On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 06:27 -0400, Kamil Paral wrote: > I want to discuss the QA:Testcase Memtest86 [1] from our F14 installation > matrix. > > The test case is a little weird to me and took me quite some time to > understand what to test and when to report outcome. > > > How to test: > > 1. Boot the installer using any available means > > We don't want to boot the installer (anaconda), just show the main > boot menu (grub). > > > 2. At the bootloader prompt, select the option labeled Memory Test > > 3. Make some changes to the configurations and other settings > > > Expected Results: > > 1. Memory test works successfully > > Meaning the program works or there are not RAM failures? The latter is > hardware issue. Let's rephrase that. > > > 2. Test report is shown once a test is completed. > > The test is never completed, it runs infinitely over and over again. > It takes quite some time too. > Also, no report is ever shown, just statistics are continuously updated > in the lower part of the screen. > Very confusing. > > > 3. The configurations are able to be set and changed. > > Yep, but according to what you set, you may wait ages until some > test passes at least once. > > > I think this test case is needlessly overcomplicated. We just need > to test that Memory Test available on installation media "just works", > right? So what about something like: > > How to test: > 1. Insert installation media and display its boot prompt > 2. Select option Memory Test > 3. Have the test running for a few moments > > Expected results: > 1. Memory test runs a tests your memory, it seems to work correctly. > 2. You can use configuration to change test settings, e.g. select just > one single test out of the test set to be tested. > > > Sounds better? +1 ... we don't want to actually test the systems memory ... just that the menu option is available and, as you say, "seems to work correctly." Thanks, James
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