v2.8.6

What's Changed

• Fix 2625 - server profile selection by @svartkanin in #2647
• Improved speedtest error handling by @suica-me in #2650
• Fixed more linting errors in by @correctmost in #2641, #2651, #2652, #2653

New Contributors

• @suica-me made their first contribution in #2650

Full Changelog: v2.8.5...v2.8.6

v2.8.5

What's Changed

• Fix mypy errors by @correctmost in #2636, #2638, #2639, #2640
• Fix speedtest CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED by @Torxed in #2644

Full Changelog: v2.8.4...v2.8.5

v2.8.4

What's Changed

• Added error handling for mirrors that time out mid-read during speedtest by @Torxed in #2632
• Do not overwrite the contents of mkinitcpio.conf by @ventureoo in #2532

New Contributors

• @ventureoo made their first contribution in #2532

Full Changelog: v2.8.3...v2.8.4

v2.8.3

What's Changed

• Added cosmic desktop profile behind --advanced by @killertofus and @Torxed in #2615 and #2619
• Tweaked the packages from suggestions in #2587 for Cinammon by @arlsdk in #2612
• Refactor create_btrfs_volumes() by @codefiles in #2621
• Add Catalan translation by @Odyssey in #2623
• Fix load_devices() lsblk by @codefiles in #2565

New Contributors

• @killertofus made their first contribution in #2615
• @Odyssey made their first contribution in #2623

Full Changelog: v2.8.2...v2.8.3

v2.8.2

A minor release, mainly to address the Limine config changes as well as optimize the mirror listing (now using /mirrors/status/json/ instead of /mirrorlist/ to speed up mirror loading and download during installation.

What's Changed

• Update user permission check for --help by @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal in #2568
• Curses menu - Continued by @svartkanin in #2569
• Run oxipng/svgo against the images to save 40KB by @C0rn3j in #2420
• Reposition os.execve call to enable debug logging before child process termination by @ddx2tb in #2593
• Fix mount order by @codefiles in #2595
• Fix call to removed function in DesktopProfile class by @ddx2tb in #2596
• fix(lib/installer.py) Patch mkinitcpio.conf encrypt position by @ScriptSathi in #2601
• Use /mirrors/status/json/ instead of /mirrorlist/ to get mirror lists by @Torxed in #2599
• Updates for new Limine 8.x config filename and syntax by @mintsuki in #2606
• Refactor Argument Parsing Logic by @ddx2tb in #2605

New Contributors

• @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal made their first contribution in #2568
• @GandalfBaum12371723613 made their first contribution in #2571
• @f35f0ef9d0e827dae86552d3899f78fc made their first contribution in #2583
• @ddx2tb made their first contribution in #2592
• @ScriptSathi made their first contribution in #2601
• @mintsuki made their first contribution in #2606

Full Changelog: v2.8.1...v2.8.2

v2.8.1

What's Changed

• (Experimental) LVM support by @svartkanin in #2104
• Locale generator fixes by @C0rn3j in #2422
• Fix null fs_type of partition (#2458) by @hxzhao527 in #2459
• Fix #2445 - Handle missing free spaces and deleted partitions by @svartkanin in #2448
• Finnish translation added by @mahtiankka in #2466
• Rename "Kde" profile to the correct "KDE Plasma" / "Plasma" by @C0rn3j in #2421
• Fix #2191 - Handle unknown device/partition type by @svartkanin in #2470
• Added a few more applications to Hyprland desktop profile by @udqy in #2481
• change default root partition size by @kevin-ferrier in #2415
• Fix #2479 - remove unnecessary partiton info field by @svartkanin in #2485
• Using VCS as pyparted version lock by @Torxed in #2494
• Set root partition type GUID by @codefiles in #2505
• Fix #2496 - umounting all partitions by @svartkanin in #2498
• Use the current keyboard layout instead of the us layout by @ngn13 in #2495
• Refactor suggest_single_disk_layout() by @codefiles in #2508
• Refactor format() by @codefiles in #2512
• Convert partition path string to a Path object by @codefiles in #2514
• Refactor umount() by @codefiles in #2516
• Update mkinitcpio.conf hooks for upstream consistency by @AlexpFr in #2515
• Skip devices that fail to get pyparted Disk by @codefiles in #2526
• Prep-work added for a new menu implementation using curses by @svartkanin in #2506
• Adding better mypy coverage, and preparing for stricter checks by @svartkanin in #2533

New Contributors

• @C0rn3j made their first contribution in #2422
• @hxzhao527 made their first contribution in #2459
• @mahtiankka made their first contribution in #2466
• @correctmost made their first contribution in #2472
• @celikj made their first contribution in #2468
• @udqy made their first contribution in #2481
• @simonfogliato made their first contribution in #2493
• @kevin-ferrier made their first contribution in #2415
• @arlsdk made their first contribution in #2502
• @ngn13 made their first contribution in #2495
• @AbderrazakBouasker made their first contribution in #2518
• @digital-raven made their first contribution in #2439
• @AlexpFr made their first contribution in #2515
• @616C6C made their first contribution in #2528

