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RFC: providing an official WSL image
by Robin Candau 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

A new RFC (request for comment) has been opened here: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/50 Please visit the above link for discussion. Summary: Provide an official Arch Linux WSL image and define specifications for it (in terms of maintenance, distribution and support). -- Regards, Robin Candau / Antiz

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Cleaning up old [community*] repos
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 01 Mar '25

01 Mar '25

Hey, The git/community-to-extra migration was almost two years ago. Back then, we left the [community] repository and friends ([community-staging], [community-testing]) in place (though empty) so that users would have an easier time migrating. They've sat there unused for a long time now and I think users have had enough time to migrate. I would like to suggest removing the empty [community] repos from repos.archlinux.org. This could break update workflows for users who haven't updated their /etc/pacman.conf in a long time but apart from that I don't expect any drawbacks. Opinions? Sven

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RFC: Shorten default TCP keepalive time
by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) 22 Feb '25

22 Feb '25

A new RFC (request for comment) has been opened here: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/51 Please visit the above link for discussion. Summary: Set our default `net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time` to override the extremely conservative kernel default.

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Grub package removed from [testing], please stay on grub-2:2.12-3
by Tobias Powalowski 19 Feb '25

19 Feb '25

Hi, this afternoon we bumped the grub package to the latest available git snapshot, in order to solve the latest security issues encountered and revealed by the grub devs yesterday night. After some initial testing we decided to remove it again from the [testing] repository. We need now to figure out how we can solve the security issues without breaking user's systems, eg. loopback is broken or accessing encrypted devices. We will forward the detected issues to the grub devs. If you already updated the grub package, please downgrade it to grub-2:2.12-3, that is in [core] repository. Best regards tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Arch Linux Developer (tpowa) https://www.archlinux.org tpowa(a)archlinux.org Archboot Developer https://archboot.com 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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Rust packaging guidelines: Remove --all-features suggestion
by kpcyrd 19 Feb '25

19 Feb '25

hello, following up on an irc discussion on the Rust packaging guideline, I'd like to propose changing the command in section 5 from: cargo build --frozen --release --all-features to cargo build --frozen --release Enabling all non-default features is rarely what we want, they are usually off for a reason and instead features should be explicitly selected and enabled, or added to the default feature set by upstream if they are meant to be on by default. Setting --all-features in many projects (mine included) would enable the `vendored` feature that opts you out of system libraries, which is something we explicitly don't want. cheers, kpcyrd

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News draft: Cleaning up old repositories
by Sven-Hendrik Haase 17 Feb '25

17 Feb '25

Hey all, in an earlier thread [0], I proposed cleaning up the unused repos from repos.archlinux.org. They've become unused and stagnant after the git migration almost two years ago. We kept them around so it wouldn't break setups of users that tried to get the repository sync databases with an outdated pacman.conf. The old repos are safe to remove. Originally I had planned to just remove them and leave it at that. However, some people mentioned that it might still confuse users who haven't updated their pacman.conf in a long time. In order to inform those users there should be a news post. [0] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.o… --- # Cleaning up old repositories Around two years ago, we've merged the [community] repository into [extra] as part of the git migration. In order to not break user setups, we kept these repositories around in an unused and empty state. We're going to clean up these old repositories on *2025-03-01*. On systems where `/etc/pacman.conf` still references the old `[community]` repository, `pacman -Sy` will return an error on trying to sync repository metadata. The following deprecated repositories will be removed: `[community], `[community-testing]`, `[testing]`, `[testing-debug]`, `[staging]`, `[staging-debug]`. Please make sure to remove all use of the aforementioned repositories from your `/etc/pacman.conf`! --- Cheers, Sven

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Fwd: Phasing out reiserfsprogs (EOL)
by Tobias Powalowski 06 Feb '25

06 Feb '25

Hi folks, as Giancarlo and Gromit mentioned, this is worth sharing on the public mailing list too. So here the mentioned mails from me for the public. Best regards tpowa -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: Phasing out reiserfsprogs (EOL) Datum: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 09:35:18 +0100 Von: Tobias Powalowski <tobias.powalowski(a)googlemail.com> An: staff(a)lists.archlinux.org Am 28.08.24 um 14:20 schrieb Tobias Powalowski: > Hi folks, > > reiserfs is a dead horse, I started to drop it from btrfs-progs > depends already. > > Any strong objection in removing it as depend from all packages? > > Thanks for your opinions. > > Best regards > > tpowa > Hi folks, 6.13 reached the repositories, all packages that depended on reiserfs were updated some time ago. The reiserfsprogs are now gone from the official repositories. Best regards tpowa

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News draft: glibc 2.41 breaks Discord
by Frederik Schwan 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Hi everyone, as discussed in the Matrix packaging channel, the upcoming glibc move from testing to stable will break audio connectivity for Discord clients. Discord has fixed the issue in their canary build and has communicated an eta for the fix in stable for 2025-02-10. As the glibc update holds off package moves from testing to stable I would like to continue releasing the toolchain and give everyone instructions on how to fix their Discord installation. ------ # Glibc 2.41 corrupting Discord installation Glibc and it's friends will move from testing to stable on approx. 2025-02-03. After installing the update, the Discord client will show a read warning that the installation is corrupt. This issue has been fixed in the Discord canary build. Until the fix hits the stable Discord release, please use the canary build or login via browser if you rely on audio connectivity. There have been no reports that (written) chat connectivity is affected. ------ Best regards, Frederik

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glibc 2.41 in testing - moving to stable repos affected
by Frederik Schwan 30 Jan '25

30 Jan '25

I just pushed glibc 2.41 to testing. Do not move packages linked against 2.41 to extra or core until glibc itself moves around Sunday/Monday. Otherwise the package will probably break. Best regards, Frederik

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Talks from Arch contributors at FOSDEM 2025
by Morten Linderud 24 Jan '25

24 Jan '25

Yo, FOSDEM is approaching and several Arch contributors and maintainers are holding talks next weekend. I have taken the liberty to collect up all the talks in this email so other staff, and users, are aware. Some talks are Arch related, some talks less so. But still interesting topics nonetheless! # David Runge Adventures in oxidizing Arch Linux Package Management When: Saturday 18:05 - 18:45 Room: Rust Devroom - UB2.252A (Lameere) https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6259-adventures-in-oxidi… # Filipe Laíns Understanding (modern) Python packaging When: Sunday 10:00 - 10:30 Room: Python Devroom - UD2.218A https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4242-understanding-moder… # Morten Linderud Hardware backed SSH keys: ssh-tpm-agent When Saturday 15:00 - 15:30 Room: Security Devroom - UB4.132 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5544-hardware-backed-ssh… # Orhun Parmaksız Bringing terminal aesthetics to the Web with Rust (and vice versa) When: Saturday 12:25 - 13:05 Room: Rust Devroom - UB2.252A (Lameere) https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5496-bringing-terminal-a… From Side Projects to Sustainable Open Source When: Saturday 15:05 - 15:30 Room: Community Devroom - UB5.230 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5498-from-side-projects-… # Remi Gacogne Honey, I shrunk DNSdist When: Saturday 18:20 - 18:45 Room: DNS Devroom H.2213 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4991-honey-i-shrunk-dnsd… -- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16

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