Good news because I don't like to loose tens of hours of work. By the way, are you handling old backups restoration?
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Vishesh Handa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Ignacio Serantes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have many many custom data :(. If is possible I wish to try the > migration > > process first. > > I'm thinking of keeping the migration code cause I have already > written it, but it will be a hidden option which "advanced > users/developers" can trigger. > > > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Vishesh Handa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hey everyone > >> > >> As you guys must have heard, there is going to be a migration of data > >> for the 4.11 release. The original plan was to offer the user 3 > >> options - > >> > >> 1. Backup Tags/Ratings, remove the db, and then restore it > >> 2. Just remove the db > >> 3. Migrate the data (Not recommended) > >> > >> Migrating the data is very slow, since all the graphs need to be > >> merged. Also, since this is an excellent opportunity to get rid of all > >> the old stale data it would not make sense for users to migrate the > >> data. > >> > >> Last week, I met many KDE developers and we discussed a better way to > >> show this migration. The consensus was that it would be best NOT to > >> show the user this migration wizard and just go with option (1) or (2) > >> depending on if the user actually has any tags or ratings. > >> > >> Additionally, there should be no dialog just a systray icon which > >> shows the current status. That way the users are not bothered and it > >> just happens in the background. > >> > >> And finally, we should start the progress dialog from 3% instead of 0 > >> since it gives the user a sense that something is going on :) > >> > >> I'm going to be implementing most of this this week. I doubt anyone > >> apart from Sebastian has much custom data? > >> > >> -- > >> Vishesh Handa > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Nepomuk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/nepomuk > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best wishes, > > Ignacio > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nepomuk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/nepomuk > > > > > > -- > Vishesh Handa > -- Best wishes, Ignacio
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