diff --git a/packaging/arch/Makefile.conf.template b/packaging/arch/Makefile.conf.template
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+#aaa_radius= Radius implementation for the AAA API from the core | Radius client development library, tipically radiusclient-ng 0.5.0 or higher
+#b2b_logic= Logic engine of B2BUA, responsible of actually implementing the B2BUA services | xml parsing development library, typically libxml2-dev
+#cachedb_cassandra= Implementation of a cache system designed to work with Cassandra servers | thrift 0.6.1
+#cachedb_couchbase= Implementation of a cache system designed to work with CouchBase servers | libcouchbase >= 2.0
+#cachedb_memcached= Implementation of a cache system designed to work with a memcached server. | Memcached client library, tipically libmemcached
+#cachedb_mongodb= Implementation of a cache system designed to work with a MongoDB server. | libjson and the mongo-c-driver
+#cachedb_redis= Implementation of a cache system designed to work with Redis servers | Redis client library, hiredis
+#carrierroute= Provides routing, balancing and blacklisting capabilities. | libconfuse, a configuration file parser library
+#cgrates= Provides integration with the CGRateS billing/rating engine. | JSON library, libjson
+#compression= Implements SIP message compression/decompression and base64 encoding | zlib dev library, tipically zlib1g-dev
+#cpl_c= Implements a CPL (Call Processing Language) interpreter | library for parsing XML files, tipically libxml2 and libxml2-devel
+#db_berkeley= Integrates the Berkeley DB into OpenSIPS | Berkeley embedded database
+#db_http= Provides access to a database that is implemented as a HTTP server. | CURL library - libcurl
+#db_mysql= Provides MySQL connectivity for OpenSIPS | development libraries of mysql-client , tipically libmysqlclient-dev
+#db_oracle= Provides Oracle connectivity for OpenSIPS. | Development library of OCI, tipically instantclient-sdk-10.2.0.3
+#db_perlvdb= Provides a virtualization framework for OpenSIPS's database access. | Perl library development files, tipically libperl-dev
+#db_postgres= Provides Postgres connectivity for OpenSIPS | PostgreSQL library and development library - tipically libpq5 and libpq-dev
+#db_sqlite= Provides SQLite connectivity for OpenSIPS | SQLite library and development library - tipically libsqlite3 and libsqlite3-dev
+#db_unixodbc= Allows to use the unixodbc package with OpenSIPS | ODBC library and ODBC development library
+#dialplan= Implements generic string translations based on matching and replacement rules | PCRE development library, tipically libpcre-dev
+#emergency= Provides emergency call treatment for OpenSIPS | CURL dev library - tipically libcurl4-openssl-dev
+#event_rabbitmq= Provides the implementation of a RabbitMQ client for the Event Interface | RabbitMQ development library, librabbitmq-dev
+#h350= Enables access to SIP account data stored in an LDAP [RFC4510] directory containing H.350 commObjects | OpenLDAP library & development files, tipically libldap and libldap-dev
+#regex= Offers matching operations against regular expressions using the powerful PCRE library. | Development library for PCRE, tipically libpcre-dev
+#identity= Adds support for SIP Identity (see RFC 4474). | SSL library, tipically libssl
+#jabber= Integrates XODE XML parser for parsing Jabber messages | Expat library.
