[Fedora QA] #86: Add test coverage for text-mode upgrade

[Fedora QA]

#86: Add test coverage for text-mode upgrade
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 Reporter:  jlaska         |       Owner:           
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  major          |   Milestone:  Fedora 14
Component:  Wiki           |     Version:           
 Keywords:  retrospective  |  
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 = problem =

 See [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/590823 RHBZ#590823 - Text-mode upgrade
 fails when installing new bootloader -- KeyError: 'bootloader']

 = analysis =

 Some tests in the
 [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test
 install test matrix] involve user interface components in both text-mode
 and graphical-mode (native or VNC). One such bug (RHBZ #590823) involved a
 problem found only during text-mode upgrades to Fedora 13.  The text-mode
 upgrade screen shows different options thanenhancement recommendation =

 = enhancement recommendation =

 I'm hesitant to recommend specific text-mode tests for each user interface
 element that differs in text-mode and graphical-mode (it would be
 exhaustive but unachievable).  As a catch-all, testing a text-mode install
 is included in the current matrix.  Is there something small that can be
 done to cover the gap?

  1. Perhaps adding a text-mode upgrade test case to the install matrix, or
 ...
  2. Adding variations to the existing upgrade tests
 [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Update_Bootloader
 QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Update_Bootloader] and
 [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Skip_Bootloader
 QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Skip_Bootloader] to also test text-mode, or
 ...
  3. <insert better idea here>

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