Re: Bugzilla update and schedule for changeover

[Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>]

On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 05:32  AM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Daniel Berlin wrote:
> > By soon, I mean in the next 2 weeks (The short time period is because
> > i'm accounting for still being available for handling emergencies and
> > bugfixing at a rapid rate if necessary for the period right after the
> > final switch is thrown at the end.)
>
> That's good to know. :-)
>
> > This will cause people to get password mail if this is their first bug
> > submission, so maybe something should be on the news page or (sent to
> > gcc-announce) or something so it's not a complete surprise and cause
> > for mass hysteria.
>
> Yes, gcc-announce seems a good place to publish that (and later also
> on the main page).
>
> Would you mind crafting a draft of what we could send to gcc-announce?


"GCC is currently in the process of switching our bug tracking system 
from Bugzilla to GNATS.  During this process, you may receive email 
from gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org about new accounts being created, or 
successful submissions to the gcc bug system.  This is not spam, and 
should be considered normal."

> > Assuming no problems, at the middle of next week (wednesday), i'll do
> > the final gnats conversion, and we'll cut the gnats processing out of
> > the mail aliases.
> > At this point, i'll update the user-facing web pages to say Bugzilla
> > rather than GNATS everywhere, and the reporting instructions.
>
> This sounds like a good plan, and (in case it's needed) I'll be 
> available
> all of next week up to Friday afternoon (morning you time) for web 
> pages
> Apache config, and in the worst case (though Chris is king there) root
> issues on gcc.gnu.org.
>
> So, perhaps switching on Tuesday might be preferrable (though Chris is
> probably more important to have available than me)?
Works for me.

I'm still ready to go, unless Mark vetos it.


Someone should currently change the gcc-gnats mail alias to run the 
/www/gcc/bugzilla/contrib/bug_email.pl script (ignoring errors) in 
addition to the current script it runs now.
--Dan