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Migrate Bugzilla to Phabricator
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The Wikimedia Phabricator team proposes to start migrating Bugzilla on Friday 21 November and during the weekend, with a possibility to require Monday 24 to complete the migration. Before that date, you can expect:

  • T843: Complete Bugzilla migration test review period including a bugzillapreview instance regenerated with a sample of 500 tasks, showcasing the fixes to the bugs reported during the community review.
  • Dates and procedure (T535) agreed with the Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development management, with explicit approval from the Release Team and Ops.
  • Dates for the RT migration, which we plan to propose soon, considering that they might be after the Bugzilla migration and therefore cause another Phabricator downtime, theoretically shorter.
  • All the tasks in Bugzilla-Migration that must be completed before the migration will be resolved; the rest of tasks in this project will be assigned to people ready to proceed as planned during the migration.

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Call git submodule sync before git submodule updaterepos/releng/scap!130dancymaster-c5d7master
Phabricator: add override for the browser time zone conflict messagerepos/phabricator/deployment!6dannys712dannys712-wmf/stable-patch-89495wmf/stable
Customize query in GitLab

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ResolvedQgilT174 Launch Wikimedia Phabricator Day 1
ResolvedQgilT15 Migrate Bugzilla to Phabricator
ResolvedAklapperT22 Identify features Bugzilla users would miss in Phabricator
Resolved• mmodellT50 Restricting access to tasks based on project membership
Resolved• mmodellT63 Phabricator requires a "real name" to register
DeclinedAklapperT73 Decide whether we need to add a "See Also" field to match Bugzilla's
ResolvedyuvipandaT131 IRC bot to report Phabricator activity exactly like Wikibugs does with Bugzilla
ResolvedAklapperT25 Complete the Project Management Tools Review RfC
ResolvedgpaumierT14 Decide the future of Bugzilla
Resolved• mmodellT40 Set up redirects from old bugzilla.wikimedia.org URLs
ResolvedAklapperT39 Set up permissions for Phabricator
ResolvedAklapperT43 Decide how to organize projects
Declined• chasempT88 Phabricator lacks a feature like Bugzilla's "vote"
ResolvedAklapperT158 Phabricator should let admins delete comments in Maniphest
ResolvedQgilT168 Port {{mw:Extension}}'s bugzilla section links to Phabricator
ResolvedChristopherT132 Identify features Scrumbugz users would miss in Phabricator
Resolved• chasempT171 Determine license of the content submitted to Phabricator
ResolvedQChrisT169 Create a Gerrit plugin to notify Phabricator tasks about related patches
Resolved• chasempT259 Bugzilla to Maniphest import script (tracking)
DeclinedAklapperT240 Map from bugzilla aliases to phabricator tasks
ResolvedDzahnT366 Move Bugzilla to old-bugzilla.wikimedia.org
ResolvedQgilT535 Document all the steps that need to be done during the Bugzilla migration
ResolvedQgilT1267 Special landing page to redirect Bugzilla and Phabricator users during the migration
ResolvedQgilT473 Document availability of Phabricator during the Bugzilla migration
ResolvedAklapperT497 Deprecation of Bugzilla personal tags
ResolvedQgilT843 Complete Bugzilla migration test review period
ResolvedAklapperT618 Send two email notifications to active Bugzilla users asking them to join Phabricator
Resolved• chasempT572 Determine the fate of comment metadata from legacy systems in phabricator.wikimedia.org
DuplicateQgilT1191 "Self Actions" in "Email Preferences" should be set to "Do not send me an email when I take an action" to match Bugzilla behaviour by default
ResolvedAklapperT1282 Create projects for Pywikibot's compat and core versions, and assign the corresponding tasks to each
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Aklapper moved this task from Backlog to Doing on the Bugzilla-Migration board.Sep 18 2014, 3:30 PM
Aklapper claimed this task.Sep 18 2014, 3:36 PM
Aklapper set Security to None.
Qgil added a comment.Sep 19 2014, 10:06 AM

I also think we need a public page under https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator with the exact sequence of steps planned for the Bugzilla migration, starting from the moment that Bugzilla goes read-only. When to switch off services, when to point Apache, Gerrit, etc to Phabricator...

