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[arch-announce] GNOME3 in [testing]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ionuț Mircea Bîr u 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote: GNOME 3.0.0 packages are now available in the [testing] repository. These bring with it an update to gtk2, as well as the new gtk3. This is a major update and you should take note of a couple of things: * GNOME3 will replace GNOME2 once it gets moved to [extra]. * GNOME3 has two modes, "standard" mode (gnome-shell) and "fallback" mode (gnome-panel + metacity). * Panel applets using Bonobo aren't supported anymore and packages depending on it will be dropped. * pulseaudio is now required to run the GNOME desktop. * Some packages exist in separate versions for gtk2 and gtk3. These typically have a name like "packagename3". Examples are vte3, libwebkit3, gtkhtml4. * pygobject is now available for Python 3 in the package "py3gobject". Have fun testing these packages! Update and installation instructions are available at [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_3][1] Bugs related to packaging should be reported to [http://bugs.archlinux.org/][2] . Crashes and feature requests should be reported to [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/][3] . [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_3 (gnome 3 wiki) [2]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/ (arch linux bugtracker) [3]: http://bugs.archlinux.org (gnome bugtracker) URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/gnome3-in-testing/

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[arch-announce] The Canterbury Project
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Pierre Schmitz 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Pierre Schmitz wrote: We are pleased to announce the birth of the Canterbury distribution. Canterbury is a merge of the efforts of the community distributions formerly known as Arch Linux, Debian, Gentoo, Grml and openSUSE to produce a really unified effort and be able to stand up in a combined effort against proprietary operating systems, to show off that the Free Software community is actually able to work together for a common goal instead of creating more diversity. Canterbury will be as technologically simple as Arch, as stable as Debian, malleable as Gentoo, have a solid Live framework as Grml, and be as open minded as openSUSE. Joining the Canterbury Project Arch Linux developer Pierre Schmitz explained: "Arch Linux has always been about keeping its technology as simple as possible. Combining efforts into one single distribution will dramatically reduce complexity for developers, users and of course upstream projects. Canterbury will be the next evolutionary step of Linux distributions." Gerfried Fuchs, who gave a talk about Debian at last year's openSUSE conference, said: "While DEX (Debian Derivatives Exchange) might have been a good idea in principle, its point of view is too limited. We need to reach out further for true success." Robin H. Johnson, lead of the Gentoo Infrastructure team, in a panel of core Gentoo developers at SCALE9x: "I really hate compiling-induced downtime. I've been looking forward to installing packages with just a couple of keystrokes. By building on the efforts of other successful distributions, we can take the drudgery out of system maintenance." Michael Prokop, founder of the Grml live CD, can be quoted on the effort that "we managed to create a universal live build framework with grml-live. Our vision was always that it will be universally usable to further the spreading of Free Software." Last year's openSUSE conference had the topic of "Collaboration Across Borders". Klaas Freitag, a respected member of the community, mentioned that "the conference motto was set intentional and actually this is what I had in mind as a positive outcome for the conference." Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian Project Leader, comments on the Canterbury distribution: "during the last year, Debian has worked a lot on the topic of collaboration with other distributions. Some initiatives have been targeted to Debian Derivatives Distribution (e.g. the Derivatives Front Desk, DEX, etc.), but we have also been happy to participate in conferences and panels with other distributions such as openSUSE and Fedora. We are proud of our recent work on collaboration and we are now ready, with Canterbury, to push these initiatives to the next, natural, step: uniting together in the next generation community distribution. Canterbury shall live long and prosper." Please be notified that this announce is just the starting point, the necessary changes will happen in the upcoming days. You can use the #cbproject hashtag to give us your feedback on [twitter][1] or [identi.ca][2]. You can also use our [forums][3] to leave a comment. [1]: http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23cbproject [2]: http://identi.ca/tag/cbproject [3]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116055 URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/the-canterbury-project/

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[arch-announce] syslinux now includes a default configuration file
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Bächler 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

Thomas Bächler wrote: The new syslinux package (4.03-4) now includes a default configuration file at /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg. If you get a file conflict during update, run: mv /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg.sav pacman -S syslinux mv /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg.sav /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/syslinux-now-includes-a-default-configuration…

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[arch-announce] Contributors Wanted
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Eric Bélanger 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Eric Bélanger wrote: In order to help reduce the workload and expand the Arch Linux development team, we are considering bringing on people to help out in the following projects: 1) Bug Wrangler: Assign new bugs. Do initial triage; asking user to locate corresponding issue upstream or open one if applicable. Request closure. Review trivial/easier patches to our own stuff and give feedback. Stir up the stagnant pot of bugs and move them forward or get them closed. 2) Mirror Administrator: Handle new mirror requests through the bug tracker. Ensure contact information is up to date. Be the lead contact on the arch-mirrors ML, answering any questions that come up. Establish mirror quality control. Right now this is manual via http://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/ and then contacting mirrors that have been out of date for a while; improvements to archweb could be made to automate this. 3) Netcfg developer: Implement bug fixes and feature requests to netcfg. Cleaning up the bug tracker of the current open requests; either implement, fix, or close them. 4) Initscripts developer: Implement bug fixes and feature requests to initscripts. Cleaning up the bug tracker of the current open requests; either implement, fix, or close them. 5) ABS developer: Implement bug fixes and feature requests to abs. Cleaning up the bug tracker of the current open requests; either implement, fix, or close them. Please send your applications to: applicants(a)archlinux.org. To help us filter the applications by positions, add the appropriate tag at the begining of the subject line: [application bug], [application mirror], [application netcfg], [application initscripts] or [application abs]. Make sure to specify why do you think that you'll be a good candidate for the position(s) you're applying for. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/contributors-wanted/

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[arch-announce] Bug Day: Saturday, February 19th
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Allan McRae wrote: Join us on IRC in the #archlinux-bugs channel and help us reduce the number of open bug reports in our bug tracker. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/bug-day-saturday-february-19th/

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[arch-announce] Minimum required kernel version increased
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

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 "kernel26-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: https://www.archlinux.org/news/minimum-required-kernel-version-increased-1/

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[arch-announce] KDE SC 4.6 to [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Andrea Scarpino 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '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 not yet 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: https://www.archlinux.org/news/kde-sc-46-to-extra/

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[arch-announce] Bug Day: Saturday, February 19th
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Allan McRae wrote: Join us on IRC in the #archlinux-bugs channel and help us reduce the number of open bug reports in our bug tracker. URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/bug-day-saturday-february-19th/

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[arch-announce] True multilib for Arch Linux x86_64
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Bächler 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Thomas Bächler wrote: I am happy to announce the availability of the new multilib repository. At this time, it contains wine, skype and flashplugin. Furthermore, a multilib compiler is available. With the launch of the multilib repository all old 'lib32' packages are being removed from community - the core/extra/community repositories will be "pure 64 bit" again. If you want to use the new multilib packages (and most desktop or laptop users probably do), add the following lines to your pacman.conf: [multilib] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/true-multilib-for-arch-linux-x86_64/

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[arch-announce] MySQL 5.5 is now in [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Angel Velasquez 14 Feb '11

14 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. It 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 information is [available here][1]. [1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/upgrading-from-previous- series.html URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/mysql-55-is-now-in-extra/

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