Partitioning criteria revision proposal

[Kamil Paral]

> > Am I interpreting this correctly to mean that a beta can go out
> > without
> > support for software RAID and/or LVM, as long as they are not
> > offered in
> > the Anaconda interface?  If so, uugh.
> 
> Well, that's a complex question. =)
> 
> As far as the release criteria would be concerned, yes. My thinking
> is
> that it's ultimately not exactly QA's decision what filesystem /
> device
> types anaconda ought to offer, which is sort of what we'd be doing by
> specifying particular types in the criteria, and it gets a bit
> unwieldy
> to specify every type we reckon is important or isn't.
> 
> So in theory, sure, anaconda could drop RAID out of the interface and
> the proposed criterion would be satisfied. But that decision could be
> challenged _on its own merits_ rather than via the blocker process.

I have the same opinion. QA shouldn't dictate technical decisions (e.g. RAID support included or not). Our purpose is to check that offered functionality works correctly. Of course some third-party, like FESCo, can decide that some functionality is essential for Fedora and then it makes sense to include it into release criteria. But it should not be a QA (only) decision.