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                                                               | * This is the process of release testing as things currently stand.         |
                                                               | * Treats compose process as an external process, handled by releng.         |
                                                               | * "Fedora n" is a generic way of saying the newest stable release of Fedora |
                                                               | * A milestone is one of alpha, beta or final                                |
                                                               | * Dotted lines indicate a manual task                                       |
                                                               | * Normal lines indicate an automated task                                   |
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                                                                                                                             | Fedora n+1 is branched from rawhide   |
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                                                                                                                                                 v
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                                                                                                                             | Packaging and/or Metadata Changes     |
                                                                                                                             | Are Applied to Fedora Branched        |<------------------------------------------------------------------------------.<--------------.
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                                                                                                                       +---------------------------------------------------+                                                                    |    |               |
                                                                                                                       | Fedora branched is composed on a daily basis      |                                                                    |    |               |
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                                                                                                                                                 v                                  +----------------------------------------------------+      |    |               |
                                                                                                                                   /--------------------------\                     | QA and Releng work together to find the root cause |      |    |               |
                                                                                                                                   | Did the compose succeed? |-------------------->| of the compose failure and coordinate a fix with   |      |    |               |
                                                                                                                                   \--------------------------/         No          | affected package PoCs                              |      |    |               |
                                                                                                                                                 |                                  +----------------------------------------------------+      |    |               |
                                                                                                                                            Yes  v                                                             |                                |    |               |
                                                                                                                                        +----------------+                                                     |                                |    |               |
                                                                                        .-----------------------------------------------| Start Testing! |                                                     |                                |    |               |
                                                                                        v                                               +----------------+                                                     |                                |    |               |
                                                              +---------------------------------------------------+                              |                                                             v                                |    |               |
                                                              | OpenQA sees a fedmsg signifying that the compose  |                              |                                  +-----------------------------------------------------+     |    |               |
                                                              | has completed and schedules a battery of tests    |                              |                                  | The appropriate fix is applied so that the next     |     |    |               |
                                                              +---------------------------------------------------+                              v                                  | compose will pick it up                             |-----'    |               |
                                                                                        |                                           /-------------------------\                     +-----------------------------------------------------+          |               |
                                                                                        v                                           | Should this compose get |                                                                                      |               |
                                                              +---------------------------------------------------+                 | more human testing?     |------------------------------------------.                                           |               |
                                                              | OpenQA tests execute on the compose, emitting a   |                 \-------------------------/               Yes                        |                                           |               |
                                                              | fedmsg when each test completes                   |                                                                                      |                                           |               |
                                                              +---------------------------------------------------+                                                                                      |                                           |               |
                                                                                        |                                                                                                                v                                           |               |
                                                                                        v                                                                                        +----------------------------------------------+                    |               |
                                                              +---------------------------------------------------+                                                              | A nightly compose is submitted to QA for     |                    |               |
                                                              | Another daemon picks up the "OpenQA Job Complete" |                                                              | more in-depth testing                        |                    |               |
                                                              | fedmsg and translates those results in OpenQA to  |                                                              +----------------------------------------------+                    |               |
                                                              | passes in the matrices (if appropriate and if the |                                                                                      |                                           |               |
                                                              | test did pass at least once)                      |                                                                                      |                                           |    +---------------------+
                                                              +---------------------------------------------------+                                                                                      |                                           |    | Increment Milestone |
                                                                                        |                                                                                                                v                                           |    +---------------------+
                                                                                        |                                                +--------------+                        +----------------------------------------------+                    |               ^
                                                                                        |             Report Results To                  | Fedora Wiki  |    Report Results To   | Testers run through the test cases indicated |                    |               |
                                                                                        '----------------------------------------------->| {s}          |<-----------------------| in the release validation matrices           |                    |               |
                                                                                                                                         +--------------+                        +----------------------------------------------+                    |               |
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                                                                                                                                                                                                +-------------------+                                |               |
                                                                                                                                                                                                | Go/No-Go Meeting  |                                |               |
                                                                                                                                                                                                +-------------------+                                |               |
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          v                                          |               |
                                                                                                                                                                                      /--------------------------------------\                       |               |
                                                                                                                                                                         Yes          | No blocking failures in the test     |    No     +----------------------+    |
                                                                                                                                                           .--------------------------| case matrix and all accepted blocker |---------->| Slip release 1 week  |    |
                                                                                                                                                           |                          | bugs have been handled               |           +----------------------+    |
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                                                                                                                                                 +----------------------------+            /-------------------------------\                  No                     |
                                                                                                                                                 | Milestone Release Complete |----------->| Is this the final milestone?  |-----------------------------------------'
                                                                                                                                                 +----------------------------+            \-------------------------------/
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                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Yes
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                                                                                                                                                                                            | SWEET, SWEET VICTORY!!!!!  |
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