Creating QA test images -- SOP?

[James Laska]

On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 13:05 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
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> On 10/8/10 12:32 PM, James Laska wrote:
> > Greetings folks,
> > 
> > I've noticed that the QA test images created by rel-eng are layed out
> > differently on the server depending on who creates the images.  This
> > isn't something that users of the ISO images see, but I was curious if
> > this indicated a process document (or SOP) was in need of update to
> > ensure that images are created in a consistent format each milestone for
> > mirrors.  For example ...
> > 
> > One format ...
> >       * /pub/alt/stage/14.TC1/$basearch/${os,iso}
> >       * /pub/alt/stage/branched-9-2.1/$basearch/{os,iso}
> >       * /pub/alt/stage/rawhide-testing/$basearch/{os,iso}
> > 
> > Another format (includes "Fedora" flavor in path) ...
> >       * /pub/alt/stage/14-Beta.RC3/Fedora/$basearch/${os,iso}
> >       * /pub/alt/stage/14-Alpha.RC3/Fedora/$basearch/${os,iso}
> > 
> > Not a big difference of course, I recognized the difference while
> > updating my script which monitors for, and downloads ISOs (which may
> > eventually be used by AutoQA).  
> > 
> > What is the expected path for the images?
> > 
> > /pub/alt/stage/%{name}/%{flavor}/%{basearch} ?
> >       * Where name is something like, "$version-$milestone-$count" ?
> >       * Where flavor in [Fedora, Live]
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > James
> > 
> 
> I think this was just an error on my part on syncing the bits up.  I
> picked the wrong level directory when I did the sync, and I should have
> included the Fedora/.
> 
> /pub/alt/stage/%{name}/%{flavor}/%{basearch} is what we should be
> shooting for, although name is a bit freeform (which is why we report
> the URL in the ticket)

Thanks for the clarification.  Like I said earlier, we're a ways off
from having automated DVD/CD/netinst.iso tests, so the "watcher" script
(if you'd call it that) I use is just a proof-of-concept at this
point.  

Thanks,
James
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