Release criterion proposal: upgrade methods

[drago01]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Tim Flink <tflink at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:32:01 -0600
> Tim Flink <tflink at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> As currently written, the upgrade criterion in the Fedora 18 beta
>> release requirements [1] reads:
>>
>> The installer must be able to successfully complete an upgrade
>> installation from a clean, fully updated default installation (from
>> any official install medium) of the previous stable Fedora release,
>> either via preupgrade or by booting to the installer manually. The
>> upgraded system must meet all release criteria.
>
> Wow, I'm glad that I didn't just change the wiki without sending
> something out to test@ - I thought this was a minor, uncontroversial
> change ... I was wrong :)
>
> From the discussion in this thread, it sounds like we're proposing to
> change the one release criterion to two - one for beta, one for final.
>
> For beta:
>
> "It must be possible to successfully complete an upgrade from a fully
> updated installation of the previous stable Fedora release with the
> 'minimal' package set or the package set for a release-blocking desktop,
> using any officially recommended upgrade mechanism. The upgraded system
> must meet all release criteria."
>
> For final:
>
> "It must be possible to successfully complete an upgrade from a fully
> updated installation of the previous stable Fedora release with the
> 'minimal' package set or the package set for a release-blocking desktop,
> using all officially recommended upgrade mechanisms. The upgraded system
> must meet all release criteria."
>
> The implication being that at least one upgrade method has to work for
> beta and all have to work for final.
>
> Would we OK with shipping beta with only yum upgrades working? While
> it's not currently a 'recommended' method for upgrades right now as far
> as I know, that could certainly change.

No that way the upgrade method used by most users (which is even new
code this time) will get even less testing.