[llvm-dev] RFC: Switching from Bugzilla to Github Issues [UPDATED]

[Anton Korobeynikov via llvm-dev]

Just to clarify a bit: what I wanted to say is that it's unlikely
that we will be able to ensure that bugzilla issue numbers after
migration would coincide with github issue numbers. And therefore
proper mapping will be necessary. And this mapping would be more
complex than just rewriting the URL.


On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:25 PM Anton Korobeynikov
<anton at korobeynikov.info> wrote:
>
> > Can we preserve the existing bug numbers if we migrate this way? There are lots of references to "PRxxxxx" in checked in LLVM artifacts and elsewhere in the world, as well as links to llvm.org/PRxxxxx, and if we can preserve all the issue numbers this would ease the transition pain substantially.
> Well... I hate to say this, but quite unlikely. Unfortunately, there
> were significant changes in GitHub opensource team and these days they
> are much less responsive than they used to be during our github
> migration. I asked this question several times, and unfortunately,
> there is no answer. I will certainly keep trying.
>
> The problem here is there is no way to assign / control issue numbers
> at all. They are just automatically assigned in sequential order.
> While it might be possible to utilize this while migrating everything
> to, say, a special archive project on GitHub, we will not be able to
> control the numbers assigned should we migrate the issues one-by-one
> or just move from archive to main project.
>
> So, the only viable way seems to be plain big mapping from bugzilla to
> github issue numbers without anything simple like "llvm.org/PRxxxxxx
> becomes https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/xxxxxx".
>
>
> --
> With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
> Department of Statistical Modelling, Saint Petersburg State University



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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Department of Statistical Modelling, Saint Petersburg State University