[Libreoffice-qa] Bugzilla Migration Plan

[Robinson Tryon]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:58 PM, bfoman <bfo.bugmail at spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> Robinson Tryon wrote
>> 1) Ping our users:
>> - Ask our FDO users for permission to include their accounts/data in
>> the new install (this could be as simple as a mass-email asking for
>> them to reply back to us, or a small Bugzilla plugin where users can
>> check a box "Please copy my account to LibreBugzilla...")
>
> Hi!
> I think this should be all or nothing operation - LibreOffice bugs moved to
> new instance along with every account that touched the bug.

Thats our general plan right now. One of the particulars that would
need to be ironed-out is to figure out how to deal with old/abandoned
user accounts. We'd like to migrate the data but leave the account
innactive/disabled if the user has no intention of returning.

> Personally I
> would like to have my account auto-moved, just like big mail systems do it.
> Explanation before, during and after, good FAQ about the rationale and
> change password link in welcome message would be welcomed. Not mentioning
> all personal searches, settings, tags intact.

That's one possible approach to the move, and something that we'll
definitely discuss with the leaders at FDO and TDF. As mentioned
previously, one approach would include a super-quick way for existing
users to indicate their support of the migration via an email reply or
a checkbox in their Bugzilla user account; either way, the process
will be pretty painless.

> Robinson Tryon wrote
>> 3) Migration Day
>> - Lock-down the LibreOffice project in FDO so that no new changes can
>> be made to LO bugs
>> - Copy-over the bugzilla database to the new instance, and make it live
>
> Do not forget about data directory - see
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Move_Installation.

Excellent -- that'll be a helpful resource when we copy over the data.

--R