[General] Last call for OSAF bugzilla upgrade to 3.x before Preview

[Mikeal Rogers]

I didn't realize we had zero issues.

+1 upgrade now

-Mikeal

PS. Jared, are you volunteering to do the migration? :)

On Jul 12, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Jared Rhine wrote:

> This is a last call for a decision on updating the OSAF Bugzilla
> instance (bugzilla.osafoundation.org) to bugzilla version 3.x before
> Preview.
>
> A month ago, a test instance testzilla.osafoundation.org was made
> available for testing.  A number of people tried it out.  No problems
> were found; all tickes and data seemed to be preserved and features
> worked normally.
>
> There is some risk in any upgrade.  There is a chance some existing
> tickets were corrupted, or that features have changed in a way that
> cause OSAF problems.  Also, if problems are found later, it will not
> be possible to downgrade to 2.x smoothly.
>
> Upgrading bugzilla would buy us:
>
> * Somewhat better designed web UI pages
> * Support for UTF-8
> * Network API (XML-RPC) to better support tool automation
> * Faster backend (code improvements and bigger server)
>
> Possible downsides include:
>
> * Risk of features breaking
> * Risk of tickets or data not being preserved
> * Change of UI interrupting old usage habits
> * Can't downgrade to 2.x
>
> If we proceed with an update, we'll need to pick a time slot which has
> minimal impact.
>
> If we don't proceed, we'll still update to Bugzilla 3.x at some  
> point, but it is possible to defer the update past Preview.
>
> Overall, my personal impression is that we should update bugzilla as
> soon as we're ready.  Based on testing, the risk seems low, and the UI
> changes are quick to pick up.
>
> Looking for Apache-style 3x +1s yes votes with no -1 votes.
>
> -- Jared
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