Goal: Deliver a z-stream within hours after the upstream change got merged.

Scope

• Releases without manual testing (chi/cve, zstreams, possibly)

Sub-Goals

• From code merge in upstream, to completed tier1 tests, and attached to errata: 4hrs
• Run upgrade tests automatically (define what upgrade tests)

Strategy:

• Reduce the time required to validate a single build (build refers to a single bundle with any update in it's operands)
• Get rid of all manual interventions when building and validating a build (fully automate the flow up to the errata for positive runs)
• Avoid manual test case verification in z-streams
  We have CI which

• is covering at least VMware providers
• which is 100% of time passing (unless there are bugs)
• testing is automatically triggered for downstream builds
• downstream builds are attachde to errata once the pass testing
• Merged upstream PR to attached to errata time is less than 4hrs