17:01:06 #startmeeting F19 Beta Go/No-Go meeting 17:01:06 Meeting started Thu May 23 17:01:06 2013 UTC. The chair is jreznik. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 17:01:06 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 17:01:16 #meetingname F19 Beta Go/No-Go meeting 17:01:16 The meeting name has been set to 'f19_beta_go/no-go_meeting' 17:01:33 #topic Roll Call 17:01:59 ahoy hoy 17:02:01 hey! 17:02:07 whee! 17:02:08 * satellit listening 17:02:17 adamw: ahoj is the correct way here to write :) 17:02:22 it 17:02:26 mja 17:02:31 that's not how mr. burns says it 17:02:49 #chair adamw tflink rbergeron 17:02:49 Current chairs: adamw jreznik rbergeron tflink 17:03:22 * nirik waves 17:03:52 * jreznik is going to skip waiting too long for people joining to save adamw 17:04:00 heh, it's okay. 17:04:01 but thanks 17:04:42 #topic Purpose of this meeting 17:04:44 #info Purpose of this meeting is to see whether or not F19 Beta is ready for shipment, according to the release criteria. 17:04:46 #info This is determined in a few ways: 17:04:47 #info No remaining blocker bugs 17:04:49 #info Test matrices for Beta are fully completed 17:04:50 #link http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/19/beta/buglist 17:04:52 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_19_Beta_RC4_Install 17:04:53 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_19_Beta_RC4_Base 17:04:55 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_19_Beta_RC4_Desktop 17:04:56 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Beta_Release_Criteria 17:05:45 let's start with blocker review 17:05:54 #topic blocker review 17:05:56 * rbergeron rolls in late, sorry 17:06:02 #info Up for review today, we have: 17:06:04 tflink: may I ask you to lead it? 17:06:08 ah, thanks 17:06:10 #info 4 Proposed Blockers 17:06:10 #info 2 Accepted Blockers 17:06:26 starting with the proposed blockers ... 17:06:32 #topic (959677) IndexError: list index out of range 17:06:33 #link https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959677 17:06:33 #info Proposed Blocker, anaconda, NEW 17:07:16 my understanding is that this is limited to litd created usb install media and not selecting any disks on the storage spoke 17:07:23 so, this one happens when you're running from a litd-created USB stick and you de-select all available disks in the disk picker, as far as we know 17:07:34 we have -2 blocker in gut already 17:07:36 there might be some other trigger, but that's the one we know 17:07:38 in bug 17:07:50 based on data provided in bug, I'm -1 blocker and needs a specific action to be taken 17:07:52 * tflink is also -1 17:08:03 * rbergeron is -1 as well 17:08:05 * nirik is -1 17:08:12 jreznik: it is true that the action is more likely to be taken due to a ui issue 17:08:47 the check mark that indicates a disk is selected doesn't really jump out at you, it seems quite common for people to get disk selection 'wrong' with the current ui. but still not serious enough to block for, i don't think 17:08:49 adamw: it is but could be documented - as I said in the bug, but ui should be tweaked later 17:08:53 yeah 17:09:11 proposed #agreed 959677 - RejectedBlocker - While this is not good, it is limited to a specific type of install media and a specific action within the installer UI that users are not likely to do. Rebooting at that point in the install does not cause data loss and thus this is deemed to not be a blocker for F19 beta 17:09:23 ack/nak/patch? 17:09:25 ack 17:09:27 ack 17:09:30 ack 17:09:47 * adamw will secretaryalize 17:09:53 #agreed 959677 - RejectedBlocker - While this is not good, it is limited to a specific type of install media and a specific action within the installer UI that users are not likely to do. Rebooting at that point in the install does not cause data loss and thus this is deemed to not be a blocker for F19 beta 17:09:58 adamw: thanks 17:10:06 #topic (966598) Crash in VG creation when installing LVM-on-Intel firmware RAID (19 Beta RC4) 17:10:09 #link https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966598 17:10:12 #info Proposed Blocker, anaconda, NEW 17:11:03 adamw would know more but from the conversation in #anaconda, it sounds like this is an issue with pre-existing but incomplete metadata on the target disks 17:12:29 yeah, now it seems this relates to some data that happened to be lying about on one of the disks in my array i'm even less concerned about it 17:12:47 well rest of votes 17:12:58 it's the kind of thing people might conceivably hit, but it's always going to be a bit of a crapshoot when you create raid arrays out of previously-populated disks 17:13:10 -1 blocker, document. 