Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Hi, New installation media are available. There are fewer of them, and they are
smaller. But they can do more...
Notable changes:
Archiso (image builds):
* all iso files can now be burned onto CD's as well as written to media like
usb sticks (isohybrid)
* more than half of the packages in core are now xz compressed
* next to the single architecture images we provide dual images which can be
used as 32bit or 64bit medium
* use isolinux bootloader exclusively for booting the live media
* snapshot of current core, including kernel 2.6.33.4-1, pacman-3.3.3-5 and
glibc-2.11.1-3
* updated memtest
* support for PXE booting
* provide wpa_supplicant
* support virtio
AIF (installation tool): _ ability to choose uuid/label/devicefile blockdevice
representation; automatically applied in menu.lst, fstab, etc _ split off UI
library into separate [libui-sh][1] project _ support virtio blockdevices _
allow user to specify additional custom arguments for mkfs and the like
Additionally, quite some bugs have been fixed, mostly in AIF. And of course, the
[Official installation guide][2] has been updated to reflect these changes.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, this release took a long time but I think
it's worth it.
* [Download][3]
* [List of packages][4]
[1]: http://github.com/Dieterbe/libui-sh
[2]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide
[3]: http://www.archlinux.org/download/
[4]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2010.05
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/201005-snapshots-less-is-more/
Andreas Radke wrote:
This release works with udev for input hotplugging and supports
`/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf` as a replacement for the hal .fdi files. After
upgrading to this release, configuration for input devices in hal is ignored.
Documentation about this change can be found on [the Xorg wiki article][1].
Nvidia-173xx and -96xx drivers currently don't support the new Xorg release. We
recommend using the xf86-video-nouveau driver package for now.
[1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#InputClasses
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-18-moves-to-extra/
Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote:
By popular demand, the next Bug Day will be on Saturday, July 3.
People are usually around all day, but you will certainly find us in the
#archlinux-bugs IRC channel in the afternoon and evening EST.
Happy bug squashing!
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/bug-day-saturday-july-3/
Dan McGee wrote:
The latest and greatest version of pacman is now available in [core]. As usual,
please report any issues or regressions to the [bug tracker][1] after searching
to see if your bug already exists. The changes in this release are detailed in
the [NEWS file][2].
Notable changes in this release:
* New "Architecture" option that will restrict pacman to installing only
packages from the given architecture
* Installing package with `-U` is now smart like `-S` — dependencies and
conflicts are now handled
* New `--print` and `--print-format` options to output in suitable format for
wrapper scripts
* Repository updates are faster as only new entries are extracted
* makepkg now aborts automatically with any errors during packaging
* makepkg now allows overrides of pkgver, pkgrel and arch in split packages
* ...and many more improvements.
Thanks again to all of the developers and contributors that have made this
release possible!
[1]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=3
[2]: http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS?id=v3.4.0
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/pacman-340-released/
Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote:
The flashplugin has a [critical vulnerability][1] in version 10.0.45.2 which is
fixed in 10.1.53.64. Unfortunately, Adobe released this version for i686 only
and the [x86_64 port was discontinued][2] leaving the x86_64 package vulnerable.
Because of that, we cannot build an updated version for x86_64. While we
considered pulling the x86_64 package from our repositories, for now we will
leave it up to our users to remove it or keep it installed.
We suggest using alternative options for running flash-based software on x86_64
systems or using the flashblock extension for firefox.
[1]: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
[2]: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/flashplugin-x86_64-package-dropped/
Kevin Piche wrote:
The latest version of perl 5.12.1 has been moved to core.
The perl package no longer implements versioned site_perl directories but the
5.10.1 directories remains for legacy packages for now. Anyone who custom builds
perl modules into site_perl should rebuild them to use the proper directories.
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/perl-5121-moved-to-core/
Thomas Bächler wrote:
I am happy to announce the availability of the new multilib repository. At this
time, it contains wine, skype and flashplugin. Furthermore, a multilib compiler
is available.
With the launch of the multilib repository all old 'lib32' packages are being
removed from community - the core/extra/community repositories will be "pure 64
bit" again.
If you want to use the new multilib packages (and most desktop or laptop users
probably do), add the following lines to your pacman.conf:
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/true-multilib-for-arch-linux-x86_64/
Daniel Griffiths wrote:
Announcing the much-anticipated Arch Linux ezine, [Rolling Release][1]! Based on
the Ars Technica model, Rolling Release provides an open platform for sharing
news of interest to the Arch community. Check it out, contribute, and follow us
onsite, or via email, RSS, Twitter, or Identi.ca!
[1]: http://rollingrelease.com/
URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/the-new-arch-linux-ezine/