On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 15:16 -0500, James Laska wrote:
Using the current schedule [1], we have the following milestones
where
QA will need install images for testing.
= Alpha =
2010-02-04 - Pre-compose install testing [2]
2010-02-11 - Test Alpha 'Test Compose' (boot media testing)
2010-02-18 - Test Alpha Candidate
= Beta =
2010-03-11 - Pre-compose install testing [2]
2010-03-18 - Test Beta 'Test Compose' (boot media testing)
2010-03-25 - Test Beta Candidate
= Final =
2010-04-15 - Pre-compose install testing [2]
2010-04-22 - Test RC 'Test Compose' (boot media testing)
2010-04-29 - Test RC Candidate
This model assumes that rawhide install images were available for anyone
to test at anytime. As Adam points out elsewhere in the thread, where
this helps us is so people can verify bug fixes. We also benefit from
community testing against rawhide leading up to these milestones.
If I'm summarizing the pain correctly ... the push back seems to come
from providing testing before development is ready to accept bug
reports?
Does this only happen during early development? Meaning, after
Alpha/Beta is having nightly built rawhide install images still a
problem? When in the schedule [1] would be an acceptable time to start
providing test feedback?
Nightly install images will be created once we branch rawhide. The
branch event is scheduled for the Feature Freeze, which is a week before
the Alpha freeze. So you'll have images for all the above listed
milestones automatically, and leading up to those milestones you'll have
images when the installer team requests them, and when we hit certain
dates like test composes.
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