Re: [RFC] switch to GitLab / gitlab.com

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

Am Sonntag, den 09.02.2020, 23:34 +0100 schrieb Federico Bruni:
> Il giorno dom 9 feb 2020 alle 22:50, Jonas Hahnfeld <
> address@hidden
> > 
> ha scritto:
> > Thanks for sharing! I put together a simplistic script to create a
> > proof-of-concept: 
> > https://gitlab.com/lilypond-issues/lilypond/issues
> > 
> > 
> > It's only 1137 issues (now my server is blacklisted for spamming...),
> > but it has some important features mentioned so far:
> >  * It preserves the issue numbers, and additionally has a link to SF.
> >  * It migrates the current description and all comments.
> >  * It copies the attachments and adds links / previews.
> >  * Status, Type, and Priority are migrated as labels.
> >  * The migrated issue is closed when it was closed on SF.
> > 
> > Obviously I can't post in other person's names, so it has "Originally
> > reported / posted by" lines at the beginning of every issue and 
> > comment
> > (unless it had already been migrated from Google Code). Another
> > shortcoming is that I could not reproduce the threaded structure on 
> > SF,
> > so all comments are sorted chronologically.
> > 
> > Please all take a look and let me know what you think!
> 
> Pretty impressive! I gave a quick glance and it looks great.
> I suggest you eventually share the script in the gitlab.com issue I 
> linked before so others can use it...

Will do, probably put it in a public repository (possibly even below
the lilypond group), just for archival purposes.

> Another shortcoming is that links to other issues are broken 
> (transformed in links to non-existing anchors in current issue).

I think that is because some issues have not (yet) been migrated. I
hope these links start to work once all is there.

> When I tested the Google Code>GitHub issue migration years ago, I was 
> blocked by Github filters and I had to ask a special permission to 
> continue. In case you see a block try contacting GitLab.com.

For now it was only the text of a single issue that was considered
"spam". But I'll keep that in mind, maybe ask for the final migration
if I hit more problems in the tests.

Jonas

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