Such list should be updated as the migration goes, so everybody paying attention can know where we are, how much is missing.

Qgil removed a project: Phabricator.Sep 19 2014, 10:50 AM
• mmodell closed subtask T50: Restricting access to tasks based on project membership as Resolved.Sep 23 2014, 10:52 PM
Aklapper closed subtask T43: Decide how to organize projects as Resolved.Sep 24 2014, 11:16 AM
Qgil closed subtask T171: Determine license of the content submitted to Phabricator as Resolved.Sep 29 2014, 7:54 PM
Qgil closed subtask T168: Port {{mw:Extension}}'s bugzilla section links to Phabricator as Resolved.Oct 1 2014, 9:45 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: • chasemp.Oct 1 2014, 10:32 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: • mmodell.Oct 1 2014, 10:37 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: Aklapper.Oct 1 2014, 11:02 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: Christopher.Oct 2 2014, 9:57 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: greg.
Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Oct 5 2014, 1:03 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: Ladsgroup.Oct 6 2014, 10:00 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: scfc.Oct 7 2014, 3:00 AM
• flimport added a subscriber: • Fabrice_Florin.Oct 8 2014, 9:00 AM
• flimport added a subscriber: Tobi_WMDE_SW.Oct 8 2014, 4:00 PM
Qgil added a subtask: T497: Deprecation of Bugzilla personal tags.Oct 8 2014, 10:09 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: • Mattflaschen-WMF.Oct 8 2014, 11:00 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: • Prtksxna.Oct 9 2014, 2:00 AM
Qgil added a subtask: T572: Determine the fate of comment metadata from legacy systems in phabricator.wikimedia.org.Oct 10 2014, 9:14 PM
• flimport added a subscriber: • Awjrichards.Oct 12 2014, 2:00 AM
RandomDSdevel subscribed.Oct 13 2014, 10:13 PM

Are we going to bring those cute little quotes that pop up above Bugzilla search results to Phabricator, or will they be lost in the transition at first? In any case, they need to be saved to something like Wikiquote so that somebody who wants to can create a Phabricator add-on, widget, or whatever that'll fetch them, one per search, via either the MediaWiki or WikiData APIs. If they can't be moved over, I'm sure going to miss them….

RandomDSdevel awarded a token.Oct 13 2014, 10:14 PM
matmarex subscribed.Oct 19 2014, 3:16 PM
In T15#11055, @RandomDSdevel wrote:

Are we going to bring those cute little quotes that pop up above Bugzilla search results to Phabricator, or will they be lost in the transition at first?

These are quips and it seems that there is no plan for them (yet). This is filed as bug 71245 in Bugzilla, but apparently not here for some reason.

Aklapper closed subtask T497: Deprecation of Bugzilla personal tags as Resolved.Oct 20 2014, 12:23 PM
Qgil renamed this task from Plan to migrate Bugzilla to Phabricator to Migrate Bugzilla to Phabricator.Oct 23 2014, 5:59 AM
Qgil added a subtask: T843: Complete Bugzilla migration test review period.Oct 26 2014, 6:49 AM
Qgil removed a subtask: T176: Adapt on-wiki bug templates to point to Phabricator.
• MZMcBride subscribed.Oct 26 2014, 1:45 PM
Ricordisamoa subscribed.Oct 27 2014, 10:12 AM

Are we going to import Bugzilla comments as lists of quotations? Really?

Aklapper added a comment.Oct 27 2014, 10:55 AM
In T15#15701, @Ricordisamoa wrote:

Are we going to import Bugzilla comments as lists of quotations? Really?

Please see https://bugzillapreview.wmflabs.org/ . If something is unclear feel free to ask on https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help . Thanks.

