Installation interfaces criterion proposal

[Petr Schindler]

On St, 2012-03-07 at 18:04 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 08:21 -0500, Kamil Paral wrote:
> > > Because there are some objections for serial interface being in final
> > > criterion, I'd like to start discussion again. There was discussion
> > > on
> > > blocker bug meeting [1] (17:40) and it didn't end with unanimous
> > > decision. So, let the flame war begin. Do you want serial interface
> > > in
> > > beta criterion? I asked anaconda team for suggestion and here is
> > > their
> > > answer [2]. What is your opinion?
> > > 
> > > [1] http://goo.gl/921Vo
> > > [2]
> > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2012-February/msg00144.html
> > 
> > My view is that having it Final is easier and having it Beta is more
> > beneficial. Serial console is used a lot for various VM setups and
> > automated testing. If we have it in Final, we might not get as much
> > bug reports received from general public, because in Beta it will be
> > broken.
> > 
> > The QA team uses TCs and RCs, but still, this issue might get fixed
> > just soon before Final if the requirement is Final. That makes all
> > tests based on serial console useless, because they will pass only at
> > the end of development cycle. Here's an example of such a test:
> > http://autoqa-stg.fedoraproject.org/resultsdb/frontend/search?type=Testcase&terms=rats_install
> > 
> > So it hurts both us and the bug reports from public. I don't know how
> > hard is to maintain serial console for Anaconda team. Maybe it's a
> > nightmare. But if it is doable, I would prefer having it in Beta.
> 
> I think that's pretty strong reasoning, and it makes me lean towards
> Beta as well.

Hi,
because no one had objections against it and we decided on blocker bug
meeting, that serial console is blocker, I propose to add criterion:

"The installer must be able to complete an installation using the serial
console interface."

So we would have text, VNC and graphical in alpha, serial console in
beta and the rest (if any) in final.

Is it right?

Petr Schindler