While thinking more about the PPC versus Intel Mac scenario, I
stumbled over a Dump and Reload scenario I hadn't previously
considered. Upgrading from PPC to Intel Mac. Here are some questions
that came to mind:
1. How do we explain to users that they need to install a different
version of Chandler for Intel Mac?
2. If we succeed in 1, how do we then explain to users that that's
not enough, they need to 'upgrade' their repository too via Dump and
Reload.
3. What if the user has already wiped their old PPC Mac?
4. Even if they haven't committed #3, they've most likely already
done the data transfer thing. If so, how do they get their backup
file from their PPC Mac to their Intel Mac? Can they even locate
their backup file? My understanding was that, that would be opaque to
the user.
5. Assuming they can locate and transport the backup file, how do
they restore it on the new Intel Mac?
Another hurdle: We need to communicate to the user the highly
unintuitive idea that in order to Restore their data on the new Intel
Mac, they must first blow away their old PPC repository, otherwise,
Chandler on the new Intel Mac won't start up at all.)
Not to sound panicked or anything, but...Is there a way to do Dump
and Reload for PPC-Intel Mac from the new Intel Mac?
Currently our only 'solution' to this problem is a dialog: https://
bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8186
Any ideas? How important is it for us to get this workflow right?
Mimi
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