Distributed upgrade testing for (semi) real systems in a VM
Give (power) users a way to test the system upgrade in a sandbox (VM). The "clone-
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We could provide two options:
a) automatic - create clone of the current system as vm and run update-manager with the non-interactive frontend and copy the results
b) manual - create the clone of the current VM but let the user do the upgrade with his favorite GUI
On failures, provide a "report bug" page that uses apport to sent a failure report.
We need to make clear to the user that this test will only ensure that packages and daemon upgrade correctly, not that e.g. the new kernel works well with their specific hardware (because we only test in the VM).
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Scott James Remnant (Canonical)
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- Michael Vogt
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Michael Vogt
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for intrepid
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Michael Vogt
- Completed by
- Michael Vogt
Whiteboard
Code in the sandbox-upgrader package in my ppa and at http://
Also available in intrepid now.