17:13:15 * tflink is -1 blocker, this feels similar to the problem you run into when trying to re-use one disk from a sw raid set 17:13:19 -1 blocker 17:13:24 (for all small number of people that use that :) 17:13:24 tflink: it's kinda along those lines, yeah. 17:13:56 so, -1 17:14:21 Viking-Ice already voted in bug, -1 17:14:54 proposed #agreed 966598 - RejectedBlocker - This does cause problems during install but it is limited to specific cases of re-using disks that have existing metadata from old installs. As such, it is too much of a corner case to block release and is rejected as a blocker for F19 beta 17:14:59 ack 17:15:25 ack 17:15:27 ack 17:15:37 ack 17:15:49 #agreed 966598 - RejectedBlocker - This does cause problems during install but it is limited to specific cases of re-using disks that have existing metadata from old installs. As such, it is too much of a corner case to block release and is rejected as a blocker for F19 beta 17:15:59 #topic (966586) System doesn't boot after upgrade on UEFI 17:15:59 #link https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966586 17:15:59 #info Proposed Blocker, fedup, NEW 17:17:09 this is related to a bug we had @ alpha where grub2 doesn't work on uefi systems when in graphical mode 17:17:32 F18 uefi is installed in graphical mode and the grub cfg is not modified during upgrade 17:17:39 so with this one a more important question than 'is it a blocker?' is 'do we have to fix it in the frozen package set'? 17:17:43 so, is there a manual work around? 17:17:45 to which we're pretty sure the answer is 'no' 17:17:53 nirik: change the grub.cfg to use console 17:17:57 yes, there is a manual work around, and we are quite sure this can be fixed just by updating the repos 17:17:58 yeah. 17:18:07 and could be workarounded as kparal verified and it could be fixed out of the frozen package set 17:18:10 kparal tested that switching to console mode grub before doing the fedup (or, probably, after) works as a workaround 17:18:22 can we confirm this can be fixed via update in repo 17:18:36 as in the method works not the actual fix part 17:18:40 so we can call this a 'special case' blocker (like bugs in preupgrade used to be) or just -1 it, but it seems pretty clear we don't need to respin or slip for it. 17:18:40 before would be better than after 17:18:48 well, easier 17:18:56 you have to boot into rescue mode or some equivalent to fix it post-upgrade 17:19:08 true, the effect is the same 17:19:29 yeah. -1 blocker, fix in repo if possible before release, document if not? 17:19:35 Viking-Ice: the only way to confirm 100% is to actually test it 17:19:51 Viking-Ice: but given what we know at this point i'd say it's about 99% certain that just sending out an updated grub2 to the repos will fix this 17:20:15 and in case it would not work, there's possibility of manual intervention - document 17:20:27 we just need to make sure that happens; i asked pjones to do it, if he's too busy i'll do it in a day or two 17:20:28 and otherwise, we can document the console setting and write up a fix for if/when people don't read the docs prior to upgrading 17:20:35 the build exists in koji, it just needs to be pushed as an update 17:20:38 right 17:20:40 cool. 17:20:41 well we are forced to officially support upgrading so we should be -1 based on criteria 17:20:45 I see +1 from bug 17:20:59 mean +1 17:21:03 and as viking pointed out in the bug, it's not like upgrades have ever been a sure thing anyways 17:21:18 I'm probably closer to -1 17:21:20 Viking-Ice: well, there's a bit of wiggle room since this only affects UEFI 17:21:25 yeah and we cant support it seriously we cant best effort is even stretching that support 17:21:35 Viking-Ice: we can say UEFI upgrades are a small fraction of all upgrades so upgrade is working well enough, -1 17:21:49 it's a bit of a fudge, but it's kinda academic anyway... 17:21:56 so +1/-3 so far 17:22:02 any other votes? 