+#json= Introduces a new type of variable that provides both serialization and de-serialization from JSON format. | JSON library, libjson
+#ldap= Implements an LDAP search interface for OpenSIPS | OpenLDAP library & development files, tipically libldap and libldap-dev
+#lua= Easily implement your own OpenSIPS extensions in Lua | liblua5.1-0-dev, libmemcache-dev and libmysqlclient-dev
+#httpd= Provides an HTTP transport layer implementation for OpenSIPS. | libmicrohttpd
+#mi_xmlrpc_ng= New version of the xmlrpc server that handles xmlrpc requests and generates xmlrpc responses. | parsing/building XML library, tipically libxml
+#mmgeoip= Lightweight wrapper for the MaxMind GeoIP API | libGeoIP
+#osp= Enables OpenSIPS to support secure, multi-lateral peering using the OSP standard | OSP development kit, tipically osptoolkit
+#perl= Easily implement your own OpenSIPS extensions in Perl | Perl library development files, tipically libperl-dev
+#pi_http= Provides a simple web database provisioning interface | XML parsing & building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#rabbitmq= Provides functions to publish messages to a RabbitMQ server | RabbitMQ development library, librabbitmq-dev
+#proto_sctp= Provides support for SCTP listeners in OpenSIPS | SCTP development library, tipically libsctp-dev
+#proto_tls= Provides support for TLS listeners in OpenSIPS | SSL development library, tipically libssl-dev
+#proto_wss= Provides support for Secure WebSocket listeners in OpenSIPS | SSL development library, tipically libssl-dev
+#presence= Handles PUBLISH and SUBSCRIBE messages and generates NOTIFY messages in a general, event independent way | XML parsing & Building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#presence_dialoginfo= Enables the handling of "Event: dialog" (as defined in RFC 4235) |  XML parsing & building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#presence_mwi= Does specific handling for notify-subscribe message-summary (message waiting indication) events as specified in RFC 3842 | XML parsing & building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#presence_xml= Does specific handling for notify-subscribe events using xml bodies. | XML parsing & building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#pua= Offers the functionality of a presence user agent client, sending Subscribe and Publish messages. | XML parsing & building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#pua_bla= Enables Bridged Line Appearances support according | XML parsing & building library, tipically libxml-dev
+#pua_dialoginfo= Retrieves dialog state information from the dialog module and PUBLISHes the dialog-information using the pua module. | XML parsing & building library,tipically libxml-dev
+#pua_mi= Offers the possibility to publish presence information and subscribe to presence information via MI transports. | XML parsing & building library,tipically libxml-dev
+#pua_usrloc= Connector between usrloc and pua modules. | XML parsing & building library,tipically libxml-dev
+#pua_xmpp= Gateway for presence between SIP and XMPP. | XML parsing & building library,tipically libxml-dev
+#python= Easily implement your own OpenSIPS extensions in Python | Shared Python runtime library, libpython
+#rest_client= Simple HTTP client | CURL library - libcurl
+#rls= Resource List Server implementation following the specification in RFC 4662 and RFC 4826 | parsing/building XML library, tipically libxml-dev
+#sngtc= Voice Transcoding using the D-series Sangoma transcoding cards | libsngtc_node
+#siprec= SIP Call Recording to an external/passive recorder | uuid-dev
+#snmpstats= Provides an SNMP management interface to OpenSIPS | NetSNMP v5.3
+#tls_mgm= Provides a TLS interface to manage certificates for OpenSIPS | SSL development library, tipically libssl-dev
+#xcap= XCAP utility functions for OpenSIPS. | libxml-dev
+#xcap_client= XCAP client for OpenSIPS.It fetches XCAP elements, either documents or part of them, by sending HTTP GET requests | libxml-dev and libcurl-dev
