Review Results

Comment

The change only bumps pkgver in .SRCINFO from 2026.1.3.7 to 2026.1.3.8. No build logic, source URLs, checksums, install scripts, or packaging behavior changed in the reviewed hunk. On its face this is a routine metadata update with no security impact visible from the diff provided.

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = android-studio
 	pkgdesc = The official Android IDE (Stable branch)
-	pkgver = 2026.1.3.7
+	pkgver = 2026.1.3.8
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://developer.android.com/
 	arch = i686

Comment

The change is a straightforward upstream version bump in .SRCINFO: it switches the Android Studio source tarball to a newer Google-hosted HTTPS release and updates the corresponding SHA-256 checksum. There are no new sources, no build-script changes, no added install hooks, and no signs of privilege escalation or network-fetch behavior beyond the declared source. Risk is low.

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ pkgbase = android-studio
 	optdepends = libgl: emulator support
 	optdepends = ncurses5-compat-libs: native debugger support
 	options = !strip
-	source = https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/2026.1.3.7/android-studio-quail3-linux.tar.gz
+	source = https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/2026.1.3.8/android-studio-quail3-patch1-linux.tar.gz
 	source = android-studio.desktop
 	source = license.html
-	sha256sums = 36832122557ab73ca68dfd9bd989ddac40103ac003ca10e04c949a1f61578a67
+	sha256sums = 5bd5ee5d6e747b13f82fba3241380bd358cc2f4a847815c8e860757df13dc35f
 	sha256sums = 73cd2dde1d0f99aaba5baad1e2b91c834edd5db3c817f6fb78868d102360d3c4
 	sha256sums = 9a7563f7fb88c9a83df6cee9731660dc73a039ab594747e9e774916275b2e23e
 

Comment

This is a routine upstream version bump in PKGBUILD: pkgver and the corresponding _vername changed, and the source checksum was updated to match the new tarball. The source remains an HTTPS download from Google’s official Android Studio distribution endpoint, with no new build-time network fetches, scripts, privilege changes, or packaging logic changes. No security red flags are introduced by this diff alone.

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Kordian Bruck <k@bruck.me>
 
 pkgname=android-studio
-pkgver=2026.1.3.7
-_vername="quail3"
+pkgver=2026.1.3.8
+_vername="quail3-patch1"
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="The official Android IDE (Stable branch)"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')

Comment

The change is limited to bumping Android Studio to a new upstream release and updating the corresponding SHA-256 checksum. The source remains the official Google HTTPS download URL, there are no new build steps, no added scripts, no network fetches beyond the declared source, and no packaging/persistence red flags in the diff. From the provided hunk alone this looks like a routine version/checksum update with low security risk.

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ options=('!strip')
 source=("https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/$pkgver/android-studio-$_vername-linux.tar.gz"
         "$pkgname.desktop"
         "license.html")
-sha256sums=('36832122557ab73ca68dfd9bd989ddac40103ac003ca10e04c949a1f61578a67'
+sha256sums=('5bd5ee5d6e747b13f82fba3241380bd358cc2f4a847815c8e860757df13dc35f'
             '73cd2dde1d0f99aaba5baad1e2b91c834edd5db3c817f6fb78868d102360d3c4'
             '9a7563f7fb88c9a83df6cee9731660dc73a039ab594747e9e774916275b2e23e')