16:05:34 #startmeeting Fedora 13 Alpha blocker bug review meeting #1 16:05:34 Meeting started Fri Feb 5 16:05:34 2010 UTC. The chair is adamw. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 16:05:35 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 16:05:43 #meetingname alphablocker1 16:05:44 The meeting name has been set to 'alphablocker1' 16:05:48 yay. 16:06:16 alrighty then, I guess we know the drill by now: we'll go through the existing alpha blocker bugs one by one, and evaluate them 16:06:28 URL? 16:06:33 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&field0-0-0=blocked&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=MODIFIED&bug_status=ON_DEV&bug_status=ON_QA&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=RELEASE_PENDING&bug_status=POST&type0-0-0=substring&value0-0-0=%20538273&product=Fedora&classification=Fedora 16:07:14 #url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&field0-0-0=blocked&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=MODIFIED&bug_status=ON_DEV&bug_status=ON_QA&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=RELEASE_PENDING&bug_status=POST&type0-0-0=substring&value0-0-0=%20538273&product=Fedora&classification=Fedora 16:07:20 so, first bug is a sensitive one: 16:07:25 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557386 16:07:53 ... 16:07:55 ah right 16:08:00 * adamw kicks zodbot 16:08:15 is zodbot voiced/op? 16:08:28 oh well. yep, this is abrt being broken. we're not united over whether this should block the alpha. 16:08:30 apparently not 16:09:25 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557386 16:09:29 for great justice! 16:09:42 ok, so, yeah, opinions? should abrt being broken block the alpha? 16:09:50 should it block *alphas in general*? 16:10:16 adamw: one sec ... 16:10:35 well, we noted that the isntaller must be able to report failures to bugzilla for the Alpha 16:10:41 it seems logical to extend that to ABRT 16:11:04 i think it is *on the basis of live image testing* 16:11:18 what is? 16:11:28 extending the installer bug report premise 16:11:39 oh, I don't think so 16:11:42 for installed alphas, it doesn't follow, because we can fix it with an update 16:11:49 (which doesn't apply to the installer) 16:12:09 chicken ... meet egg 16:12:12 but if we ship alpha with abrt broken, then anyone testing a live image doesn't get it working. especially since the bug's in the kernel 16:13:12 how does live image come into play? does this only surface on live images? 16:13:20 no, but you can't update a live image 16:13:26 I see 16:13:39 well you CAN, but most people won't. and you can't update the kernel, where this bug is. 16:13:50 I think adamw's point is a good one 16:14:06 we hit this often 16:14:12 it's effectively analogous to anaconda traceback filing not working, but in the livecd case. 16:14:25 right. 16:14:36 yeah, and we block for that 16:14:41 am I missing something? 16:15:42 nothing I can see 16:15:52 so let's leave it on the list, and maybe add an explicit criterion 16:16:14 alright, so the status is that the kernel folks think they have what abrt folks need 16:16:24 and we're waiting on abrt folks to confirm. (but it's only been a few hours.) 16:16:48 jiri's been pretty outspoken on this, so i'm sure he'll be on top of it quickly. 16:17:01 I was just going to ask ... if we needed to pull him in 16:17:11 since brno will probably be dropping off soon 16:17:30 i dunno if it's necessary...maybe it's worth a quick poke 16:17:42 okay, I'll reach out 16:17:54 beat you to it :) 16:18:46 heh, well ... I'm sure he'll appreciate the double ping then 16:18:48 :) 16:19:41 well, not worth waiting a long time for, i think we can just move on 16:20:10 sounds good 16:20:20 #info 557386 is agreed to remain a blocker (and release criterion will be added for abrt being broken), bug status is waiting for abrt team to confirm the fix provided by kernel team 16:22:40 #info late-breaking news: jmoskovc confirms the 557386 change is what abrt team needs to make abrt work again 16:22:46 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559290 16:23:36 so, uh, this is one of the 'installation is broken' bugs? 16:23:44 well, sort of 16:23:46 lemme see ... 