+#xml= Introduces a new type of variable that provides both serialization and de-serialization from XML format. | XML library, libxml2-dev
+#xmpp= Gateway between OpenSIPS and a jabber server. It enables the exchange of IMs between SIP clients and XMPP(jabber) clients. | parsing/building XML files, tipically libexpat1-devel
+
+#exclude_modules?= aaa_radius b2b_logic cachedb_cassandra cachedb_couchbase cachedb_memcached cachedb_mongodb cachedb_redis carrierroute cgrates compression cpl_c db_berkeley db_http db_mysql db_oracle db_perlvdb db_postgres db_sqlite db_unixodbc dialplan emergency event_rabbitmq h350 httpd identity jabber json ldap lua mi_xmlrpc_ng mmgeoip osp perl pi_http presence presence_dialoginfo presence_mwi presence_xml proto_sctp proto_tls proto_wss pua pua_bla pua_dialoginfo pua_mi pua_usrloc pua_xmpp python regex rabbitmq rest_client rls siprec sngtc snmpstats tls_mgm xcap xcap_client xml xmpp
+###
+# Arch Linux specific
+###
+# Couchbase: needs to be build from aur
+# Oracle: not supported as open-source package
+# Sangoma: can't test Voice Transcoding with D-series Sangoma transcoding cards
+exclude_modules?= cachedb_couchbase db_oracle sngtc
+
+include_modules?=
+
+#DEFS_GROUP_START
+DEFS+= -DPKG_MALLOC #Uses a faster malloc
+#DEFS+= -DUSE_SHM_MEM #All PKG allocations are mapped to SHM
+#DEFS_GROUP_END
+DEFS+= -DSHM_MMAP #Use mmap instead of SYSV shared memory
+DEFS+= -DUSE_MCAST #Compile in support for IP Multicast
+DEFS+= -DDISABLE_NAGLE #Disabled the TCP NAgle Algorithm ( lower delay )
+DEFS+= -DSTATISTICS #Enables the statistics manager
+DEFS+= -DHAVE_RESOLV_RES #Support for changing some of the resolver parameters
+#DEFS_GROUP_START
+##DEFS+= -DVQ_MALLOC #Very quick & wasteful mem allocator (currently disabled)
+#DEFS+= -DQM_MALLOC #Quality assurance memory allocator with runtime safety checks
+DEFS+= -DF_MALLOC #Fast memory allocator with minimal runtime overhead
+#DEFS+= -DHP_MALLOC #High performance allocator with fine-grained locking
+#DEFS_GROUP_END
+#DEFS+= -DDBG_MALLOC #Enables debugging for memory allocators
+DEFS+= -DF_MALLOC_OPTIMIZATIONS #Remove all safety checks in F_MALLOC
+#DEFS+= -DNO_DEBUG #Turns off all debug messages
+#DEFS+= -DNO_LOG #Completely turns off all the logging
+#DEFS+= -DFAST_LOCK #Uses fast architecture specific locking
+DEFS+= -DUSE_FUTEX #Uses linux futexs with fast architecture specific locking
+#DEFS+= -DUSE_SYSV_SEM #Uses SYSV sems for locking ( slower & limited number of locks
+#DEFS+= -DUSE_PTHREAD_MUTEX #Uses pthread mutexes for locking
+#DEFS+= -DUSE_UMUTEX #Uses FreeBSD-specific low-level mutexes for locking
+#DEFS+= -DUSE_POSIX_SEM #Uses POSIX sems for locking
+#DEFS+= -DBUSY_WAIT #Uses busy waiting on the lock
+#DEFS+= -DDBG_LOCK #Attach debug info to all lock structures
+#DEFS+= -DDBG_STRUCT_HIST #Include support for struct history logging
+#DEFS+= -DDBG_TCPCON #Attach struct history info to all TCP connections
+#DEFS+= -DNOSMP #Do not use SMP sompliant locking. Faster but won't work on SMP machines
+#DEFS+= -DEXTRA_DEBUG #Compiles in some extra debugging code
+#DEFS+= -DORACLE_USRLOC #Uses Oracle compatible queries for USRLOC
+DEFS+= -DSHM_EXTRA_STATS #Provides tools to get extra statistics for the shared memory used
+DEFS+= -DUNIT_TESTS #Include unit testing code into opensips and modules
+
+PREFIX ?= /usr/
diff --git a/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.git b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.git
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index 00000000000..ad3387460c0
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+++ b/packaging/arch/PKGBUILD.git
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+# vim:set ts=8 sw=8 et:
+# Maintainer: Ralf Zerres <ralf.zerres@networkx.de>
+
+pkgbase=opensips-git
+_pkgname=opensips
+_branch=master
+pkgname=('opensips-git' 'opensips-git-modules' 'opensips-git-documentation')
+pkgver=0.r13459.g2e6e3f9a6
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="An Open Source SIP Server able to act as a SIP proxy, registrar, location server, redirect server ..."
