[Action Required] Fedora 21 Server Beta Validation

[Stephen Gallagher]

On Tue, 2014-10-28 at 08:23 -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> As I assume everyone on this list knows by now, Beta was delayed by a
> week due to several blocker bugs. (The only known blocker bug unique to
> Server was an SELinux issue that has been subsequently resolved).
> 
> Part of this slippage was due to late receipt of a viable release
> candidate build (we really only got it on Thursday and had very limited
> time to validate and determine its suitability).
> 
> We are expecting to receive another release candidate build sometime
> hopefully today, but possibly tomorrow. We are going to desperately need
> to run through the release validation tests again. I did all of the
> x86_64 testing myself last time around (with some help from the ARM
> folks to do a basic smoke-test on that platform). I'd very much like to
> parcel out the validation responsibilities for RC2 so that we can get
> the coverage done quicker.
> 
> The set of validation tests that have to pass are listed here:
> https://www.happyassassin.net/testcase_stats/21/Server.html
> 
> You can use Adam Williamson's handy-dandy relval tool[1] (release
> validation, not to be confused with relative value) to submit the test
> results.
> 
> All of the x86_64 tests can be performed against virtual instances;
> there are no hardware testing requirements there. The ARM tests might be
> more complicated; I'm going to ask Kevin Fenzi and Paul Whalen to chime
> in on how to get that set up.
> 
> Since I've already got an environment set up for Active Directory, I
> will handle the Testcase_realmd_join_kickstart and
> Testcase_realmd_join_kickstart tests for x86_64 as well as any of the
> other tests that I can get around to (Consider only the AD tests
> covered; I will be double-checking some of the more important ones).
> 
> The firewall tests are very easy, so these would be useful for a
> beginner to jump into. The Cockpit tests are also pretty
> straightforward, though the Cockpit realm join will require setting up
> some infrastructure (such as running the "Testcase_Server_role_deploy -
> Domain Controller" test first).
> 
> If you volunteer for this, please commit yourself to the time (sometime
> in the 24 hours following the RC2 availability announcement) to finish
> them. If after volunteering you discover that you cannot manage it,
> please inform the list as soon as possible so we can find someone to
> take over.
> 
> Volunteering should be done by replying to this email, keeping the
> Server list in the TO: or CC: so that everyone knows what has been
> claimed. I will be talking to the Badges folks about getting a badge for
> assisting with Release Validation for Fedora 21.
> 
> 
> [1]
> https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/10/14/i-wrote-a-thing-relval-wikitcms-1-1-fedora-qa-wiki-test-management-tool/



Fedora Server RC2 is now available for testing at
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/21_Beta_RC2/Server/

Let's get cracking!
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