Allan McRae wrote:
A major Python update has just been moved from the testing repositories and will
be available on a mirror near you. The default "python" package is now for the
3.x series while the 2.x series has been moved to a "python2" package, with
python-2.7 having been scheduled to be the last major release in the python-2.x
series.
Since /usr/bin/python will now point to the 3.x binary, any program requiring
2.x needs to point to /usr/bin/python2 instead. All our packages have been
updated accordingly, but any remaining issues found can be reported to the bug
tracker (not the forums or mailing lists).
AUR and third-party packages/projects using Python will likely need updating to
reflect this move, as many programs are still incompatible with Python 3.
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/python-is-now-python-3/
Dan McGee wrote:
We now regularly poll all official mirrors and gather statistics such as syncing
delay, check duration, availability, and error conditions. This information is
available on the [mirror status page][1]. Please consult the page for more
details on what is collected, how often it runs, and how it works.
In addition, you can now [update your mirrorlist][2] and choose to have it
automatically sorted using the up-to-date mirror status information.
[1]: http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/
[2]: http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/mirror-status-and-custom-mirror-lists/