Release criterion proposal: "Package sets" (Alpha and Beta)

[Mike Ruckman]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:46:34PM -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
> Here's a ping on this (as I only got feedback from Mike before - 
> anyone else?) and a modification: I'd like to extend the Beta 
> criterion to read:
> 
> "When installing with a release-blocking dedicated installer image, 
> the default package set must be correct, and choosing a different 
> package set must work."
> 
> with a footnote something like:
> 
> "'work' means that the package set selection mechanism itself must 
> work; when used, the packages that form the chosen set must actually 
> be the ones marked for installation. Package issues that render one or 
> more selectable package sets un-installable do not constitute a 
> violation of this criterion, though they may be violations of other 
> criteria."
> 
> this is to cover things like 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179362 , which I noticed 
> when filing it is a bit of a loophole in the proposed criteria.
> 
> Any more thoughts, folks? Thanks!
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> Adam Williamson
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That addition to the proposed criteria sounds good to me. The definition
of 'work' makes sense as well.

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