The Fedora 45 Sausage Factory

mdlxxv

Truly a "Beefy Miracle". https://web.archive.org/web/20230112002240/https://beefymira...

cube00

This kind of end to end documentation is invaluable when you're trying to troubleshoot. I had a service complaining about the root file permissions which changed between Fedora versions [1]. I was never able to figure out what produced the file system image but thanks so this guide I know where to start looking now. [1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402944#c1

hangrybear666

So as a relatively fresh Fedora user (2024) who just sold their Windows PC (2025) and is in love with the OS, where would be a good place to look for areas to contribute in? Is there a place where Fedora maintainers write down what parts of the pipeline are in need of volunteers?

WesolyKubeczek

> Every build starts from a clean room. You can never get a different result because someone installed something on the builder last week. At least 6 years ago, this was not entirely true: a package happened to build only because, by happy accident, the builder had a dependency installed by something else. Since the dependency was not in its Build-Requires:, the build would fail in COPR, which really used a clean room. A case of being saved by the alphabetic order, I guess? Maybe they have updated Koji since.

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Meanwhile the bluewashing seems to be keeping a steady pace. https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/22/IBM_is_Not_Done_Destroyi...