diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7343676b..c1629367 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "sphinxcontrib.autodoc_pydantic",
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",
+    "sphinxcontrib.spelling",
 ]
 
 # Enable MyST extensions to support reStructuredText directives in Markdown
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@
     # "pyproject-hooks": ("https://pyproject-hooks.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
 }
 
+# sphinxcontrib.spelling settings
+# File references a function object. Spell checker complaints about typo in
+# random object id.
+spelling_exclude_patterns = ["config-reference.rst"]
+
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
 
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ class FromagerHookDocumenter(FunctionDocumenter):
 
     objtype = "fromagerhook"
 
-    def format_name(self):
+    def format_name(self) -> str:
         name = super().format_name()
         if name.startswith("default_"):
             name = name[8:]
diff --git a/docs/customization.md b/docs/customization.md
index d5bead58..a6af38ee 100644
--- a/docs/customization.md
+++ b/docs/customization.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ support templating. The only supported template variable are:
 ### Resolver dist
 
 The source distribution index server used by the package resolver can
-be overriden for a particular package. The resolver can also be told
+be overridden for a particular package. The resolver can also be told
 to whether include wheels or sdist sources while trying to resolve
 the package. Templating is not supported here.
 
diff --git a/docs/files.md b/docs/files.md
index f48f8e41..af521ba8 100644
--- a/docs/files.md
+++ b/docs/files.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ wheels-repo
 └── simple
 ```
 
-* The `build` sub-directoy holds temporary builds. We use it as the output directory when building the wheel because we can't predict the filename, and so using an empty directory with a name we know gives us a way to find the file and move it into the `downloads` directory after it's built
+* The `build` sub-directory holds temporary builds. We use it as the output directory when building the wheel because we can't predict the filename, and so using an empty directory with a name we know gives us a way to find the file and move it into the `downloads` directory after it's built
 * The `downloads` sub-directory contains the wheels in `.whl` format that fromager builds combined with the pre-built wheels so we can create a local package index in `simple`
 * The `prebuilt` sub-directory contains wheels that are being used as prebuilt
 * The `simple` sub-directory is laid out as a simple local wheel index.
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.rst b/docs/getting-started.rst
index 01583051..481f3ab0 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting-started.rst
@@ -116,5 +116,5 @@ The output below is redacted for brevity. Missing sections are replaced with ``.
    11:19:56 INFO Bootstrapping typing-extensions==4.14.0 took 0:00:01 total, 0:00:00 to resolve source, 0:00:00 to download source, 0:00:00 to prepare source, 0:00:00 to build sdist, 0:00:00 to add extra metadata to wheels, 0:00:00 to build wheels
 
 As each dependency is built, fromager will show output from the build process
-and progress information. At the end of the build, fromager shows the lsit of
+and progress information. At the end of the build, fromager shows the list of
 packages that were built and how long each step took.
diff --git a/docs/how-tos/containers.rst b/docs/how-tos/containers.rst
index 5d6b9882..fa972147 100644
--- a/docs/how-tos/containers.rst
+++ b/docs/how-tos/containers.rst
@@ -227,6 +227,6 @@ followed by the wheel being built successfully.
    pydantic-core: built wheel for version 2.18.4: /work/bootstrap-output/wheels-repo/downloads/pydantic_core-2.18.4-0-cp311-cp311-linux_x86_64.whl
 
 The :doc:`customization` section explains other techniques for changing the
-build inputs to ensure packages build properley. The collection of wheels you
+build inputs to ensure packages build properly. The collection of wheels you
 want to build may have different build-time issues, but you can use this
 iterative approach to work your way though them until they all build.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index f0bd4e5e..71597967 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ those special cases directly into fromager.
    cli.rst
    glossary.rst
    develop.md
+   proposals/index.rst
 
 What's with the name?
 ---------------------
diff --git a/docs/proposals/index.rst b/docs/proposals/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca5869a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/proposals/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Fromager Enhancement Proposals
+==============================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   new-patcher-config
diff --git a/docs/proposals/new-patcher-config.md b/docs/proposals/new-patcher-config.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9b801d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/proposals/new-patcher-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# New patcher configuration
+
+- Author: Christian Heimes
+- Created: 2026-02-26
+- Status: Open
+
+## What
+
+This enhancement document proposal a new approach to patch sources and wheel
+metadata through declarative configuration.
+
+## Why
+
+TODO
+
+## Goals
+
+- provide simple patching facilities with a declarative configuration approach
