## Staff
### Project Leader Election
Recently, we held our [Arch Linux Project Leader][0] election, and the
current Project Leader, Levente "anthraxx" Polyák, was the sole nominee.
As per our election rules, he has been re-elected for another term.
Congratulations to Levente, and we wish him
## Staff
We would like to welcome [Quentin Michaud][0] as part of the Arch Linux
Package Maintainer team.
## RFC
A previously proposed [Distribution Developer Manual RFC][1] has been
accepted with the intention to document how to run the distribution
while leveraging GitLab's collaboration
## Pacman
[Pacman v7.0.0][0] has been released as a major feature version. A new
`DownloadUser` configuration option allows for dropping privileges when
downloading files to a temporary directory. On top of this security
measure, the new Landlock sandbox also prevents writing outside the
rest
## archinstall
The [archinstall v2.8.1][0] update has been released, featuring several
bug fixes and improvements to partitioning and desktop profiles, along
with the introduction of experimental LVM support and the addition of
Finnish translation.
## ArchWeb
[ArchWeb 2024-06-12][1] has bee
## Staff
We would like to welcome [Bert Peters][0] (bertptrs) as well as
[Giovanni Harting][1] (anonfunc) as part of the Arch Linux Package
Maintainer team.
## RFC
An [RFC has been accepted][2] to introduce "Arch Linux Ports" as testbed
for unofficial architectures until they are integrated
## Staff
We would like to welcome [Carl Smedstad][0] as part of the Arch Linux
Package Maintainer team.
Furthermore, we would like to welcome svartkanin as Support Staff for
the archinstall project, assisting with issue tracking and handling of
merge requests.
### Project Leader Election
## Staff
We would like to welcome Vincent Dahmen (wahrwolf) as Arch Linux Support
Staff with their new role as Mirror Admin.
On top we would like to welcome [andreymal and codingkoopa][0] to their
new role as ArchWiki Maintainers.
Additionally, we would like to congratulate Christian Heusel
