The Bugzilla Migration Framework

Max Kanat-Alexander mkanat at bugzilla.org
Thu Nov 12 06:41:46 UTC 2009


On 10/26/2009 03:22 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
> Do we then have an install of GNATS on Landfill that we are planning to
> use to test the migrator with?

	We don't, currently. I have the client's database that I used to
develop the migrator with, but I don't think I can make that public.

> An obvious consequence of this is that someone could write a Bugzilla
> migrator, and you could use it to merge Bugzilla installations.

	Totally. Though it would require quite a bit more work on
Bugzilla::Migrate itself (and probably on Bugzilla itself) to make that
feasible.

>>     5) It is capable of doing a "dry-run" of your migration, so that you
>> can see if everything is going to go well before actually committing
>> anything to the database.
> 
> That's particularly brilliant.

	Thanks!! :-)

	-Max
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