This morning when I saw the call for test days e'mail I had an idea that
I want to get some feedback on before I propose it as a test day.
I manage multiple systems and for each new release of Fedora
Workstation, I do installs (clean storage) rather that updates. This
gets rid of the trash in the system space and users get a chance to
clean the trash out of their home directory before it's copied to their
new home directory. The automation (script) I use for configuring these
systems after the base Anaconda install not only installs and removes
software packages, but also does setting of desktop preferences, service
settings, and user setting such as groups. I start using the script with
what I call As Deployed Testing which typically starts a little before
branching of the new version. This happens for pre-release drops as
testing is called for or for other drops as something peaks my interest.
Good things can be discovered about the readiness of the new release for
deployment with this as deployed configuration. For instance:
Unreported bugs can sometimes show up. Besides reporting the bug I can
understand the impact of the bug and plan for a workaround or other
measure given that the bug may not be a priority. An application may be
retired or have a new version that is delayed. Such situations can lead
to the deployment being delayed or working with users to decide if we
might need to be tolerant of a bug or picking a new application.
A Gnome setting (gsettings) may work differently or no longer be
available. Their may be new settings available
I would guess that most folks that deploy new Fedora Workstation
releases for a group of users do something similar. So why then have a
test day for this? I see the following benefits:
On the test day results pages each tester can report the number of users
they support and list by number any new bugs or issues they found that
were seen after their as deployed configuration, but not with with the
base anaconda installed configuration. This provides an indication of
the impact of the bugzilla bugs and Gnome issues that were found.
They can be encouraged to post on Fedora Discussion about any new or
different gsettings or service configurations they found. This will
raise visibility of new, changed, and removed settings. They can tell
about replacement application(s) they are using in place of ones that
are retired or otherwise not available.
_______________________________________________
test mailing list -- test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
