Re: Fedora 24 Beta blocker bug status mail

[Stephen Gallagher]

On 04/18/2016 05:05 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
>  3. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262556 - anaconda -
> MODIFIED
>     AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_data' (when
>     wifi scan run and AP which does not broadcast SSID is in range)
>  
>  This ought to be fixed in the new anaconda build which sbueno is just
>  now sending out as an update. We still have the anaconda updates
>  testing chicken/egg problem, but this one should be susceptible to
>  testing by updating anaconda on a live image before running the
>  installer, happily. You need to have a system with wifi and a wireless
>  AP nearby which does not broadcast its SSID: boot a live image, update
>  anaconda, disconnect any wired connection, do `virsh net-destroy
>  default`, then run the installer and see if you can make it through the
>  hub without a crash.
>   

Given that Anaconda has a built-in mechanism for addressing exactly this (the
updates.img), shouldn't we perhaps consider doing testing by providing
updates.img shortlinks on the BZ (with the diff being from the last-known-good
compose)?

Then testers can just boot with inst.updates=http://short.link/blah on the
kernel command-line and test that way.

The process for generating an updates.img isn't very onerous, IIRC; there's a
`make updates` target in the anaconda repo. So probably we could put together a
SOP for generating them (to avoid dumping this requirement perpetually on the
anaconda folks, though I hope they would be willing to help produce that document).