#86: Add test coverage for text-mode upgrade ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: jlaska | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 14 Component: Wiki | Version: Keywords: retrospective | ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ = 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_Bootloade... 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>