Eric Bélanger wrote:
The old gimp-help-2 2.4.2 package that was providing gimp's html help files for
several languages was removed from the repo. It will be replaced by new help
files for gimp 2.6.0. However, each language is now in its own package. To
update, you'll need to remove the old package (pacman -Rd gimp-help-2) and
install the new package for the desired language: gimp-help-de gimp-help-en
gimp-help-es gimp-help-fr gimp-help-it gimp-help-ja gimp-help-ko gimp-help-nl
gimp-help-nn gimp-help-pl gimp-help-ru gimp-help-sv gimp-help-zh_cn You can also
install them all with: pacman -S gimp-help
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/471/
Paul Mattal wrote:
Many thanks to those who participated in the Bug Squashing Day in October; it
was very productive! Andrea and I are planning the next one for Saturday 11/7.
Jump in whenever you like, but you can be sure to find us squashing furiously in
the #archlinux-bugs IRC forum in the afternoon and evening EST. Join us if you
can! Many hands make light work, and anyone can help. Best, Paul and Andrea
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/470/
Andreas Radke wrote:
New cups 1.4.x introduces many new features. Due to config syntax changes,
please start with a new cupsd.conf file. You can create one based on
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default. USB-Printers: In order to get usb printers
working, you need to disable usblp module in your rc.conf file. Please blacklist
usblp module in your /etc/rc.conf file, eg: MODULES=(!usblp)
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/469/
Dusty Phillips wrote:
I'd like to announce the first edition of the Arch Linux Handbook, available in
print. You can purchase it through CreateSpace immediately:
[https://www.createspace.com/3398103][1]. It should also be showing up in
Amazon.com searches within two weeks, so you can tell your family to get it for
you for Christmas. The Arch Linux Handbook is distilled from the Beginners'
Guide in the wiki. Purchases help support Arch Linux development.
[1]: https://www.createspace.com/3398103
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/467/
Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Hello Arch community, If you think all the recent news was not enough, we have
some more: The 2009.08 snapshot images are now available! Changes since the
2009.02 release: * built from a current snapshot of [core], which includes
kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and pacman 3.3.0-3. * usage of new AIF installer,
which brings: - better disk editor with support for dm_crypt and lvm setups -
support for automated installations using config files (deprecates quickinst) -
a framework to build your own installation procedures - enhanced date/time
setting with ntp support - refactored grub installation routines - usability
improvements * aufs instead of unionfs * enhanced boot device detection on image
start * bugfixes (xfs freeze, mirror setting, clock correctness, network
settings, ...) * more useful automatic configuration settings for your target
system based on your settings during the installation * ftp images are renamed
to netinstall to avoid confusion * and much more... [ Detailed package list and
additional snapshot information][1] [A detailed list of closed tickets][2] As
you can see, just like with [2009.02][3] there have been some large changes in
our installation tools. Also the actual building process and environment has
been improved a lot since we started the [releng project][4]. So it should be
more straightforward to build snapshots in the future. As usual, the images come
in iso and img flavors, with grub and isolinux for people [whose cd-rom drive
doesn't work with grub][5] Due to all mentioned changes, the [installation
guide][6] has also been overhauled. The new guide is for now only available in
English but we'll add other versions when we receive translated versions.
[Download the new snapshots][7]
[1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2009.08
[2]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=&project=6&due[]=59&due[]=67&
due[]=72&status[]
[3]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/
[4]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/
[5]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11408
[6]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide
[7]: http://www.archlinux.org/download/
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/459/
Thomas Bächler wrote:
Arch Linux will again be present with a developer room and a booth at [FrOSCon
2009][1] on August 22nd and 23rd in St. Augustin, Germany. We hope to see many
old and new Arch Linux community members there to discuss, have fun and of
course drink beer. We'll have a booth and a project room where you can meet the
following Archers:
* Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
* Dieter Plaetinck (Dieter@be)
* Thomas Bächler (brain0)
* Pierre Schmitz (pierres)
* Daniel Isenmann (ise)
* Andreas Radke (andyrtr)
* Jens Adam (jra/byte)
* Gerhard Brauer (gerbra)
[1]: http://www.froscon.de
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/460/
Dan McGee wrote:
Archlinux.org will be down this weekend due to complex server maintenance.
Mirrors, including ftp.archlinux.org will remain in operation, as will the AUR.
Forums, mailing lists and wiki will be down as well as the main Arch Linux site.
The maintenance is due to an intrusion where an attacker was able to inject code
into our flyspray installation and gain root access by exploiting the recent
kernel bug. The developers have verified that neither the repositories nor the
DB were affected. Though there is no proof of any changes to the machine, it
will be reinstalled to make sure the machine is safe. During this reinstall,
extra security measures will be taken to isolate the repositories and
development process from the websites. We're sorry for any inconvenience.
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/462/
Aaron Griffin wrote:
Hello all, Due to an error in our backend scripts along with the new version of
pacman, a large number of packages were removed on our central server, causing
all mirrors to delete these packages when syncing. This happened on Sunday
August 16th. When we finally caught it (6 hours later), we restored the
packages, but a lot of mirrors had already synced. Currently, due to bandwidth
limitations, all mirrors will take some time to sync back up. This affects all
repos except community, though it appears core and testing are mostly re-synced
on a majority of mirrors. Only extra remains an issue. We apologize for the
inconvenience. Steps have been taken to ensure this doesn't happen again.
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/461/