Who contributed to Arch Linux on July 22, 2026?

6 developers shipped this update, including Felix Yan, Christian Hesse, Sven-Hendrik Haase, Levente Polyak, codefiles, and KsanDjordje.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

Fix too-many-statements-in-try-clause violations, Fix too-many-statements-in-try-clause violations (#4648), and Remove unused format_cols (#4652).

Jul 22, 2026

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ARCHINSTALL TIGHTENS CODE QUALITY, BUILDBTW MODERNIZES ORM LAYER

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:58 UTC on July 22, 2026 · About Arch Linux · Composed from the cited sources · methodology

6 people shipped this

codefiles @codefiles 4 cited

Levente Polyak @anthraxx 2 cited

Christian Hesse @eworm-de 1 cited

Sven-Hendrik Haase @svenstaro 1 cited

KsanDjordje @KsanDjordje 1 cited

Felix Yan @felixonmars

Archinstall shipped four quality fixes in 24 hours while buildbtw migrated off deprecated SeaORM patterns, setting both projects up for stable releases.

In brief

buildbtw swapped HasOne<> for BelongsTo<> across the ORM layer. smaller diff, cleaner semantics. the kind of change that makes the next contributor's life easier.
archinstall crushed too-many-statements-in-try-clause violations. pylint wins, try blocks get smaller, error handling gets clearer.
archinstall killed unused format_cols. dead code removal. nothing flashy, everything necessary.
buildbtw now creates empty pacman repos when spinning up buildspaces. workflow gets simpler, one less manual step before you can build.

Archinstall landed a wave of linting corrections targeting ruff's stricter preview rules [1][2], removing dead code [3], and eliminating redundant path validation [4]. These aren't flashy features, but they're the hygiene work that keeps installers reliable. In parallel, the team added Serbian translation support [5], expanding language coverage for Eastern European users. Over on buildbtw, the team completed a critical migration away from SeaORM 2.0's deprecated HasOne<> pattern to the modern BelongsTo<> equivalent [6], ensuring the build infrastructure won't rot against future ORM versions. Two supporting changes landed in tandem: empty pacman repos now initialize automatically when buildspaces are created [7], and build artifacts now flow directly into the pacman database [8]. Across the state desk, routine maintenance continued with cryptsetup [9], gamescope [10], and telegram-desktop [11] all receiving point updates.

Action items

→ Review archinstall quality fixes before next tag archlinux/archinstall [plan]
→ Monitor buildbtw ORM migration for regression in next iteration archlinux/buildbtw [monitor]
→ Verify Serbian translation works across all install flows archlinux/archinstall [plan]

References

[1] Fix too-many-statements-in-try-clause violations ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[2] Fix too-many-statements-in-try-clause violations (#4648) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[3] Remove unused format_cols (#4652) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[4] Remove redundant is_valid_path (#4646) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[5] Add Serbian translation ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[6] Switch over from HasOne<> to BelongsTo<> ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
[7] Create empty pacman repos when creating buildspaces and iterations ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
[8] upload: Add build artifact to pacman database repo ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
[9] update cryptsetup to 2.8.7-1 in core-testing-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
[10] update gamescope to 3.16.25-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗
[11] update telegram-desktop to 7.0.4-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state ↗