Finally some time to gather thoughts about this big endeavour I take on every year. The third big rebuild of Python on my watch is slowly coming to an end. I start in October with first alpha release of a new Python and end in October the next year with …

Architecture macros Basic filtering %ifarch %ifnarch Macros applicable to Fedora %ix86 i386 i486 i586 i686 pentium3 pentium4 athlon geode %x86_64 x86_64 x86_64_v2 x86_64_v3 x86_64_v4 amd64 em64t %arm64 aarch64 %power64 ppc64 ppc64p7 ppc64le %riscv %{riscv32} %{riscv64} %{riscv128} s390x doesn't have a macro, use the string. Full list of arch macros Note …

Querying repositories Part of my $DAILYJOB is digging in multiple Fedora repositories. Every time I prepare a package update, I check whether the update has a potential to break something. Typically I set up lists of packages that require my package and build them in a isolated environment, before hitting …