Bug#196200: Shouldn't we remove request-tracker from the archive ?
This one time, at band camp, Stephen Quinney wrote: >On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:59:05PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >> This one time, at band camp, Pierre Machard wrote: >> >Hello, >> > >> >I am sending you this e-mail because Jamie Wilkinson was >> >interested by adopting request-tracker. It seems that Andrew >> >Stribblehill and Stephen Quinney are already maintaining a package nammed >> >request-tracker3. >> > >> >Could you confim that the package nammed request-tracker3 >> >include the lastest release of request-tracker? If Yes, what do you think >> >about asking for a remove of request-tracker? >> >> Matt Hope and myself are currently working on cleaning up the existing RT2 >> package, and are investigating ways to migrate between versions using the >> upstream migration scripts. > >Oh? I have also been doing a bit of work, looking into how to package >the upstream migration scripts. As there is the problem that RT2 and >RT3 conflict on a number of files, I wondered about creating an >rt2-to-rt3 package that contained the scripts and all the libraries it >needs (both rt2 and rt3) but in a completely separate directory, such >as /usr/share/rt2-to-rt3/. This means that someone could migrate with >either of rt2 or rt3 installed on the machine I am currently investigating using the scripts as part of the postinstall; see a recent thread on debian-devel (or was it -mentors) between Matthew Palmer and Joey Hess regarding upgrades of database schemas in package upgrades, for some ideas on how it might work. I have nothing concrete yet. Anyway, I am currently looking at absorbing the old rt1 package that is also still around; providing a clean upgrade from rt1 to rt2 is a first step in unifying the packaging of this colourful and interesting software. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~jaq
Bug#196200: Shouldn't we remove request-tracker from the archive ?
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:59:05PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Pierre Machard wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am sending you this e-mail because Jamie Wilkinson was > >interested by adopting request-tracker. It seems that Andrew > >Stribblehill and Stephen Quinney are already maintaining a package nammed > >request-tracker3. > > > > Could you confim that the package nammed request-tracker3 > >include the lastest release of request-tracker? If Yes, what do you think > >about asking for a remove of request-tracker? > > Matt Hope and myself are currently working on cleaning up the existing RT2 > package, and are investigating ways to migrate between versions using the > upstream migration scripts. Oh? I have also been doing a bit of work, looking into how to package the upstream migration scripts. As there is the problem that RT2 and RT3 conflict on a number of files, I wondered about creating an rt2-to-rt3 package that contained the scripts and all the libraries it needs (both rt2 and rt3) but in a completely separate directory, such as /usr/share/rt2-to-rt3/. This means that someone could migrate with either of rt2 or rt3 installed on the machine > There is a lot of functionality in RT2 that is not yet implemented > in RT3, which many people rely on. It is not fair to a lot of RT2 > users to forcefully upgrade them just yet. I agree with this completely, many people will want to keep running RT2 for sometime to come. I've heard of people still using RT1... Stephen Quinney
Bug#196200: Shouldn't we remove request-tracker from the archive ?
This one time, at band camp, Pierre Machard wrote: > Hello, > > I am sending you this e-mail because Jamie Wilkinson was >interested by adopting request-tracker. It seems that Andrew >Stribblehill and Stephen Quinney are already maintaining a package nammed >request-tracker3. > > Could you confim that the package nammed request-tracker3 >include the lastest release of request-tracker? If Yes, what do you think >about asking for a remove of request-tracker? Matt Hope and myself are currently working on cleaning up the existing RT2 package, and are investigating ways to migrate between versions using the upstream migration scripts. There is a lot of functionality in RT2 that is not yet implemented in RT3, which many people rely on. It is not fair to a lot of RT2 users to forcefully upgrade them just yet. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~jaq
Bug#196200: Shouldn't we remove request-tracker from the archive ?
Hello, I am sending you this e-mail because Jamie Wilkinson was interested by adopting request-tracker. It seems that Andrew Stribblehill and Stephen Quinney are already maintaining a package nammed request-tracker3. Could you confim that the package nammed request-tracker3 include the lastest release of request-tracker? If Yes, what do you think about asking for a remove of request-tracker? Thanks, -- Pierre Machard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://debian.org GPG: 1024D/23706F87 : B906 A53F 84E0 49B6 6CF7 82C2 B3A0 2D66 2370 6F87 pgpZSpnQsxgmW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#196200: Shouldn't we remove request-tracker from the archive ?
Quoting Pierre Machard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-08-05 13:21:41 BST): > Hello, > > I am sending you this e-mail because Jamie Wilkinson was > interested by adopting request-tracker. It seems that Andrew > Stribblehill and Stephen Quinney are already maintaining a package nammed > request-tracker3. > > Could you confim that the package nammed request-tracker3 > include the lastest release of request-tracker? If Yes, what do you think > about asking for a remove of request-tracker? Yes, rt3 (request-tracker 3) is the latest version. However, its database schema is incompatible with that of rt2 so it can't just take over the package named request-tracker. I don't think rt2 should be removed just yet, because I expect more people use rt2 than rt3 still. I'm not totally decided, so please feel free to argue this with me ;) -- Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England
