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

[Matthew Pickering]

There is this other issue though which explains that searching in the
issues view for a ticket number does fail.

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30974

https://gitlab.staging.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&search=%231234

So if you want to search for a ticket by number you have to use the
global search.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 5:03 PM Matthew Pickering
<matthewtpickering at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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