On Saturday, December 14, 2019 10:42:57 AM MST Adam Williamson wrote:
> What is the process for this now? i.e. is this only tested once
virtual cd
> image tests have been completed?
Yes, but I don't see the *relevance* of that. You keep mentioning it,
but I don't see what it has to do with the Change at all. The physical
testing takes the same time either way.
To clarify, I only asked this once, because it was an obvious area to remove
the need for physical media, if it wasn't already done. I didn't really expect
a different answer, but didn't want to run with an assumption.
It would be nearly impossible to do the physical testing before
virtual
tests have run, because the virtual tests are automated, openQA runs
them as soon as the compose completes. If virtual optical media boot is
broken we find out approximately 10 minutes after the compose completes
(5 minutes for the tests to be scheduled and the Everything network
install ISO to be downloaded, 5 minutes for the test to time out).
> As for having a DVD burner, that's been a standard option on workstations
> since ~2005.
Well...not really. It *was* a standard option in 2005. It is
increasingly becoming less standard as time goes on.
I find it hard to believe that this is just something I'm experiencing, but
here's a little anecdote. I recently ordered a set of RHEL certified
workstations from Dell. We never mentioned that we needed a CD/DVD drive, and
yet each system had a DVD R/W drive.
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John M. Harris, Jr.
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