(Cross-posted to the WG mailing lists; please reply only to devel@) == Overview == Today in #anaconda, we had a discussion of the plans for network install media for Fedora 22. We acknowledged that the network install (and more generally, unattended installation) story in Fedora 21 was somewhat lacking. In particular, there was user confusion around how to deploy Fedora Workstation in an unattended manner. Some of the problems we faced in Fedora 21 were a result of not having necessary plumbing in Anaconda (largely because we didn't even realize this until well into Beta phase, at which point we just started breaking out the duct tape and chewing gum). In particular, we needed a way for individual Fedora editions to provide a mechanism for specifying different defaults (such as automatic partitioning rules or the default environment group that would be displayed in an attended install). Without these things, while we could produce media with separate graphical branding, we couldn't truly produce separate network installs for Cloud, Server and Workstation. So we settled on producing only the Server network install media. == Output == In Fedora 22, we will be producing four network install ISOs: * Fedora Server - Server branding - Default environment group: Fedora Server - Auto-partitioning defaults: LVM on XFS (except /boot) - Responsible WG: Server WG * Fedora Workstation - Workstation branding - Default environment group: Fedora Workstation - Auto-partitioning defaults: LVM on EXT4 - Responsible WG: Workstation WG * Fedora Cloud - Cloud branding - Default environment group: Fedora Cloud - Auto-partitioning defaults: TBD - Responsible WG: Cloud WG * Fedora "Generic" (name TBD) - Generic Fedora branding - Default environment group: minimal - Auto-partitioning defaults: TBD - Responsible WG: Base WG In addition, there is ongoing discussion around media for bare-metal Fedora Atomic installations. This has not been finalized, but will likely result in an additional output. While each of these network installs will be *capable* of also installing any of the other products (though possibly not with the expected auto-paritioning), we have agreed that QA testing will only be performed on the intended environment group target for the branded media. We will not advertise or make any special effort to support other targets. == Remaining work that needs to be done == Release engineering will need to modify their compose tools to produce each of these install trees, as well as handling the necessary mirroring functions. The working groups responsible for each of these install media will be responsible for performing the following tasks before the Alpha Freeze (ideally well before, so we can run test composes and fix issues without slipping): * Modify the appropriate fedora-productimg-$PRODUCT package to include an anaconda extension model that will extend the InstallClass and set the default environment group and optionally modify the auto-partitioning functionality. * Review the contents of comps-f22.xml.in and the related kickstart files in spin-kickstarts to ensure that the install media contains the appropriate content. For simplicity in understanding who to contact, it would be beneficial if each of the responsible working groups would nominate an individual to be the point of contact on these changes. I volunteer myself to represent the Server WG in this capacity. Given that we branch on February 10th enter Alpha Freeze on February 24th, I'd like to propose a soft deadline (a check-in) on February 9th with a hard deadline on February 16th in order to have time to run at least one test compose prior to Alpha Freeze. == Acknowledgements == The cast of characters involved in this discussion were: * Stephen Gallagher (Server WG) * Dennis Gilmore (Release Engineering) * Brian C. Lane (Anaconda) * Ian McLeod (Project Atomic) * David Shea (Anaconda) * Adam Williamson (QA)
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