Release criterion proposal: upgrade methods

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 08:20:48PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> I can kind of see arguments both ways; on the one hand, the burden of
> testing upgrades to the strictly limited extent we currently do is not a
> terribly harsh one, and it at least gives us some confidence that the
> basic upgrade mechanism is not irretrievably broken. On the other hand,
> the practical benefits of the testing are fairly marginal: that 'we know
> it's not completely impossible' is pretty much all we get out of it.
> 
> Any more thoughts down that road?

I think the practical benefits go beyond that, because testing can uncover
possible specific problems, which might either have workarounds or be
conditions we can document as "sorry, we know this will keep it from
working".

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