Test GitHub projects with GitHub Actions and Testing Farm
Every project on GitHub that’s destined for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora Linux, CentOS 7, CentOS Stream 8, and CentOS Stream 9, should be tested before its changes are synced into a Git...
View ArticleUse rpmautospec in Fedora Linux
Use the %autorelease and %autochangelog tags simplify package maintenance and make it easier to contribute packages to the Fedora Project. These rpmautospec tags cause no noticeable difference in the...
View ArticleHow to use Testing Farm outside of RHEL
Continuous integration in public projects is widely used. But it has limitations such as the size of the resources and the execution time. For instance, when you use GitHub actions free tier, you are...
View ArticleWriting useful terminal TUI on Linux with dialog and jq
Why a Text User Interface? Many use the terminal on a daily basis. A Text User Interface (TUI) is a tool that will minimize user errors and allow you to become more productive with the terminal...
View ArticleCrash Course On Using Textual
Crash course on using Textual Python on Linux has nice GUI (Graphic User Interface) development libraries like TkInter, but what if you cannot run graphical applications? Text terminals, are available...
View ArticleJSON and JSONB support in SQLite
This article provides insight on SQLite’s support for JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and the latest addition, JSONB. It explains how SQLite facilitates handling JSON and JSONB data and what the...
View ArticleContribute at the Fedora Linux 40 i18n Test Week
The i18n team is testing changes for Fedora Linux 40 (ibus-anthy 1.5.16, IBus 1.5.30 and many more). As a result, the i18n and QA teams organized a test week from Tuesday, March 05, 2024, to Monday,...
View ArticleBuild custom images for Testing Farm
You may know the Testing Farm from the article written by David Kornel and Jakub Stejskal. That article highlighted the primary advantages of this testing system. You should review the earlier...
View ArticleCVE-2024-3094: Urgent alert for Fedora Linux 40 and Rawhide users
The Fedora Council was notified of CVE-2024-3094 on Friday, March 29th related to the xz tools and libraries. At this time, Fedora Rawhide users are likely to have received the tainted package. Fedora...
View ArticleCVE-2024-3094: All Clear
It’s official — CVE-2024-3094 is the “Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened“. Fortunately, the malware was detected before we released the compromised version as an official update. If you are...
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