Robert Kaiser wrote:
Ray_Net wrote:
In my opinion, the migration issues are MAJOR ISSUES ...
They are, but 1) they are really hard to get a grip on, as most people
don't repeatedly test them, and being well-reproducible and
well-reproduced is one of the major things to get well-reported specific
problems fixed (I'll leave out for the moment that many of those
problems are not well-reported bugs and not specificly enough described
to even be able to try and reproduce them).
2) Once data is being migrated or otherwise moved to a new 2.0 profile,
people are over those problems and never see them again - so while they
are _very_ painful for the moment when they happen, the pain is
completely gone once the data gets over to 2.0 in some way.
Of course, we all would be happy if we didn't see those problems in the
first place, but the only scenario I can see that we go mostly pain-free
there is if someone comes up and spends a whole lot of time on the
migration code, and we at the same time have some very specific reports
of where we go wrong with exact circumstances that lead to the failures.
And, as unfortunate as that is, I really doubt that someone will come up
that easily - unless you are that someone and are lurking around here
waiting to become the next SeaMonkey superstar. If you are, I'm all for
casting you in that role as migration superman!
We're trying to find solutions for some of the migration problems where
we find out what exactly the problems are and where we know good ways to
solve them. Still, please don't expect miracles from us. We're producing
the best software we can with our relatively small team, but we know it
might not be good enough for everybody - still we hope it is for most of
you.
Thanks for this clear explanation ... i agree with your point of vue.
BTW i am reluctant for migration, because my profile has been corrupted
by some SM bugs leaving me with an extra "News" (empty) channel visible
and also some others empty and ghost ones ....
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