On Aug 30, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Mohammed Nour wrote:
> Hi Daves...
>
> :D, well I am sorry for not being consistent in my name, but
the right
> pronunciation in Arabic is Mohammad, and as this is the name of
our
> prophet
> I'd like it to be in the right way :D, so I choose Mohammad :),
> thanks for
> being care to call me with the right name, and I hope I do the
same
> with you
> :).
David or Dave is fine for me.
> Regarding Jira, who is the expert so I can contact him\her ?
Jeff or Jason might be able to give some info. The problem of
migrating issues between Jira systems has yet to be solved in
general. Jason's serialization idea may or may not be plausible.
-David
>
>
> On 8/30/06, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 30, 2006, at 6:26 AM, Mohammed Nour wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Daves...
>> >
>> > Is it possible to export the JIRAs that we want to migrate
to some
>> > sort of
>> > other portable format like XML for example, and then import
these
>> > JIRAs to
>> > the other system, this feature is available in DB2, you can
do this
>> > with
>> > databases, if this is possible so we can export the JIRAs using
>> > what ever
>> > tool, and then re-import them on the other system without
worrying
>> > about
>> > copying the JIRAs using the APIs of Swizzle and missing the
ability
>> > to get
>> > the info that you told me are going to be missing when we
copy the
>> > JIRAs
>> > using these APIs.
>>
>> I guess the short answer is, I don't know :) Sorry, not a JIRA
>> expert.
>>
>> On an unrelated note, you patch had "Mohammad" and your emails
have
>> "Mohammed" with an "e". Which do you prefer?
>>
>> -David
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/30/06, Mohammed Nour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> :), actually you closed the door that I was trying to go
through,
>> >> if Jason
>> >> or anybody else can help me more to understand the task so
I can
>> >> decide if I
>> >> can help or not it would be better.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 8/30/06, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > On Aug 29, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Mohammed Nour wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I have build the src code of Swizzle and could run the
>> >> JiraExample
>> >> > > program,
>> >> > > I think I can help but I need more info about what should
>> be done
>> >> > > exactly.
>> >> >
>> >> > Jason was talking about a possible way to migrate data
stored
>> >> > internally in one Jira installation to another Jira
>> installation by
>> >> > writing some code that would be installed into Jira that
would
>> >> > serialize the required data from Jira System A then
>> deserialize it
>> >> > into Jira System B and I guess insert it somehow? Jason
is that
>> >> > right? It's a bit over my head as I don't have a clue
how Jira
>> >> works
>> >> > internally.
>> >> >
>> >> > The swizzle stuff I wrote could potentially do a
different thing
>> >> > which would be to create new Jira Issues in a new Jira
System.
>> >> We'd
>> >> > create one new Jira Issue for each Jira issue in the old
Jira
>> >> > System. But that's less than optimal as we'd lose all the
>> dates,
>> >> > links, attachments, etc. Also 50% of our Jira Issues are
>> subtasks
>> >> > which you *can't* add via the XML-RPC api swizzle uses.
>> >> >
>> >> > -David
>> >> >
>> >> > > Thanks and best regards...
>> >> > > Mohammad Nour El-Din
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On 8/30/06, David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> Anyone have any time to experiment with the serialized
object
>> >> > >> approach to marshalling data from one confluence
install to
>> >> the next?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> It'd be a major win.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> -David
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> On Jul 20, 2006, at 8:41 PM, David Blevins wrote:
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> > I'd certainly love it if we could get that to work.
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > If we could the migrate the codehaus Jira issues
into the
>> >> Apache
>> >> > >> > jira, then we could finally take all those OpenEJB
issues
>> >> in the
>> >> > >> > Geronimo Jira and move them right into OpenEJB.
Same goes
>> >> for any
>> >> > >> > future OpenEJB issues people file under the Geronimo
Jira.
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > What a dream that would be.
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > -David
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > On Jul 17, 2006, at 11:22 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >> Attachments and change history were the two that Jeff
>> >> mentioned as
>> >> >
>> >> > >> >> definitely not being in the xmlrpc/soap interfaces.
The
>> >> > >> serialization
>> >> > >> >> idea is interesting though.
>> >> > >> >>
>> >> > >> >> Hen
>> >> > >> >>
>> >> > >> >> On 7/12/06, Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > >> >>> I was under the impression that the SOAP interface
for
>> JIRA
>> >> > >> was much
>> >> > >> >>> more feature-rich than the XMLRPC interface... though
>> >> probably
>> >> > >> still
>> >> > >> >>> not enough to copy from instance to instance.
>> >> > >> >>>
>> >> > >> >>> But, it should be possible to just write a plugin
that
>> will
>> >> > >> expose
>> >> > >> >>> the right data... does not need to be a full RPC
plugin
>> >> either...
>> >> > >> >>> could just be to expose a project and the raw issue
>> detail
>> >> > >> (even as
>> >> > >> >>> serialized objects or marshaled w/xstream) to be
>> pulled into
>> >> > >> another
>> >> > >> >>> instance.
>> >> > >> >>>
>> >> > >> >>> --jason
>> >> > >> >>>
>> >> > >> >>>
>> >> > >> >>> On Jul 12, 2006, at 10:01 PM, David Blevins wrote:
>> >> > >> >>>
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> > On Jul 10, 2006, at 10:49 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> >> On 7/10/06, Brett Porter < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> >> > >> >>> >>> On 6/07/2006 9:50 AM, David Blevins wrote:
>> >> > >> >>> >>>
>> >> > >> >>> >>> > Not sure what is required for JIRA -- I seem to
>> recall
>> >> > >> >>> >>> > it is a big undertaking.
>> >> > >> >>> >>>
>> >> > >> >>> >>> You have the following options:
>> >> > >> >>> >>> - leave it at Codehaus
>> >> > >> >>> >>> - have your own instance running on
issues.apache.org
>> >> (like
>> >> > >> >>> >>> Struts do)
>> >> > >> >>> >>> - bribe Atlassian into implementing the merge
>> feature.
>> >> > >> >>> >>> - start fresh
>> >> > >> >>> >>
>> >> > >> >>> >> - Hope that Hen finds time to improve the Jira
xmlrpc
>> >> > >> >>> interface so he
>> >> > >> >>> >> can start to write a script to migrate a Jira
from one
>> >> > >> >>> instance to
>> >> > >> >>> >> another. :)
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> > I wrote a java client on top of the xmlrpc
interface,
>> >> which may
>> >> > >> >>> > help you.
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> > http://swizzle.codehaus.org/swizzle-jira/
>> >> > >> >>> > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SWIZZLE/Swizzle
+Jira
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> > Never tried to lookup an Issue from one Jira
then add
>> >> it to
>> >> > >> >>> > another. Dunno if it will add all the comments,
etc
>> that
>> >> > >> are in
>> >> > >> >>> > the Issue. If so, you might be a for loop +
testing
>> >> time away
>> >> > >> >>> from
>> >> > >> >>> > a workable solution
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> > -David
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>> >
>> >> > >> >>>
>> >> > >>
>> >>
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