Proposed EFI changes to install validation matrix

[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 12:51 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 08:07 -0500, Kamil Paral wrote:
> > > Hey, folks. I've drafted up my proposal for adding EFI testing to the
> > > installation matrix here:
> > > 
> > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template
> > > 
> > > Compare to the current:
> > > 
> > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template
> > > 
> > > It's fairly straightforward - it just adds an 'EFI' column to some of
> > > the tables, after 'i686' and 'x86_64', and adds a result box only to
> > > those tests it makes the most sense to repeat with EFI. I think I
> > > included all the tests it really makes sense to specifically do with
> > > EFI; the others are all variations to which it really shouldn't make
> > > any
> > > difference whether you're booting EFI or not. In total, 13 tests get
> > > 'EFI' boxes with the change.
> > > 
> > > Please do comment if you think there's any problem with the change or
> > > if
> > > you have a better idea for how to do it! Thanks.
> > > 
> > > The trac ticket here is https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/256
> > > .
> > > --
> > > Adam Williamson
> > 
> > It makes the result matrix even more complex :/ But I don't have a better idea.
> > 
> > Can we make the fields where EFI is not defined grayed out? See "Key" table at the top of the page.
> 
> Yeah, that's another way of doing it, might be more readable than just
> not having fields at all, as the difference between a field and no field
> is actually smaller than that between a white-background field and a
> grey-background field...I'll probably switch that, thanks.

Okay, that's done now:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template

Unless anyone comes up with a bright idea to do this better, I'll go
ahead and put it into practice ahead of TC2. Thanks!
-- 
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