Who contributed to Arch Linux on July 25, 2026?

7 developers shipped this update, including Andreas Radke, Felix Yan, George Rawlinson, nl6720, correctmost, codefiles, and Steev Klimaszewski.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

move linux-lts from core-testing-x86_64 to core-x86_64, Support aarch64 for GRUB and Limine EFI installation (#4641), and update firefox-developer-edition to 154.0b2-1 in extra-x86_64.

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LINUX-LTS CLEARS TESTING, ARCHINSTALL FIXES ARM64 GRUB AND LIMINE

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on July 25, 2026 · About Arch Linux

7 people shipped this

Andreas Radke @andyrtr 1 cited

Felix Yan @felixonmars 1 cited

George Rawlinson @grawlinson 1 cited

nl6720 @nl6720 1 cited

correctmost @correctmost 1 cited

codefiles @codefiles 1 cited

Steev Klimaszewski @steev 1 cited

Linux-LTS moved from core-testing to stable across x86_64 after validation [ref:1], while archinstall patches critical EFI installation failures on aarch64 that broke both GRUB and Limine [ref:10].

The kernel promotion [1] signals confidence in the LTS track after a testing cycle. On the installer front, archinstall is fixing real breakage: aarch64 systems failed GRUB EFI installs because the system reports 'aarch64' but grub-install expects 'arm64', and Limine was hardcoded to x86 binaries entirely [2]. A separate fix landed for path construction bugs in custom user commands where pathlib's slash operator silently ignores the target when given an absolute path [4]. Translation validation got tighter too, as flake8-gettext checks now run in ruff to catch malformed i18n placeholders before they ship [5]. Firefox Developer Edition bumped to 154.0b2 [3], sops to 3.13.3 [6], and deepin-launchpad to 2.0.45 [7] across the state repos. On the build side, archiso trimmed redundant mcopy commands for a minor speed boost and cleaner code [8].

Action items

→ Update archinstall to pick up aarch64 GRUB and Limine EFI fixes if you maintain ARM systems archlinux/archinstall [immediate]
→ Pull linux-lts to stable if you haven't already; it's cleared testing archlinux/state [plan]
→ Review custom user command paths in your install profiles for absolute path issues archlinux/archinstall [monitor]

References

[1] move linux-lts from core-testing-x86_64 to core-x86_64 archlinux/state
[2] Support aarch64 for GRUB and Limine EFI installation (#4641) archlinux/archinstall
[3] update firefox-developer-edition to 154.0b2-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[4] Refactor run_custom_user_commands ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[5] Enable flake8-gettext checks in ruff (#4664) archlinux/archinstall
[6] update sops to 3.13.3-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[7] update deepin-launchpad to 2.0.45-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[8] mkarchiso: reduce the number of mcopy commands archlinux/archiso

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on July 25, 2026?: Linux-LTS moved from core-testing to stable across x86_64 after validation [ref:1], while archinstall patches critical EFI installation failures on aarch64 that broke both GRUB and Limine [ref:10]. In total, 56 commits and 4 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on July 25, 2026?: 7 developers shipped this update, including Andreas Radke, Felix Yan, George Rawlinson, nl6720, correctmost, codefiles, and Steev Klimaszewski.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?: move linux-lts from core-testing-x86_64 to core-x86_64, Support aarch64 for GRUB and Limine EFI installation (#4641), and update firefox-developer-edition to 154.0b2-1 in extra-x86_64.

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