+url="https://www.opensips.org"
+depends=('openssl' 'db' 'attr' 'libxml2')
+makedepends=(
+	'confuse' 'cassandra-cpp-driver'
+	'doxygen' 'docbook-sgml' 'docbook-utils'
+	'expat'
+	'hiredis'
+	'geoip'
+	'json-c'
+	'freeradius'
+	'libldap>=2.4.18' 'libmariadbclient' 'libmemcached' 'libmicrohttpd'
+	'librabbitmq-c' 'libtap-git' 'libuv' 'libxslt'
+	'lksctp-tools'
+	'lua51'
+	'lynx'
+	'mongo-c-driver'
+	'net-snmp'
+	'openssl' 
+	'osptoolkit'
+	'postgresql-libs>=8.4.1'
+	'radcli'
+	'thrift' 'unixodbc' 'xmlrpc-c' 'zlib')
+backup=("etc/opensips/opensips.cfg"
+	"etc/opensips/regex_groups.cfg"
+	"etc/opensips/osipsconsolerc"
+	"etc/opensips/opensipsctlrc")
+arch=('x86_64' 'armv7')
+license=('GPL')
+options=('!emptydirs' 'zipman' '!makeflags' 'docs')
+source=("${pkgname}::git+https://github.com/OpenSIPS/$_pkgname.git#branch=$_branch"
+	Makefile.conf.template)
+sha256sums=('SKIP'
+            '2eefae7d8d40259d9a0a4a6554574cf94418ea033d3a69936e928a52bcfcca63')
+
+prepare() {
+	cd "$srcdir"/${pkgbase}
+
+	if [ -h "$srcdir"/Makefile.conf.devel.template ]; then
+		msg2 "preset Makefile.conf template"
+		test ! -f Makefile.conf.devel.template.orig  &&
+		mv Makefile.conf.template Makefile.conf.template.orig
+		cp "$srcdir"/Makefile.conf.devel.template Makefile.conf.template
+	fi
+
+	# patching
+	if [ ! -f .makepkg-patched ]; then
+		echo "  -> patching: "
+		git am --signoff ../../patches-git/0000-packaging-support-arch-linux.patch
+		git am --signoff ../../patches-git/0001-osp-Fix-module-compilation.patch
+		git am --signoff ../../patches-git/0002-opensips_json_c_helper.h-fix-preprocessor-definition.patch
+		git am --signoff ../../patches-git/0003-Makefile.defs-adapt-default-settings-for-XSL-parser.patch
+		git am --signoff ../../patches-git/0004-doxygen-update-element-list.patch
+		echo "  -> patching [done]"
+		touch .makepkg-patched
+		#echo "  -> no patches for branch '${_branch}' needed"
+	fi
+
+	msg2 "ensure python2 usage"
+	for file in $(find . -name '*.py' -print); do
+		sed -i 's_^#!.*/usr/bin/python_#!/usr/bin/python2_' $file
+		sed -i 's_^#!.*/usr/bin/env.*python_#!/usr/bin/env python2_' $file
+	done
+
+	msg2 "ensure binaries live in /bin and /usr/bin"
+	sed -i 's|sbin|bin|g' Makefile
+	sed -i 's|bin-dir = sbin/|bin-dir = bin/|' Makefile.defs
+}
+
+pkgver() {
+	cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}"
+	echo "0.r$(git rev-list --count $_branch).g$(git log -1 --format="%h")"
+}
+
+build() {
+	cd "$srcdir"/${pkgbase}
+
+	# create binary targets
+	#FASTER=1
+	#make -j$(nproc) \
+	make \
+		LIBDIR=lib PREFIX=/usr
+
+	# create documentation targets
+	make \
+		BASEDIR="$pkgdir" PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=lib \
+		doxygen \
+		modules-docbook-html \
+		modules-readme
+		# dbschema-docbook-html
+		# dbschema-docbook-pdf \
+		# modules-docbook-pdf \
+}
+
+package_opensips-git() {
+	pkgdesc="OpenSIPS an open source SIP Server (git version)"
+
+	depends=(
+		'confuse' 'geoip' 'json-c'
+		'libtap-git' 'libuv' 'libxslt'
+		'lksctp-tools')
+	optdepends=(
+		'cassandra-cpp-driver: cassandra C++ support'
+		'curl: curl support'
+		'confuse: confuse support'
+		'lksctp-tools: sctp support'
+		'lynx: text browser support'
+		'hiredis: HiRedis support'
+		'libldap: LDAP support'
+		'libmariadbclient: Maria DB support'
+		'libmaxminddb: MaxMin DB support'
+		'libmemcached: Memory caching support'
