Vitals

The -rc branch for this release will be cut on 2010/03/01. The target release date is 2010/03/15.

This release is being shepherded by alley_cat -- contact him with questions.

Join the #sourcemage-grimoire channel on irc.freenode.net if you want to help or need help.

How to test

  1. Pick some spells from the lists below and put your name in as the volunteer. Optionally add some spells to the extra spells section, with your name as volunteer.
  2. For your spells, search bugzilla for any existing bugs. Decide which are gating and which aren't, and fill out the "Notes" column appropriately. Put an "X" in the "Searched" column so we know someone has done the search.
  3. Get a machine with the current stable on it. Either your regular box, or a vm, or just a chroot. Instructions for getting a chroot/vm image are below.
  4. Cast your spells from stable if you don't have them already. If they won't install, ignore it and keep going.
  5. Get stable-rc on that machine, either via 'scribe add stable-rc' or just using the git branch directly.
  6. Try updating your spells, or if they wouldn't install in stable try casting them directly from -rc.
  7. Note any failures, issues, etc. in the "Notes" column. File bugs as necessary, noting which new issues are gating and which aren't.
  8. Once the spell has cast for you without any gating problems, put an "X" in the "Signed-Off" column (unless otherwise specified this applies to x86).

It's up to you to define "gating" for your spells.

Keeping us informed of what you've found is more important than fixing everything yourself. If you run out of time someone else can pick up for you but only if they can tell what's going on.

Getting the chroot/vm image

If you're already are running stable somewhere, you don't need to wait, just test with that. Otherwise, download the chroot below:

Chroot

Volunteer

Download

x86

alley_cat

smgl-stable-0.41-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2
smgl-stable-0.41-basesystem-x86.tar.bz2.sig

x86_64

mar_s

smgl-stable-0.41-basesystem-x86_64.tar.bz2
smgl-stable-0.41-basesystem-x86_64.tar.bz2.sig

List of Supported Spells

Place an "X" in the signed off column once you have signed off on the spell. If you happen to test a full system-upgrade, feel free to put an "X" and your nick in the "Alt Sign-Off" column for any spells that work for you.

We release once all spells below have:

  1. An "X" in the "Searched" column indicating someone has at least searched bugzilla for known issues, even if they found nothing.
  2. Sign-off by the volunteer owning that spell this release, OR sign-off by someone in the "Alt Sign-Off" column IF there are no gating bugs noted by the owner.

Basesystem Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes

basesystem

sandalle

X

sandalle

bash

sandalle

X

sandalle

binutils

sandalle

X

sandalle

bison

sandalle

X

sandalle

bzip2

sandalle

X

sandalle

coreutils

sandalle

X

sandalle

cpio

sandalle

X

sandalle

device-mapper

sandalle

X

sandalle

dhcpcd

sandalle

X

sandalle

dialog

sandalle

X

sandalle

diffutils

sandalle

X

sandalle

e2fsprogs

sandalle

X

sandalle

elvis

sandalle

X

sandalle

file

sandalle

X

sandalle

findutils

sandalle

X

sandalle

flex

sandalle

X

sandalle

gawk

sandalle

X

sandalle

g++

sandalle

X

sandalle

gcc

sandalle

X

sandalle

gettext

sandalle

X

sandalle

glibc

sandalle

X

sandalle

gnupg

sandalle

X

sandalle

grep

sandalle

X

sandalle

grub

sandalle

X

sandalle

gzip

sandalle

X

sandalle

iana-etc

sandalle

X

sandalle

init.d

sandalle

X

sandalle

installwatch

sandalle

X

sandalle

jed

sandalle

X

sandalle

jfsutils

sandalle

X

sandalle

kbd

sandalle

X

sandalle

less

sandalle

X

sandalle

libtool

sandalle

X

sandalle

lilo

sandalle

X

sandalle

locale

sandalle

X

sandalle

m4

sandalle

X

sandalle

make

sandalle

X

sandalle

module-init-tools

sandalle

X

sandalle

nano

sandalle

X

sandalle

ncurses

sandalle

X

sandalle

netconf

sandalle

X

sandalle

net-tools

sandalle

X

sandalle

patch

sandalle

X

sandalle

perl

sandalle

X

sandalle

procps

sandalle

X

sandalle

readline

sandalle

X

sandalle

reiserfsprogs

sandalle

X

sandalle

sed

sandalle

X

sandalle

shadow

sandalle

X

sandalle

simpleinit-msb

sandalle

X

sandalle

smgl-archspecs

sandalle

X

sandalle

smgl-fhs

sandalle

X

sandalle

tar

sandalle

X

sandalle

texinfo

sandalle

X

sandalle

udev

sandalle

X

sandalle

unzip

sandalle

X

sandalle

util-linux

sandalle

X

sandalle

vim

sandalle

X

sandalle

wget

sandalle

X

sandalle

xfsprogs

sandalle

X

sandalle

zlib

sandalle

X

sandalle

Additional Spells

Spell Name

Volunteer

Searched

Sign-Off

Alt Sign-Off

Notes

Candidate list for additional spells to be added to basesystem testing


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