There are rumors, that we are splitting from ArchLinux.


Yep - We do.


Our new core is based on stable Debian-PKGs.
Jan Mette and Dario Freddi are hacking a new package-management system to get all what we need out of Debian-PKGs.


Our build-system supports Debian since a while, as you can read in our source-code:


#

# detect host

#

if [ -e "/etc/arch-release" ] ; then

echo ":: running on arch linux"

elif [ -e "/etc/debian_version" ] ; then

DEB_VER=`cat /etc/debian_version`

echo ":: running on debian $DEB_VER"

else

echo ":: running on a unsupported linux distro"

fi


#

# setup & check pacman

#

if [ -e "/usr/bin/pacman.static" ] ; then

PACMAN_BIN="pacman.static"

echo ":: using pacman.static"

elif [ -e "/usr/bin/pacman" ] ; then

PACMAN_BIN="pacman"

echo ":: using pacman"

else

echo ":: you need pacman on your host system."

echo ""

exit 0

fi


A testbuild of our Chakra-LiveCDs you can expect by the end of April.


The Switch will be done with KDEmod 4.5 release. From there on we won't support ArchLInux anymore. So farwell Archers ...