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authorErik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>2020-01-09 17:13:36 +0000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-01-09 17:13:36 +0000
commitc2ba994dbb3f084c2c0cc8492e8a9456ec0f3747 (patch)
tree726a9b3a12044d4f761b04af3d8f0a2fb18baf28
parentFixup changelog (diff)
downloadsynapse-github/release-v1.8.0.tar.xz
Add note about log_file no longer be accepted (#6674) github/release-v1.8.0 release-v1.8.0
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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--- a/CHANGES.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Synapse 1.8.0 (2020-01-09)
 ==========================
 
+**WARNING**: As of this release Synapse will refuse to start if the `log_file` config option is specified. Support for the option was removed in v1.3.0.
+
+
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst
index d9020f2663..a0202932b1 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.rst
+++ b/UPGRADE.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ for example:
      wget https://packages.matrix.org/debian/pool/main/m/matrix-synapse-py3/matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
      dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
 
+
+Upgrading to v1.8.0
+===================
+
+Specifying a ``log_file`` config option will now cause Synapse to refuse to
+start, and should be replaced by with the ``log_config`` option. Support for
+the ``log_file`` option was removed in v1.3.0 and has since had no effect.
+
+
 Upgrading to v1.7.0
 ===================