Am 13.05.2010 16:54, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
how should they be tested?
I can perform "Does it boot" tests on virtual hardware, and maybe also on real hardware, but that is more time-consuming.
for every file, that is:
archlinux-2010.05.13-core-dual.iso archlinux-2010.05.13-core-i686.iso archlinux-2010.05.13-core-x86_64.iso archlinux-2010.05.13-netinstall-dual.iso archlinux-2010.05.13-netinstall-i686.iso archlinux-2010.05.13-netinstall-x86_64.iso
I want to get a report from someone that an installation went fine. what kind of install doesn't really matter. manual, automatic, autoprepare, net/core whatever. this has been tested enough before, so any kind of install with each single image.
On top of that, I want: A) confirmation for virtio_pci and virtio_blk on the install ISO's initramfs http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/19401?project=6
Booting with '-drive if=virtio,media=cdrom,...' now works in qemu, so that confirms that virtio works in initramfs. After initramfs completed, virtio always worked properly.
B) at least one installation performed from a usb stick, using any of the above images.
Again, I can offer boot-tests here, I may need to buy a new stick, as all of my current ones are in use somewhere. Tests I performed so far: Booting archlinux-2010.05.13-netinstall-dual.iso in i686 and x86_64 mode on qemu with a virtio CD drive and with an 'IDE emulation' CD drive. I don't have the time to actually test installations though. I performend an installation with an older AIF snapshot (end of Feb. or beginning of March), which was entirely fine.