[Chandler-dev] Fwd: [chandler-users] Migration Instructions to v0.7.1 from v0.7alpha5

[Aparna Kadakia]

Posting to the chandler-dev to resolve this issue.

We had one of the users report a discrepancy in our migration  
instructions where we don't handle the case of  users migrating from  
0.7 alpha5 to 0.7.0.1.
The instructions as they appear in here : http://chandlerproject.org/ 
Projects/MigrationInstructions
talk about exporting data using File >> "Export Collections and  
Settings, which didn't exist in alpha5. We instead had File >> "Dump  
Items To File..."

So should the right instructions for users migrating from alpha5 be:
1. Export your data using File >> "Dump items to file..". This will  
create a dump file of all the data (items, collections, accounts,  
sharing URLs and application settings) into a .dump file.
2. Rename the file with extension .chex
3. Reload the data into 0.7.0.1 version of Chandler using the menu,  
File>>Reload Collections and Settings...  and select the .chex file  
saved above.

I just tried the above and it seemed for work for a very minimal set  
of data but since this workflow hasn't been exhaustively tested, I  
would like to hear if there any potential cases where this would fail.

The other safer but less ideal approach is to suggest users backup/ 
reload their data using ics export/import. This would not reload  
their settings, shared collections etc which would definitely be less  
appealing.

Any thoughts which way to go?



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>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: Mark Vermette <mdvermette at mac.com>
>>> Date: September 14, 2007 9:20:11 AM PDT
>>> To: chandler-users at osafoundation.org
>>> Subject: [chandler-users] Migration Instructions to v0.7.1 from  
>>> v0.7alpha5
>>> Reply-To: Questions and help for the Chandler suite of products  
>>> <chandler-users at osafoundation.org>
>>>
>>> Hi Chandler People...
>>>
>>> I managed to save everything from v0.7alpha5 and restore it  
>>> successfully to the new v0.7.1 version.
>>> The only hitch is in the migration instructions themselves.  
>>> Perhaps others have mentioned it, but
>>> v0.7alpha5 produces .dump, not .chex files, and the option to do  
>>> that is File >> "Dump Items To File..."
>>> rather than File >> "Export Collections and Settings", as  
>>> described in the instructions.
>>>
>>> Since I didn't see an option to output a .chex file, I used the  
>>> "Dump Items To File" *and* the "Export"
>>> options to write out both .dump and .ics files, just in  
>>> case .dump was no longer supported. Yeah,
>>> this is a nit, but it might be worth updating the migration  
>>> instructions to clear this up.
>>>
>>> Thanks;
>>>
>>> --Mark
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