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About Pungi
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.. figure:: pungi_snake-sm-dark.png
:align: right
:alt: Pungi Logo
*Pungi* is a distribution compose tool.
Composes are release snapshots that contain release deliverables such as:
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- Upstream GIT: https://pagure.io/pungi/
- Issue tracker: https://pagure.io/pungi/issues
- Questions can be asked on *#fedora-releng* IRC channel on FreeNode
Origin of name
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The name *Pungi* comes from the instrument used to charm snakes. *Anaconda*
being the software Pungi was manipulating, and anaconda being a snake, led to
the referential naming.
The first name, which was suggested by Seth Vidal, was *FIST*, *Fedora
Installation <Something> Tool*. That name was quickly discarded and replaced
with Pungi.
There was also a bit of an inside joke that when said aloud, it could sound
like punji, which is `a sharpened stick at the bottom of a
trap <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punji_stick>`_. Kind of like software…

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