Full Changelog: v2.8.0...v2.8.1

v2.8.0

Bug fixes

• Fix partition table commit by @codefiles in #2294
• Fix enabling of testing repositories by @codefiles in #2340
• Fix 2337 (and similar) - Ignore existing partitions by @svartkanin in #2342
• Fix 2307 - Custom mirrors by @svartkanin in #2350
• Fix 2215 - Display installed packages for all profile submenus by @svartkanin in #2355
• Update link on how to resize booted ISO root partition by @fortifiedhill in #2385
• Update microcode handling by @fortifiedhill in #2384
• Fix home partition start and length by @codefiles in #2391
• Set keyboard layout in minimal installation by @codefiles in #2399
• Fix fstab line endings by @codefiles in #2400
• Increase ESP size to 1 GiB by @codefiles in #2401
• Fix Btrfs mount options by @codefiles in #2404
• Fix GRUB boot directory by @codefiles in #2408
• Add udev sync before lsblk that follows formatting by @codefiles in #2412
• Switch from weekly official to daily official image by @vojkovic in #2453

Minor changes

• Fix misspellings by @rffontenelle in #2306
• Improve the README by @aidanthewiz in #2174

Language updates

• Update greek base.po, add translations, fix typos by @chrislongros in #2284
• Update Brazilian Portuguese translation by @rffontenelle in #2287
• Update translation of tr by @wiseweb-works in #2299
• Update Polish translation by @dominikstas in #2311
• Add Hungarian translation files by @summoner001 in #2313
• Added Hebrew translation. by @yarons in #2348
• Update Hindi translation by @ATamblingPoder in #2357
• Czech localization update by @walken11 in #2366
• Update Japanese translation by @utuhiro78 in #2291
• French language update by @Chaman-veteran in #2295
• Update Italian translation by @giovanni69 in #2414
• Update Russian translation by @Alexmelman88 in #2409
• l10n/po: update Tamil translation by @kbdharun in #2392
• Update Japanese translation by @utuhiro78 in #2410
• Update base.pot and Spanish translation by @castillofrancodamian in #2389
• Rename Hungarian translation files by @codefiles in #2398

New Contributors

• @chrislongros made their first contribution in #2284
• @dominikstas made their first contribution in #2311
• @summoner001 made their first contribution in #2313
• @yarons made their first contribution in #2348
• @Chaman-veteran made their first contribution in #2295
• @aidanthewiz made their first contribution in #2174
• @fortifiedhill made their first contribution in #2385
• @vojkovic made their first contribution in #2453
• @giovanni69 made their first contribution in #2414

Full Changelog: v2.7.2...v2.8.0

v2.7.2

What's Changed

• Added --skip-ntp to docs by @Torxed in #2273
• Fix UKI default value by @codefiles in #2278
• Minor fixes for UKI by @codefiles in #2279
• Restrict UKI to supported options by @codefiles in #2280
• Add Lithuanian translation by @FlorijanDem in #2274
• #2275 update it locale by @acuccovi in #2276
• plasma-workspace replaces plasma-wayland-session by @dylanmtaylor in #2386

New Contributors

• @FlorijanDem made their first contribution in #2274
• @acuccovi made their first contribution in #2276

Full Changelog: v2.7.1...v2.7.2

v2.7.1

Bug fixes

• Fixes remaining nvidia issues from v2.7.0 (#2262) and GFX rewrite by @svartkanin in #2266 & #2259
• Add missing dependencies in pyproject.toml to fix pip dependencies missing by @alan-barzilay in #2257

New features

• Add Japanese translation by @utuhiro78 in #2265

Minor changes

• Translation updates
• Docs build rules by @ComicShrimp in #2269

New Contributors

• @alan-barzilay made their first contribution in #2257
• @utuhiro78 made their first contribution in #2265

Full Changelog: v2.7.0...v2.7.1

v2.7.0

Bug fixes

• Fix missing info for pre-mounted disk configuration by @codefiles in #2143
• Fix ArchInstall ISO build by @dylanmtaylor in #2142
• Simplify SysCommand decoding by @svartkanin in #2121
• Fix keyboard layout and timezone menus by @codefiles in #2153
• Add handling of signal interrupt and EOF at input prompts by @codefiles in #2154
• Fix install text initialization by @codefiles in #2162
• Fix MOUNT_POINT for pre-mounted disk configuration by @codefiles in #2168
• Refactor _add_systemd_bootloader() newlines by @codefiles in #2173
• Fix reset in locales menu by @codefiles in #2178
• Fix EFISTUB cmdline by @codefiles in #2181
• Fix password preview by @codefiles in #2190
• Fix logic error in _fetch_lsblk_info() loop by @codefiles in #2196
• Fix logic error in encrypt() loop by @codefiles in #2207
• Fix parsing pre-mounted disk configuration from configuration file by @codefiles in #2221
• Remove select_language() duplicate of select_kb_layout() by @codefiles in #2151
• Remove superfluous use of partprobe by @codefiles in #2212
• Fix GPT end alignment by @codefiles in #2210
• Fix Limine bootloader deployment by @48cf in #2216
• Added nvidia-dkms when installing propri driver to by @Torxed in #2241
• Added a --skip-ntp parameter to deal with #2144 by @Torxed in #2225 & #2250

New features

• Version check to see if there's a newer version when executing archinstall and improved user error info by @svartkanin in #2169
• Add support for unified kernel image by @codefiles in #1519
• Add first Hindi language support by @ATamblingPoder in #2134
• Extend the mypy checks by @svartkanin in #2120
• Re-wrote the docs by @Torxed in #1967 & #2242

Minor Changes

• Language updates

New Contributors

• @ATamblingPoder made their first contribution in #2134
• @clsty made their first contribution in #2165
• @48cf made their first contribution in #2216

Full Changelog: v2.6.3...v2.7.0