Release criteria proposal: USB-written images

[Adam Williamson]

Hey, folks. During F17 cycle we added some validation tests for writing
images to USB, but we don't have explicit criteria covering this. I'm
proposing two new criteria for this, and a minor adjustment to an
existing criterion.

Alpha:

Change existing criterion:

* The installer must boot (if appropriate) and run on all primary
architectures, with all system firmware types that are common on those
architectures, from default live image, DVD, and boot.iso install media

To:

* The installer must boot (if appropriate) and run on all primary
architectures, with all system firmware types that are common on those
architectures, from default live image, DVD, and boot.iso install media
when written to an optical disc

Add new criterion:

* The installer must boot (if appropriate) and run on all primary
architectures, with all system firmware types that are common on those
architectures, from default live image, DVD, and boot.iso install media
when written to a USB stick with at least one of the
[[How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB|officially supported methods]]

Beta:

Add new criterion:

* The installer must boot (if appropriate) and run on all primary
architectures, with all system firmware types that are common on those
architectures, from default live image, DVD, and boot.iso install media
when written to a USB stick with any of the
[[How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB|officially supported methods]]

The idea here is that at Alpha stage it must be possible to create a
working USB stick _somehow_, and at Beta stage, all methods should be
working. We could push the second criterion out to Final, I guess, but
to me, this is becoming pretty core functionality. Seems like writing
images to a stick is as common or more common than using actual media
nowadays.

Comments? Thanks!
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Adam Williamson
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