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LIBXKBCOMMON 1.13.2 LANDS IN TESTING, PHOTO LIBRARY BUMPED TO 2.5.34

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Keyboard input stack gets a refresh across both architectures while camera hardware support advances to the latest upstream release.

libxkbcommon 1.13.2 hit extra-testing-x86_64 [1], with the 32-bit variant following into multilib-testing [2]. This is the update you've been waiting for if you're running a testing branch and dealing with input latency or multi-layout keyboard issues. On the library front, libgphoto2 jumped to 2.5.34-1 in extra-x86_64 [3], bringing camera hardware support current with upstream. Meanwhile, the buildbtw tooling got a cleanup: the repo updater was installing color_eyre twice, now fixed [4] [5]. Minor versioning updates landed for zynaddsubfx [6] and python-sphinx-copybutton [7], both routine maintenance.

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  1. [1] update libxkbcommon to 1.13.2-1 in extra-testing-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  2. [2] update lib32-libxkbcommon to 1.13.2-1 in multilib-testing-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  3. [3] update libgphoto2 to 2.5.34-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  4. [4] Merge branch 'fix-repo-updater-double-eyre' into 'main' ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  5. [5] Fix double color_eyre::install() ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  6. [6] update zynaddsubfx to 3.0.6-7 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
  7. [7] update python-sphinx-copybutton to 0.5.2-5 in extra-any archlinux/state ↗

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Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on May 31, 2026?
Keyboard input stack gets a refresh across both architectures while camera hardware support advances to the latest upstream release. In total, 52 commits landed.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
update libxkbcommon to 1.13.2-1 in extra-testing-x86_64, update lib32-libxkbcommon to 1.13.2-1 in multilib-testing-x86_64, and update libgphoto2 to 2.5.34-1 in extra-x86_64.
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$ log @archlinux --recent

Felix Yan promotes the xmonad stack to extra, moor lands at 2.19.2 50 shipped Synapse 1.161.0 lands in infrastructure, anki promoted to extra 70 shipped Arch ships a CLONE_NEWUSER kill switch in v7.2.6-arch2 59 shipped mise and asusctl land in extra, tracexec hits 1.0 50 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

Alignment & Post-training verl rejects conflicting vLLM engine_kwargs, open-instruct adds MILES OPD behind a Megatron learner Interpretability nnsight 0.8.0 cuts import time from 7.6s to 1.6s

$ ls showcases/

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