criterion adjustment proposal: demote optical media support
Hi,
as discussed in "future of official optical media support in Fedora" thread in
devel list [1], we agreed to decrease the importance and testing of optical media support
for Fedora release composes, and block on just several specific images. This is a concrete
proposal to adjust our release criteria to match the outcome of the discussion. The
outcome is that we will not block on broken optical support for any Alpha/Beta composes,
and we will block on optical support for Final composes only for Workstation Live and
Everything netinst image (please note that I didn't receive much feedback for my last
point where I suggested Everything netinst is made release blocking [2] - if you have
something to add, there's still time).
== Don't block on Alpha/Beta adjustment ==
1. On page
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Alpha_Release_Criteria#Release-b...
the first sentence under "Supported media types" section changes from:
Release-blocking live and dedicated installer images must boot when
written to optical media of an appropriate size (if applicable) and when written to a USB
stick with at least one of the officially supported methods.
to
Release-blocking live and dedicated installer images must boot when
written to a USB stick with at least one of the officially supported methods.
2. On page
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Beta_Release_Criteria#Release-bl...
the first sentence under "Supported media types" section changes from:
Release-blocking live and dedicated installer images must boot when
written to optical media of an appropriate size (if applicable) and when written to a USB
stick with any of the officially supported methods.
to
Release-blocking live and dedicated installer images must boot when
written to a USB stick with any of the officially supported methods.
3. On page https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Final_Release_Criteria we add
"Initialization requirements" header with "Release-blocking images must
boot" sub-header (same as in Alpha/Beta) with text:
> All release-blocking images must boot in their supported configurations.
> Supported media types [hide]
Release-blocking live and dedicated installer images must boot when
written to optical media of an appropriate size (if applicable) and when written to a USB
stick with any of the officially supported methods.
> Difference from Beta
[hide]
> This criterion differs from the similar Beta criterion only in that it requires all
supported images to work when written also to an optical media, not just USB sticks.
== Block only on Workstation Live and Everything netinst change ==
1. On page
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/ReleaseBlocking/... we add
another column to the all the tables called "optical boot is release blocking".
The cells will have value "yes" for Workstation Live x86_64 and Everything
netinst x86_64, value "no" for all other rows containing "release blocking
= yes", and will be grayed out for rows containing "release blocking =
no".
(We link to this page from Alpha/Beta/Final release criteria pages from the last sentence
in the description in the top of the page.)
== Wiki adjustments ==
1. On page
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Template:Installation_test_matrix#Default_...
we change "Expected coverage" box from:
For Alpha and Beta, we expect a reasonable sampling of tests across
the table, with at least some testing for all three media types, both firmware types, and
each major class of deliverable (netinst, live and DVD). For Final, we expect full
coverage for all the Alpha / Final rows.
to
For Alpha and Beta, we expect a reasonable sampling of tests across
the table, with at least some testing for VM and USB boot method, both firmware types, and
each major class of deliverable (netinst, live and DVD). Optical boot testing is optional
at this stage. For Final, we expect full coverage for the Alpha / Final rows with VM and
USB boot method. Optical boot testing in Final is mandatory for
[[Fedora_Program_Management/ReleaseBlocking/Fedora26|supported images]].
Wording improvements or any other feedback welcome.
Thanks,
Kamil
[1]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...
[2]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...