Poll: when to migrate code to the new server?

[Alex Aycinena]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 7:55 AM, <gnucash-devel-request at gnucash.org> wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2014, at 8:52 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The new-code server is just about ready for migration.  I've got most of
> > the services already installed and tested, (although some less vital
> > services have not been fully tested yet).
> >
> > My main question is when to migrate?  One thing to keep in mind is that
> > the new server will not support subversion (except in a read-only
> > fashion so existing trac URLs will work).  This means that once we
> > migrate the 2.4 series will be dead, unless we upgrade the build server
> > to handle 2.4 from git.
> >
> > Migration will require downtime, probably a good 4 hours (or more) in
> > order to make sure data isn't changing as the migration occurs.  I've
> > pre-copied most of the data already so subsequent rsyncs should be
> > faster.  But then I'll also need to test everything to make sure it's
> > working, and I'll have to migrate/upgrade mediawiki by hand.
> >
> > So this is a long-winded way of asking when we think 2.4 will be
> > completely done and when I should schedule the migration?  I know 2.6.1
> > is planned for this weekend, so I'm assuming it'll be at least the
> > following week, so maybe the weekend of Feb 1-2?
>
>
This is good for me too. I better take John's suggestion and start learning
git. I'm probably going to be asking a few questions!

Alex