16:24:10 my understanding is it's turned into 512M not being enough 16:24:30 so ... you can install without LVM on a 512M system 16:24:54 but if you use LVM (or install to a system that previously had LVM partitions) on a system with 512M ... oomkill 16:25:19 that's a bit...sucky. LVM is still our default layout, right? 16:25:27 so this is now 'default Fedora install breaks with 512MB of RAM'? 16:25:44 (only on x86-64?) 16:26:00 yeah only x86_64 16:26:16 so we can update the hardware requirements in the release notes 16:26:26 or chase down why it needs more memory now 16:26:27 ? 16:26:33 wekk most x86_64 boxes should already have >512MB 16:26:37 *well 16:26:46 it may be reaching the point where it's annoying for VMs, though. 16:26:49 yeah, the case where we run into this was with virt guests 16:27:01 specifically with the default environment for rats_install 16:27:04 i'd say it's quite common to run VMs with limited RAM. 16:27:16 we can change it of course, but 512M seems likeit should be sufficient to me 16:27:19 and this does just feel bad on the face of it. i mean, come on, why does the OS installer need 512MB of frickin' RAM. 16:27:20 yeah true 16:27:20 yeah 16:27:43 it's still assigned to anaconda, but I think perhaps could be moved to LVM 16:27:46 i have linux, an IRC client, a browser, an email client and a couple of games running on my phone, in 180MB. :P 16:28:04 yeah, the question is why we're getting oomkill so much 16:28:16 adamw: but no lvm on your phone ;) 16:28:55 (it really seems like we're hitting it without that much ram in use, but obviously this isn't imperical data on my part.) 16:29:50 we have alpha release requirements are the default install path, which includes LVM. But we don't have any mention of the hardware environment 16:29:58 i'm not sure this is an alpha blocker, but i think it may be a beta or final blocker...i really think we need to draw a line somewhere for the RAM bugs and not just have the answer be 'buy more RAM!' 16:30:24 note ... http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f12/en-US/html/index.html#sect-Release_Notes-Hardware_Requirements 16:30:35 * 16:30:36 Minimum RAM for text-mode: 256 MiB 16:30:36 * 16:30:36 Minimum RAM for graphical: 384 MiB 16:30:38 * 16:30:41 Recommended RAM for graphical: 512 MiB 16:30:43 16:30:48 based on the analysis for this issue, that might need an update 16:31:00 s/analysis for/outcome of/ 16:31:34 pjones: dlehman: should we reassign this to LVM? 16:32:02 what's the bug id? 16:32:09 559290 16:32:23 hiya tech33 16:32:34 adamw: hi there 16:32:39 I don't know if it's lvm or the kernel 16:32:48 probably somebody should talk to agk about it 16:32:48 Tech33: we're in the blocker bug review meeting atm - please do throw in any X bugs you have your eye on when we hit the 'open floor' stage :) 16:33:14 lvm makes sense as a starting point. if they find out it's the kernel, fine 16:33:25 pjones: okay, I'll add agk to the cc and ask for input 16:33:49 but yeah -- it seems we need to up the min ram for x86_64 to 1GiB 16:34:02 jlaska: i'd say this falls into the 'in most cases' hardware grey area, btw 16:34:28 dlehman: well, i'd want to leave it as is for now, in case we can fix it before final 16:34:40 once you bump a hardware requirement it's always strangely hard to un-bump it again :) 16:34:41 adamw: ah good point ... 16:34:42 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Blocker_Bug_FAQ#What_about_hardware_and_local_configuration_dependent_issues.3F 16:34:45 makes sense 16:35:06 so, we assign to LVM and drop to beta or final blocker? 16:35:29 yeah, sounds right 16:35:32 agreed ... I'll update and move to beta 16:35:49 fwiw, I /think/ I've seen similar problems on a machine with >1G of ram 16:36:14 so I suspect what's going on is some allocation that's incorrectly from of the small zones 16:36:16 eew 16:36:19 ok 16:36:52 #agreed 559290 drops to Beta blocker, assign to LVM team for action 16:37:03 #action jlaska to update 559290 and assign to LVM team 16:37:17 commonbug material for the alpha? 16:37:19 #info pjones thinks this is a case of incorrect allocation, not actual genuine usage of large amounts of RAM 16:37:34 hmm, good point - i think so 16:37:41 let's stick the whiteboard on there 16:37:46 can you do that too? 16:37:49 er, keyword 16:37:59 you got it 16:38:18 * jlaska clicks submit 16:38:19 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560334 16:39:11 well, this looks like it should be closed, I guess? 