Re: [PATCH-for-5.2? 1/1] Acceptance tests: bump Fedora to 32

[Cleber Rosa]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 10:37:01AM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 12/2/20 10:57 PM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> > Currently in use Fedora 31 has been moved out of the standard download
> > locations that are supported by the functionality provided by
> > avocado.utils.vmimage.  So right now, the boot_linux.py tests will get
> > canceled by not being able to find those specific images.
> > 
> > Ideally, this would be bumped to version 33.  But, I've found issues
> > with the aarch64 images, with various systemd services failing to
> > start.  So to keep all archs consistent, I've settled on 32.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py | 12 ++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py
> > index 1da4a53d6a..0824de008e 100644
> > --- a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py
> > +++ b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py
> > @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ class BootLinuxBase(Test):
> >          vmimage.QEMU_IMG = qemu_img
> >  
> >          self.log.info('Downloading/preparing boot image')
> > -        # Fedora 31 only provides ppc64le images
> > +        # Fedora 32 only provides ppc64le images
> >          image_arch = self.arch
> >          if image_arch == 'ppc64':
> >              image_arch = 'ppc64le'
> >          try:
> >              boot = vmimage.get(
> > -                'fedora', arch=image_arch, version='31',
> > +                'fedora', arch=image_arch, version='32',
> 
> I already expressed my view on this (latest QEMU should be
> able to use at least f31 - which was tested - and eventually
> f33 - which is coverage extension). I'm not going to vouch
> this change. If other maintainers are happy with it, I don't
> mind this gets merged.
> 
> BTW I don't see why this is urgent for 5.2.
> 
> Phil.
> 

Hi Phil,

Are you implying that, in your opinion, QEMU (say 5.2) should somehow
provide compatibility with Fedora 31 because it was used during the
entire cycle?  I sympathize with that, but, QEMU is not really
advertising compatibility support with specific Linux Distros, is it?

And, assuming that the issues I found on the Fedora 33 aarch64 image
can not be worked around, would you suggest not moving to 32?  I mean,
I don't see a reason why QEMU shouldn't be able to use at least Fedora
32, which is a currently *active* version (different from 31).

Thanks,
- Cleber.

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