On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 16:18 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > Hey, folks. So, Athmane noticed that text mode firstboot doesn't really > happen in Fedora 16, as it's 'expected' to in the new base test case: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_base_firstboot > > we did a bit of investigation and found that this is kinda normal. > firstboot is in the base-x package group in comps. it doesn't get > installed if you do a regular text mode installation. So if you're doing > a minimal / text mode install, you don't get firstboot. I confirmed that > this is also the case in F15, and I'm pretty sure it's the same in F14 > and all the way back. This is clearly 'intentional' at some level, and I > don't think anyone complained about it in f14 or f15. > > It doesn't seem like a major problem, because text mode firstboot is > really pretty useless. It's nothing like graphical firstboot: what it > actually does is call /usr/bin/setup, which is a simple wrapper around a > couple of system-config tools. Notably, it's not a wizard, and AFAICT > has no ability to create a regular user account, which is probably the > most useful feature of graphical firstboot. > > I've mailed the firstboot maintainers to see if it's actually worth > keeping text mode firstboot around at all, but whatever happens there, > I'd like to propose revising the criteria and test case such that we > don't really care about text mode firstboot any more. > > So: > > criterion "In most cases (see Blocker_Bug_FAQ), a system installed > according to any of the above criteria (or the appropriate Beta or Final > criteria, when applying this criterion to those releases) must boot to > the 'firstboot' utility on the first boot after installation, without > unintended user intervention. This includes correctly accessing any > encrypted partitions when the correct passphrase is supplied. The > firstboot utility must be able to create a working user account" would > be modified to read: > > "In most cases (see Blocker_Bug_FAQ), a system installed according to > any of the above criteria (or the appropriate Beta or Final criteria, > when applying this criterion to those releases) must boot to the > 'firstboot' utility on the first boot after installation, without > unintended user intervention, unless the user explicitly chooses to boot > in non-graphical mode. This includes correctly accessing any encrypted > partitions when the correct passphrase is supplied. The firstboot > utility must be able to create a working user account" > > Installing without X would be considered 'explicitly choosing to boot in > non-graphical mode' for the purpose of the criterion. > > The test case would have the phrase "After performing the test, > re-install in text mode, and repeat the test" removed. > > Sound good? Or can anyone think of a better way to re-phrase the > criteria? Thanks! No-one seemed opposed to this, so I've gone ahead and implemented it, just in time for final Alpha validation. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
