Who contributed to Arch Linux on July 29, 2026?

3 developers shipped this update, including Jan Steffens, George Rawlinson, and dependabot.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

update firefox to 153.0.1-1 in extra-x86_64, update firefox-i18n to 153.0.1-1 in extra-any, and update stumpwm to 24.11-15 in extra-x86_64.

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FIREFOX 153.0.1 SHIPS ACROSS THE ARCHIVE

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on July 29, 2026 · About Arch Linux

3 people shipped this

Jan Steffens @heftig 3 cited

George Rawlinson @grawlinson 3 cited

dependabot @dependabot 2 cited

Arch pushed Firefox 153.0.1 to extra overnight, along with localization updates and a trio of library bumps across the stack.

Firefox 153.0.1-1 landed in extra-x86_64 [1], immediately followed by the i18n package at the same version [2], ensuring users get both the browser and language support without a version skew. Across the language and math side, Stumpwm jumped to 24.11-15 [3], Maxima settled at 5.49.0-14 [4], and SBCL reached 2.6.7-1 [5], giving Lisp developers a solid patch level. Matrix infrastructure moved in lockstep: Synapse updated to 1.157.2 [6] to keep federation stable. On the web side, Dependabot landed ruff 0.15.21 [7] and types-requests bumps [8] into archweb, keeping the package portal's linting and type checking current. Activity across the three repos totaled 51 commits and 2 PRs in the period.

Action items

→ Verify Firefox 153.0.1 installed on user machines - security patch archlinux/state [immediate]
→ Confirm Synapse 1.157.2 running on matrix.archlinux.org archlinux/infrastructure [plan]
→ Review archweb dependency bumps in next deployment cycle archlinux/archweb [monitor]

References

[1] update firefox to 153.0.1-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[2] update firefox-i18n to 153.0.1-1 in extra-any archlinux/state
[3] update stumpwm to 24.11-15 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[4] update maxima to 5.49.0-14 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[5] update sbcl to 2.6.7-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[6] matrix: Update synapse to 1.157.2 archlinux/infrastructure
[7] build(deps-dev): bump ruff from 0.15.20 to 0.15.21 ↗ archlinux/archweb
[8] build(deps-dev): bump types-requests from 2.33.0.20260518 to 2.33.0.20260712 ↗ archlinux/archweb

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on July 29, 2026?: Arch pushed Firefox 153.0.1 to extra overnight, along with localization updates and a trio of library bumps across the stack. In total, 51 commits and 2 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on July 29, 2026?: 3 developers shipped this update, including Jan Steffens, George Rawlinson, and dependabot.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?: update firefox to 153.0.1-1 in extra-x86_64, update firefox-i18n to 153.0.1-1 in extra-any, and update stumpwm to 24.11-15 in extra-x86_64.

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