16:39:14 from comment #3 16:39:25 yeah seems so ... 16:39:34 did anything change in anaconda to address this? 16:39:36 anaconda guys, does it make sense to you that this was fixed between 13.23 and 13.25? 16:39:38 I tried to reproduce yesterday but was unable to 16:39:39 or could his reproducer have gone away? 16:40:50 in that case, folks okay with closing it out? We can always put it right back on the list if the issue resurfaces. 16:41:08 okay 16:41:25 #agreed 560334 looks to be resolved: reporter cannot reproduce and neither can dlehman 16:41:32 clyde is always good for install testing, so if he couldn't hit it again, that's a good sign 16:42:29 it wasn't clear to me what was happening in the first place, so I can't say if it should have been addressed by anything committed since 13.23-1 16:42:45 ok 16:42:49 well, we'll reopen if necessary 16:42:54 I suspect it's been fixed 16:43:00 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562209 16:43:06 adamw: you want me bump that one? 16:43:22 done it 16:43:42 sweet! 16:43:44 562209 is yours, james 16:44:02 ah yes ... saw this earlier in the week while testing RATS drop#2 16:44:12 filed this morning and someone else on #fedora-devel just reported it too 16:44:56 I'm not going to be able to be here long, I have a prior commitment outside the house 16:45:09 Oxf13: fortunately the list isn't too bad yet 16:45:10 seems pretty no-brainer 16:45:18 yeah, this won't be a seven-hour blockbuster 16:45:28 did anybody scour F13Blocker for things that should block Alpha? 16:45:29 we save those till the end right? :) 16:45:35 Oxf13: we'll do that at the end if time permits 16:45:51 (in other words, no, I'm a lazy ass and I didn't) 16:46:10 so for /topic bug ... I think it meets the Alpha criteria "# The 16:46:10 installer must boot (if appropriate) and run on all primary architectures from 16:46:14 default live image, DVD, and boot.iso install media " 16:46:15 yup 16:46:25 don't think there's much to do here, just fix it, anaconda people :D 16:46:36 k 16:47:04 #agreed 562209 is a blocker, breaks 'installer must run from boot.iso' criterion. action is on anaconda team 16:47:13 clumens is already knee deep in it I believe 16:48:04 Oh, I guess that was the problem I was seeing yesterday. Good to know. 16:48:05 #topic 16:48:07 grr 16:48:13 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557928 16:48:40 another jlaska special 16:48:58 oh this yeah ... dlehman and I've talked about this 16:49:19 so for some storage failures, we prompt the user whether they want to file a bug or not 16:49:33 so the issue here is the prompting, not the bug itself? 16:49:35 and when running through out automated tests, this means it doesn't spit out the traceback for us to file abug with 16:49:39 adamw: you got it 16:50:11 for kickstart, I believe the mantra is 'don't prompt', so I've added this is a RFE for the install guys input 16:50:23 why is it an alpha blocker? 16:50:36 I think Oxf13 added this ... lemme check ... 16:50:39 we will likely be doing a lot of automated testing for alpha 16:50:39 but .. 16:50:51 I was just adding any anaconda bug that looked risky 16:51:11 # The installer must be able to report failures to Bugzilla, with appropriate information included 16:51:25 perhaps grey area here, I like Oxf13's point 16:51:26 we don't like to prompt too much in kickstart, but we're not going to auto-file bugs w/o asking first 16:51:35 dlehman: of course, not asking for that here 16:51:47 dlehman: what would help our automation is just spitting out something so we recognize the traceback 16:51:48 the intention of that criterion is 'anaconda's bug reporting mechanism must basically work', not 'absolutely all types of failure must be auto-reported correctly', i believe 16:51:53 and not timeout the test ... and have to dig into the timeout etc... 16:51:56 if you were to do that same test (and failure) in cmdline mode, what would happen? 16:52:20 dlehman: I could try ... but I don't think we'd want to change out test to use cmdline mode 16:52:40 adamw: yeah, that was my thinking as well 16:53:06 dlehman: we can adjust our automation if needed too, so not putting it all on installer team 16:53:14 personally I wouldn't consider this a blocker; we can't elevate qa's own procedures to the level of defining what bugs block a release, I don't think? at least, not unless it's something really egregious. 