[llvm-dev] Mailman->Discourse Migration on February 1, 10am PST

Renato Golin via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Mon Jan 31 06:07:52 PST 2022


So long, llvm-dev, and thanks for all the fish!

On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 16:20, Tanya Lattner via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> LLVM Community,
>
> As referenced in this blog post
> <https://blog.llvm.org/posts/2022-01-07-moving-to-discourse/>, we are
> getting close to the deadline for migration for some Mailman lists to
> Discourse. If you are receiving this email from a LLVM Mailman list, then
> this list will be migrating to Discourse on February 1st.
>
> We have gone through several test runs and feel that we are ready to do
> the final migration on February 1st starting at 10 am PST. Once the
> migration begins, the impacted Mailman lists and Discourse will be read
> only until it has completed.
>
> Here are the steps of the migration process on February 1st at 10 am PST:
>
>    1. The Mailman lists that are migrating will be placed in “read-only”
>    mode. No mail will be accepted to the list.
>    2. Mailman will be shut down while the final archives are collected.
>    We expect this downtime to be about 15 minutes.
>    3. The mailman archives are sent to Discourse for migration (15-20
>    minutes for data transfer).
>    4. The LLVM DIscourse is put into read-only mode. Given the size of
>    our archives, we expect the import to take 5 hours.
>    5. Sanity-checks will be made to ensure that everything looks as
>    expected. We estimate this will take 1 hour or less.
>    6. The LLVM Discourse will be opened up again with all the archives
>    imported.
>    7. We will post on Discourse about how things went and any next steps
>    in the “Announcements” category.
>
>
> We will use the Discourse Migration website
> <https://llvm.org/docs/DiscourseMigrationGuide.html> to communicate where
> we are in the process.
>
> We expect the LLVM Discourse to open by 5pm PST, but realize that even in
> the best plans, there may be unexpected situations that arise that cause
> the migration to take longer or possibly be stopped. If that occurs, we
> will evaluate the best course of action and communicate to the community as
> described above.
>
> If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Tanya
>
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