diff --git a/bin/cdist-build-helper b/bin/cdist-build-helper
index 6f514ef5..cadddae7 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-build-helper
+++ b/bin/cdist-build-helper
@@ -534,8 +534,7 @@ eof
     ;;
 
     version)
-        target_version="$(git describe | sed 's/-/.dev/; s/-/+/g')"
-        printf "VERSION = \"%s\"\n" "${target_version}" > cdist/version.py
+        printf "VERSION = \"%s\"\n" "$(git describe)" > cdist/version.py
     ;;
 
     target-version)
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst
index e6ec8b51..4229c0cd 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ package
    Package name, glob or regular expression to match (multiple) packages. If not specified `__object_id` is used.
 
 priority
-   The priority value to assign to matching packages. Defaults to 500. (To match the default target distro's priority)
+   The priority value to assign to matching packages. Deafults to 500. (To match the default target distro's priority)
 
 state
    Will be passed to underlying `__file` type; see there for valid values and defaults.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/explorer/pkg_version b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/explorer/pkg_version
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9b3df108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/explorer/pkg_version
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Retrieve the status of a package
+#
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/name" ]
+then name="$(cat "$__object/parameter/name")"
+else name="$__object_id"
+fi
+
+rpm -q "$name" 2>/dev/null || rpm -q --whatprovides "$name" 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/gencode-remote
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c9f217fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/gencode-remote
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2024 Romain Dartigues
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage packages with DNF (Fedora ≥ 18, RHEL ≥ 8, OpenMandriva)
+#
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/name" ]
+then name="$(cat "$__object/parameter/name")"
+else name="$__object_id"
+fi
+
+# Support installing from an URL
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/url" ]
+then install_name="$(cat "$__object/parameter/url")"
+else install_name="$name"
+fi
+
+
+state_should="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")"
+
+if grep -q -E "(scientific|centos|redhat|amazon)" "$__global/explorer/os"
+then opts="-y --quiet"
+else opts="--assumeyes --quiet"
+fi
+
+not_provided="^no package provides"
+not_installed='is not installed$'
+
+if grep -q "$not_provided" "$__object/explorer/pkg_version"
+then
+    if grep -q "$not_installed" "$__object/explorer/pkg_version"
+    then state_is="absent"
+    else state_is="present"
+    fi
+else state_is="present"
+fi
+
+[ "$state_is" = "$state_should" ] && exit 0
+
+case "$state_should" in
+    present)
+        echo "dnf $opts install '$install_name'"
+        echo "installed" >> "$__messages_out"
+    ;;
+    absent)
+        echo "dnf $opts remove '$name'"
+        echo "removed" >> "$__messages_out"
+    ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unknown state: $state_should" >&2
+        exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/man.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ca1d88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/man.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+cdist-type__package_dnf(7)
+==========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__package_dnf - Manage packages with dnf
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+:abbr:`dnf (Dandified YUM)` is the next-generation version of the :abbr:`YUM (Yellowdog Updated Manager)`
+used on the Fedora (≥ 18), :abbr:`RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)` ≥ 8 and derivated, OpenMandriva, …)
+distributions to manage packages.
+
+If ``dnf`` is not available on the platform, it will automatically try to fallback to ``yum``.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+name
+    If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.
+
+state
+    Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
+
+url
+    URL to use for the package
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # Ensure zsh in installed
+    __package_dnf zsh --state present
+
+    # If you don't want to follow pythonX packages, but always use python
+    __package_dnf python --state present --name python3
+
+    # Remove obsolete package
+    __package_dnf puppet --state absent
+
+    __package epel-release \
+      --url https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`cdist-type__package`\ (7),
+:strong:`cdist-type__package_yum`\ (7)
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Romain Dartigues,
+based on Nico Schottelius work on :strong:`cdist-type__package_man`\ (7)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2024 Romain Dartigues. You can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/nonparallel b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/nonparallel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/parameter/default/state b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/parameter/default/state
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f6134f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/parameter/default/state
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+present
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/parameter/optional
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9293119d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_dnf/parameter/optional
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+name
+state
+url
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote
index d8612986..b685c990 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote
@@ -34,12 +34,3 @@ case "$os" in
       echo "echo \"$timezone_should\" > /etc/timezone"
    ;;
 esac
-
-case "$os" in
-    openwrt)
-        cat <<EOF
-			uci set system.@system[0].timezone="$timezone_should"
-			uci commit
-EOF
-   ;;
-esac
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest
index 307bec04..0eb7fb9c 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ case "$os" in
                 --file /etc/sysconfig/clock \
                 --delimiter '=' \
                 --value "\"$timezone\""
-        ;;
-    openwrt)
-        : # Uses gencode-remote
-        ;;
+    ;;
     *)
         echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
         echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group
index 8a02f219..5bad9a0b 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 user="$(cat "$__object/parameter/user" 2>/dev/null || echo "$__object_id")"
 
-(id -G -n "$user" | tr ' ' '\n') 2>/dev/null || true
+(id -G -n "$user" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort) 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote
index 0585e90f..8120761a 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote
@@ -26,15 +26,13 @@ os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
 mkdir "$__object/files"
 # file has to be sorted for comparison with `comm`
 sort "$__object/parameter/group" > "$__object/files/group.sorted"
-# Use local sort for remote groups
-sort "$__object/explorer/group" > "$__object/files/group-remote.sorted"
 
 case "$state_should" in
    present)
-      changed_groups="$(comm -13 "$__object/files/group-remote.sorted" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
+      changed_groups="$(comm -13 "$__object/explorer/group" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
    ;;
    absent)
-      changed_groups="$(comm -12 "$__object/files/group-remote.sorted" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
+      changed_groups="$(comm -12 "$__object/explorer/group" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
    ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index fa741365..4e9a8a6d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-next:
-	* Type __timezone: Add support for OpenWRT (Nico Schottelius)
-
 7.0.1:
 	* Core: Remove double definition of scan parser (Nico Schottelius)
 	* Type __apt_mark: Narrow down grep for hold packages (marcoduif)