16:53:56 i.e. just because it inconveniences autoqa a bit doesn't make it a blocker. I dunno. well, it doesn't fit the criteria if we go with our original intention in writing them. as stated despotically by me. :P 16:54:01 dlehman: just looking for a way to get access to that traceback dump during kickstart installs 16:54:13 adamw: you despot! :) 16:54:29 it's worth taking a look at it to see how feasible it would be to write out the traceback before prompting 16:54:45 sure, i'm not saying don't fix the bug, just talking about the blocker-or-otherwise-ness 16:54:52 I don't have objections with moving this to Beta, it's not a large impact to our testing at this time for Alpha 16:54:54 yep 16:55:08 jlaska: which beta criterion does it satisfy? ;) 16:55:28 it might not hit any ... but i'll bring it up again for exception review then 16:55:31 * jlaska checking 16:55:39 okay 16:55:57 #agreed 557928 is not an alpha blocker, we will punt to beta for now. anaconda team is looking at it 16:56:04 just want to make sure we don't drop it 16:56:29 alright 16:56:33 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560477 16:57:08 oh nice, he must be creating his own DVD to test with? 16:59:00 alright I have to step out now. I'll be back later 16:59:15 what's the status of the patch? 16:59:17 thanks oxf13 16:59:35 adamw: lemme check anaconda git ... may not have landed in anaconda-13.25 16:59:47 pjones: https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2010-January/msg00586.html ? 17:00:07 yes, that is a post from me, why do you ask? 17:00:23 (did I not push the patch yet or something?) 17:00:38 pjones: Hey, just trying to see if this was in anaconda-13.25 or will be in next week? 17:00:51 doesn't seem so looking at the rescue.py history (http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=history;f=rescue.py;h=4ae4d6f004c73d49379c08c057d0c5a1d1b81d1d;hb=refs/heads/master) 17:02:27 so I think we can leave that on the list, and reconfirm the fix once the patch is in? 17:02:57 pjones: looks like it didn't get pushed 17:03:08 will do 17:03:08 jlaska: sounds good to me 17:03:52 #agreed 560477 is a blocker (breaks 'rescue mode most start successfully'), patch is written but not committed 17:03:59 can you use an updates.img for rescue-mode stuff? 17:04:03 #action pjones to push patch to fix 560477 17:04:35 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557323 17:05:01 should be able to use updates.img for rescue mode IIRC 17:05:04 done. 17:05:15 dlehman: yeah, that's how I tested it. 17:05:44 ah cool, thanks gents 17:05:45 anyway, it's pushed to master now; should be in the next build 17:06:02 ok 17:06:05 adamw: I've not seen this on recent RATS drops, so I'm inclined to close it out 17:06:14 557323 is silently marked MODIFIED 17:06:15 but we can ask Oxf13 if he's seen it as well 17:06:23 what's the deal, anaconda folks? 17:07:16 jlaska: or we could've done five minutes ago :P 17:07:24 definitely looks like there's a traceback happening. 17:08:24 So, I think that code got rewritten for unrelated reasons 17:09:05 and now it probably works 17:09:31 hrm, or maybe just moved. 17:09:31 probably commit 8a87de5f857 17:10:07 f3ac4679 (Chris Lumens 2010-01-07 13:12:52 -0500 621) name = udev_device_get_name(d) 17:10:24 looks like name should be there; if you're not seeing this now, it's probably accidentally fixed. 17:10:25 http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commit;h=8a87de5f8573e4d800c02b99c09762e44f5666cd 17:11:17 yeah, looks all fixed up in current tree 17:12:19 * pjones goes to lunch 17:12:28 okay 17:12:30 let's close 17:12:50 #agreed 557323 is probably fixed, according to anaconda team: will be closed 17:13:36 two more to go! 17:13:40 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559679 17:13:50 didn't the fix for this get in already? 17:14:08 pretty sure that selinux-policy is in rawhide now 17:14:41 wow, HAL? we still use that? 17:15:00 dlehman: it's supposed to get un-used in f13, but it isn't yet 17:15:13 xorg is still using it for setting up input devices right now (though they're working on that) 17:15:21 but yeah, we're up to -7 in rawhide 17:15:26 and i confirmed that -5 fixed the bug 17:15:33 so let's close this 17:15:47 #agreed 559679 is fixed, the fixed selinux-policy hit rawhide already; closing 17:16:12 last bug! 17:16:14 #topic https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560017 17:17:17 should be already taken care of, just not verified (except by me w/ a locally composed tree) 17:17:54 is it committed / built? 