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[arch-announce] Pacman 3.4.0 released
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Dan McGee wrote: The latest and greatest version of pacman is now available in [core]. As usual, please report any issues or regressions to the [bug tracker][1] after searching to see if your bug already exists. The changes in this release are detailed in the [NEWS file][2]. Notable changes in this release: * New "Architecture" option that will restrict pacman to installing only packages from the given architecture * Installing package with `-U` is now smart like `-S` — dependencies and conflicts are now handled * New `--print` and `--print-format` options to output in suitable format for wrapper scripts * Repository updates are faster as only new entries are extracted * makepkg now aborts automatically with any errors during packaging * makepkg now allows overrides of pkgver, pkgrel and arch in split packages * ...and many more improvements. Thanks again to all of the developers and contributors that have made this release possible! [1]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=3 [2]: http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS?id=v3.4.0 URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/pacman-340-released/

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[arch-announce] The new Arch Linux ezine
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Daniel Griffiths 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Daniel Griffiths wrote: Announcing the much-anticipated Arch Linux ezine, [Rolling Release][1]! Based on the Ars Technica model, Rolling Release provides an open platform for sharing news of interest to the Arch community. Check it out, contribute, and follow us onsite, or via email, RSS, Twitter, or Identi.ca! [1]: http://rollingrelease.com/ URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/509/

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[arch-announce] True multilib for Arch Linux x86_64
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Thomas Bächler 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

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: http://www.archlinux.org/news/508/

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[arch-announce] KDE SC 4.5.0 moved to [extra]
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ronald van Haren 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Ronald van Haren wrote: KDE SC 4.5.0 has moved into the [extra] repository. Notable changes with respect to previous releases are: * kdepim has seen no new release, please continue to use version 4.4.5 * due to incompatibility with ruby 1.9, ruby kdebindings are not provided * webkit support in konqueror is provided by kwebkitpart * KDM is now started as the kdm user * upstream removed five translations: csb, mai, mk, si and tg The full upstream changelog is available [here][1]. Several users reported issues with kwin hanging when changing settings in the kdesettings dialog. So far this is only known to happen on some Intel and ATI cards with opengl compositing enabled. Possible workarounds include: * use xrender instead of opengl compositing * disable compositing * disable direct rendering under opengl options in the kdesettings menu [1]: http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.5/ URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/507/

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[arch-announce] Perl 5.12.1 moved to Core
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Kevin Piche 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Kevin Piche wrote: The latest version of perl 5.12.1 has been moved to core. The perl package no longer implements versioned site_perl directories but the 5.10.1 directories remains for legacy packages for now. Anyone who custom builds perl modules into site_perl should rebuild them to use the proper directories. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/506/

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[arch-announce] Forum Update in Progress
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Allan McRae 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Allan McRae wrote: The update of our forum software to FluxBB 1.4 is currently in progress and may take a few more hours. In the meantime, enjoy this video of [funny cats][1]. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rbedUbO5x4 URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/505/

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[arch-announce] Bug Day: Saturday, July 3
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ionuț Mircea Bîr u 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote: By popular demand, the next Bug Day will be on Saturday, July 3. People are usually around all day, but you will certainly find us in the #archlinux-bugs IRC channel in the afternoon and evening EST. Happy bug squashing! URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/504/

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[arch-announce] Pacman 3.4.0 released
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Dan McGee 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Dan McGee wrote: The latest and greatest version of pacman is now available in [core]. As usual, please report any issues or regressions to the [bug tracker][1] after searching to see if your bug already exists. The changes in this release are detailed in the [NEWS file][2]. Noteable changes in this release: * New "Architecture" option that will restrict pacman to installing only packages from the given architecture * Installing package with -U is now smart like -S — dependencies and conflicts are now handled * New --print and --print-format options to output in suitable format for wrapper scripts * Repository updates are faster as only new entries are extracted * makepkg now aborts automatically with any errors during packaging * makepkg now allows overrides of pkgver, pkgrel and arch in split packages * ...and many more improvements. Thanks again to all of the developers and contributors that have made this release possible! [1]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=3 [2]: http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS?id=v3.4.0 URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/503/

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[arch-announce] Xorg 1.8 moves to extra
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Andreas Radke 20 Jun '10

20 Jun '10

Andreas Radke wrote: This release works with udev for input hotplugging and supports /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf as a replacement for the hal .fdi files. After upgrading to this release, configuration for input devices in hal is ignored. Documentation about this change can be found on: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#xorg.conf.d_.28Xorg_1.8.29 Nvidia-173xx and -96xx drivers currently don't support the new Xorg release. We recommend using the xf86-video-nouveau driver package for now. URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/502/

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[arch-announce] flashplugin x86_64 package dropped
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ionuț Mircea Bîr u 15 Jun '10

15 Jun '10

Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote: The flashplugin has a critical vulnerability[1] in version 10.0.45.2 which is fixed in 10.1.53.64. Unfortunately, Adobe released this version for i686 only and the x86_64 port was discontinued[2] leaving the x86_64 package vulnerable. Because of that, we cannot build an updated version for x86_64. While we considered pulling the x86_64 package from our repositories, for now we will leave it up to our users to remove it or keep it installed. We suggest using alternative options for running flash-based on x86_64 systems or using the flashblock extension for firefox and chromium. [1] http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html [2] http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/64bit.html URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/501/

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