Release criteria proposal: boot to console

[Kamil Paral]

----- "Adam Williamson" <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi, folks. Quite a lot of release criteria proposals came out of
> today's
> go/no-go meeting. I'll propose them formally for discussion and
> addition
> to the official criteria here.
> 
> First off, we are missing criteria for booting to *console* rather
> than
> graphical desktop. This is important for e.g. minimal installs.
> 
> Proposal: two criteria. Alpha:
> 
> "When booting a system installed without a graphical environment, or
> when using a correct configuration setting to cause an installed
> system
> to boot in non-graphical mode, the system should boot to a state
> where
> it is possible to log in through at least one of the default virtual
> consoles."
> 
> Beta:
> 
> "When booting a system installed without a graphical environment, or
> when using a correct configuration setting to cause an installed
> system
> to boot in non-graphical mode, the system should provide a working
> login
> prompt without any user intervention (aside from the firstboot
> utility)
> when boot is complete, and all virtual consoles intended to provide a
> working login prompt should do so."

I definitely support this proposal.