Request for comments on dry-run Trac -> GitLab migration

[Matthew Pickering]

Thanks Ben, looks amazing.

I don't think the trac metadata boxes should always be visible. They
are unobtrusive now and tbh, I don't think I will be opening them up
much when looking at tickets.

Simon, I think if you start the query with a # then it "works". For
example, search for #12088 instead of 12088.

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13306

Cheers,

Matt

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 4:06 PM Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com> wrote:
>
> TL;DR. Have a look at this [2] test import of GHC's Trac tickets. Tell us
>        what issues you find.
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> As you likely know, we are currently in the process of consolidating
> GHC's infrastructure on GitLab [1]. The last step of this process is to
> migrate our tickets and wiki from Trac.
>
> Towards this end I am happy to announce the availability of a test
> GitLab instance [2] for the community's review. This is a clone of
> gitlab.haskell.org but with the addition of tickets [3] and GHC wiki [4]
> content imported from a Trac dump from earlier this month.
>
> There are a few known issues:
>
>  * There are currently around 50 tickets missing from the import; we are
>    working on identifying where they escaped to
>
>  * The revision history of the Wiki is currently squashed due to
>    performance issues [6] with GitLab's wiki implementation
>
> We intend to resolve both of these problems by the time of the final
> migration. If you find a ticket on the staging instance with problems
> that are not in the above list please do add the `import problems` label
> to it so we can have a look.
>
> There are a few aesthetic questions that could use community input:
>
>  * Should the "Trac Metadata" boxes be always visible?
>
>  * How do we make the Wiki index [7] more usable? Imposing more
>    hierarchy to the page names would likely help but I'm still a bit
>    worried that it will be hard to browse.
>
> Please do take a few minutes to peruse the test import and check for
> mistakes or potential usability issues. GHC's Trac tickets are one of
> the crown-jewels of the project; we want to make sure we get this
> migration right as will be living with the result for a long time to
> come.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Ben
>
>
> [1] https://gitlab.haskell.org/
> [2] https://gitlab.staging.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/
> [3] https://gitlab.staging.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues
> [4] https://gitlab.staging.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wiki
> [6] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57179
> [7] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/16212
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