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Description

This test verifies how you can upgrade your Workstation Graphically from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24 with Gnome Software

Setup

  1. Make sure you are running Fedora 23 Workstation with a decent internet connection and root access.
  2. Enable COPR repo run dnf copr enable rhughes/f23-gnome320
  3. Install all packages run dnf install PackageKit libhif libgusb libappstream-glib json-glib gnome-software fwupd f24-backgrounds appstream-data
  4. Reboot and look for fedora.json which you will find ~/.cache/gnome-software/3.20/upgrades/fedora.json
  5. Once inside search for f24 change the corresponding key pair value from Under Development to Active this will create a situation for gnome-software to prompt us for the updates.

How to test

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Data loss
During upgrade you are advised to backup all your important data as the following process might delete your important files
  1. gnome-software should notify you when it discovers that a newer OS version is available.
  2. Next do this ...
  3. Finally click that

Expected Results

The following must be true to consider this a successful test run. Be brief ... but explicit.

  1. Step #1 completes without error
  2. The system boots into runlevel 5
  3. Program completes with exit code 0

Optional

Optionally provide hints for exploratory testing.