Proposed EFI changes to install validation matrix

[Adam Williamson]

Hey, folks. I've drafted up my proposal for adding EFI testing to the
installation matrix here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_R...

Compare to the current:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template

It's fairly straightforward - it just adds an 'EFI' column to some of
the tables, after 'i686' and 'x86_64', and adds a result box only to
those tests it makes the most sense to repeat with EFI. I think I
included all the tests it really makes sense to specifically do with
EFI; the others are all variations to which it really shouldn't make any
difference whether you're booting EFI or not. In total, 13 tests get
'EFI' boxes with the change.

Please do comment if you think there's any problem with the change or if
you have a better idea for how to do it! Thanks.

The trac ticket here is https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/256 .
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[Kamil Paral]

>  Hey, folks. I've drafted up my proposal for adding EFI testing to
> the
>  installation matrix here:
>  
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_R...
>  
>  Compare to the current:
>  
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template
>  
>  It's fairly straightforward - it just adds an 'EFI' column to some of
>  the tables, after 'i686' and 'x86_64', and adds a result box only to
>  those tests it makes the most sense to repeat with EFI. I think I
>  included all the tests it really makes sense to specifically do with
>  EFI; the others are all variations to which it really shouldn't make
>  any
>  difference whether you're booting EFI or not. In total, 13 tests get
>  'EFI' boxes with the change.
>  
>  Please do comment if you think there's any problem with the change or
>  if
>  you have a better idea for how to do it! Thanks.
>  
>  The trac ticket here is https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/256
>  .
>  --
>  Adam Williamson 
It makes the result matrix even more complex :/ But I don't have a better idea.

Can we make the fields where EFI is not defined grayed out? See "Key" table at
the top of the page.

[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 08:07 -0500, Kamil Paral wrote:
>  > Hey, folks. I've drafted up my proposal for adding EFI
> testing to the
>  > installation matrix here:
>  > 
>  >
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_R...
>  > 
>  > Compare to the current:
>  > 
>  > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template
>  > 
>  > It's fairly straightforward - it just adds an 'EFI' column to some of
>  > the tables, after 'i686' and 'x86_64', and adds a result box only
> to
>  > those tests it makes the most sense to repeat with EFI. I think I
>  > included all the tests it really makes sense to specifically do with
>  > EFI; the others are all variations to which it really shouldn't make
>  > any
>  > difference whether you're booting EFI or not. In total, 13 tests get
>  > 'EFI' boxes with the change.
>  > 
>  > Please do comment if you think there's any problem with the change or
>  > if
>  > you have a better idea for how to do it! Thanks.
>  > 
>  > The trac ticket here is https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/256
>  > .
>  > --
>  > Adam Williamson
>  
>  It makes the result matrix even more complex :/ But I don't have a better idea.
>  
>  Can we make the fields where EFI is not defined grayed out? See "Key" table at
> the top of the page. 
Yeah, that's another way of doing it, might be more readable than just
not having fields at all, as the difference between a field and no field
is actually smaller than that between a white-background field and a
grey-background field...I'll probably switch that, thanks.
-- 
Adam Williamson
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[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 12:51 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
>  On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 08:07 -0500, Kamil Paral wrote:
>  > > Hey, folks. I've drafted up my proposal for adding EFI testing to the
>  > > installation matrix here:
>  > > 
>  > >
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_R...
>  > > 
>  > > Compare to the current:
>  > > 
>  > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Fedora_17_Install_Results_Template
>  > > 
>  > > It's fairly straightforward - it just adds an 'EFI' column to some
> of
>  > > the tables, after 'i686' and 'x86_64', and adds a result box
> only to
>  > > those tests it makes the most sense to repeat with EFI. I think I
>  > > included all the tests it really makes sense to specifically do with
>  > > EFI; the others are all variations to which it really shouldn't make
>  > > any
>  > > difference whether you're booting EFI or not. In total, 13 tests get
>  > > 'EFI' boxes with the change.
>  > > 
>  > > Please do comment if you think there's any problem with the change or
>  > > if
>  > > you have a better idea for how to do it! Thanks.
>  > > 
>  > > The trac ticket here is https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/256
>  > > .
>  > > --
>  > > Adam Williamson
>  > 
>  > It makes the result matrix even more complex :/ But I don't have a better idea.
>  > 
>  > Can we make the fields where EFI is not defined grayed out? See "Key"
> table at the top of the page.
>  
>  Yeah, that's another way of doing it, might be more readable than just
>  not having fields at all, as the difference between a field and no field
>  is actually smaller than that between a white-background field and a
>  grey-background field...I'll probably switch that, thanks. 
Okay, that's done now:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_R...

Unless anyone comes up with a bright idea to do this better, I'll go
ahead and put it into practice ahead of TC2. Thanks!
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Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
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[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 17:09 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:

> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Fedora_17_Install_R...
>  
>  Unless anyone comes up with a bright idea to do this better, I'll go
>  ahead and put it into practice ahead of TC2. Thanks! 
Well, I lied about that, but I've gone ahead and applied it now, so
it'll be live for RC2.
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Adam Williamson
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