update some test cases

[Lili Nie]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Williamson" <adamwill at fedoraproject.org>
> To: "For testing and quality assurance of Fedora releases" <test at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 2:48:28 AM
> Subject: Re: update some test cases
> 
> On Tue, 2015-01-13 at 03:01 -0500, Lili Nie wrote:
> >    Hi all,
> > 
> >     I'm intending to modify some test cases in the Fedora test wiki
> > pages,as shown in the following:
> >     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Partitioning_No_Swap
> >     How to test
> >     Boot the installer using any available means (netinst/boot.iso,
> > PXE, or DVD)
> >     on INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen, click into Installation
> > Destination
> >     select I will configure partitioning on the Installation
> > Destination page,and proceed with installation
> >     On the Manual Partitioning screen, ensure no swap partition is
> > created
> >     Complete the installation
> > 
> >     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_anaconda_ext3_rootfs_on_disk_partition
> > 
> >     How to test
> >     Boot the installer using any available means (netinst/boot.iso,
> > PXE, or DVD)
> >     on INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen, click into Installation
> > Destination
> >     select I will configure partitioning on the Installation
> > Destination page,and proceed with installation
> >     On the Manual Partitioning screen, place the root filesystem(/)
> > on an ext3 formatted partition
> >     Complete the installation
> > 
> >     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_anaconda_xfs_rootfs_on_disk_partition
> > 
> >     How to test
> >     Boot the installer using any available means (netinst/boot.iso,
> > PXE, or DVD)
> >     on INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen, click into Installation
> > Destination
> >     select I will configure partitioning on the Installation
> > Destination page,and proceed with installation
> >     On the Manual Partitioning screen, place the root filesystem(/)
> > on an xfs formatted partition
> >     Complete the installation
> >  
> >     https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_anaconda_btrfs_rootfs_on_disk_partition
> > 
> >     How to test
> >     Boot the installer using any available means (netinst/boot.iso,
> > PXE, or DVD)
> >     On INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen, click into Installation
> > Destination
> >     select I will configure partitioning on the Installation
> > Destination page,and proceed with installation
> >     On the Manual Partitioning screen, place the root filesystem(/)
> > on a btrfs formatted partition
> >     Complete the installation
> 
> Hi Lili!
> 
> My suggestion is to use mediawiki's template system to avoid
> duplicating the same steps in multiple test cases. I actually already
> did this for some of the partitioning test cases, but not all. You can
> look at the test cases in the "Guided storage configuration" section
> for ideas.
> 
> There are already four templates you can use:
> 
> {{Template:Partitioning_single_setup}} (for the "setup" section)
> {{Template:Partitioning_actions}} (for the first few "actions" steps)
> {{Template:Partitioning_actions_post}} (for after all test-case
> specific steps, it just says 'complete the install making sensible
> choices for everything else')
> {{Template:Partitioning_results}} (for the results - it's a generic
> text which should apply to all/most partitioning test cases)
> 
> It would make sense to add a new template, something like
> Template:Partitioning_custom_single_blank , which would have the steps:
> 
> # Ensure only the single target device you prepared is selected as the
> installation target disk.
> # Ensure the option to configure partitioning yourself is selected,
> and complete this screen.
> # On the ''MANUAL PARTITIONING'' screen, delete all existing
> partitions (if any).
> 
> Then each test case could add the steps unique to itself, e.g.:
> 
> |setup=
> {{Template:Partitioning_single_setup}}
> |actions=
> {{Template:Partitioning_actions}}
> {{Template:Partitioning_custom_single_blank}}
> # Pick 'btrfs' from the ''New mount points will use the following
> partitioning scheme:'' drop-down
> # Click the ''Click here to create them automatically'' link
> # Click ''Done''
> # {{Template:Partitioning_actions_post}}
> |results=
> {{Template:Partitioning_results}}
> 
> for the btrfs test case, and:
> 
> |setup=
> {{Template:Partitioning_single_setup}}
> |actions=
> {{Template:Partitioning_actions}}
> {{Template:Partitioning_custom_single_blank}}
> # Pick 'Standard partition' from the ''New mount points will use the
> following partitioning scheme:'' drop-down
> # Click the ''Click here to create them automatically'' link
> # Change the '''File System''' drop-down to ''xfs'', and click
> ''Update settings''
> # Click ''Done''
> # {{Template:Partitioning_actions_post}}
> |results=
> {{Template:Partitioning_results}}
> 
> for the XFS test case.
> 
> 
> >    Also, I think maybe we should change
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_fedup_cli_previous_desktop
> > 
> >    into someone like
> >    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_fedup_cli_previous_workstation
> > 
> >    and add one for server:Testcase_upgrade_fedup_cli_previous_server
> > 
> >    Any comments on these will be very welcomed, and as soon as we
> > have a decision
> >    on the changes, I will update the wiki page.
> 
> Yep, I agree with this. It would be best to make some little changes
> to the test case text as well to make it match the F21+ changes a bit
> more (that is, refer specifically to 'Fedora Workstation' instead of
> 'the default package set, or using the default live image').
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Hi Adam,
    Thanks a lot for your great advice and help :)