Towards Stronger Checks on Dependencies and Compose Inputs in Fedora

Explore the ongoing efforts to enhance Fedora's quality and reliability through automated testing in this DevConf.US 2024 conference talk. Delve into the current state of critical path update gating, package testing, and dist-git commit verification. Discover potential areas for improvement, including distribution-wide installability gating for critical compose path packages, enhanced reverse dependency testing, and improved testing of compose inputs like comps and kickstarts. Learn about plans to strengthen checks on package retirements and other changes that can impact the distribution. Gain insights into the future direction of Fedora's quality assurance processes and how these improvements aim to further solidify the distribution's stability and dependability.