The Fedora 45 Sausage Factory
by 6581 on 7/25/2026, 11:04:57 AM
https://supakeen.com/weblog/the-fedora-45-sausage-factory/
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by: cube00
This kind of end to end documentation is invaluable when you're trying to troubleshoot.<p>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.<p>[1]: <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402944#c1" rel="nofollow">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402944#c1</a>
7/25/2026, 1:28:03 PM
by: 28304283409234
Meanwhile the bluewashing seems to be keeping a steady pace. <a href="https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/22/IBM_is_Not_Done_Destroying_Red_Hat_Wait_Till_October_1_2006_Mor.shtml" rel="nofollow">https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/22/IBM_is_Not_Done_Destroyi...</a>
7/25/2026, 6:30:36 PM
by: mdlxxv
Truly a "Beefy Miracle".<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230112002240/https://beefymiracle.org/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20230112002240/https://beefymira...</a>
7/25/2026, 12:06:58 PM
by: 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?
7/25/2026, 4:16:29 PM
by: hnmu4c5zar
Been thinking about this for years
7/25/2026, 6:15:23 PM
by: WesolyKubeczek
> Every build starts from a clean room. You can never get a different result because someone installed something on the builder last week.<p>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?<p>Maybe they have updated Koji since.
7/25/2026, 4:23:27 PM
by: einpoklum
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7/25/2026, 3:43:12 PM