Merge pull request #337 from mulkieran/release-notes-3.6.0

Add Stratis 3.6.0 release notes

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+title = "Stratis 3.6.0 Release Notes"
+date = 2023-10-25
+weight = 35
+template = "page.html"
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+*mulhern, Stratis Team*
+
+Stratis 3.6.0 includes one significant enhancement as well as several smaller
+improvements.
+
+Most significantly, Stratis 3.6.0 extends its functionality to allow a user
+to set a limit on the size of a filesystem. The limit can be set when the
+filesystem is created, or at a later time.
+
+In addition, Stratis 3.6.0 allows the user to stop a pool by specifying the pool
+to stop either by UUID or by name, and allows better management of partially
+constructed pools.
+
+A new `--only` option was added to `stratis-dumpmetadata`, to allow it to print
+only the pool-level metadata.
+
+`stratis-min`, the minimal CLI for Stratis, was extended with `bind`, `unbind`,
+and `rebind` commands.
+
+The `devicemapper` dependency lower bound is increased to 0.34.0 which
+includes an enhancement to check for the presence of the udev daemon.
+`stratisd` and `stratisd-min` now exit on startup if the udev daemon is not
+present.
+
+The `libcryptsetup-rs` dependency lower bound is increased to 0.9.1 and a
+direct dependency is introduced on `libcryptsetup-rs-sys` 0.3.0 to allow
+registering callbacks with libcryptsetup.
+
+The `nix` dependency lower bound is increased to 0.26.3, to avoid compilation
+errors induced by a fix to a lifetime bug in a function in `nix`'s public API.
+
+The `serde_derive` dependency lower bound is increased to 1.0.185 to avoid
+vendoring the `serde_derive` executable included in some prior versions of the
+package.
+
+`stratisd` also contains sundry internal improvements, error message
+enhancements, and so forth.
+
+The `stratis-cli` command-line interface has been extended with an additional
+option to set the filesystem size limit on creation and two new filesystem
+commands, `set-size-limit` and `unset-size-limit`, to set or unset the
+filesystem size limit after a filesystem has been created.
+
+`stratis-cli` now incorporates password verification when it is used to
+set a key in the kernel keyring via manual entry.
+
+`stratis-cli` now allows specifying a pool by name or by UUID when stopping
+a pool.
+
+`stratis-cli` also contains sundry internal improvements, and enforces
+a python requirement of at least 3.9 in its package configuration.
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+Please consult the [stratisd], [stratis-cli], [devicemapper], and
+[libcryptsetup-rs] changelogs for additional information about the release.
+
+We would like to thank brimworks, cpalv, jelly, kianmeng and ErwanGa for
+contributions to this release.
+
+[stratisd]: https://github.com/stratis-storage/stratisd/blob/master/CHANGES.txt
+[stratis-cli]: https://github.com/stratis-storage/stratis-cli/blob/master/CHANGES.txt
+[devicemapper]: https://github.com/stratis-storage/devicemapper-rs/blob/master/CHANGES.txt
+[libcryptsetup-rs]: https://github.com/stratis-storage/libcryptsetup-rs/blob/master/CHANGES.txt