lib/minver: bump to 2.3.17 (#354586)

NixOS · Nov 10, 2024 · f0000fe · f0000fe
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diff --git a/lib/minver.nix b/lib/minver.nix
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 # Expose the minimum required version for evaluating Nixpkgs
-"2.3"
+"2.3.17"
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md
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 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-24.11-incompatibilities}
 
+- Nixpkgs now requires Nix 2.3.17 or newer to allow for zstd compressed binary artifacts.
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 - The `sound` options have been removed or renamed, as they had a lot of unintended side effects. See [below](#sec-release-24.11-migration-sound) for details.
 
 - The NVIDIA driver no longer defaults to the proprietary kernel module with versions >= 560. You will need to manually set `hardware.nvidia.open` to select the proprietary or open modules.