When we talk about automation in Fedora QA, the general assumption is that we're talking about the usual kinds of test automation. While that is what we have been doing, that's not exactly where we're going. Instead of focusing on more traditional test automation, our vision is to have a more generic automation system that can be used for testing in addition to other initiatives requiring a base execution system. Learn about the new push for task automation, what this means, what you'll be able to do with task automation and how you can help.
Beaker (http://beaker-project.org/) is an integration testing system designed to support full stack integration testing across a wide variety of hardware architectures, from the operating system installer, through low level hardware drivers and on up into conventional software application testing. Fedora QA have considered Beaker in the past, and it may be time to revisit the project. Learn about Beaker's existing capabilities, including autotest integration* and OpenStack integration**, as well as some of our plans for the future from Beaker's current development lead * The Beaker half of this integration is done, the autotest side is still in progress (should hopefully be ready by August, but that's mostly up to the autotest folks) ** The OpenStack integration *should* be available by August
