On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 03:23 -0400, Kamil Paral wrote: > > > How important is here to really burn it? Is ISO VM booting regarded > > > as > > > a reliable test or not? (Note: We don't burn classic Fedora images > > > when testing either.) > > > > I would want to, yes. I do burn classic images when testing; the > > tests > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Boot_Methods_Dvd and > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Live_Image_Boot > > specifically > > require writing the images to media. > > Oops, and I was doing it wrong all the time. Welp, robatino says he always read it the same way you did, so it's definitely not clear. I think my reading actually reflects the initial intent of the tests, but we could definitely clarify things. So, this is how I think it ought to work: * the boot_iso, boot_methods_dvd, and live_image_boot tests should specifically test booting of an actual physical optical disc (we should explain this more clearly, and remove the USB references now we have dedicated USB tests) * the 'USB stick' table tests should specifically test booting of physical USB media (this is already clear, so that's fine) * the current_KVM and previous_KVM tests (and Xen_Para_Virt, for that matter) cover booting of the images attached to VMs (not really in as much depth, but in practice I think it's fine, as we do lots of testing in KVMs anyhow) * all the other 'general tests' are tests of installer functionality, and can be done from any boot method Is this general scheme OK with everyone? If so, I'll propose a few test revisions to make it much more clear. Thanks! -- 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
