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[arch-announce] Dropping tcp_wrappers support
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 16 Jul '11

16 Jul '11

Dan McGee wrote: `tcp_wrappers` support is being dropped frrom all packages and the package removed from `[core]`. This is due to upstream not having released a new version since April 1997. Additionally, newer daemons and applications are inconsistent in their support for libwrap, leading to confusion as to whether an application supports the library. If you currently use `/etc/hosts.allow` or `/etc/hosts.deny` for security or logging purposes, you will need to adjust accordingly and use another tool such as `iptables`. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/dropping-tcp_wrappers-support/

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[arch-announce] Ardour loses LV2 support
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ray Rashif 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Ray Rashif wrote: An incoming update to [ardour][1] will not have support for [LV2][2] plug-ins due to the removal of [slv2][3] from its dependencies. This is a result of an API/ABI incompatibility between the latest releases of the [Redland/Rasqal/Raptor][4] suite that we ship and Ardour's internal supported versions of those libraries, which SLV2 depends on. This is also primarily what caused the [build failures and runtime segmentation fault][5] that you may have experienced. [Upstream will not be updating its codebase][6] as all efforts have shifted to version 3 of the [DAW][7], which will do away with SLV2 altogether (and possibly adopt other implementations of the LV2 standard, if at all). Currently, no-one has submitted a patch to address the issue. Compatibility packages are not possible to provide in this case, and as such, we have decided to drop LV2 support from our Ardour package. Users can still use [LADSPA][8] plug-ins or, which is probably already a popular workflow, resort to [other LV2 hosts][9] with the help of [jack][10] and its routing capabilities. [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=ardour [2]: http://lv2plug.in/trac/ [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=slv2 [4]: http://librdf.org/ [5]: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25060 [6]: https://ardour.org/node/4301#comment-25145 [7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation [8]: http://www.ladspa.org/ [9]: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=lv2&do_Search=Go&PP=50&SB=v&SO=d [10]: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=jack URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/ardour-loses-lv2-support/

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