17:22:17 I myself is -1 but forced to be +1 due to "official" labeling 17:22:19 i guess i'll vote with the majority just to move things along, though i take viking's reasoning for +1 17:22:34 Viking-Ice: you can use my fudge :) 17:22:41 -1 as it seems to be covered and start the discussion how to deal it on list 17:23:00 the criterion says "For each one of the release-blocking package sets, it must be possible to successfully complete an upgrade from a fully updated installation of the previous stable Fedora release with that package set installed." 17:23:12 it certainly *is* possible to do that - just so long as the installation is a BIOS one not a UEFI one. :P 17:23:22 or if you manually work around this on efi 17:23:25 right. 17:23:34 and we hope nicer fix would work too 17:23:37 but yeah, i really should quit twisting the criteria i wrote into pretzels. 17:23:43 *slaps own hand* 17:24:21 and it is possible to do an upgrade with manual intervention 17:24:29 so, mine's a -1, makes it +1/-5? 17:24:41 it's not like the system is completely broken, it is fixable without too much effort 17:24:56 if this was final, I'd be less -1 17:24:58 true. it's not such a horrible fudge to say this isn't a blocker, i guess 17:25:25 yep, let's move on 17:26:56 proposed #agreed 966586 - RejectedBlocker - While this does have a negative impact on upgrades for UEFI systems, it is workaround-able and doesn't result in a system which can't be reasonably fixed. An updated grub2 package should fix this but even if it doesn't, the workarounds will be documented. Rejected as a release blocking bug for F19 beta. 17:27:01 ack/nak/patch? 17:27:17 fudge ack 17:27:29 acky 17:27:50 ack 17:28:53 ack 17:28:55 #agreed 966586 - RejectedBlocker - While this does have a negative impact on upgrades for UEFI systems, it is workaround-able and doesn't result in a system which can't be reasonably fixed. An updated grub2 package should fix this but even if it doesn't, the workarounds will be documented. Rejected as a release blocking bug for F19 beta. 17:29:06 #topic (957783) fedup from F18 -> F19 hangs at reboot 17:29:06 #link https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957783 17:29:06 #info Proposed Blocker, systemd, NEW 17:29:26 is this happening on non-ppc systems? 17:29:56 i dunno, but even if it is, it's not a blocker. 17:29:57 as I read it, this is a problem with the system rebooting post-upgrade 17:30:21 the upgrade completes with a nasty-looking crash at the end but the upgraded system works fine after a manual reboot 17:30:42 -1 blocker. 17:30:49 I see -3 blocker in bug 17:30:56 -1 beta blocker 17:30:57 * tflink is also -1, making for -5 17:30:59 -6 17:32:36 proposed #agreed 957783 - RejectedBlocker - While this is a nasty looking bug, it does not actually interfere with the upgrade process beyond requiring a manual reboot post-upgrade. As such, it was judged not to be severe enough to block release and is rejected as a release blocking bug for F19 beta. 17:32:41 ack/nak/patch? 17:32:59 ack 17:33:22 ack 17:33:27 ack 17:33:41 #agreed 957783 - RejectedBlocker - While this is a nasty looking bug, it does not actually interfere with the upgrade process beyond requiring a manual reboot post-upgrade. As such, it was judged not to be severe enough to block release and is rejected as a release blocking bug for F19 beta. 17:33:52 OK, that's all of the proposed blockers on my list 17:34:05 we have 2 accepted blockers which haven't been closed yet, but they're both VERIFIED 17:34:22 do we want to review them for the sake of completeness? 17:35:07 sure, why not, it'll be quick. 17:35:25 #topic (964069) Anaconda creates native partition in text mode if LVM or btrfs is selected 17:35:25 #link https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964069 17:35:25 #info Accepted Blocker, anaconda, VERIFIED 17:36:09 this was an issue where the partition type couldn't be changed in text mode 17:36:54 #info 964069 was confirmed as fixed with F19 beta RC3 17:37:08 anything else to bring up on this bug? 17:37:17 no 17:37:20 i'm just double checking it's fixed in rc4 17:37:51 IIRC, it worked in my smoke image text-install text last night but I wasn't looking for partition types 17:38:03 and that wouldn't be confirmation anyways 17:38:17 confirmed, i just told it to create btrfs, and it did. 17:38:23 awesome 17:38:27 