July 2014 - Arch-announce - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-announce] xorg-server 1.16 is now available
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Laurent Carlier 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Laurent Carlier wrote: The new version comes with the following changes: * X is now rootless with the help of systemd-logind, this also means that it must be launched from the same virtual terminal as was used to log in, redirecting stderr also breaks rootless login. The old root execution behavior can be restored through the Xorg.wrap config file (man xorg.wrap). Please note that launching X through a login-manager (gdm, kdm, ...) doesn't yet provide rootless access. * The default configuration files are now in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d, all host configurations are still taking place in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. Please note that files 10-evdev.conf and 10-quirks.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d could be renamed with .pacsave suffix, which could break your configuration, then just rename them and remove the .pacsave suffix. * Better glamor accelerated rendering, deprecating `glamor-egl` package. * A new package `xorg-server-xwayland` that allows running X applications inside a wayland session. * The `xf86-video-intel` package doesn't provide dri3 support anymore because of multiple rendering bugs. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-server-116-is-now-available/

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[arch-announce] MariaDB 10.0 enters [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Bartłomiej Piotrowski 12 Jul '14

12 Jul '14

Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote: A new major release of MariaDB will be moved to [extra] soon. The change in versioning scheme has been made to clearly distinguish provided functionality from MySQL 5.6. From now on, it won't be possible to easily move between various MySQL implementations provided in the official repositories. Due to major changes in MariaDB 10.0, it is recommended (although not necessary) to dump the tables before upgrading and reloading the dump file afterwards. After upgrading to the new version don't forget to restart `mysqld.service` and run `mysql_upgrade` to check the databases for possible errors. Additionally TokuDB storage engine has been disabled because of repeating build failures. I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused. For detailed information on changes and upgrade steps, please refer to [MariaDB Knowledge Base][1] and [MySQL Reference Manual][2]. [1]: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-100/ [2]: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/upgrading.html URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mariadb-100-enters-extra/

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[arch-announce] BBS, Wiki, and AUR maintenance
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Florian Pritz 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

Florian Pritz wrote: The BBS, Wiki and AUR will be moving to a new server starting today at 13:30 UTC. Expected downtime is 2 hours, this post will be updated when the migration is complete. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/bbs-wiki-and-aur-maintenance/

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