[arch-general] update issue: veracrypt: removing wxgtk breaks dependency 'wxgtk>=3.0'

All, There was a slight hitch in the system update tonight with the requirement of: Replace wxgtk with extra/wxgtk2? choosing 'Y' results in unmet dependencies for veracrypt, e.g. :: Replace wxgtk with extra/wxgtk2? [Y/n] resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: fa

[arch-general] Unable to start gnome-terminal from KDE session

Hello arch-general! I have a laptop running the latest KDE / Plasma, but I use gnome-terminal as my terminal app. Recently I noticed that when I launch gnome-terminal from the KDE start menu, it takes an incredibly long time to launch (maybe 20+ seconds) and when it does launch, I just get a flas

[arch-general] Replace python-magic from darwinsys with ahupp implementation

Hi all! Current in pacman we have python-magic from http://darwinsys.com/file/ with an unknown custom license. We have other implementation with MIT license made by ahupp [1]. The second one is available in pypi and is more advanced that the first one. I have been checking the code of dependencie

Re: [arch-general] libevent outdated for 5 month

Usual reason: life happens, we do everything in our free time, etc. It's not my package, but I will look into bumping it tomorrow. Good to hear it, thanks.