How do packages flow (workstation -> silverblue -> ublue)?

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Hello,

I noticed yesterday that my Fedora Workstation machine updated to kernel 6.8.8:

localuser@f40:~$ uname -a
Linux f40 6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Apr 27 17:53:31 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

localuser@f40:~$ rpm -qa | grep 6.8.8
kernel-modules-core-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-core-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-modules-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64

localuser@f40:~$ cat /etc/fedora-release 
Fedora release 40 (Forty)

On my Bluefin-DX workstation, update has pulled in some of these packages, but not the actual kernel:

~ took 36s 
❯ rpm -qa | grep 6.8.8
kernel-tools-libs-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-tools-6.8.8-300.fc40.x86_64

~ 
❯ cat /etc/fedora-release 
Fedora release 40 (Forty)

~ 
❯ uname -a
Linux myhost 6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 17 19:21:08 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~ 
❯ rpm -qa | grep 6.8.7
kernel-modules-core-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-core-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-modules-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64
kmod-v4l2loopback-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-0.13.1-1.fc40.x86_64
kmod-wl-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-6.30.223.271-51.fc40.x86_64
kmod-xpadneo-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-0.9.6-1.fc40.x86_64
kmod-xone-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-0.0.git.45.5441d09a-1.fc40.x86_64
kmod-openrazer-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-100.0.0.git.530.886f986d-1.fc40.x86_64
kmod-evdi-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-1.14.4-1.fc40.x86_64
kmod-kvmfr-6.8.7-300.fc40.x86_64-0.0.git.21.ba370a9b-1.fc40.x86_64

What’s the process for packages flowing from Workstation, to Silverblue, to Universal Blue? Do all packages follow this path and how long does this take?

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There’s an error in the F39 builds that we’re currently investigating. Usually it’s no longer than a day unless there’s a new kernel that needs to wait for RPMfusion to keep up.

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