4.5

New stuff

• Added RT variants from upstream by @h8d13 in #4711
• Support aarch64 for GRUB and Limine EFI installation by @steev in #4641
• Support AArch64 root partition type GUID by @codefiles in #4671
• Add Norwegian Bokmål (nb) translation by @arvindfroi in #4599
• Add Serbian translation by @KsanDjordje in #4642
• Add Vietnamese to Archinstall by @BlackCatOfficialytb in #4582
• Changed from polkit to systemd-logind for hyprland, labwc, niri, sway by @h8d13 in #4753
• Use declarative summary method for all sub-configs by @svartkanin in #4739
• support optdepends of linux-firmware by @h8d13 in #4712

Bug fixes

• Fix WiFi SSIDs with spaces missing from scan list by @nmarley in #4634
• Added missing vpl-gpu-rt and libvpl for intel open-source post Gen12 in order for ffpmeg, OBS, etc to work by @h8d13 in #4705, #4713
• Fixed inconsistent cpitalizations using sentence case for summary labels by @Softer in #4617
• Set LANG to fully qualified locale name by @codefiles in #4645
• Extract TUI binding descriptions into base.pot and translate raw widget bindings by @Softer in #4587
• Add ghostscript to print service packages by @Sanjays2402 in #4670
• Updated cockpit to use cockpit-storaged instead of udisks2 #4688 by @h8d13 in #4706
• Fix examples/config-sample.json and cover the example configs with a test by @VictorZaca in #4709
• Fix renovate auto merge config by @correctmost in #4723, https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/work_items/867
• Use fmask=0177 for EFI partition mount options by @AnouarMohamed in #4715
• Only prompt for credentials encryption when creds will be saved by @NWuensche in #4720
• remove wait reflector.service by @h8d13 in #4750
• Fix disk menu import cycle by @codefiles in #4783
• Enable TLS verification by @svartkanin in #4790
• Downgrade systemd-python to avoid dep install failure by @svartkanin in #4797

Other various changes

• Removed print/power from niri desktop #4618 follow-up #4554 by @h8d13 in #4707
• Use a match statement for PasswordStrength enum values by @correctmost in #4619
• Enable more mypy and Pylint checks for test_tooling/ by @correctmost in #4620
• Remove redundant is_valid_path by @codefiles in #4646
• Fix too-many-statements-in-try-clause violations by @codefiles in #4648
• Remove unused format_cols by @codefiles in #4652
• Use run for lsblk command by @codefiles in #4654
• Make type field in lsblk required by @codefiles in #4655
• Enable non-empty-init-module ruff rule by @codefiles in #4656
• Refactor MirrorStatusListV3 model validator by @codefiles in #4657
• Return bytes from fetch_data_from_url() by @codefiles in #4653
• Refactor MirrorStatusEntryV3 field validator by @codefiles in #4661
• Enable flake8-gettext checks in ruff by @correctmost in #4664
• Add constant for path /sys/class/net by @codefiles in #4667
• Refactor run_custom_user_commands by @codefiles in #4668
• Deduplicate enabling systemd-resolved stub mode by @codefiles in #4669
• Remove reintroduced __future__ import by @codefiles in #4678
• Remove superfluous underscore variable assignment by @codefiles in #4679
• Remove superfluous PacmanConfiguration.default by @codefiles in #4682
• Remove unused parameter from _prepare_fs_type by @codefiles in #4685
• Use staticmethod for Bootloader.get_default by @codefiles in #4690
• Refactor CPUVendor by @codefiles in #4691
• Refactor default PartitionTable by @codefiles in #4689
• Refactor TranslationHandler locales directory by @codefiles in #4692
• Use staticmethod for get_type_from_code by @codefiles in #4693
• Changed from pinned dependency versions to rolling latest by @C0rn3j in #4695
• Refactor meminfo by @codefiles in #4698
• Add a cooldown period of 3 days for dev dependency updates by @correctmost in #4725
• Don't persist git credentials during testing and linting workflows by @correctmost in #4726
• Unset default permissions for testing and linting workflows by @correctmost in #4727
• Enable Ruff flake8-comprehensions by @codefiles in #4728
• Enable Ruff mutable-argument-default rule by @codefiles in #4730
• Remove the Pylint dangerous-default-value exclusion by @correctmost in #4733
• Add stub file for pyparted by @codefiles in #4735
• Enable Pylint cell-var-from-loop warning by @codefiles in #4736
• Use auto() for ArchConfigType members by @codefiles in #4737
• Fix pre-commit mypy hook by @codefiles in #4740
• Enable Ruff RUF015 rule by @codefiles in #4742
• Enable Ruff zip-without-explicit-strict rule by @codefiles in #4744
• Enable Ruff flake8-annotations by @codefiles in #4749
• Use pyparted's Partition.name by @codefiles in #4760
• Fix table data mapping by @codefiles in #4764
• Update README for automated installation example by @aOnurTheDev in #4755
• Refactor enabling network services by @codefiles in #4788
• remove pip upgrade line by @h8d13 in #4791
• fix sphinx build errors, broken links, and typos by @ayan-waqas in #4777
• Enable Ruff flake8-unused-arguments by @codefiles in #4794
• Enable Ruff pep8-naming by @codefiles in #4795
• Single source for PKGBUILD by @h8d13 in #4789
• Enable Ruff flake8-return by @codefiles in #4798
• reword section about limited space on ISOs by @h8d13 in #4805

New Contributors

• @arvindfroi made their first contribution in #4599
• @BlackCatOfficialytb made their first contribution in #4582
• @cachelous made their first contribution in #4630
• @KsanDjordje made their first contribution in #4642
• @steev made their first contribution in #4641
• @Sanjays2402 made their first contribution in #4670
• @nmarley made their first contribution in #4634
• @VictorZaca made their first contribution in #4709
• @AnouarMohamed made their first contribution in #4715
• @NWuensche made their first contribution in #4720
• @OwnderDuck made their first contribution in #4754
• @aOnurTheDev made their first contribution in #4755
• @ayan-waqas made their first contribution in #4777
• @nummbee01 made their first contribution in #4800

Full Changelog: 4.4...4.5