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Synapse 1.161.0 lands in infrastructure, anki promoted to extra

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A quiet Arch day: the Arch Matrix homeserver moves to Synapse 1.161.0, anki graduates out of extra-testing, and buildbtw keeps filling in its buildspace tooling.

matrix: Update synapse to 1.161.0 archlinux/infrastructure

by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)

Arch's own Matrix homeserver now runs Synapse 1.161.0, per maintainer heftig's update to the infrastructure repo. Anyone deploying Matrix services against Arch's infrastructure should check whether their client or bridge pins assume the previous server version.

move anki from extra-testing-x86_64 to extra-x86_64 archlinux/state

by George Hu

anki has moved from extra-testing-x86_64 into extra-x86_64, clearing the staging gate. Extra-testing users on x86_64 get anki from the normal repository after the next sync; nothing to migrate, just re-check your mirror and pacman database.

Merge branch 'implement-bbtw-list' into 'main' archlinux/buildbtw

by Sven-Hendrik Haase

buildbtw's "bbtw list" implementation merged into main, closing issue #210. A companion commit adds a search param to the buildspace list route, so listing and filtering buildspaces is now a first-class CLI path.

Notify iteration creator when new buildspace is created archlinux/buildbtw

by Rafael Epplée

The iteration creator now gets notified when a new buildspace is created, merged via the notify-iteration-creator-when-new-buildspace-is-created branch. A new test factory for creating build graphs landed alongside it to make that flow testable.

update musescore to 4.7.5-1 in extra-testing-x86_64 archlinux/state

by DeepChirp

The long tail stayed routine: musescore 4.7.5-1 and iniparser 4.3.0-1 went into extra-testing-x86_64, python-debugpy 1.8.22-1 and libfreehand 0.1.4-1 into extra-x86_64, all straight version bumps with no packaging notes attached.

Quick answers

What shipped in Arch Linux on September 16, 2026?
A quiet Arch day: the Arch Matrix homeserver moves to Synapse 1.161.0, anki graduates out of extra-testing, and buildbtw keeps filling in its buildspace tooling. In total, 70 commits landed.
Who contributed to Arch Linux on September 16, 2026?
7 developers shipped this update, including Antonio Rojas, Christian Hesse, Andreas Radke, DeepChirp, George Hu, Rafael Epplée, and Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig).
What were the notable Arch Linux updates?
matrix: Update synapse to 1.161.0, move anki from extra-testing-x86_64 to extra-x86_64, and Merge branch 'implement-bbtw-list' into 'main'.