Partitioning criteria revision proposal

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 10/11/2012 11:24 AM, Kamil Paral wrote:
>>> 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.

Agreed As do I

JBG