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[arch-general] [arch-gen] Qt wayland DEs?
by Javier 08 Nov '21

08 Nov '21

I'm currently using LXQt + KWin. LXQt is not landing in Wayland any time soon. There's no hurry, but I would like to know about other non plasma Qt DEs working on Wayland. I'm aware on Liri, however I don't know how light it is compared to LXQt + K Win, or Plasma itself, and also how usable/stable it is. One concern is performance, responsiveness, and resources usage, given it's not exactly based on Qt, but rather QML instead. I read about another Qt DE working on Wayland, paperDE, however it uses Wayfire instead of KWin, and I'd prefer using KWin and compositor, but there's currently no DE offering such combination, except by Plasma, or so it seems... Again, I'd like to know how usable/stable it is, how light it is, and how does it compare to LXQt (Xorg it'll be, given its lack of Wayland support), and how it compares in terms of performance, responsiveness and resources. Liri, by being the 1st Qt DE, has the most amount of time dealing with Wayland, it should be quiet usable/stable, compared to the newcomers, but that might only be a bad supposition. Is there any other DE I might be missing, hopefully using KWin and oriented toward being as light as it could be? BTW, just in case that counts, I only planning to be able to use pipewire for screen/desktop sharing, and not for audio at all, since I prefer plain alsa, so I don't want a strict requirement for pipewire audio support. Thanks a lot ! -- Javier

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[arch-general] [arch-gen][flake8] flake8.main.git module no longer available on flake8 v. 1:4.0.1-1, breaking pre-commit flake8 hooks
by Javier 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

Today I upgraded the system, and got a new flake8 version: > [2021-11-03T02:29:18-0600] [ALPM] upgraded flake8 (1:3.9.2-2 -> 1:4.0.1-1) However that version no longer provides the flake8.main.git module, therefore now I get a failure when trying to commit something (using the flake8 pre-commit hook the work project uses): > % git ci --amend > INFO | Running hook pre-commit.d/02-check_flake8... > ERROR | Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/vasqueja/scm/hpe/git/provision-sdk/.git/hooks/pre-commit.d/02-check_flake8", line 25, in <module> > from flake8.main.git import (config_for, update_excludes, > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flake8.main.git' > ERROR | Hook pre-commit.d/02-check_flake8 failed. Aborting... Is there a way to overcome this? Is there sort of a new packet covering for that functionality? I don't see any new optional dependency which might have covered for the missing module: > Depends On : python-pyflakes python-mccabe python-pycodestyle python-entrypoints > Optional Deps : None > Required By : python-flake8-polyfill Thanks ! -- Javier

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[arch-general] NEW RECORD! 769 packages out of date
by Billy Morgan 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=flag_date&flagged=Flagged

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Re: [arch-general] Fwd: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers
by mar77i 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

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Re: [arch-general] Fwd: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers
by Jonas Witschel 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

On 2021-11-04 00:01, Sam Mulvey wrote: > Instead, I have a counter-offer. If what I'm saying has any merit whatever, > why doesn't someone from the Arch team contact me? I literally know no one > in the community, and my abortive attempts to interface have been a > failure. Why not show me the ropes and prove to me that I'm actually quite > wrong about this? I would argue that all these emails have been trying to contact you, including one I sent to you in private. Given the tone of your last emails as well as the fact that you have completely ignored both my last public and private email, I am afraid to say that you do not seem to be interested in a productive discussion to me. Best, Jonas -- Jonas Witschel Arch Linux Developer, Trusted User and security team member PGP key: FE2E6249201CA54A4FB90D066E80CA1446879D04

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[arch-general] A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers
by Billy Morgan 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Billy Morgan* <2021bmorgan(a)gmail.com> Date: Monday, 1 November 2021 Subject: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers To: arch-security(a)lists.archlinux.org Having far outdated packages is a security issue so I will include security as well. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Billy Morgan* <2021bmorgan(a)gmail.com> Date: Monday, 1 November 2021 Subject: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers To: anthraxx(a)archlinux.org, aaron(a)archlinux.org, jvinet(a)zeroflux.org Today a post was made on the subreddit about a massive amount of packages being flagged outdated a very long time ago. It was nuked almost immediately and linked to an older thread with a non-answer. This cannot be brushed under the rug. It is not just random packages that are far out of date but even core ones. https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages…> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc-libs/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages…> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc-go/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages…> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/glibc/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages…> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/dhcpcd/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages…> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/binutils/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages…> Even gnome-shell and others are far out of date. Why are there still maintainers/Trusted Users that haven't been signed in for 5 months holding packages hostage? Please communicate with your userbase. We care and want to help. See this thread. I was forced to move that persons post to 4chan because it got nuked on the subreddit. https://boards.4channel.org/g/thread/84101500 Thank you

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[arch-general] "Arch Linux GUI" legit project?
by Fabian Bornschein 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

Hello, I just found the "Arch Linux GUI (ALG)" project * <https://sourceforge.net/projects/arch-linux-gui/> * <https://archlinuxgui.in/> That claims to install Arch Linux. Since the project gains more track now I wonder, is it allowed to use the Arch Linux trademarks in word and logo form?

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[arch-general] Can someone step in and fix this?
by Simon Perry 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/71587 The maintainer hasn't responded in ages and it seems like a simple dep addition. Cheers. -- Simon Perry

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[arch-general] Unstable/Unusably slow Wi-Fi connection with systemd-networkd/wpa_supplicant
by riveravaldez 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

Hi, I was using Wicd until a couple of weeks without problems, but because it's been out of repos for a while and generally not maintained/developed anymore I decided to make the switch and start using systemd-networkd. The machine is a laptop Dell XPS 15 L502X (Sandy Bridge) with: 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 [Rainbow Peak] (rev 34) I followed the Arch Wiki without problems and wired connection seems to be working flawlessly. But Wi-Fi is unstable and slow at the point of unusability. I posted on the forums[0] for help but didn't get any until now, so I'm letting the link here just in case someone can give me any hint. In the forum's post I informed the output of terminal, networkctl and wpa_cli status, dmesg, journalctl, etc. Please let me know if I should put the details here (didn't did it just to not make mail extremely long, hope I'm not doing wrong) or add anything else. Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards. [0] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=264608

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[arch-general] GDB C++ pretty printer issues
by Vasi Vilvoiu 30 Oct '21

30 Oct '21

Hi y'all! With the latest September update to gdb[1] the builtin pretty printers for (at least) unique_ptr no longer work. (gdb) p x $2 = std::unique_ptr<foo> = {get() = {<No data fields>}} Downgrading to gdb 10.2 seems to fix the issue, but I can't figure out what the underlying cause is. It's either because (a) our gcc[2] and gcc-libs packages are out of date since July[3] _and_ GDB does not support pretty printers for the older stdc++ version or (b) there's a bug in gdb 11.1 Testing out the first hypothesis would mean compiling gcc 11.2 from source, which is something I'm not looking forward. Does anyone else have any knowledge that may be relevant to this issue? -- Best regards, Vasi Vilvoiu [1] https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gdb/ [2] https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc/ [3] https://gcc.gnu.org//gcc-11/

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