Here are the Arch site package links without the 4chan referer, my b. I also want to mention I'm not trying to single out and particular maintainer/Trusted user. This seems to be a wide ranging problem. Let me reiterate, we the community WANT TO HELP. If it's money, make a fundraiser and we will donate. If it's hands/eyes that's out of our hands unless you offload some of these packages to the AUR. We love Arch and want to see it be the best it can be. Have a good night everyone. I hope tomorrow leads to a better path in the way of Arch. https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fgcc%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc-libs/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fgcc-libs%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc-go/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fgcc-go%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/glibc/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fglibc%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/dhcpcd <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fdhcpcd%2F> / https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/binutils/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fbinutils%2F> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Billy Morgan* <2021bmorgan@gmail.com> Date: Monday, 1 November 2021 Subject: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers To: arch-general@lists.archlinux.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Billy Morgan* <2021bmorgan@gmail.com> Date: Monday, 1 November 2021 Subject: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers To: arch-security@lists.archlinux.org Having far outdated packages is a security issue so I will include security as well. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Billy Morgan* <2021bmorgan@gmail.com> Date: Monday, 1 November 2021 Subject: A plea for communication from Arch devs & maintainers To: anthraxx@archlinux.org, aaron@archlinux.org, jvinet@zeroflux.org Today a post was made on the subreddit about a massive amount of packages being flagged outdated a very long time ago.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%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fgcc%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc-libs/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fgcc-libs%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc-go/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fgcc-go%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/glibc/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fglibc%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/dhcpcd/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fdhcpcd%2F> https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/binutils/ <https://sys.4channel.org/derefer?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchlinux.org%2Fpackages%2Fcore%2Fx86_64%2Fbinutils%2F> 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