July 2023 - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org

Consolidating our mkinitcpio hooks
by Morten Linderud 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Hi, Currently we have a lot of our mkinitcpio hooks in several packages which has never been consolidated. This makes it confusing where stuff belong and what is provided where, and I really want to consolidate everything. It would help keeping up the development of the hooks, patch everything and ultimately write a test suite for mkinitcpio. I also have long term plans on moving the default hooks from busybox to systemd, but this will happen at a later point. Initially I really want to move the hooks from `cryptsetup` and `systemd`: * encrypt and sd-encrypt from core/cryptsetup * systemd and udev from core/systemd We could maybe consider a few other hooks from [core] depending on peoples opinion? We are missing a good networking hook for systemd, and that should preferably be solved at some point. A list of possibly other relevant mkinitcpio stuff: Hook Package * btrfs btrfs-progs * dmraid dmraid * mdadm mdadm * mdadm_udev mdadm * lvm2 lvm2 * sd-lvm2 lvm2 * net mkinitcpio-nfs-utils * netconf mkinitcpio-netconf # Migration It's unclear to me how we should best move these hooks. We would need to merge them upstream into `mkinitcpio` first, then remove them from the packages. Is a news item is enough for this? Or do we want to include a couple of package constraints to ensure people are accidentally removing their hooks? What are peoples opinions? -- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16

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bash 5.2.x status
by Tobias Powalowski 29 Oct '23

29 Oct '23

Hi, yesterday anthraxx stated this: - major breakage in potentially a lot of scripts including pacman, dbscripts, devtools and who knows what kind of packages. I tried devtools with 5.2.15 and fixed the only thing I ran into, with this MR: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/devtools/-/merge_requests/133 shopt handling seems to have changed a bit. I would like to proceed in getting latest bash version into our distribution. Adding bash 5.2.x to staging or testing repository and start fixing eventually borken stuff. Would this ok for you guys? greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Arch Linux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) https://www.archlinux.org <http://www.archlinux.org> tpowa(a)archlinux.org Archboot Developer https://bit.ly/archboot St. Martin-Apotheke Herzog-Georg-Str. 25 89415 Lauingen https://www.st-martin-apo.de info(a)st-martin-apo.de

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Mailing list arch-commits
by Leonidas Spyropoulos 28 Jul '23

28 Jul '23

Hello, The arch-commits ML is back with diffs from Gitlab Packages group. Subscribe as normal from https://lists.archlinux.org State repo is not included. No archive is kept. Cheers, -- Leonidas Spyropoulos Developer & DevOps PGP: 59E43E106B247368

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RFC Final Comment Period: Sources for Python packaging
by David Runge 28 Jul '23

28 Jul '23

An RFC has now entered Final Comment Period. In 14 days, discussion will end and the proposal will either be accepted, rejected or withdrawn: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/20 Please visit the above link for discussion. Summary: Default to not using PyPI for Python package sources and only use the platform if there is no other alternative.

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systemd: 254rc2 -> 253.7 -> 254rc3
by Christian Hesse 20 Jul '23

20 Jul '23

Hello everybody, we already had a pre-release of systemd in out testing repositories when I was surprised with another bugfix release in stable branch. Thus pulling the pre-release (254rc2-1) for now, and pushing 253.7-1. Once that is signed-off (please do!) and moved we can continue with pre-releases - probably 254rc3. -- main(a){char*c=/* Schoene Gruesse */"B?IJj;MEH" "CX:;",b;for(a/* Best regards my address: */=0;b=c[a++];) putchar(b-1/(/* Chris cc -ox -xc - && ./x */b/42*2-3)*42);}

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Arch Linux in June 2023
by Levente Polyak 15 Jul '23

15 Jul '23

## packaging We have now enabled all packagers to have default access to the multilib and unstable desktop (GNOME/KDE) repositories. This decision removes artificial gates and simplifies the process for packagers to contribute to different aspects of the distro's packaging. By granting wider access by default, we encourage easier participation and collaboration within our distro packaging team. ## devtools We released version `v1.0.3` of devtools which focused on bug fixes. This release addresses the issue of broken packaging repos for newly added packages by ensuring that the actual PKGBUILD is always version controlled. Additionally, we implemented the functionality to skip unofficial architectures, providing better support for building AUR packages with `pkgctl`. ## arch-boxes Starting with the `v20230601` release, arch-boxes images now include x64 UEFI support in addition to legacy BIOS. The GRUB boot loader is used for both UEFI and BIOS systems, ensuring a consistent implementation across different hardware configurations. This is a great enhancement that allows using arch-boxes images on UEFI-based systems. ## ArchISO In the `archlinux-2023.06.01-x86_64.iso` release, the mDNS responder of systemd-resolved is now enabled by default. This improvement enhances the user experience by simplifying network connections during the installation process. This enables convenient connectivity to the live environment via SSH from the local network without the need to know the IP address. Users can simply use the mDNS hostname `archiso.local`. The ArchWiki article ["Install Arch Linux via SSH"][0] has been updated to include a helpful tip with the appropriate command. ## container images Arch Linux's container images are now published to multiple registries. In addition to DockerHub, the images are also pushed to [Quay.io][1] and [GitHub Container registry][2]. This wider distribution ensures availability of the image across multiple platforms and helps mitigate the risk of a single point of failure. Users can now access the Arch Linux container images from their preferred registry, offering greater flexibility and redundancy. ## Specification effort for .BUILDINFO files With the [alpm-buildinfo][3] project, a Rust-based specification effort for the `.BUILDINFO` files found in ALPM packages has been started. The implementation for version 1 of the file is currently in review. [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_via_SSH#On_the_local_ma… [1] https://quay.io/repository/archlinux/archlinux [2] https://github.com/archlinux/archlinux-docker/pkgs/container/archlinux [3] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/alpm/alpm-buildinfo

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RFC Final Comment Period: Use of SPDX license identifiers in PKGBUILDs
by Morten Linderud 15 Jul '23

15 Jul '23

An RFC has now entered Final Comment Period. In 14 days, discussion will end and the proposal will either be accepted, rejected or withdrawn: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/16 Please visit the above link for discussion. Summary: Change to using SPDX license identifiers in the PKGBUILD `license` value for packages in all repositories. Cheers, Morten

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RFC: Sources for Python packaging
by David Runge 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

A new RFC (request for comment) has been opened here: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/20 Please visit the above link for discussion. Summary: Default to not using https://pypi.org for Python package sources and only use the platform if there is no other alternative. -- https://sleepmap.de

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Stepping down
by Jerome Leclanche 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

Hi folks I've not been able to update any of my packages in a couple of months and unfortunately I don't see the situation resolving itself any time soon with my life being busier than ever. I'd rather officially step down and re-apply in the future if it makes sense. I'd sign this email but I can't even find my updated arch GPG key. Bleh. Jerome Leclanche

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Vacation until August
by Morten Linderud 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

Yo! I'll be taking a break in July. Have a couple of weeks vacation before starting new work in August and need a bit of time to reset. I'm not going to look at package updates, bugreports, respond to stuff and misc other responsebilities I have during this time. However, if I'm blocking someone on something please do reach out. I'm still terminally online and reachable :) Cheers and have a nicer summer people! -- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16

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