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2024-04-15T06:56:46Z	**Arch Linux 2024 Leader Election Results**
Recently we held our leader election, and the previous Project Leader Levente "anthraxx" Polyák ran again while no other people were nominated for the role.

As per [our election rules](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:Project_Leader#Election) he is re-elected for a new term.

The role of of the project lead within Arch Linux is connected to [a few\
responsibilities](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DeveloperWiki:Project_Leader#Roles) regarding de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/arch-linux-2024-leader-election-results/)
2024-04-07T18:12:44Z	**Increasing the default vm.max_map_count value**
The [vm.max\_map\_count](https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.html#max-map-count) parameter will be increased from the default `65530` value to `1048576`.

This change should help address performance, crash or start-up issues for a number of memory intensive applications, particularly for (but not limited to) [some Windows games](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2057792/comments/5) played through Wine/Steam Proton. Overal ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/increasing-the-default-vmmax_map_count-value/)
2024-03-29T18:55:55Z	**The xz package has been backdoored**
**Update:** To our knowledge the malicious code which was distributed via
the release tarball never made it into the Arch Linux provided binaries,
as the build script was configured to only inject the bad code in
Debian/Fedora based package build environments. The news item below can
therefore mostly be ignored.

We are closely monitoring the situation and will update the package and
news as neccesary.

* * *

TL;DR: Upgrade your systems and container images **now**!

As ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/the-xz-package-has-been-backdoored/)
2024-03-04T17:14:12Z	**mkinitcpio hook migration and early microcode**
With the release of [mkinitcpio v38](https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/arch-projects@lists.archlinux.org/thread/PZHWLVJLN5EPW6EVK2HEKVBDBNZWHREN/), several hooks previously provided by Arch packages have been
moved to the mkinitcpio upstream project. The hooks are: systemd, udev, encrypt,
sd-encrypt, lvm2 and mdadm\_udev.

To ensure no breakage of users' setup occurs, temporary
conflicts have been introduced into the respective packages to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/mkinitcpio-hook-migration-and-early-microcode/)
2024-01-09T16:59:30Z	**Making dbus-broker our default D-Bus daemon**
We are making `dbus-broker` our default implementation of D-Bus, for
improved performance, reliability and integration with systemd.

For the foreseeable future we will still support the use of `dbus-daemon`,
the previous implementation. Pacman will ask you whether to install
`dbus-broker-units` or `dbus-daemon-units`. We recommend picking the
default.

For a more detailed rationale, please see our [RFC 25](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/making-dbus-broker-our-default-d-bus-daemon/)
2023-12-03T23:01:42Z	**Bugtracker migration to GitLab completed**
We are happy to announce that the [migration of the bugtracker to GitLab](https://lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/WYXDTJ3TR2DWRQCDZK44BQDH67IDVGTS/) is done! 🥳

Thanks to everyone who has helped during the migration!

This means the issue tracker and merge requests on the GitLab package repos are now enabled.

The old bugtracker will subsequently be closed down. For archiving reasons there will be a static copy s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/bugtracker-migration-to-gitlab-completed/)
2023-11-02T10:51:53Z	**Incoming changes in JDK / JRE 21 packages may require manual intervention**
We are introducing a change in JDK/JRE packages of our distro. This is
triggered from the way a JRE is build in modern versions of Java (>9). We are
introducing this change in Java 21.

To sum it up instead of having JDK and JRE packages coexist in the same system
we will be making them conflict. The JDK variant package includes the runtime
environment to execute Java applications so if one needs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/incoming-changes-in-jdk-jre-21-packages-may-require-manual-intervention/)
2023-09-22T20:26:30Z	**Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings**
With _shadow_ >= `4.14.0`, Arch Linux's default password hashing algorithm changed from **SHA512** to [**yescrypt**](https://www.openwall.com/yescrypt/).

Furthermore, the [`umask`](https://man.archlinux.org/man/umask.1p) settings are now configured in `/etc/login.defs` instead of `/etc/profile`.

This should not require any manual intervention.

## Reasons for Yescrypt

The password-based key derivation functio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/changes-to-default-password-hashing-algorithm-and-umask-settings/)
2023-08-19T10:41:34Z	**ansible-core >= 2.15.3-1 update may require manual intervention**
As of `ansible-core 2.15.3`, upstream moved documentation and examples to a separate [dedicated repository](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation) (see the [related changelogs](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.15.3/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst#minor-changes)).

This means that, starting from version `2.15.3` the `ansible-core` package will stop shipping documentation and a default configuration e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/ansible-core-2153-1-update-may-require-manual-intervention/)
2023-08-11T14:55:16Z	**budgie-desktop >= 10.7.2-6 update requires manual intervention**
When upgrading from budgie-desktop 10.7.2-5 to 10.7.2-6, the package mutter43 must be replaced with magpie-wm, which currently depends on mutter. As mutter43 conflicts with mutter, manual intervention is required to complete the upgrade.

First remove mutter43, then immediately perform the upgrade. Do not relog or
reboot between these steps.

`pacman -Rdd mutter43`

`pacman -Syu` ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/budgie-desktop-1072-6-update-requires-manual-intervention/)
2024-07-01T16:40:26Z	**The sshd service needs to be restarted after upgrading to openssh-9.8p1**
After upgrading to `openssh-9.8p1`, the existing SSH daemon will be unable to accept new connections (see [https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/openssh/-/issues/5](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/openssh/-/issues/5)).

When upgrading remote hosts, please make sure to restart the sshd service
using `systemctl try-restart sshd` right after upgrading.

We  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/the-sshd-service-needs-to-be-restarted-after-upgrading-to-openssh-98p1/)
2024-09-14T11:40:54Z	**Manual intervention for pacman 7.0.0 and local repositories required**
With the release of [version 7.0.0](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/blob/master/NEWS?ref_type=heads) pacman has added support for
downloading packages as a separate user with dropped privileges.

For users with local repos however this might imply that the download
user does not have access to the files in question, which can be fixed
by assigning the files and folder to the `alpm` group and e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://archlinux.org/news/manual-intervention-for-pacman-700-and-local-repositories-required/)