On Wednesday 08 June 2016 22:33:18 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hi David, > > On Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2016 17:05:36 CEST David Goodenough wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 June 2016 17:34:51 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > On Mittwoch, 8. Juni 2016 17:20:38 CEST Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > In case you want to try it, also install the package kdepim-addons, > > > > otherwise mails are displayed without header and you cannot select a > > > > header > > > > template in "View / Headers" > > > > > > > > I will rebort bug. > > > > > > > > Otherwise it works really nicely for me. Diederik has issues tough. > > > > > > > > Of course, if you want to wait till it receives some further testing, > > > > then > > > > wait till its updated to unstable or migrates to testing. > > > > > > OK, beware. Diederik just told me it doesn´t work at all for him. So if > > > you > > > depend on it, better wait! > > > > > > Cause: Going back to KDEPIM 4 without a backup is not supported. It will > > > *change* the Akonadi database + file database layout (for better > > > performance). > > > > As a matter of interest, is there a list of what needs to be backed up? > > BTW saying that we should use the Export Data -> Backup menu option only > > works if you are using mysql, if you are using any of the other database > > options it will feil because it aways uses msqldump whatever the > > database. > Well > > 1. ~/.local/share/akonadi contains db if it was started by Akonadi (no > external db) and file_db_data > > 2. ~/.config/akonadi > > 3. ~/.kde/share/config/akonadi* > > 4. I´d also make sure to have a copy ~/.local/share/local-mail or wherever > your local mail has been stored and all other primary data for your calender > and addressbook resources. Where resources store primary data you see in > the config files I mentioned in 3. > > But scratch all that: > > Make a complete backup of your home directory, just in case. You backup it > anyway, don´t you? Still above information may help you in case you need to > restore your old KDEPIM without wanting to restore your complete home > directory. I back my home directory, the question is what to restore in case the upgrade has problems. > > > I suggest the following approach: > > - Don´t use export/import. As from many reports I think I don´t think it > will work reliably and if so, will take ages. > > - You can try whether automatic migration works. > > > If automatic migration does not work: > > 1. Make sure your maildirs are in ~/.local/share/local-mail, if its still in > ~/.kde/share/something I´d move the folder to the new location They are in .local > > 2. Make sure your calendar and addressbook are in default locations (dunno > whether these changed for Akonadi/KMail 16.04, I bet they still store them > in ~/.kde/share, but you can still look at ~/.config/akonadi* akonadi > configuration files (that is the new location of these, see 3 above) don't really use these, and they are on CalDav andCardDav servers anyway. > > 3. Rename ~/.local/share/akonadi and ~/.config/akonadi will do > > 4. Let Akonadi reindex all resources from scratch. > > Yet there is a slight risk that your current Akonadi still has some mails > you moved around recently in file_db_data or the database itself and you > would loose these. > > > In case you just use IMAP accounts I suggest the following: Wipe all old > Akonadi stuff and restart from scratch. I only have disconnected IMAP, so none of the data remains on the server, but I then filter them all into local folders. > > > I know this can be rough. I migrated from KDEPIM SC 4 and Akonadi 1 to > KDEPIM 5 and Akonadi "2" quite some time ago as I compiled both from git > master myself. I do think the automatic migration kind of worked, but it > may have also been that I did the second approach and recreated the > configuration and database from scratch letting Akonadi reindex all > resources then. > > I suggest to refrain from creating bugs with the Debian bug tracker related > to the migration from KDEPIM SC 4 and Akonadi 1 to KDEPIM and Akonadi 16.04 > as any those issues are very likely upstream issues and I bet the Qt/KDE > Debian team lacks the time to do much about it. Also KDEPIM SC 4 and > Akonadi 1 are unmaintained, so… > > This is a rough overview of what I know. > > Thanks, Thank you for your help.
David
