New release of Checkbox available in Testing PPA and beta Snap channel!

Tue May 16 05:24:56 UTC 2023

Hi Pierre,
Checkbox v2.6 Debian test result.
https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/CQT-2333

On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 8:57 PM Pierre Equoy <pierre.equoy at canonical.com>
wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> Checkbox v2.6 is available as Debian packages (in the Testing PPA) and
> snaps (in the Beta channel)!
>
> Thanks a lot to all the contributors for providing fixes and improvements!
>
> Please help testing this version. We plan to release to Stable on
> Thursday.
>
>
> *Installation *
>
>
> *Debian packages (Testing PPA)*
>
> Information about the packages is available at:
>
> https://code.launchpad.net/~checkbox-dev/+archive/testing
>
> To enable the PPA and install the required packages, run these commands in
> a terminal:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:checkbox-dev/testing
> sudo apt install checkbox-ng checkbox-provider-resource checkbox-provider-certification-client
> checkbox-provider-base
>
>
> *Snap (Beta channel)*
>
> On Ubuntu Core, these Checkbox content snaps are automatically installed
> by all the checkbox-<project> or the checkbox snaps thanks to the content
> interface.
>
> On other platforms, you will have to install them manually before
> installing the checkbox-<project> or the checkbox snaps.
>
> Please note that the checkbox snap comes for many different versions of
> Ubuntu. Check the output of snap info checkbox to see what channel to
> use. When used on the desktop, checkbox is provided as a classic snap, so
> it has to be installed with the --classic argument. The default checkbox
> snap points to the one for 22.04 desktop, so if you are running a 22.04
> desktop, you just have to:
>
> snap install checkbox[16..22] --beta
> snap install checkbox --beta --classic
>
> But if, for instance, you're using Ubuntu 20.04, you will have to type:
>
> snap install checkbox --channel=20.04/beta --classic
>
>
> What's Changed
> In *bold*, the highlights of this release:
>
>    - *Update stress-ng part to v0.15.07 in checkbox-core-snap by @pieqq
>    <https://github.com/pieqq> in #432
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/432>*
>    - Fix link and spaces in release README by @pieqq
>    <https://github.com/pieqq> in #430
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/430>
>    - FIX providers/base/bin/cpuid.py: add another Sapphire Rapids CPUID
>    by @bladernr <https://github.com/bladernr> in #421
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/421>
>    - *Add: set multiple MAC in one BTDEVADDR feature by @hanhsuan
>    <https://github.com/hanhsuan> in #424
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/424>*
>    - Fix docs (launchers tutorial, sphinx warning) by @pieqq
>    <https://github.com/pieqq> in #433
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/433>
>    - Fix the release to stable workflow by cloning with full git history
>    by @yphus <https://github.com/yphus> in #434
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/434>
>    - *Require user to provide comment for manually skipped or failed
>    cert-blockers by @pieqq <https://github.com/pieqq> in #426
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/426>*
>    - Explain remote checkbox testing in CONTRIBUTING.md by @Hook25
>    <https://github.com/Hook25> in #438
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/438>
>    - Add debugging info to the Metabox Github Action by @pieqq
>    <https://github.com/pieqq> in #441
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/441>
>    - Add example in metabox README to check remote/service by @Hook25
>    <https://github.com/Hook25> in #442
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/442>
>    - *fix: print proper estimated runtime even when some jobs don't
>    provide it by @kissiel <https://github.com/kissiel> in #435
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/435>*
>    - Fix broken links in Checkbox contribution guide by @pieqq
>    <https://github.com/pieqq> in #447
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/447>
>    - Update vendor RPyC 5.3.1 by @Hook25 <https://github.com/Hook25> in
>    #436 <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/436>
>    - Fix Checkbox configuration value resolution and add Metabox
>    scenarios to test it by @pieqq <https://github.com/pieqq> in #439
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/439>
>    - Rework GitHub templates by @pieqq <https://github.com/pieqq> in #449
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/449>
>    - *Add: USB-C OTG test by @rickwu666666
>    <https://github.com/rickwu666666> in #358
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/358>*
>    - Fix: checkbox crash for non-existent usernames and refactor user
>    handling by @kissiel <https://github.com/kissiel> in #451
>    <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/451>
>
> New Contributors
>
>    - @Hook25 <https://github.com/Hook25> made their first contribution in
>    #438 <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/pull/438>
>
> *Full Changelog*: v2.5...v2.6
> <https://github.com/canonical/checkbox/compare/v2.5...v2.6>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --
> Pierre Equoy
> Certification Engineer | Canonical Ltd.
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-- 
Yours truly,

*Clair*
QA Engineer | Canonical Ltd.
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