I have been using Manjaro Gnome almost a year and love it. I have noticed recently updates are less. (Although everything is quite stable and works awesome).
As an example gcc version is 12.2.1 . there was a change in Arch news related packages from community is being moved to extra.
https://archlinux.org/news/git-migration-completed/
and pacman has different setup on Arch.
And also I noticed my mirrorlist is smaller and
I also use Arch on my desktop and it has gcc version is 13.1.1 (as an example)
I am aware Manjaro is Arch based but has its own specific setup
Do I need to do something
My mirror list looks like this ;
## Manjaro Linux default mirrorlist
## Generated on 2023-05-27 14:04
##
## Please use 'pacman-mirrors -f [NUMBER] [NUMBER]' to modify mirrorlist
## (Use 0 for all mirrors)
##
## Country : Sweden
Server = https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : Finland
Server = https://manjaro.kyberorg.fi/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : Netherlands
Server = https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : Poland
Server = https://repo.skni.umcs.pl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : United_States
Server = https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : Hungary
Server = https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : United_States
Server = https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
## Country : United_States
Server = https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
My pacman.conf is
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives
#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc manjaro-system
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = manjaro-system archlinux-keyring manjaro-keyring
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5
ILoveCandy
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Manjaro Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro`.
#
# REPOSITORIES
# - can be defined here or included from another file
# - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
# - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
# have identical names, regardless of version number
# - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#
[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs