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doc: Add FAQ entry about new filelists behavior
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jan-kolarik authored and pkratoch committed Feb 2, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -144,3 +144,10 @@ Then, when you want to include the packages from the rawhide repo, execute a DNF
.. note::

Installing rawhide packages onto a stable Fedora release system is generally discouraged as it leads to less tested combinations of installed packages. Please consider this step carefully.

Starting with Fedora 40, I noticed repository metadata is synchronized much faster. What happened?
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This is because filelists metadata is no longer downloaded by default. This change is associated with the Fedora system-wide `change <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DNFConditionalFilelists>`_, and the related `change <https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/pull-request/1321>`_ in the Fedora packaging guidelines policy, which specifies that packages must not rely on filepath dependencies requiring filelists metadata.

All Fedora packages have been adjusted to align with this updated behavior, and users don't need to take any additional action. If you encounter any issues, such as non-compliance from a third-party package or if you prefer filelists metadata to be consistently downloaded, you can configure it using the :ref:`optional_metadata_types <optional_metadata_types-label>` configuration option.

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