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State changes and tooling shifts dominate Arch Linux

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codefiles George Rawlinson Sven-Hendrik Haase Jan Steffens Kpcyrd Rafael Epplée
6 people shipped this
codefiles @codefiles 4 cited George Rawlinson @grawlinson 2 cited Sven-Hendrik Haase @svenstaro 2 cited Jan Steffens @heftig 1 cited Kpcyrd @kpcyrd 1 cited Rafael Epplée @raffomania 1 cited

Arch Linux package state updates remove gst-thumbnailers and talhelper, while archinstall reverts an archiso workflow fix and buildbtw adds a buildspaces listing endpoint.

Manual package state changes removed gst-thumbnailers from gnome-unstable-x86_64 and talhelper from extra-x86_64, affecting users of those packages on those architectures [1][2]. Updates include zigbee2mqtt to 2.14.0-1 in extra-x86_64, mvt to 2026.9.1-1 in extra-any, and openai-codex to 0.152.1-1 in extra-x86_64, bringing feature and security changes to each [3][4][5]. archinstall reverted a prior archiso workflow fix; the revert notes "The archiso merge request has a link that shows the package was dropped," meaning that change is no longer applied [6][7]. archinstall also enabled the Ruff rule for zip calls to require an explicit strict parameter, tightening lint checks in CI and locally [8][9]. In buildbtw, a new route endpoint for listing buildspaces was merged, providing an API to enumerate build spaces [10][11][12]; concurrent cleanup and consistency changes replaced ok_or_else(eyre!()) calls with ok_or_eyre(), and dependencies were bumped [13][14].

Action items

References

  1. [1] remove gst-thumbnailers from gnome-unstable-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  2. [2] remove talhelper from extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  3. [3] update zigbee2mqtt to 2.14.0-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  4. [4] update mvt to 2026.9.1-1 in extra-any ↗ archlinux/state
  5. [5] update openai-codex to 0.152.1-1 in extra-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
  6. [6] Revert "Fix archiso workflow (#4748)" (#4751) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  7. [7] Revert "Fix archiso workflow (#4748)" ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  8. [8] Enable Ruff zip-without-explicit-strict rule ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  9. [9] Enable Ruff zip-without-explicit-strict rule (#4744) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  10. [10] One more consistency fix to ok_or_eyre ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  11. [11] Merge branch 'add-route-endpoint-for-listing-buildspaces' into 'main' ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  12. [12] Add route endpoint for listing buildspaces ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  13. [13] Switch usages of ok_or_else(eyre!()) to ok_or_eyre() ↗ archlinux/buildbtw
  14. [14] Merge branch 'bump-deps' into 'main' ↗ archlinux/buildbtw

$ ls archlinux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Arch kernel 7.2.3 ships with userns sysctl the month in review August's Arch: AUR hardening, kernel churn, and steady package flow
Topics: Infrastructure Full archive →

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on September 2, 2026?
Arch Linux package state updates remove gst-thumbnailers and talhelper, while archinstall reverts an archiso workflow fix and buildbtw adds a buildspaces listing endpoint. In total, 59 commits and 2 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on September 2, 2026?
6 developers shipped this update, including Jan Steffens, George Rawlinson, Kpcyrd, codefiles, Sven-Hendrik Haase, and Rafael Epplée.
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
remove gst-thumbnailers from gnome-unstable-x86_64, remove talhelper from extra-x86_64, and update zigbee2mqtt to 2.14.0-1 in extra-x86_64.
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AUR push to deleted packages no longer grants maintainership 51 shipped pkgconf moves to core, asusctl and rule sets leave testing 53 shipped Yanked wnaf crate forces signstar dependency bump 51 shipped Arch kernel v7.2.3-arch1 ships with new userns sysctl 53 shipped

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