Why did the package name change from qemu to qemu-base

[stargazer]

I noticed in the recent Testing Announcement, that qemu will be upgraded to 7.0.

Currently I have installed:

Repository  : extra
Name        : qemu
Version     : 6.2.0-4

I looked at branch compare for the package qemu and saw:

qemu  Stable   : 6.2.0-4
extra Testing  : n/a
      Unstable : n/a

I did see, qemu-base which was at 7.0 in Testing:

qemu-base  Stable   : n/a
extra      Testing  : 7.0.0-9
           Unstable : 7.0.0-9

I’m guessed the package name changed and will also be qemu-base on Stable.

Why did the package name change?

I keep a list of additional installed packages.

[Olli]

https://archlinux.org/news/qemu-700-changes-split-package-setup/

[xabbu]

It is now split into different packages.

See Arch Linux - News: QEMU >= 7.0.0 changes split package setup

[Yochanan]

@stargazer

I noticed

Did you notice the wiki post?

[stargazer]

Holy Smoly, that was fast. Thanks so much!

I broke one of my cardinal rules, always read the arch home page

[stargazer]

Ummm…

All 3 responses are the “Solution”, so I selected the first one.