Release criteria proposal: boot to console

[John Dulaney]

I vote yes to both Beta and Alpha proposals.

> Subject: Release criteria proposal: boot to console
> From: awilliam at redhat.com
> To: test at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:19:30 -0700
> 
> Hi, folks. Quite a lot of release criteria proposals came out of today's
> go/no-go meeting. I'll propose them formally for discussion and addition
> to the official criteria here.
> 
> First off, we are missing criteria for booting to *console* rather than
> graphical desktop. This is important for e.g. minimal installs.
> 
> Proposal: two criteria. Alpha:
> 
> "When booting a system installed without a graphical environment, or
> when using a correct configuration setting to cause an installed system
> to boot in non-graphical mode, the system should boot to a state where
> it is possible to log in through at least one of the default virtual
> consoles."
> 
> Beta:
> 
> "When booting a system installed without a graphical environment, or
> when using a correct configuration setting to cause an installed system
> to boot in non-graphical mode, the system should provide a working login
> prompt without any user intervention (aside from the firstboot utility)
> when boot is complete, and all virtual consoles intended to provide a
> working login prompt should do so."
> 
> These read a bit icky to me, clarification / rephrasing would be
> welcome. The key point here is that it was quite widely agreed at the
> go/no-go meeting that we should *not* block an Alpha release if tty1
> doesn't work, as long as one of the other ttys works fine so you can log
> in properly just by doing ctrl-alt-f2 or whatever.
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