+		'libmicrohttpd: Inline HTTPD support'
+		'librabbitmq-c: Rabbitmq C support'
+		'libsasl: SASL authentication support'
+		'libutf8proc: UTF8 processing support'
+		'lua: LUA scripting support'
+		'mariadb-libs: Maria-DB support'
+		'mongo-c-driver: C-Interface for Mongo-DB support'
+		'net-snmp: SNMP support'
+		'osptoolkit: OSP Toolkit support'
+		'pcre: Perl Regular-Expression support'
+		'perl: Perl support'
+		'postgresql-libs: PostgreSQL-DB support'
+		'python2: Python v2 support'
+		'radcli: RAD commandline support'
+		'rabbitmq: Rabbit CacheMemory support'
+		'thrift: Thrift support'
+		'unixodbc: UNIX ODBC support')
+	checkdepends=('expat' 'libtap-git')
+	install=opensips.install
+
+	provides=("opensips=${pkgver}")
+	conflicts=('opensips')
+
+	_components=('opensips')
+
+	cd "$srcdir"/${pkgbase}
+
+	# install app only, excluding console, modules and modules docs
+	for _cmp in ${_components[@]}; do
+		make \
+		      BASEDIR="$pkgdir" PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=lib install-app
+
+		# Conforms to the arch packaging standards (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards)
+		mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/etc/
+		mv "$pkgdir"/usr/etc/opensips/ "$pkgdir"/etc/
+		sed -i 's#mpath=".*lib/opensips/modules/"#mpath="/usr/lib/opensips/modules/"#' "$pkgdir"/etc/opensips/opensips.cfg
+
+		# fix bad paths
+		cd "$pkgdir"/usr/share
+		find -type f -exec sed -i "s#"$pkgdir"##" {} \;
+
+		mv "$pkgdir"/usr/sbin "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
+
+		cd "$pkgdir"/etc
+		find -type f -exec sed -i "s#"$pkgdir"##" {} \;
+
+		# python2 is being used
+		cd "$pkgdir"
+		grep -lR '#!.*python' * | while read file; do sed -s 's/\(#!.*python\)/\12/g' -i "$file"; done
+
+		# Systemd files
+		install -Dm0644 "${srcdir}/${pkgbase}/packaging/arch/${_pkgname}.service" "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/system/${_pkgname}.service
+		install -Dm0644 "${srcdir}/${pkgbase}/packaging/arch/${_pkgname}.tmpfiles.conf" "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/${_pkgname}.conf
+
+	done
+}
+
+package_opensips-git-modules() {
+	pkgdesc="OpenSIPS modules (git version)"
+	depends=('opensips-git')
+	provides=("opensips-modules=${pkgver}")
+	conflicts=('opensips-modules')
+
+	cd "$srcdir"/${pkgbase}
+
+	make \
+		BASEDIR="$pkgdir" PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=lib install-modules
+
+	msg2 "ensure binaries live in /bin and /usr/bin"
+	mv "$pkgdir"/usr/sbin "$pkgdir"/usr/bin
+
+}
+
+package_opensips-git-documentation() {
+	pkgdesc="OpenSIPS modules (git version)"
+	suggests=('opensips-git')
+	provides=("opensips-documentation=${pkgver}")
+	conflicts=('opensips-documentation')
+
+  	cd "$srcdir"/${pkgbase}
+
+	msg2 "install documentation targets"
+	make \
+		BASEDIR="$pkgdir" PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=lib install-doc install-modules-docbook
+
+	DOC_DIR="$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/${_pkgname}"
+
+	msg2 "install README documentation"
+	if [ ! -d "$DOC_DIR/txt" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "$DOC_DIR/txt"
+		chmod 0755 "$DOC_DIR/txt"
+	fi
+	mv $DOC_DIR/README.* "$DOC_DIR/txt"
+	chmod --recursive 0644 "$DOC_DIR/txt"
+
+	msg2 "install doxygen documentation"
+	if [ ! -d "$DOC_DIR/doxygen" ]; then
+		mkdir -p "$DOC_DIR/doxygen"
+		chmod 0755 "$DOC_DIR/doxygen"
