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[arch-announce] The new Arch Linux ezine
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Daniel Griffiths 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

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: https://www.archlinux.org/news/the-new-arch-linux-ezine/

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[arch-announce] Mirror status and custom mirror lists
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

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: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mirror-status-and-custom-mirror-lists/

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[arch-announce] KDE SC 4.5.0 moved to [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ronald van Haren 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Ronald van Haren wrote: KDE SC 4.5.0 has moved into the [extra] repository. Notable changes with respect to previous releases are: * kdepim has seen no new release, please continue to use version 4.4.5 * due to incompatibility with ruby 1.9, ruby kdebindings are not provided * webkit support in konqueror is provided by kwebkitpart * KDM is now started as the kdm user * upstream removed five translations: csb, mai, mk, si and tg The full upstream changelog is available [here][1]. Several users reported issues with kwin hanging when changing settings in the kdesettings dialog. So far this is only known to happen on some Intel and ATI cards with opengl compositing enabled. Possible workarounds include: * use xrender instead of opengl compositing * disable compositing * disable direct rendering under opengl options in the kdesettings menu * export "LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1" before starting KDE [1]: http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.5/ URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/kde-sc-450-moved-to-extra/

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[arch-announce] MySQL 5.5 is now in [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Angel Velasquez 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Angel Velasquez wrote: MySQL 5.5 is now in [extra]. This is a major version upgrade from the 5.1 editions previously in the repositories. Archive, Blackhole, and Federated engine support are no longer included in this package, since they are not heavily used. After upgrading the MySQL package and restarting the database, you will need to run `mysql_upgrade` to ensure your tables, views and stored procedures are up to date and compatible with MySQL 5.5. Is always good to do a backup of your databases, before doing the update, you will also need to adjust my.cnf options in order to make it compatible with 5.5 release, [more info available here][1] [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/upgrading-from-previous- series.html URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/mysql-55-is-now-in-extra/

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[arch-announce] KDE SC 4.6 to [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Andrea Scarpino 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Andrea Scarpino wrote: KDE announced the availability of its Software Compilation 4.6. You will find all upstream changes and new features on their website: http://kde.org/announcements/4.6/. As usual we provide the latest packages for Arch. This release offers UPower, UDev and UDisks support that can be used instead of the deprecated HAL. For that, the hal package is no more a requirement of kdebase-workspace and can be removed from your system. KDE PIM 4.6 is yet not available (will be released with the next minor release), so we will continue with the 4.4 series. Also, with the last Phonon update, the DEVs declared the Xine backend no longer maintained and it needs PulseAudio to work; you really should think to switch to the GStreamer or the VLC backend. In case of any error, try using a new user account or (re)moving KDE's configuration which can be found at ~/.kde4 /tmp/kde- /var/tmp/kdecache-. Akonadi saves its data at ~/.config/akonadi and ~/.local/share/akonadi. The removed packages are: kdegames-ksame, kdesdk-kbugbuster, kdeutils-okteta The new packages are: kdeaccessibility-kaccessible, kdegames-klickety, kdesdk- okteta, kdeutils-filelight, kdeplasma-addons-concontainments, kdeplasma-addons- runners-events URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/kde-sc-46-to-extra/

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[arch-announce] Minimum required kernel version increased
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

Allan McRae wrote: The update to glibc-2.12.2-1 increases the minimum required kernel version to 2.6.27. This kernel version was chosen as it is currently the oldest kernel with longterm support upstream. Users of the Arch "kernel26" and "kerne26-lts" packages are unaffected by this change. Those wanting to continue the use of an older kernel version will be required to rebuild the glibc package with the appropriate adjustment made to the "--enable- kernel" configuration option. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/minimum-required-kernel-version-increased-1/

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[arch-announce] Python is now Python 3
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

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/

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[arch-announce] Mirror status and custom mirror lists
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

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/

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[arch-announce] pkgstats round two: take your vote and help improving Arch
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Pierre Schmitz 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

Pierre Schmitz wrote: Two years ago, we introduced [pkgstats][1]. This time, after a major revamp, we are re-introducing it to you! Contributing is as easy as installing the package - a weekly cron job will take care of the rest. You will be sending us a list of packages installed on your system, along with the architecture and mirror you use. This information is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you, but it will help us prioritize our efforts and make Arch even better. So, go ahead and spread the word! For more details see pkgstats -h, read the simple source code and visit our [forums][2]. You can view the collected data at the [statistics page][3]. [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/pkgstats-contribution-was-never-that-easy/ [2]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=105431 [3]: https://www.archlinux.de/?page=Statistics URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/pkgstats-round-two-take-your-vote-and-help-im…

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[arch-announce] 2010.05 snapshots. Less is more.
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dieter Plaetinck 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

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/

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