F8 blocker bug status report - testers needed!

Wed Oct 24 23:48:19 UTC 2007

Will Woods wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> The QA team went through the F8Blocker bug list today. The good news is
> that a lot of the things that would have blocked the release are fixed -
> we're down under 20 blocker bugs (not including trackers). 
> 
> The current blocker list can be found here: 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=235703&hide_resolved=1
> 
> We need help testing and evaluating some of these bugs - some of them
> only affect certain hardware or less-common software configurations. We
> need to know how widespread the problems are in order to decide whether
> a given problem is actually worth delaying the release to fix.
> 
> Please look through this list and see if there's anything you could help
> to test. 
> 
> In order by bug ID, here's a look at our current blocker bugs, with
> commentary:
> 
> * Bug 208607: ASSIGNED - kernel-maint at redhat.com
> - mkinitrd: iSCSI root requires crc32c module
> 
> iSCSI is a tricky beast. This didn't work right in F7 either, so it's
> not a new problem, just something we were planning to have fixed
> properly for F8. Instead we will probably end up building crc32c into
> the kernel so that iSCSI-root works properly.
> 
> If you've got iSCSI hardware, it would be excellent if you could help us
> test installation (after we get this change in..). Adding yourself to
> the CC list for the bug would be a great idea.
> 
> 
> * Bug 242536: ASSIGNED - alan at redhat.com
> - [pata_via] Anaconda failed after formatting the / partition
> * Bug 242766: ASSIGNED - alan at redhat.com
> - [pata_via via82c596a] hard drive not found during install attempt
> 
> If anyone has pata_via hardware, please speak up! We need to know how
> much impact these bugs will have, testing help, etc.
> 
> 
> * Bug 253892: ASSIGNED - vcrhonek at redhat.com
> - There is no usable romanian keymap for the linux console
> 
> An earlier fix didn't work. It's unclear whether this actually prevents
> Romanian users from using their systems (which would make it a blocker)
> but the fix should be simple, so it stays for now.
> 
> 
> * Bug 264901: NEW - notting at redhat.com
> - oops, we have multiple sources of persistent network names active at
> the same time
> 
> notting says that this is (more or less) fixed for things in the default
> install. We're trying to work out ways to test it. This may get dropped
> from the blocker list and fully fixed in F9-rawhide.
> 
> * Bug 311511: NEEDINFO - dcbw at redhat.com
> - x86_64 iwl3945 NM crash after Keyring loop Deny
> 
> A fix for this has been committed, we're waiting for the reporter to
> confirm. If you can confirm this fix, that would help.
> 
> 
> * Bug 323371: ASSIGNED - dcbw at redhat.com
> - NM 0.7 doesn't support WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (certificate-based
> authentication)
> 
> This is also fixed, in theory, but the original reporter is having
> problems beyond WPA/WPA2 Enterprise. If you can confirm WPA or WPA2
> Enterprise is working with current NetworkManager 
> (NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.3.svn3016.fc8, in koji or tomorrow's rawhide)
> please comment on the bug.
> 
> 
> * Bug 330931: NEEDINFO - katzj at redhat.com
> - liveinst fails - sg devices confuse anaconda?
> 
> This involves some interesting hardware - Dell PowerEdge 2650 - so if
> you have some of this hardware and can help test / debug, please grab a
> copy of the LiveCD and give it a shot.
> 
> 
> * Bug 335161: MODIFIED - triad at df.lth.se
> - multilib file conflicts in gnokii
> 
> A fix for this has been committed and should show up in rawhide
> tomorrow. 
> 
> 
> * Bug 338551: NEW - davej at redhat.com
> - kernel 2.6.23.1-23.fc8 does not boot anymore on SK8V
> 
> Again, this is a bug with specific hardware - if you have an SK8V
> motherboard, we could use testing help. 
> 
> 
> * Bug 345841: MODIFIED - dwalsh at redhat.com
> - SELinux denial from cron
> 
> This should be fixed in today's rawhide, hopefully the reporter will
> retest and close the bug (COUGH COUGH JESSE COUGH SLACKER COUGH)
> 
> 
> * Bug 346471: NEW - lvm-team at redhat.com
> - F8T3 Live CD detects LVM groups inside RAID1, without using RAID1
> 
> This one is kind of nasty - LVM startup problems on the LiveCD can cause
> it to mess around with one mirror of a RAID1 set, which could lead to
> desynched mirrors and other badness. It's being investigated.
> 
> * Bug 348931: MODIFIED - ehabkost at redhat.com
> - virt-install --nographics --paravirt is broken
> 
> There's a fix for this in the kernel-xen-2.6 package in today's rawhide.
> If you're a xen user, testing and commenting on this bug would be much
> appreciated.
> 
> A few more bugs have been added since the QA meeting - I'll comment
> about them in a status report later this week.
> 
> Thanks for any help, and keep on testin', rawhiders!
> 
> -w
> 
Shouldn't this be on the list?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251493

Owners of HP DC7700 computers are going to be bitten by this; if it's 
not fixed in F8, then they're going to have a hard time installing.

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Cheers
John

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