+- support version-specific patching (e.g. patch build system requirements for
+  `>=1.0,<1.0`).
+- make common tasks like fixing sdist metadata (`PKG-INFO`) easier
+- add patching of wheel and sdist package metadata to remove or modify
+  installation requirements (`requires-dist` field).
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Patch files will not be deprecated and removed. Patches are still useful
+  and will be supported in the future.
+- CPU architecture-specific patches won't be supported, because they are a
+  misfeature. Patches will be
+
+## How
+
+The new system will use a new top-level configuration key `patch`, which is
+an array of patch operations. Each patch operation has a title, optional
+version specifier, and an action like `replace-line`, `fix-pkg-info`, or
+`pyproject-build-system`.
+
+- The action name acts as a tag ([discriminated union](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/unions/#discriminated-unions)).
+- The `title` is a human-readable description that explains the purpose of
+  the operation.
+- The optional field `when_version` can be used to limit the action,
+   e.g. `>=1.0,<1.0`.
+   > **NOTE**: `when_version` is not compatible with nightly builds.
+- Some actions have a `ignore_missing` boolean flag. If an action has no
+  effect, then it fails and stops the build unless `ignore_missing` is set.
+
+Example:
+
+```yaml
+patch:
+  - title: Comment out 'foo' requirement for version >= 1.2
+    action: replace-line
+    files:
+      - 'requirements.txt'
+    search: '^(foo.*)$'
+    replace: '# \\1'
+    when_version: '>=1.2'
+    ignore_missing: true
+
+  - title: Remove 'bar' from constraints.txt
+    action: delete-line
+    files:
+      - 'constraints.txt'
+    search: 'bar.*'
+  
+  - title: Remove 'somepackage' installation requirement
+    action: remove-install-requires
+    requirement: somepackage
+
+  - title: Fix PKG-INFO metadata version
+    action: fix-pkg-info
+    metadata_version: '2.4'
+    when_version: '<1.0'
+  
+  - title: Add missing setuptools to pyproject.toml
+    action: pyproject-build-system
+    update_build_requires:
+      - setuptools
+  
+   - title: Update Torch install requirement to version in build env
+    action: pin-install-requires-to-build
+    requirement: torch
+```
+
+### Actions
+
+All file names are relative to `sdist_root_dir`.
+
+- The `replace-line` action replaces lines in one or more files.
+
+- The `delete-line` action removes a line from one or more files.
+
+- The `pyproject-build-system` action replaces the old `project_override`
+  settings `update_build_requires` and `remove_build_requires`.
+
+- The `remove-install-requires` action removes a `requires-dist` entry from
+  sdist and wheel installation requirements. The requirement is matched by
+  name-only or by full requirement (including specifier set and markers).
+
+- The `pin-install-requires-to-build` pins `requires-dist` in sdist
+  and wheel metadata to the exact version in the build environment. The
+  primary use case is Torch. If a package is build with Torch 2.9.1, then
+  we want the wheel to depend on exactly `torch==2.9.1`.
+
+### Deprecations
+
+The old settings `project_override.update_build_requires` and
+`project_override.remove_build_requires` will be deprecated and eventually
+removed.
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee5b751a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+args
+backend
+backends
+backoff
+canonicalize
+canonicalized
+changelog
+changelogs
+cheeseshop
+cn
+codebase
+config
+containerfile
+cpu
+csv
+customizations
+cython
+deprecations
+dir
+downloader
+env
+environ
+filesystem
+fromager
+frontend
+frontends
+graphviz
+gz
+installability
+iterable
+iteratively
+json
+lexicographically
+linter
+localhost
+matcher
+mypy
+namespace
+numpy
+openssl
+platlib
+podman
+pre
+prebuilt
+purelib
+py
+pydantic
+pypi
+pyproject
+recurses
+repo
+scm
+sdist
+sdists
+setuptools
+statelessly
+stderr
+stdin
+stdout
+subcommands
+subdirectory
+submodule
+submodules
+subprocesses
+templating
+toml
+toplevel
+tos
+traceback
+tracebacks
+txt
+unshare
+url
+urls
+vendored
+vendoring
+versionless
+virtualenv
+walkthrough
+whitespace
+yaml
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2356d2d4..2996cfcb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ docs = [
     "myst-parser",
     "sphinx-rtd-theme",
     "autodoc-pydantic",
+    "sphinxcontrib.spelling",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/fromager/__main__.py b/src/fromager/__main__.py
index 437fdae5..a2d4d891 100644
--- a/src/fromager/__main__.py
+++ b/src/fromager/__main__.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 @click.option(
     "--network-isolation/--no-network-isolation",
     default=SUPPORTS_NETWORK_ISOLATION,
-    help="Build sdist and wheen with network isolation (unshare -cn)",
+    help="Build sdist and when with network isolation (unshare -cn)",
     show_default=True,
 )
 @click.pass_context
diff --git a/src/fromager/commands/build_order.py b/src/fromager/commands/build_order.py
index c5f2b601..88782c4e 100644
--- a/src/fromager/commands/build_order.py
+++ b/src/fromager/commands/build_order.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def as_csv(build_order_file: str, output: pathlib.Path | None) -> None:
     Creates a file suitable for import into a spreadsheet including the
     distribution name, version, original requirement, dependency type,
     whether the package is pre-built, the build order step number, and
-    a full dependency chain leading to the requirment.
+    a full dependency chain leading to the requirement.
 
     """
     fields = [