This page objectively compares feature sets of Wiki and Nitrate systems in relation to the important workflows. To avoid displaying a long feature lists, it is divided into groups by use cases. Click '[show]' button on each item to view the detailed comparison.
| Creating A Common Page
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Any page creation
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 pass
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 fail Can only create test case/plan/run
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| Readable link names
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pass human-readable link names
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fail use ID for identification
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| Data entry format
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mediawiki markup
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tinyMCE
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| Moving a Page
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pass by redirect links
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pass by cloning or changing the summary(name) of case/plan/run
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| Templates creation/use
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pass such as Special:MostLinkedTemplates
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fail
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| Editting preview
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pass
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fail
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| Submitting format
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fail wiki syntax
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pass form format
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| Talk page
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pass
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 warn Can only add comments in test cases
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| History rollback
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pass
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fail Only offer change logs
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| Changes comparison
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pass
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warn Only offer change logs
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| Categories creation
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pass manually add new category
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warn cases categories can be added by Admin
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| Adding pages to categories
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pass manually add category
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warn Only cases have categories
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| Subpage using
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pass
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by Tree View?
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| Bookmarks/watchlist
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pass watch the page
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pass bookmark the page
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| Creating a test case
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Renaming a case
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fail move to another page
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pass change the summary
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| Test case template
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pass Template:QA/Test_Case
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pass Defined
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| Linking files/packages/images
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pass Upload somewhere and link to it
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pass Test cases/plans support attachments
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| Case draft status
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fail manually add draft category/note
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pass Set as PROPOSED or NEED_UPDATE
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| Case review status
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fail approved in ticket or somewhere else
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pass Set as CONFIRMED
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| Categorizing cases
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pass manually add to category
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pass add category or use tag or add to plan to group cases
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| Description part in test case
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pass
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fail only have setup and notes parts
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| Tests that impact multiple packages
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warn Categories could be used to organize this data, but get messy
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pass allows linking tests to the packages they are designed to test
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| Test case re-use (write once, link anywhere)
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pass search from Category and link to it
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pass clone from other plans
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| Creating A Test Plan
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Test Plan re-use/update
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pass copy contents from previous
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pass clone previous plans
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| Linking test cases
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pass linking to cases section on test result template page
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pass clone from other plans
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| Plan draft status
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fail manually add draft category/note
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fail Set as non-active?
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| Plan review status
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fail manually add reviewer and review time
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fail Set as active
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| Categorizing plans
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pass manually add to category
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pass no category for plan but have Plan Type and Tag etc.
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| Creating A Test Result Page Template
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Result Page Template
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pass
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fail doesn't support result page template creation. Test run(result page) can be cloned from previous run with modifications.
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| Sortable table
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pass
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pass using sort
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| Collapse table
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warn hard to manage as a whole
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pass
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| Group cases (by media)
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pass flexible wiki design
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fail
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| Creating A Test Result Page
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Test result page creation
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pass
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pass Create a test run
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| Moving test results
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pass manually copy
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fail manually add one by one?
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| Redirecting links
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pass redirect links to current result page
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fail set test run as running or finished
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| Categorizing runs/result pages
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pass manually add to category
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pass Can set 'product', 'version' and 'tag' etc
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| Posting test results
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Opening 'current' links
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pass Open current links
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fail search my runs(how?) or the run's ID
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| Result format
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pass use Template:Result
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pass defined
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| Comment as references
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pass
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pass
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| Bug posting
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pass use Template:Bz
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pass
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| Multiple contributions for each case
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pass
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fail only display the last modified one
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| *Signatures using
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pass ~~~~ -> Rhe 09:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
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fail
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| Searching test results/cases/plans
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Searching cases/plans/runs
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fail only by searching from categories or name
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pass advanced search
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| Toolbox(what links to here)
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pass
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pass plans, cases, and runs related to each other
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| Uploading Files
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Upload files/packages/images
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pass upload somewhere and link to it
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warn test cases/plans support attachments(test run doesn't)
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| Upload updates.img/repo to certain server
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pass fedorapeople server
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fail link to wiki.
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| Generating A Test Summary
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Result summary/report generation
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fail run curl command
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pass automatic
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| Administrating
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Authorities for pages
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pass Use namespaces
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Can admin configure it?
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| Supporting anonymous user read-only access
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pass
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pass
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| Supporting anonymous user read-write access
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pass
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fail
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| Integration with FAS
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pass
|
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| Feature extension
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pass Add plugin
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Add plugin?
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| Page protection
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pass by Admin
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| Case/plan deletion
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pass by Admin
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pass Set as DISABLED. Test run can be deleted.
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| License
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|
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| Test Days
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Test day main/intro page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test day SOP guide page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test day/event result template page
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pass
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fail Clone from previous test run.
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| Test day schedule
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test day notification
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fail send out announcement manually
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warn Assign through mail, but the content is very brief.
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| Release Validation Test Event
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Test event Main/intro page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test event SOP guide page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| test event Result template page
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pass
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fail Clone from previous test run.
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| Release Criteria page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test cases priority
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fail manually add priority before each case link
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warn from P1 to P5, need change to: Alpha, Beta, Final.
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| Each case with different platforms
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pass
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fail ?? two test runs for both platforms?
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| Roadmap for each run
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fail
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pass
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| Release Validation Test Event
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| Feature |
fedoraproject.org/wiki |
nitrate
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| Test event Main/intro page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test event SOP guide page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| test event Result template page
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pass
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fail Clone from previous test run.
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| Release Criteria page
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pass
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fail link to wiki.
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| Test cases priority
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fail manually add priority before each case link
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warn from P1 to P5, need change to: Alpha, Beta, Final.
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| Each case with different platforms
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pass
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fail ?? two test runs for both platforms?
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| Roadmap for each run
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fail
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pass
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