Proposing new dual booting release criteria

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 16:38 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 21:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 22:42 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 17:40 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > > I have now updated this in the Fedora 21 Final Release Criteria:
> > > > https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Fedora_21_Final_Release_Criteria&diff=390099&oldid=374841
> > > 
> > > I think the proposed OS X criterion is also uncontroversial:
> > > 
> > > "The installer must be able to install into free space alongside an
> > > existing OS X installation, install and configure a bootloader that will
> > > boot Fedora; if the boot menu presents OS X entries, they should boot OS
> > > X."
> > 
> > I was just giving a day more for feedback on my proposed addition of
> > 'can't break the firmware boot menu'.
> 
> I am now placing the following criterion into the 21 Final criteria:
> 
> "The installer must be able to install into free space alongside an
> existing OS X installation, install and configure a bootloader that will
> boot Fedora; if the boot menu presents OS X entries, they must boot OS
> X. Installing Fedora must not inhibit the system's ability to boot OS X
> from the UEFI boot manager."
> 
> as no-one seemed to object to my proposal to ensure we don't break the
> bootability of OS X from the UEFI boot manager. Thanks folks!
> 
> If we're not currently meeting this requirement, please do propose the
> relevant bug(s) as Final blocker(s).

We have a test case for this lying around already. I've renamed it to
follow the Windows test case name:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_dualboot_with_OSX

and I'll add it to the Installation matrix. Can someone with OS X
experience please check it over and update/correct it if necessary?
Thanks!
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Adam Williamson
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