#86: Add test coverage for text-mode upgrade
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Reporter: jlaska | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 14
Component: Wiki | Version:
Keywords: retrospective |
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= problem =
See [
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/590823 RHBZ#590823 - Text-mode upgrade
fails when installing new bootloader -- KeyError: 'bootloader']
= analysis =
Some tests in the
[
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test
install test matrix] involve user interface components in both text-mode
and graphical-mode (native or VNC). One such bug (RHBZ #590823) involved a
problem found only during text-mode upgrades to Fedora 13. The text-mode
upgrade screen shows different options thanenhancement recommendation =
= enhancement recommendation =
I'm hesitant to recommend specific text-mode tests for each user interface
element that differs in text-mode and graphical-mode (it would be
exhaustive but unachievable). As a catch-all, testing a text-mode install
is included in the current matrix. Is there something small that can be
done to cover the gap?
1. Perhaps adding a text-mode upgrade test case to the install matrix, or
...
2. Adding variations to the existing upgrade tests
[
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Update_Bootlo...
QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Update_Bootloader] and
[
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Skip_Bootloader
QA:Testcase_Anaconda_Upgrade_Skip_Bootloader] to also test text-mode, or
...
3. <insert better idea here>
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