Arch Installer Files

Security fixes

• Don't write encryption keyfiles to an unencrypted root partition by @dylanmtaylor in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4349

Bug fixes

• Patch plasma profile by @h8d13 in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4358 (also see https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4389)
• Handle empty mountpoint input by @svartkanin in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4388
• Revert enter behavior on multi-select by @svartkanin in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4386 (maybe nut a bug, but it's a fix from what appears to be expected behavior so put it here)

New things

• Use nvidia-open instead of nvidia-open-dkms for mainline kernels by @dylanmtaylor in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4347
• No longer installing xorg packages for Wayland profiles by @dylanmtaylor in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4348
• Allow granular plasma configuration by @svartkanin in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4389
• Add Pacman settings submenu with Color and ParallelDownloads by @Softer in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4404

Tweaks and various fixes

• Add constant for /etc/pacman.conf by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4375
• Remove is_subpath() and use Path.is_relative_to() by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4372
• Add LPath execute permissions methods by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4378
• Add constant for archiso mountpoint by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4377
• Remove quotes from type annotation by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4384
• Bump ruff target-version to Python 3.14 by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4390
• Remove deprecated __future__ imports by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4393
• Refactor copy_iso_network_config() by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4394
• Remove unnecessary 'unused-ignore' mypy directives by @correctmost in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4395
• Refactor sync_log_to_install_medium() by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4397
• Use Path.copy() by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4398
• Fix del-attr-with-constant ruff warnings by @correctmost in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4399
• Add constant for mirrorlist by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4403
• Replace tab with spaces in preview package lists by @Softer in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4409
• Use auto() for eligible StrEnum members by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4411
• Remove invalid container PATH lookup by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4413
• Refactor FilesystemType by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4417
• Refactor ModificationStatus by @codefiles in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4422
• Fix urllib.parse import to avoid warnings with ty and Pyright by @correctmost in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4425
• Update mypy to 1.20.0 by @correctmost in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4352
• Bumping version to: 4.2 by @Torxed in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4433

Translation updates

• Improved translation into Ukrainian by @Softer in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4355
• i18n: Updated Spanish translation by @julionc in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4357
• Russian translation by @GhostedOwl in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4367
• Update Polish translation by @acuteenvy in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4383
• Czech translation by @GhostedOwl in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4370
• Update German translation for base.po by @Crystal-the-dev in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4334
• Update Arabic translation by @koutheir in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4410
• Add translation support for TUI help groups and binding descriptions by @Softer in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4363
• Update Italian translation by @vanmatten in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4415
• Update Brazilian Portuguese translation by @din-grogu in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4426
• locale(german): extend and fix translation by @tom-jm69 in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4421

New Contributors

• @Softer made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4355
• @julionc made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4357
• @GhostedOwl made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4367
• @Crystal-the-dev made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4334
• @koutheir made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4410
• @din-grogu made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4426
• @tom-jm69 made their first contribution in https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/pull/4421

Full Changelog: https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/compare/4.1...4.2