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Fedora 8 Test 3 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

  • NetworkManager rewrite

Known Issues

There is a blocker bug for this test release: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=F8Test3

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.

  • None so far

Blocker Bugs

For reference, here are the Blocker and Target bugs for this release:

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) i386 default OK
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
SELinux check All Need to ensure that fresh installs of all arches come up without any SELinux AVC errors i386 x86_64
VNC Any Make sure vnc installs work with connect parameters, password param, or none at all vncpassword works (ppc64) no params works (ppc)
Any All Make sure default install doesn't include -devel packages i386 x86_64
DVD All Media Check Passes i386, x86_64 ok; successfully found bad media
USB Any Test installation onto removable media. x86_64 install onto USB drive OK
Live Image size All Make sure i386 images fit on CD i386 burned & booted OK
Kickstart Any Make sure that kickstart works All attempted kickstart installs OK

Test Matrix

Install Source Install Type Arches Completed Install Notes
DVD Random Package Selection i386 x86_64
DVD Full
DVD Default
DVD Minimal i386 x86_64
NFS Default i386 x86_64 ppc
NFS ISO Default i386 x86_64 ppc
HTTP Default with 256megs of ram
FTP Default with 256megs of ram
Harddrive Default
Live Image N/A
Any Xen install
Any KVM install i386 x86_64
Any ipv6 install
Any dmraid install x86_64
Any cciss install
Any dmraid rescue
Any mdraid rescue
Any normal rescue

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