[request-tracker-maintainers] Bug#603247: Bug#603247: Bug#603247: request-tracker3.8: loading 3.6 database in 3.8 fails with "namespace error : Failed to parse QName 'Pref-RT:'"

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 08:19:25AM +0800, James Andrewartha wrote:

> The docs in /usr/share/doc/request-tracker3.8 are a confusing mix of
> Debian and upstream information. Given that upgrading from 3.6 in lenny
> to 3.8 in squeeze is the common case, I was expecting clear instructions
> saying something like "request-tracker3.8 is parallel-installable with
> request-tracker3.6, to non-destructively upgrade your database, perform
> these simple steps:"
> 
> There is something like this in README.Debian, but I didn't see it as
> it's not on the first page, which just refers to NOTES.Debian, so I
> assumed it'd be in there. That is where I got the usage of
> rt-dump-database, as I hadn't installed rt3.8-db-mysql. I assumed
> because it did dumps and reloads that upgrades were handled by it
> outside the database, rather than running scripts on the database.

Yup, I've made some changes to the documentation of both rt-dump-database
and NOTES.Debian to hopefully clarify some of these points in 3.8.8-6
which should land in squeeze.

Cheers,
Dominic.

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