The story of the Anaconda backend

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A 100k+ Python codebase is split into D-Bus modules starting 2017 to replace a monolith; the first phase (system installation) finishes and storage, payload and network modules exist as concrete services. Kickstart handling moves from a global data object to per-command modules, enabling the web UI via cockpit bridge. A new Python D-Bus library is published on pip and a simpleline TUI library is extracted. Test infrastructure runs 1000+ daily end-to-end tests on Fedora Rawhide and unit coverage notably improves.

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1. 0:00Anaconda backend intro
2. 2:50Modernizing Anaconda backend
3. 7:26Backend modernization phase 1
4. 10:19Development challenges & solutions
5. 13:53Testing & code coverage
6. 15:43Benefits of modernization
7. 18:54Future plans & API stability
8. 21:02Side effects & new libraries
9. 27:31Full D-Bus integration
10. 30:12Legacy support decisions
11. 31:15Q&A

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