Release criteria: virtualization tweak

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 13:14 -0400, John Dulaney wrote:
> > 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.

Good point. I'm not sure if it's worthwhile to add a 'assuming capable
hardware' rider or just leave it as an assumption?
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