Release criteria: virtualization tweak

[John Dulaney]

> Subject: Release criteria: virtualization tweak
> From: awilliam at redhat.com
> To: test at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:20:20 -0700
> CC: pjones at redhat.com
>
> Hey, all. pjones pointed out at a recent blocker review meeting that the
> Beta virt criterion:
>
> "The release must boot successfully as a virtual guest in a situation
> where the virtual host is running the same release (using Fedora's
> current preferred virtualization technology)"
>
> doesn't really imply that virtual host functionality must work; only
> that _if_ virtual host functionality is working, then virtual guest
> functionality must work. This was not really our intent with the
> criterion, we intended to require both to work at Beta stage. So here's
> a proposed improvement:
>
> "The release must be able to self-host using Fedora's current preferred
> virtualization technology: that is, the release must be able to act as a
> virtual host, and must also successfully install and boot as a virtual
> guest when running on a host which is also running the release"
>
> I'm still not super happy with the wording, but I guess it's clearer.
> Any better ideas?

Are we assuming that this is on CPUs that support Fedora's preferred
virt technology?  I do believe that KVM doesn't do so well on older
CPUs.

John