Fedora 12 Alpha testing update

[James Laska]

Oops, wrong list address ...

I believe this might be of interest to multiple teams monitoring
progress towards the F12 Alpha milestone.  

Thanks,
James

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> From: James Laska <jlaska at redhat.com>
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> Subject: Fedora 12 Alpha testing update
> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:50:30 -0400
> 
> Greetings folks,
> 
> Just a quick heads up to keep folks informed on F12 Alpha testing.  
> 
>  o Feature freeze           2009-07-28
>  o Alpha Test Compose (TC)  2009-07-29
>  o Test 'Test Compose'      2009-07-29
> ---------------- N O W ----------------
>  o Alpha Blocker Bug Day#3  2009-07-31
>  o Alpha Freeze             2009-08-04
>  o Compose Alpha            2009-08-06
>  o Test Alpha Candidate     2009-08-06
>  o Alpha Release            2009-08-18
> 
> = Physical media testing =
> 
> Fedora QA is currently waiting for an Alpha Test Compose to exercise a
> full installation test run [1].  However, testing prior to the compose
> has unearthed several 'test blocker' bugs.  As the name suggests, these
> are issues that prevent further testing, notably they are blocking all
> (or a majority of) tests in the installation test matrix [2].  The
> current list of open 'test blocker' issues includes:
> 
>       * 514501 - MODIFIED - dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
>         org.freedesktop.Hal.NoSuchDevice?: No device with
>         id /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
>       * 511907 - MODIFIED - parted.Disk.duplicate exception in storage
>         scan
>       * 510033 - MODIFIED - AttributeError?: 'NoneType?' object has no
>         attribute 'name'
>       * 514718 - MODIFIED - install exited abnormally - AttributeError?:
>         'NoneType?' object has no attribute 'has_key'
> 
> There is additional work underway to address installer integration with
> a recent NetworkManager version.  A ticket has been filed [3] for anyone
> interested in monitoring the status of the Alpha test compose milestone.
> 
> = Rawhide testing =
> 
> Because rawhide testing never stops, there are several Alpha blocker bug
> events [4] to help identify high-impact defects that would put the Alpha
> in jeopardy.  The next blocker bug event is scheduled for this Friday @
> 15:00 UTC in #fedora-bugzappers.
> 
> Any defects discovered while testing rawhide that should be addressed in
> the Alpha should block the tracker bug#F12Alpha.  Please keep in mind
> the following criteria when escalating an issue:
> 
>       * Can this issue be fixed with a future rawhide update or is it
>         part of the media kit?
>       * Is this defect a high (or greater) severity [5] with no, or an
>         unreasonable, workaround?
>       * Does the presence of this bug dramatically reduce test coverage?
> 
> Thanks,
> James
> 
> [1]
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2009-July/msg00429.html
> [2]
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Fedora_12_Alpha_Install_Test_Results
> [3] https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2016
> [4]
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2009-July/msg00498.html
> and
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2009-July/msg00472.html
> [5] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/BugStatusWorkFlow#Severity
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James Laska         -- jlaska at redhat.com
Quality Engineering -- Red Hat, Inc.
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