[opensuse-kde] Re: [Kde-pim] migrating from KMail1 to KMail2 (and back?)
Hi Kevin, On Thursday 17 June 2010 13:22:39 Kevin Krammer wrote:
On Thursday, 2010-06-17, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
As you can see, we're a bit fuzzy on what will actually work in the migration process:
- Are the two configs + data completely independant? - Can KMail1's config be kept, so users who try 2, and want to go back to 1 can do that easily?
The config is copied on first migration attempt. It can be repeated in full by deleting the newly created config (and kmail-migratorrc which stores the migration state).
So, config wise, this is not a problem.
Awesome, nice work!
- Is the migration process destructive, so after migration, the KMail1 config + cached data is gone?
The migration process itself is only destructive on the user's choice. I.e. when migrating disconnected IMAP accouts, users are presented with the option to either keep the old cache or deleting it after import.
Alright, I understood that (roughly) from your other emails on this subject. What is the default here?
However, after migration, i.e. when using the new setup, certain portions of the old KMail setup (metadata) might become invalid due to folders being modified and thus making the KMail index files "too old".
Is this reported by KMail then, or what will happen?
- If so, which would be the files to backup, so we can communicate that to our users (this is documented somewhere, right? :))?
Userbase might have pages related to backup of mail setups.
I'll have a look, but looks like this is less relevant, since -- in theory -- there's no need to backup, as you don't destroy current setups.
I actually wrote a blog entry about testing migration which contains information about involved files, etc. but kdedevelopers.org doesn't let me login, so I could publish it yet.
OK, I'm on the lookout. :) Thanks for the quick turnaround time. Cheers, -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org
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Sebastian Kügler