Arch Linux in June 2024 #

archinstall #

The archinstall v2.8.1 update has been released, featuring several bug fixes and improvements to partitioning and desktop profiles, along with the introduction of experimental LVM support and the addition of Finnish translation.

ArchWeb #

ArchWeb 2024-06-12 has been rolled out, which includes an update to Django’s latest major version, Django 5.0 as well as small improvements within our Ruff configuration used as our Python linter.

devtools #

We have released devtools v1.2.1, which includes several small bug fixes as well as the ability in mkarchroot to specify a file destination inside the chroot and support for bind mounting a tmpfs with makechrootpkg.

bugbuddy #

We have released bugbuddy v0.3.0, our GitLab bot, which now automatically assigns security team members when the scope::security label is set for any issues or merge requests.

Packaging #

Ruby #

We have completed the bootstrapping of Ruby 3.2.4 and will now begin the initial migration work toward its full release.

Statistics #

In this month, we’ve successfully rolled out 4054 package updates addressing various enhancements and rebuilds, including 2259 package upgrades. Additionally, we’ve received 197 new package issues, while resolving a total of 183 issues.