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Fedora Cleared To Build Python Package With "-O3" Optimizations


The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has signed off on the plans for Fedora 41 to build its Python using the '-O3' compiler optimization level rather than the '-O2' default for Fedora packages in the name of better performance.

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