g. '19.0'
+
+The contents must be formatted as per valid Debian changelog requirements. The
+firstline of each new release entry should be in the following format::
+
+```
+turnkey-COMMON_MAKFILE_NAME-TKL_VERSION (1) turnkey; urgency=low
+```
+
+E.g. to reuse the foo example from above:
+
+```
+turnkey-apache-19.0 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
+```
+
+And must end with a signoff line, e.g.:
+
+```
+ -- Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>  Tue, 01 Aug 2026 02:12:50 +0000
+```
+
+
+Generating Individual Appliance Changelogs
+------------------------------------------
+
+To generate the new appliance changelog format, ensure that the
+'tkldev-detective' package is installed. I.e.:
+
+```
+apt update
+apt install -y tkldev-detective
+```
+
+Once installed, in the base appliance build code directory (e.g.
+'$FAB_PATH/products/lamp'), to create a new minor version changelog (e.g.
+'18.1') run this:
+
+```
+tkldev-changelog -n
+```
+
+To create a new major version - e.g. 19.0, run this:
+
+```
+tkldev-changelog -N
+```
+
+To update an existing changelog entry:
+
+```
+tkldev-changelog -e
+```
+
+For more info, read the `tkldev-changelog --help`.
+
+Please note that currently, tkldev-changelog only supports 'vim' text editor.
+If you are unfamiliar with vim (and can't be bothered learning it - which you
+probably should...), then you can use the automation of tkldev-changelog to
+generate the changelog with common entries, then save and exit vim using the
+following key presses::
+
+    :wq<ENTER>
+
+Then re-open the file with your preferred editor to add appliance specific
+entries. Be careful to ensure that the format is correct - you can double check
+(and update the date) with:
+
+```
+tkldev-changelog --date
+```
+
+No error messages means everything is good! :)
+
+
+Future Development
+------------------
+
+It is anticipated that in future we will likely explicitly generate the
+exhaustive individual appliance changelogs at build time (and individual app
+devs/maintainers can just do an app specific changelog). In the meantime,
+changelogs will need to be generated semi-manually.

changes/turnkey.changelog

@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ turnkey-core-19.0 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
       risk of user accidentally locking themself out.
     - Removed redundant v18.x custom patches.
 
-  * Leverage 'iptables-persistent' package to manage firewall start/stop.
-
   * Include 'zstd' by default to support smaller initramfs that unpacks faster.
 
   * Replace 'ifupdown' with 'ifupdown-ng' (and 'ifupdown-ng-compat').
 
   * Replace 'udhcpc' (IPv4 only) with 'dhcpcd-base' (dual stack ipv4/6). Also
-    include custom TurnKey config ('tkl-dhcpcd-ifupdown-glue') to ensure DHCP
-    config is in sync with interfaces file.
+    include custom TurnKey config (if-pre-up & if-post-down scripts provided by
+    'tkl-dhcpcd-ifupdown-glue') to ensure DHCP config is in sync with
+    /etc/network/interfaces file.
 
-  * General code cleanup including linting, formating and style updates. Still
-    WIP but solid start.
+  * General code cleanup of TurnKey code; build code, build tools and TurnKey
+    custom tools & libraries. Updates include linting, formating and style
+    updates. Still WIP but solid start.
 
   * Configuration console (confconsole):
 
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ turnkey-core-19.0 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
 
     - Features:
       - "Proper" support for IPv6:
-        - Show IPv6 info on "usage" page. Special thanks to Marcos:
+        - Make ifutil.py module code "IPv6 aware", including reliable
+          management of /etc/network/interfaces with "inet6" stanza/s.
+        - Show IPv6 info on "usage" page - only shown if IPv6 configured.
+          Special thanks to Marcos:
           https://github.com/marcos-mendez - https://popsolutions.co/
 
     - Misc clean up and improvements in code and packaging. See Confconsole
@@ -95,7 +98,14 @@ turnkey-core-19.0 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
       with the intention of following upstream releases as closely as possible
       (provided via TurnKey apt repo).
 
-    - Ensure that Webmin listens via IPv6 by default.
+    - Updated default Webmin config:
+      - Listen on IPv6 by default.
+      - Preconfigured IPv6 firewall matching IPv4 rules (but not enabled - as
+        per historical IPv4 default).
+      - Auto redirect http => https.
+      - Default 30 min user logout (can be overridden via login page "remember
+        me" checkbox or webmin "authentication" config).
+      - Updated logging paths and fixed log file rotation.
 
   * Backup (tklbam):
 
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@ turnkey-core-19.0 (1) turnkey; urgency=low
 
   * Misc code cleanup and improvements.
 
- -- Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>  Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:53:42 +1000
+ -- Jeremy Davis <jeremy@turnkeylinux.org>  Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:05:04 +1000
 
 turnkey-core-18.1 (1) turnkey; urgency=low