Next Release of Checkbox (2016-12-12 Release Candidate) available in Testing PPA

[Pierre Equoy]

Hello all!

The next release of Checkbox is available in the testing PPA:
https://code.launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev/+archive/testing
<https://code.launchpad.net/%7Echeckbox-dev/+archive/testing>

Please help testing this version. If everything is OK, we plan to push this
version to stable around December 12th.


*New feature*
Along with other changes described below, an important change for the QA
team is the modification of graphics tests to check amdgpu-driven cards in
a more suitable way.

With the new version of the Checkbox provider, if the tested device is
using a discrete GPU using amdgpu drivers, some of the graphics tests will
be skipped because they don't need to be run again. Namely, compiz-related
tests (desktop display, screen rotation, etc.) are usually run by the
integrated GPU. Since amdgpu drivers allow offloading GPU (i.e. activating
the discrete GPU only for one given program), it is not necessary to run
those compiz jobs on the discrete GPU as well.

This is different from, say, nvidia drivers that require to manually switch
to the discrete GPU then restart the session (in this case, compiz jobs
need to be run on the discrete GPU as well).

For more information, please check lp:1636060
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/plainbox-provider-checkbox/+bug/1636060> or ask
me directly :)



*Changelog*

*Checkbox Converged 1.6*
#1452594 The project should be renamed to checkbox-converged
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452594>

*Next Generation Checkbox (CLI) 0.30*
#1634224 Forcing no test selection should not also require a defined unit
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1634224>
#1634231 hide output launcher option doesn't hide output
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1634231>
#1639207 Rerun screens should not be activated when there's no tty
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639207>
#1642003 local .conf should override launcher defaults
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642003>
#1635630 checkbox-cli run uses args as pattern with auto globbing
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635630>
#1625884 Job description should not be shown when the job is skipped
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625884>

*Provider for Plainbox - Canonical Certification Server 0.30*
#1631099 Time to remove the old storage test
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631099>

*Provider for Plainbox - Checkbox 0.33*
#1636060 compiz jobs only need to be run once when using amdgpu drivers
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636060>

*Provider for Plainbox - Resource 0.30*
#1581474 80211 resource binary will crash on 16.04
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581474>

*Provider for Plainbox - TPM2 1.1*
New release taking into account latest changes from upstream sources.

*FWTS 16.11*
Complete changelog
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirmwareTestSuite/ReleaseNotes/16.11.00>


Cheers,

-- 
Pierre Equoy
QA & Certification Engineer | Canonical
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