Trac to GitLab migration underway

Matthew Pickering matthewtpickering at gmail.com
Mon Mar 11 10:17:25 UTC 2019 

I wrote !509 in the ticket which then made gitlab display the "Related
Merge Request" bit underneath. I don't know what happens if you
mention a MR in a comment.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 10:14 AM Simon Peyton Jones
<simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> |  > * Back on the tickets front, how do I record the test cases(s) for a
> |  ticket?
> |
> |  I don't believe there is a way other than via the commit referencing the
> |  ticket.
>
> That's sad. It's a useful discipline to fill in that field before closing the ticket.  And it's useful later when looking for the test cases for the ticket.
>
> Is this just a straight loss, or is there a longer term plan to recover it?  Do we need a self-imposed discipline, e.g. to ALWAYS add a comment that lists the test cases (and does nothing else) before closing an issue?
>
> |  > * How do I record the MR for a ticket?  (When it has one.)
> |
> |  When you mention a ticket in a MR then a reference should be created from
> |  it to the ticket.
> |
> |  For example, when I mentioned !509 on this ticket it now displays in the
> |  UI.
>
> I don't get it.  You manually added "Corresponding MR !509" to the issue Description.  Or are you saying that that apparently-user-written line was added by GitLab? If you have many MRs taht mention (perhaps en passant) the same issue, will there be many such lines?
>
> Or is it another discipline we could impose on ourselves?
>
> Simon
>
> |  -----Original Message-----
> |  From: Matthew Pickering <matthewtpickering at gmail.com>
> |  Sent: 11 March 2019 09:37
> |  To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
> |  Cc: Ben Gamari <ben at well-typed.com>; GHC developers <ghc-devs at haskell.org>
> |  Subject: Re: Trac to GitLab migration underway
> |
> |  > * That the old ticket repo be put in read-only mode.  I've just modified
> |  the old #16344, but I should have modified the new one.
> |
> |  That is tracked
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.h
> |  askell.org%2Fbgamari%2Fgitlab-
> |  migration%2Fissues%2F14&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7Cac356
> |  d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C6
> |  36878938597242017&sdata=XnY%2Fo62mCkz849XKLKe8V3stFe8sorBQkqI9%2FY%2By
> |  CdI%3D&reserved=0
> |
> |  It seems that there are still some problems to iron out though.
> |
> |  > * Back on the tickets front, how do I record the test cases(s) for a
> |  ticket?
> |
> |  I don't believe there is a way other than via the commit referencing the
> |  ticket.
> |
> |  >
> |  > * How do I record the MR for a ticket?  (When it has one.)
> |
> |  When you mention a ticket in a MR then a reference should be created from
> |  it to the ticket.
> |
> |  For example, when I mentioned !509 on this ticket it now displays in the
> |  UI.
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.h
> |  askell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2Fissues%2F16417&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40micro
> |  soft.com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011
> |  db47%7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017&sdata=s5%2FfsXsx5t%2FuRIeq6AJZU5sr8P
> |  FJpNt6nkr%2BObzRAmk%3D&reserved=0
> |
> |  >
> |  > * That the banner (on the wiki at least) saying "This site has been
> |  deprecated and is in read-only mode" should describe how to get to the
> |  corresponding URL on the new wiki. Eg. say "If you are trying to access
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fghc.hask
> |  ell.org%2Ftrac%2Fghc%2Fwiki%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%
> |  7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%
> |  7C0%7C636878938597242017&sdata=vq0ZCkxOmaQp4vB3WPzc%2BovCn1oSSak5K6CYM
> |  1UyIq4%3D&reserved=0<page>, the new URL is
> |  "https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.
> |  haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2Fwikis%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.
> |  com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%
> |  7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017&sdata=ZbZf%2BlVa1rqrngh82QrJAIRmDFaGMp0Gb
> |  BUo5ABhqVo%3D&reserved=0<page>".
> |  >
> |  > * Where has
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fghc.hask
> |  ell.org%2Ftrac%2Fghc%2Fwiki%2FRichardAndSimon&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%4
> |  0microsoft.com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d
> |  7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017&sdata=xkERHLEyWh8yWLxRS2GUZ4iu
> |  Yk0DjFBxuKFkQbnyUeI%3D&reserved=0 gone?  The corresponding URL on the
> |  new wiki doesn't exist.
> |
> |  The page is now located at:
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.h
> |  askell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2Fwikis%2Frichard-and-
> |  simon&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d
> |  6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017&
> |  amp;sdata=X%2BOPbJn4zTiGNkH%2Ba5TVoge6dxZmGw0WSxrnxEpk0og%3D&reserved=
> |  0
> |
> |  >
> |  > * How can I list the title index on the new wiki?
> |
> |  An automatically generated index is available here
> |
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.h
> |  askell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2Fwikis%2Findex&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40micros
> |  oft.com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011d
> |  b47%7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017&sdata=BZ337ak7obJlIGW4GK5R4FOl1uCCH2T
> |  D4DGorbNyz28%3D&reserved=0
> |
> |  I believe the intention is to automatically update this with a cronjob.
> |
> |  >
> |  > * I have lots of pages like this one
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.h
> |  askell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2Fwikis%2Fproposal%2Fcustom-type-
> |  errors&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008
> |  d6a6053319%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017
> |  &sdata=sueCHGV9aE36gaIqUgxBq1VZl4zOKhCYDOWwsnSgAss%3D&reserved=0
> |  that list the tickets relevant to a particular keyword.  (Now "label" I
> |  think?)   But tat page is now lying: it claims to list current open
> |  tickets, but actually it's a frozen snapshot.  What should I do?
> |
> |  Gitlab Wiki does not support this feature so you have to refer to a custom
> |  search.
> |
> |  For example:
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.h
> |  askell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2Fissues%3Flabel_name%255B%255D%3DApplicativeDo&amp
> |  ;data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7Cac356d50797a44abf82008d6a6053319
> |  %7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636878938597242017&sdata
> |  =DM%2B9ZPFxUhJW%2B2EokkOJzXF6Ca6PlSgQf1TGsCt36Wc%3D&reserved=0
> |
> |  However, it seems that the `CustomTypeErrors` label was lost during the
> |  migration. Do you know why this is Tobias/Ben? It looks like it will have
> |  to be added back manually.
> |
> |  >
> |  > Thanks
> |  >
> |  > Simon
> |  >
> |  > |  I'm happy to announce that the ticket and issue import processes
> |  > | are now  complete and gitlab.haskell.org is back online. There are
> |  > | still a few  final steps remaining which I will be carrying out over
> |  > | the next few
> |  > |  days:
> |  > |
> |  > |   * Put in place redirect logic for Trac ticket and Wiki URLs
> |  > |
> |  > |   * Add issue comments showing commit messages, replicating the
> |  previous
> |  > |     Trac behavior
> |  > |
> |  > |   * Migrate the GHC Blog entries
> |  > |
> |  > |   * Make the old Trac instance again accessible in read-only mode
> |  > |
> |  > |  However, while I do this you should feel free to use
> |  > | gitlab.haskell.org  freely.
> |  > |  If you notice any issues with the import feel free to open a ticket
> |  > | here  [1].
> |  > |
> |  > |  Cheers,
> |  > |
> |  > |  - Ben
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |  [1]
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