= problem =
See [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=590661 RHBZ#590661 - GRUB bootloader should have a few seconds delay on a multi-boot setup]
= analysis =
Due to RHBZ #590661, the dual-boot experience was not well understood and tested for the final release. It was discovered late and unclear whether this behavior was critical to Fedora success.
= enhancement recommendation =
The user experience of dual-boot scenarios was not well understood, as a result RHBZ #590661 did not clearly impact the release criteria. Recommend reviewing and making adjustments to the release criteria for dual-boot expectations.
This is still somewhat valid. We have added a release criterion to Final:
"The installer must be able to install into free space alongside an existing clean single-partition Windows installation and either install a bootloader which can boot into the Windows installation, or leave the Windows bootloader untouched and working"
It doesn't explicitly call out the boot delay issue, but I'd argue that "install a bootloader which can boot into the Windows installation" could be considered to cover it.
We don't have a test case in the matrix for this yet, but I did draft one, which never went into 'approved' state, probably just because I forgot about it:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Adamwill/Draft_QA_Testcase_install_alongside_Windows
I can re-propose that to the list and get it into the matrix for F17.
Well, I note we also have https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-qa/ticket/82 . As this ticket was ostensibly about the release criterion, let's close it as fixed, and use 82 to track updating / matrix inclusion of dual-boot test cases.
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