Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 2, 2026?

6 developers shipped this update, including nl6720, Sven-Hendrik Haase, Rafael Epplée, DeepChirp, Jan Steffens, and Felix Yan.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

configs/releng/profiledef.sh: add arm64 to mksquashfs -Xbcj option, Merge branch 'mark-iterations-with-pending-graph-calculation-in-bbtw-show' into 'main', and Mark iterations with pending graph calculation in `bbtw show`.

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ARCH ISO SHRINKS 8 MIB WITH ARM64 COMPRESSION TWEAK

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:56 UTC on August 2, 2026 · About Arch Linux

6 people shipped this

Jan Steffens @heftig 3 cited

Rafael Epplée @raffomania 2 cited

nl6720 @nl6720 1 cited

Sven-Hendrik Haase @svenstaro 1 cited

DeepChirp @DeepChirp 1 cited

Felix Yan @felixonmars 1 cited

AArch64 ISOs just got leaner without touching x86_64, and buildbtw's graph calculation now shows real-time pending status.

The archiso team deployed a targeted compression win by adding xz's arm64 BCJ filter to mksquashfs configuration [1], reducing AArch64 squashfs images by approximately 8 MiB with zero performance regression on x86_64 builds. Meanwhile, buildbtw landed a batch of fixes that mark iterations with pending graph calculations in bbtw show [2][3], improving visibility into build state across iterations [4]. Testing repos are cycling through minor version bumps: pkgconf 3.0.5 [5], spirv-llvm-translator 22.1.5 [6][7], mise 2026.8.0 [8], and python-cachetools 7.1.7 [9] all moving through their respective channels without incidents. The archlinux/buildbtw desk also cleaned up unused lint exceptions to reduce noise in the codebase [10].

Action items

→ Use the updated archiso configs for next AArch64 release build archlinux/archiso [plan]
→ Monitor testing repos for promotion to stable once validation clears archlinux/state [monitor]

References

[1] configs/releng/profiledef.sh: add arm64 to mksquashfs -Xbcj option archlinux/archiso
[2] Merge branch 'mark-iterations-with-pending-graph-calculation-in-bbtw-show' into 'main' archlinux/buildbtw
[3] Mark iterations with pending graph calculation in `bbtw show` archlinux/buildbtw
[4] Always create first iteration when inserting a buildspace archlinux/buildbtw
[5] update pkgconf to 3.0.5-1 in core-testing-x86_64 archlinux/state
[6] update lib32-spirv-llvm-translator to 22.1.5-1 in multilib-x86_64 archlinux/state
[7] update spirv-llvm-translator to 22.1.5-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[8] update mise to 2026.8.0-1 in extra-testing-x86_64 archlinux/state
[9] update python-cachetools to 7.1.7-1 in extra-any archlinux/state
[10] Remove unused lint exception archlinux/buildbtw

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on August 2, 2026?: AArch64 ISOs just got leaner without touching x86_64, and buildbtw's graph calculation now shows real-time pending status. In total, 55 commits landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 2, 2026?: 6 developers shipped this update, including nl6720, Sven-Hendrik Haase, Rafael Epplée, DeepChirp, Jan Steffens, and Felix Yan.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?: configs/releng/profiledef.sh: add arm64 to mksquashfs -Xbcj option, Merge branch 'mark-iterations-with-pending-graph-calculation-in-bbtw-show' into 'main', and Mark iterations with pending graph calculation in `bbtw show`.

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