Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 25, 2026?

3 developers shipped this update, including Frederik Schwan, Peter Jung, and codefiles.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

update wine-staging to 11.16-1 in extra-x86_64, update proton-vpn-gtk-app to 4.18.0-1 in extra-testing-any, and update openai-codex to 0.149.1-1 in extra-x86_64.

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WINE Staging 11.16 and Arch's quiet night of package pushes

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on August 25, 2026 · About Arch Linux

3 people shipped this

Peter Jung @ptr1337 3 cited

Frederik Schwan @freswa 1 cited

codefiles @codefiles 1 cited

Arch Linux's package pipeline churned through 51 commits overnight, but the real story is a trio of updates that matter for desktop users and devs alike.

Wine Staging jumped to 11.16-1 in extra-x86_64 [1], a release that continues to track upstream's aggressive cadence and should keep Windows gamers and app compatibility in lockstep. Alongside it, the Proton VPN GTK app moved to 4.18.0-1 in extra-testing-any [2], so if you're on the testing repo, that's the one to watch for VPN stability. On the dev tooling front, openai-codex hit 0.149.1-1 [3] for those playing with AI-assisted coding, and avr-libc landed 2.3.2-3 [4] for embedded folks. The quiet but notable shift is inside archinstall: the team enabled Ruff's flake8-comprehensions rule set [5], fixing a batch of unnecessary comprehensions and generators in the installer's Python code. As the PR notes, it's about enforcing cleaner idioms. With only one PR merged across two repos, this is a low-churn night, but these package refreshes keep the rolling release sharp.

Action items

→ Update wine-staging to 11.16-1 if you rely on Windows applications archlinux/state [plan]
→ Test proton-vpn-gtk-app 4.18.0-1 if you're on extra-testing archlinux/state [monitor]
→ Review archinstall PR #4728 for the flake8-comprehensions cleanup archlinux/archinstall [plan]

References

[1] update wine-staging to 11.16-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[2] update proton-vpn-gtk-app to 4.18.0-1 in extra-testing-any archlinux/state
[3] update openai-codex to 0.149.1-1 in extra-x86_64 archlinux/state
[4] update avr-libc to 2.3.2-3 in extra-any archlinux/state
[5] Enable Ruff flake8-comprehensions (#4728) archlinux/archinstall

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on August 25, 2026?: Arch Linux's package pipeline churned through 51 commits overnight, but the real story is a trio of updates that matter for desktop users and devs alike. In total, 51 commits and 1 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 25, 2026?: 3 developers shipped this update, including Frederik Schwan, Peter Jung, and codefiles.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?: update wine-staging to 11.16-1 in extra-x86_64, update proton-vpn-gtk-app to 4.18.0-1 in extra-testing-any, and update openai-codex to 0.149.1-1 in extra-x86_64.