Arch Linux in April 2024 #

Staff #

Project Leader Election #

Recently, we held our Arch Linux Project Leader election, and the current Project Leader, Levente “anthraxx” Polyák, was the sole nominee. As per our election rules, he has been re-elected for another term. Congratulations to Levente, and we wish him continued success in his leadership!

RFC #

An RFC has been accepted to grant all Arch Linux staff members, not limited to those in packaging roles, the privilege to initiate RFCs directly, aligning with the broad range of topics these documents encompass.

archinstall #

Archinstall v2.8.0 has been released, bringing various fixes and improvements, including enhancements in microcode handling, partitioning, and an increase in ESP size to 1 GiB.

ArchISO #

We have released ArchISO v77, which adds a Memtest86+ boot entry for systemd-boot. Additionally, this version now uses mkinitcpio’s microcode hook instead of external microcode images and switches the UEFI boot loader from GRUB to systemd-boot.

ArchWeb #

We have released ArchWeb 2024-04-28, introducing the ability for packagers to easily add notes to Todo lists via our HedgeDoc instance. Additionally, references to external microcode images have been removed, as ArchISO v77 now includes microcode within the single initramfs.

Packaging #

Python #

We have successfully bootstrapped Python 3.12 and rebuilt all relevant packages including collaborative effort to make packages ready for the new interpreter version. Python 3.12.3 is now available in the official repositories.

Statistics #

In this month, we’ve successfully rolled out 7186 package updates addressing various enhancements and rebuilds, including 2335 package upgrades. Additionally, we’ve received 282 new package issues, while resolving a total of 265 issues.