+	fi
+	find $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/${_pkgname}/html  -print0 | xargs -0 -I '{}' cp -r '{}' "$DOC_DIR/doxygen/"
+	chmod --recursive 0644 "$DOC_DIR/doxygen"
+
+	msg2 "install example configurations"
+	if [ ! -d $DOC_DIR/examples ]; then
+		mkdir -p "$DOC_DIR/examples"
+		chmod 0755 "$DOC_DIR/examples"
+	fi
+	if [ -d ./examples ]; then
+		mv ./examples "$DOC_DIR"
+		chmod --recursive 0644 "$DOC_DIR/examples"
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/packaging/arch/opensips.install b/packaging/arch/opensips.install
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..86d1e637261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/arch/opensips.install
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+post_install() {
+	echo "OpenSIPS suite is build as a modular system."
+	echo "This packages "opensips" just includes the core functionality and the parser."
+	echo "All sophisticated SIP packet handling is provided through dedicated modules and usage will vary,"
+	echo "Please install "opensips-modules" and adapt the configuration to your individual needs."
+	echo "The documentation is provided via the "opensips-documentation" package in different formats."
+	echo "Beside html-, and text files you will find example configurations explaining the integration of available modules." 
+	echo ""
+	echo "You are encouraged to make use of a database module."
+	echo "Thus you needed to install the relevant database package in combination with the corresponding"
+	echo "opensips module package:
+	echo "1) 'pacman -S opensips-modules'"
+	echo "2) To create the opensips specific tables make use of 'opensipsdbctl create'"
+	echo "   eg for MySQL:      'pacman -S mariadb mariadb-clients' -> 'opensipsdbctl create'"
+	echo "   eg for PostgreSQL: 'pacman -S postgresql postgresql-client' -> 'opensipsdbctl create'"
+
+	useradd --system --group \
+		--shell /bin/false --comment "OpenSIPS" \
+		--home-dir $HOMEDIR --no-create-home opensips || true
+}
diff --git a/packaging/arch/opensips.service b/packaging/arch/opensips.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38576c4ffc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/arch/opensips.service
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=OpenSIPS is a very fast and flexible SIP (RFC3261) server
+Documentation=man:opensips
+After=network.target mysqld.service postgresql.service rtpproxy.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+User=opensips
+Group=opensips
+RuntimeDirectory=opensips
+RuntimeDirectoryMode=775
+Environment=P_MEMORY=32 S_MEMORY=32
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/opensips
+PermissionsStartOnly=yes
+PIDFile=%t/opensips/opensips.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/opensips -P %t/opensips/opensips.pid -f /etc/opensips/opensips.cfg -m $S_MEMORY -M $P_MEMORY $OPTIONS
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/pkill --pidfile %t/opensips/opensips.pid
+Restart=always
+TimeoutStopSec=30s
+LimitNOFILE=262144
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/packaging/arch/opensips.tmpfiles.conf b/packaging/arch/opensips.tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16f903159c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/arch/opensips.tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/run/opensips 0755 opensips opensips