RELEASE 8 TEST 2 Pre-Release Test Coordination
Current Testing Tree
Rawhide is the current testing tree. You can install from one of your local mirrors or build your own ISOs if you need installation media.
Release Criteria and Feature Status
- ["QA/ReleaseCriteria"]
- ["Releases/8/FeatureList"]
Major Changes
- Pulse Audio by default
Known Issues
There is a blocker bug for this test release: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=F8Test2
New bugs should be filed here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=devel
Status Whiteboard
These are notes on issues we've encountered that may not be on the blocker list yet.
- kernel .164 will hang right after "SMP alternatives: switching to UP code" on certain Via C7 processors
Blocker Bugs
For reference, here are the Blocker and Target bugs for this release:
- Blocker - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=F8Blocker
- Target - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=F8Target
Installation Test Matrix
The following is a list of things which need to be tested to help ensure a valid tree.
Install Type | Install Arch | Install Details | Install Notes |
Upgrade | Any | Test upgrade from previous release, ensure necessary things blacklisted (yum list extras) | |
Upgrade | Any | Test upgrade from oldest supported release, ensure necessary things blacklisted (yum list extras) | |
Upgrade | Any | Test multi-repo upgrade | Both Static IP and DHCP |
Install | Any | Test multi-repo installs | Both Static IP and DHCP |
Text mode FTP/HTTP | Any | Ensure text mode with minstg2 sane | ppc |
SELinux check | All | Need to ensure that fresh installs of all arches come up without any SELinux AVC errors | x86_64 ppc |
VNC | Any | Make sure vnc installs work with connect parameters, password param, or none at all | x86_64 ppc (Does not work if 'noipv6' is passed at boot time) |
Any | All | Make sure default install doesn't include -devel packages | i386 ppc |
DVD | All | Media Check Passes | i386 ppc x86_64 |
USB | Any | Test installation onto removable media. | USB install OK, raid5 /usr across USB+SATA OK |
Live Image size | All | Make sure i386 images fit on CD | |
Kickstart | Any | Make sure that kickstart works | Tried 12 kickstarts of various age, all OK |
Test Matrix
Install Source | Install Type | Arches Completed | Install Notes |
DVD | Random Package Selection | i386 | |
DVD | Full | i386 x86_64 ppc | |
DVD | Default | i386 x86_64 | |
DVD | Minimal | i386 x86_64 ppc | |
NFS | Default | i386 x86_64 ppc | |
NFS ISO | Default | i386 x86_64 ppc | |
HTTP | Default with 256megs of ram | ppc(no X, rescue image) | Stalls with boot.iso and X on i386, x86_64 |
FTP | Default with 256megs of ram | ||
Harddrive | Default | ||
Live Image | N/A | Works fine if you don't have a swap on the hard drive; if you do, you need to disable swap first with /sbin/swapoff -a | |
Any | Xen install | ||
Any | KVM install | i386 x86_64 | |
Any | ipv6 install | ||
Any | dmraid install | x86_64 | nash segfaults |
Any | dmraid rescue | x86_64 | |
Any | mdraid rescue | ||
Any | normal rescue | i386 | |
Any | cciss install | nash can't resolve LABEL=/ correctly |
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