From announce at archlinux.org  Thu Apr  2 13:03:26 2009
From: announce at archlinux.org (Recent News Updates)
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:03:26 -0000
Subject: [arch-announce] i686 support not being dropped
Message-ID: <20090402170326.B6EB92A0F3@gerolde.archlinux.org>

Hi, Arch Linux users, we are pleased to inform you that the i686 architecture is not going to be dropped from Arch Linux. It all was part of an April Fools joke, in which all the developers and the forum moderators played a big part. Interestingly, this joke actually did some good. Some of our users discovered that they were, in fact, running 64-bit processors, and many of them switched to the Arch Linux 64-bit version. We encourage anyone who already switched to keep using the 64-bit version, to continue contributing to the architecture and encourage support from other major software vendors. A prime example of a vendor giving in to the demands of the 64-bit community is Adobe. They've recently added 64-bit Linux support to the flash plug-in, for which we thank them. Sorry for any inconvenience this joke may have caused, but how can we resist a prank on the 1st of April?

URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/441/

From gnu2 at internode.on.net  Thu Apr  2 18:53:52 2009
From: gnu2 at internode.on.net (gnu2)
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:53:52 +1000
Subject: [arch-announce] i686 support not being dropped
In-Reply-To: <20090402170326.B6EB92A0F3@gerolde.archlinux.org>
References: <20090402170326.B6EB92A0F3@gerolde.archlinux.org>
Message-ID: <1238712832.2908.26.camel@localhost.localdomain>


On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 17:03 +0000, Recent News Updates wrote:
> Hi, Arch Linux users, we are pleased to inform you that the i686 architecture is not going to be dropped from Arch Linux. It all was part of an April Fools joke, in which all the developers and the forum moderators played a big part. Interestingly, this joke actually did some good. Some of our users discovered that they were, in fact, running 64-bit processors, and many of them switched to the Arch Linux 64-bit version. We encourage anyone who already switched to keep using the 64-bit version, to continue contributing to the architecture and encourage support from other major software vendors. A prime example of a vendor giving in to the demands of the 64-bit community is Adobe. They've recently added 64-bit Linux support to the flash plug-in, for which we thank them. Sorry for any inconvenience this joke may have caused, but how can we resist a prank on the 1st of April?
> 
> URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/441/
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Hi Guys,
First post to this group after 2 years of Arch being my primary distro.
It's the best, thanks to you.
I  had my doubts about i686 being dropped after almost being fooled by
last years German language hoax. Brilliant guys-I'm glad that you've all
got such a great sense of humour behind that superior technical
knowledge which mainly goes over my head. Keep it up.
Having plenty of spare time on my hands at age 72 yrs I installed Arch
64 ftp yesterday and got everything working beautifully. I then got gftp
to work and copied over all my files including bookmarks and emails from
the 32 bit 2 year old Arch machine which is now a "backup".
Regards
gnu2
downunder



From announce at archlinux.org  Fri Apr  3 11:02:55 2009
From: announce at archlinux.org (Recent News Updates)
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:02:55 -0000
Subject: [arch-announce] Newsletter for April, 2009
Message-ID: <20090403150255.A93212A0FF@gerolde.archlinux.org>

The Arch Linux Newsletter team is proud to announce the <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/newsletter-2009-apr.html">Newsletter for April 2009</a>. To discuss this newsletter, <a href="http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69007">click here</a>. To read past issues of the Arch Linux Newsletter, <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/static/newsletters/">here they are</a>.

URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/442/

From announce at archlinux.org  Sat Apr 11 11:03:13 2009
From: announce at archlinux.org (Recent News Updates)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:03:13 -0000
Subject: [arch-announce] Xorg-server 1.6.0 moves to extra
Message-ID: <20090411150313.8FE972A561@gerolde.archlinux.org>

Xorg-server 1.6.0 and its related drivers will make their move to extra. This new release features input device properties, DRI2 and kernel modesetting (KMS). Note that DRI2 and KMS are only implemented by the Intel driver at this moment. This release also comes with a new driver: xf86-video-intel-legacy. This driver is an old intel driver version, patched to support recent xorg-server versions. This driver should be used by people having problems with the newer xf86-video-intel driver. People still using xorg-server 1.4.2 are advised to upgrade and replace intel or i810 drivers with the legacy driver.

URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/443/

From announce at archlinux.org  Sat Apr 18 07:02:34 2009
From: announce at archlinux.org (Recent News Updates)
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:02:34 -0000
Subject: [arch-announce] Dovecot 1.1.14 upgrade requires user intervention
Message-ID: <20090418110234.D927E2A0F1@gerolde.archlinux.org>

Due to a limitation in pacman's conflict checking when a directory is replaced by a file with the same name, the upgrade to dovecot-1.1.14-1 requires manual interaction. It's safe to update using "pacman -Sf dovecot" to avoid two file conflicts. Please also have a look at the changed file layout and changes in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-example.conf.

URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/444/