Proposed validation test case: root on LVM thinp

[Chris Murphy]

On Dec 13, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:

> I meant to write this test case anyhow, but today's brown paper bag bug
> - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1040669 - gives
> it a certain sense of importance, so I thought I'd best get it done now.
> 
> I wrote
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_anaconda_lvmthinp_rootfs ,
> and I propose we add it to the installation validation matrix for F21
> and later, with release level Beta, as it matches this criterion:
> 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Beta_Release_Criteria#Guided_partitioning
> 
> "When using the guided partitioning flow, the installer must be able
> to: ... Complete an installation using any combination of disk
> configuration options it allows the user to select"
> 
> LVM thinp is now one of the options on the 'filesystem type' dropdown on
> the Installation Options screen, which is what 'disk configuration
> options' in that criterion is talking about.
> 
> Anyone have feedback on the test case, or the proposed inclusion in the
> matrices? I based the test case on the ext4 rootfs one but tidied it up
> somewhat, and placed stronger restrictions on changing other
> configuration during the test; I will probably go through all the
> filesystem-y test cases and propose similar changes, if we think that's
> a good idea. We should try to make the whole set consistent.

Yeah I'm holding off on a major f bomb email until I understand what happened and exactly when this broke. If you have some insight on that to save me regression testing, that would be helpful.


Chris Murphy