On Friday 23 November 2007, Andre Costa wrote: >Hi folks, > >bug #372011 [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011] is >hosting a heated debate about anaconda & F8, how this dreadful bug has >been hurting F8 reputation and so on (I'm one of the poor souls that >have been affected by it -- and have been saved by patched .img >provided by Jeremy Katz >[http://katzj.fedorapeople.org/updates-f8-yumloop.img]). > >One thing that's clear is that anaconda QA missed some key spots, and >also that we (users) didn't help much on the process, allowing the bugs >to remain hidden until the version was officially released, which led to >a lot of stress among users and developers. > >I would really like to participate more during the beta stage of new >Fedora versions. However, as I stated on Comment #97 >[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=372011#c97] I can't really >install beta versions on my system at home, I use it daily, including >for work. > >But, AFAICS the other aspects of the installation process are pretty >much stable and independent from the current installation (language >selection, keyboard selection etc.), and the critical step for an >upgrade is dependency solving / package selection. > >So, what if the developers provided early access to this particular >part of anaconda only? I mean, in read-only mode, it would just gather >information about the packages currently installed and confirm if it >would be able to handle an upgrade on a "real" installation scenario? >It could for instance stop right after depsolve and show some >statistics. > >Believe me, if I was sure that I could test anaconda in read-only mode I >would gladly do it, at any step before the official release. Chances >are that test coverage would improve considerably, and no installation >would be touched during this process. > >Does this make any sense to anyone? Would this help? Is it already >possible somehow? > I dunno, but it really does sound like a great idea. >Regards, > >Andre -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
