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This Sunday, January 25 at noon PST (UTC-08:00) we will be upgrading
bugzilla.mozilla.org (b.m.o) to a newer version of Bugzilla. b.m.o
will be unavailable for up to several hours while we perform the
upgrade.<br>
<br>
The newer version comes with a number of enhancements, including
relevance-ranked summary and comment searches; flexible charts based on
configurable data sets; and contextual patch viewing and comparison.
For more information about enhancements and bug fixes, see the
following Bugzilla status updates: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.bugzilla.org/status_updates/2003-04-24.html">http://www.bugzilla.org/status_updates/2003-04-24.html</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.bugzilla.org/status_updates/2003-11-02.html">http://www.bugzilla.org/status_updates/2003-11-02.html</a>
<br>
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As with all upgrades, this one also brings with it the possibility of
regressions, data loss, and other problems. If after the upgrade you
notice a severe problem with b.m.o that requires immediate attention
(data loss, security vulnerability, etc.), please contact us
immediately by email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sysadmins@mozilla.org">sysadmins@mozilla.org</a>. For
all other regressions, file a bug and make it block the regressions
meta-bug:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=bmo-regressions">http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=bmo-regressions</a>
<br>
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For additional information about the upgrade, see the upgrade bug:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=bmo-upgrade">http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=bmo-upgrade</a>
<br>
<br>
To test the newer version of Bugzilla with a copy of the b.m.o data,
visit the following test installation:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://mecha.mozilla.org/bzupgrade/">http://mecha.mozilla.org/bzupgrade/</a>
<br>
<br>
Note that the data in this installation is not the same as the data
currently on b.m.o. It is a copy of the b.m.o data that was made on
Friday, January 23 at around 2:00AM PST. We may synchronize this copy
with the original periodically before the upgrade, but it is not a 100%
accurate representation of the data on b.m.o and should not be relied
upon.
<br>
<br>
Note also that changes to this database will not change the original
data on b.m.o and will not send bug mail, so feel free to test the
newer version by making changes to bugs in it. Report any regressions
using the instructions above.
<br>
<br>
To watch the progress of the upgrade on Sunday, join the #bmo channel
on the irc.mozilla.org IRC server.
<br>
<br>
-myk
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