17:18:00 oh yeah, 13.25 is current right? 17:18:04 yes 17:18:05 so action on jlaska to confirm the fix 17:18:06 I can retest using the current RATS drop as well 17:18:29 working some other RATS issues at the moment, so I'll probably poke it on Monday 17:18:41 given dlehman's reproducer i'd agree this is a blocker 17:18:50 so...it's a blocker, jlaska to confirm fix? 17:19:42 no objections 17:20:06 #agreed 560017 is a blocker as per comment #3, it should be fixed, qa will confirm 17:20:11 #action jlaska to confirm fix for 560017 17:20:28 ...aaand we're done with the list 17:20:54 quick troll through f13beta and f13blocker sound good? 17:21:00 let's dooeeet 17:21:19 f13beta has three bugs, one of which we put on there today 17:21:25 * jlaska needs to train fingers to type F13 not F12 17:21:32 #topic checking beta and final blocker bugs for any that should be promoted 17:21:45 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558678 - I filed this and set it to beta blocker 17:21:48 I think that's about right 17:22:23 seems appropriate 17:22:26 although, actually, it doesn't really meet those criteria 17:23:18 but we can talk about that at beta time 17:23:22 right now, it doesn't need promoting to alpha 17:23:37 choice quote ... "It seems that previously-stored passwords are still working okay, but no new 17:23:40 ones can be written. 17:23:43 " 17:23:56 the other beta one is another we just pushed from alpha 17:23:57 so that's easy 17:25:56 final list...https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=507681&hide_resolved=1 17:26:00 * jlaska pulls up f13blocker 17:26:05 quite a few, so let's just eyeball it 17:26:48 what order you looking in? 17:27:45 499902 sounds a bit heavy for a final release change 17:28:18 yeah, but that's not this meeting 17:28:24 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523646 seems icky 17:28:26 also feels like a dupe to me 17:29:20 yuck 17:30:11 just mentioned at the bottom which bug i think it's a dupe of 17:30:20 if i'm right then it feels like a beta blocker to me, probably not alpha 17:30:22 k 17:30:42 who can make that determination? 17:31:01 it's a 'how many systems does this affect' grey area 17:31:08 so i think it still has to be a meeting judgment call 17:31:31 you're right, sorry though ... I meant, who can determine if it's a dup or not? 17:33:03 oh. um, i usually just throw the question out and wait for an authoritative-sounding answer :P 17:33:14 i guess ajax or mjg59 could 17:33:34 i don't see anything else very scary on the list 17:33:35 do you? 17:33:40 would it make sense to promote to Beta just in case? 17:33:43 Tech33_away: do you have any particularly icky nouveau bugs on your radar? 17:33:58 jlaska: maybe resolve the dupeness first. it's on my cc now so i won't lose it 17:34:34 adamw: k 17:35:02 damn, he's away 17:35:08 well, i'll check in with X triagers for next week 17:35:17 i think we're pretty much done, then 17:35:31 that microcode_ctl one is icky, but seems fine for Final release 17:35:41 lots of kde stuff on the list, good to see 17:36:01 531311 xen guest ... 17:36:15 I'm thinking that might hit point#13 on the beta release criteria 17:36:47 oh yeah i was gonna ask about the microcode 17:37:06 it's actually rather worse than described, on my system 17:37:09 it blocks for about five minutes 17:37:15 i wonder if it depends on how many cores you have, heh 17:37:32 five minutes is past 'wow, this boot is slow' and into 'it's broken! help!' territory 17:37:39 so we should probably commonbugs it for alpha, if it's not fixed 17:38:11 shall I keyword it? 17:38:28 sure, thanks 17:39:51 trying to find out the virt host environment on 531311, but I think that lines up with our beta release criteria 17:40:05 I'll post to the bz 17:40:55 ok, quick open floor segment 17:40:58 #topic open floor 17:40:58 scratch that ... might not be an issue anymore 17:41:07 anyone have any bugs to raise that we haven't considered so far? 17:41:57 nothing from me 17:42:07 any of the other huge number of meeting participants? 17:42:37 well then...beer time! 17:42:47 woah, you canadians live right :) 17:42:48 #endmeeting