Re: release criteria for final - bug 1320967

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On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 09:55 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Adam Williamson
> <adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 10:08 -0400, Joerg Lechner wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > question to Adam Williamson:
> > > Is it possible to file a bug to have a problem shifted from blocking
> > > for final i.e. to blocking for Alpha or Beta?
> > > This is a question for F25 and followers.
> > > Kind regards
> > 
> > We can discuss changing the criterion, sure. This is usually done just
> > with a thread on the mailing list (exactly like this one) - there is no
> > need for a bug report or ticket.
> > 
> > I don't think I'd support the change, though, personally. I think Final
> > is the appropriate place for dual-boot criteria.
> 
> I don't think it'd affect development at all. What it does do is
> remove the most obvious big dual boot bugs from broader community beta
> testing, so that hopefully if there are more obscure bugs, they get
> found. Showstopper bugs tend to inhibit that testing. On some systems
> it's necessary to do a grub downgrade to do any post-install testing
> of a dual boot UEFI system right now.

Well, sure, and we should just move all the criteria to Alpha so we can
test everything at Alpha!

It doesn't work that way. There has to be a trade-off between what we'd
like and what we can actually achieve. Of course it'd be nice if
everything worked all the time. I don't think you'll be able to sell
pjones on this being an Alpha blocker.
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