Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 22, 2026?

6 developers shipped this update, including Caleb Maclennan, Tobias Powalowski, DeepChirp, Felix Yan, Robin Candau, and Rafael Epplée.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

Merge branch 'create-pacman-repos-for-correct-architectures' into 'main', Remove architectures we dont build for yet, and Create pacman repos for correct architectures.

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ARCH LINUX BUILDER CUTS UNSERVED ARCHITECTURES

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on August 22, 2026 · About Arch Linux

6 people shipped this

Rafael Epplée @raffomania 4 cited

Robin Candau @Antiz96 3 cited

Caleb Maclennan @alerque 1 cited

Tobias Powalowski @tpowa 1 cited

DeepChirp @DeepChirp

Felix Yan @felixonmars

Buildbtw dropped all non-x86_64 targets, and a fresh Junior Package Maintainer joined the team.

Buildbtw now refuses to configure pacman repos for architectures it can't actually build, trimming the support matrix down to x86_64 only [1]. The change lands via a merge that removes architectures we don't build for yet [2], paired with a fix that creates the empty pacman repo dbs only after build graphs are calculated [3]. The team also cleaned up naming and plumbing, renaming KnownArchitecture to BuildArchitecture [4] and passing the build architecture into pkgctl build [5]. Meanwhile, the infrastructure desk onboarded Josie as a Junior Package Maintainer [6], with the merge noted as the onboarding step [7]. Away from the builder, Caleb Maclennan bumped Luau to 1:0.735-1 [8] and Tobias Powalowski moved kmscon to 10.0.2-1 [9]. The only lint fix worth noting is the Ansible cleanup in anubis, which addresses a yaml[empty-lines] warning [10].

Action items

→ Review buildbtw changes if you rely on non-x86_64 builds archlinux/buildbtw [immediate]
→ Test anubis configuration after lint merge archlinux/infrastructure [plan]
→ Update luau to 1:0.735-1 in your environment archlinux/state [monitor]

References

[1] Merge branch 'create-pacman-repos-for-correct-architectures' into 'main' archlinux/buildbtw
[2] Remove architectures we dont build for yet archlinux/buildbtw
[3] Create pacman repos for correct architectures archlinux/buildbtw
[4] Rename KnownArchitecture to BuildArchitecture archlinux/buildbtw
[5] Pass build architecture to pkgctl build archlinux/buildbtw
[6] Onboard Josie as a Junior Package Maintainer archlinux/infrastructure
[7] Merge branch 'onboard_josie' archlinux/infrastructure
[8] update luau to 1:0.735-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[9] update kmscon to 10.0.2-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[10] anubis: lint archlinux/infrastructure

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on August 22, 2026?: Buildbtw dropped all non-x86_64 targets, and a fresh Junior Package Maintainer joined the team. In total, 60 commits landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 22, 2026?: 6 developers shipped this update, including Caleb Maclennan, Tobias Powalowski, DeepChirp, Felix Yan, Robin Candau, and Rafael Epplée.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?: Merge branch 'create-pacman-repos-for-correct-architectures' into 'main', Remove architectures we dont build for yet, and Create pacman repos for correct architectures.

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