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[arch-announce] Phasing out i686 support
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Bartłomiej Piotrowski 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Due to the decreasing popularity of i686 among the developers and the community, we have decided to phase out the support of this architecture. The decision means that February ISO will be the last that allows to install 32 bit Arch Linux. The next 9 months are deprecation period, during which i686 will be still receiving upgraded packages. Starting from November 2017, packaging and repository tools will no longer require that from maintainers, effectively making i686 unsupported. However, as there is still some interest in keeping i686 alive, we would like to encourage the community to make it happen with our guidance. The [arch-ports][1] mailing list and #archlinux-ports IRC channel on Freenode will be used for further coordination. The [multilib] repository will not be affected by this change. [1]: https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-ports URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/phasing-out-i686-support/

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[arch-announce] xorg-server 1.19.1 is now in extra
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Laurent Carlier 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

The new version comes with the following changes: * xf86-input-libinput is the default input driver, however synaptics, evdev and wacom are still available. * These packages are deprecated and moved to AUR: xf86-input-joystick, xf86 -input-acecad, xf86-video-apm, xf86-video-ark, xf86-video-chips, xf86-video- glint, xf86-video-i128, xf86-video-i740, xf86-video-mach64, xf86-video-neomagic, xf86-video-nv, xf86-video-r128, xf86-video-rendition, xf86-video-s3, xf86-video- s3virge, xf86-video-savage, xf86-video-siliconmotion, xf86-video-sis, xf86 -video-tdfx, xf86-video-trident, xf86-video-tseng URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-server-1191-is-now-in-extra/

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