moving on 17:38:32 #topic (966162) fedora-dmraid-activate shouldn't tell kpartx to use a partition delimiter 17:38:35 #link https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966162 17:38:37 #info Accepted Blocker, dmraid, VERIFIED 17:38:45 this was a fun bug that was preventing install to dmraid arays 17:38:47 and tim tested this a few hours ago. 17:39:09 cool. 17:39:31 #info 966162 was verified as fixed in F19 beta RC4 17:39:56 great work adamw on this one! 17:39:57 * tflink assumes nothing else on this bug 17:40:17 that is all of the proposed and accepted blockers on my list 17:40:26 jreznik: eh, in the end i took six characters out of two packages 17:40:37 jreznik: it was hardly mountain moving stuff :) 17:41:02 yay for that 17:41:11 adamw: :) 17:41:15 tflink: thanks! 17:41:19 np 17:41:36 so that means we have: 0 accepted and unaddressed blockers 17:41:36 #info after blocker bug review, there are no accepted & unresolved blocker bugs 17:41:40 whee 17:42:08 #topic Test matrices coverage 17:42:10 hurray 17:42:36 dont jinx it 17:42:39 adamw, tflink: ? 17:42:44 test coverage is pretty much 100% 17:43:03 where pretty is 30%? 17:43:09 the damn uefi nvram exhaustion bug kinda cramped our efi testing a little bit, but i think we have enough passes from jskladan to be happy that it's working 17:43:19 Viking-Ice: on alpha/beta tests, what's missing? 17:43:32 adamw, an joke 17:43:37 pretty much ;) 17:43:40 ah :) 17:44:04 #info test matrices coverage is ok 17:44:38 let's go to the last step now everyone is waiting for :) 17:44:40 every alpha/beta test is covered for at least one arch 17:44:51 with only a couple of safe ones pulled from previous test runs 17:45:25 #info every alpha/beta test is covered for at least one arch, only couple of safe ones were pulled from previous test runs 17:45:38 #topic Go/No-Go decision 17:46:06 ok, here we are 17:46:46 per QA's policy, as there are no accepted unaddressed blockers and test coverage is sufficient, QA votes "go" 17:46:51 agreed, viking, tflink? 17:46:54 agreed 17:47:01 go go go. ;) 17:47:08 based on the blocker bugs status and test matrices coverage, Fedora Program Manager votes "go" 17:47:09 agreed 17:47:42 rbergeron: ? as FPL 17:47:55 #info per QA's policy, as there are no accepted unaddressed blockers and test coverage is sufficient, QA votes "go" 17:48:11 #info based on the blocker bugs status and test matrices coverage, Fedora Program Manager votes "go" 17:49:08 i guess rbergeron's busy 17:49:19 * jreznik thinks we do not have to wait for every ones Go as it's based on the policy 17:49:35 adamw: yep and I'd say, she would be the one to scream GO :) 17:49:50 yeah, i think we can safely consider rbergeron a 'go' 17:49:59 yes 17:50:14 sorry - observing multiple ongoings ;) 17:50:32 #agreed Fedora 19 Beta is +1 to go by Fedora QA, FPL, FPGM and developers 17:50:43 wheeee 17:50:44 * Viking-Ice dont let schrödinger's cat escape the beta bag 17:50:47 great job everyone 17:50:47 rbergeron: np, I thought you would not ruin the party! 17:50:56 Viking-Ice: +1! 17:51:05 thank you guys! 17:51:19 time to crack open a bottle of cheap wine and fry some delicious fedora beta bacon!!! 17:51:27 sounds like a plan 17:51:34 and good night to adamw :) 17:51:39 * adamw is going to watch Strip Search and not look at his computer for a while 17:51:58 #topic open floor 17:52:34 the readiness meeting follows in approx. 1 hour - 19:00 UTC 17:53:11 * jreznik would be ok to get status from QA now and let them rest :) 17:53:30 heh :) in case none of us shows up, our status is pretty good 17:53:37 adamw: thanks 17:53:48 we need to write commonbugs as usual, i have a couple of things to throw in release notes, and we should take care of that grub2 update 17:53:56 i can't think of much else beyond that we need to do before release 17:54:15 ok, I'll put it into meeting minutes in case no one will appear 17:54:37 * jreznik is setting tflink's patent encumbered random fuse now 17:55:05 sue him! 17:55:40 I'll be around 17:55:58 preparing legal documents for upcoming patent violation lawsuit 17:56:04 :) 17:56:20 project colada lives 17:57:10 mehooray 17:57:51 3... 17:58:13 * jreznik is going to hire a lawyer 17:58:25 2... 17:58:54 1... 17:59:15 thank you again for coming and all the hard work on Beta - on time! 17:59:19 #endmeeting