Qgil closed subtask T572: Determine the fate of comment metadata from legacy systems in phabricator.wikimedia.org as Resolved.Oct 30 2014, 8:10 AM
He7d3r awarded a token.Oct 30 2014, 7:40 PM
Qgil edited subtasks, added: T618: Send two email notifications to active Bugzilla users asking them to join Phabricator, T63: Phabricator requires a "real name" to register, T535: Document all the steps that need to be done during the Bugzilla migration; removed: T44: Migrate Bugzilla attachments to Phabricator.Oct 30 2014, 9:15 PM
• Prtksxna unsubscribed.Oct 31 2014, 9:08 AM
• mmodell closed subtask T63: Phabricator requires a "real name" to register as Resolved.Oct 31 2014, 9:07 PM
Qgil claimed this task.Oct 31 2014, 9:26 PM
Qgil moved this task from Doing to Backlog on the Bugzilla-Migration board.
Qgil closed subtask T169: Create a Gerrit plugin to notify Phabricator tasks about related patches as Resolved.Oct 31 2014, 9:31 PM
Qgil updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 31 2014, 10:03 PM
Qgil added subscribers: • RobLa-WMF, Eloquence, Dzahn, mark.

Check the new description. It's important:

The Wikimedia Phabricator team proposes to start migrating Bugzilla on Friday 21 November ...

Qgil mentioned this in T188: Communicate the launch of Wikimedia Phabricator Day 1.Oct 31 2014, 10:17 PM
Qgil updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 31 2014, 10:19 PM
Qgil mentioned this in T584: Define main tasks (epics) for code review in Phabricator.Nov 3 2014, 12:51 PM
Qgil mentioned this in T560: Proof of concept of code review in Phabricator.
Qgil mentioned this in T18: Plan to migrate code review from Gerrit to Phabricator.
Qgil mentioned this in T13: Plan to migrate everything to Phabricator.
• chasemp changed the status of subtask T63: Phabricator requires a "real name" to register from Resolved to Declined.Nov 3 2014, 2:10 PM
Qgil changed the status of subtask T63: Phabricator requires a "real name" to register from Declined to Resolved.Nov 3 2014, 2:15 PM
Qgil added a comment.Nov 3 2014, 7:55 PM

@greg aka Release Team Manager agrees with the plan of starting the migration on 21 Nov, acknowledging that Bugzilla+Phabricator might be down during the following weekend and on Monday.

Quiddity subscribed.Nov 3 2014, 11:01 PM
Qgil added a comment.Nov 4 2014, 12:48 PM

@mark aka Director of Technical Operations & more also agrees with the plan.

The rest of managers of Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development are also aware, and nobody has complained so far.

Time to define the details of T188: Communicate the launch of Wikimedia Phabricator Day 1.

Aklapper added a comment.Nov 7 2014, 5:43 PM

For the records, I wrote in T188

Chase and I are proposing to start the migration on Fri Nov21 00:01UTC

but Greg asked to wait for at least 16:30 PST until SWAT is over.
Hence also fine to target Thu17:00PST/Fri01:00UTC/Fri02:00CET or such.

saper mentioned this in T1156: Document user migration process.Nov 8 2014, 1:32 AM
saper mentioned this in T76: Set "Self Actions" for default user to "Do not send me an email when I take an action"..Nov 9 2014, 4:25 PM
Qgil closed subtask T843: Complete Bugzilla migration test review period as Resolved.Nov 10 2014, 5:11 PM
Qgil added a comment.Nov 10 2014, 5:14 PM

Dates and procedure (T535) agreed with the Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development management, with explicit approval from the Release Team and Ops.

We are having a Go-NoGo meeting on Wednesday with the proposal of starting the migration on 21 Nov. Release Team and Ops have given their OK already.

valhallasw closed subtask T131: IRC bot to report Phabricator activity exactly like Wikibugs does with Bugzilla as Resolved.Nov 10 2014, 10:09 PM
Qgil closed subtask T473: Document availability of Phabricator during the Bugzilla migration as Resolved.Nov 11 2014, 12:56 PM
Qgil added a subtask: T1267: Special landing page to redirect Bugzilla and Phabricator users during the migration.Nov 13 2014, 8:50 AM
Qgil closed subtask T535: Document all the steps that need to be done during the Bugzilla migration as Resolved.Nov 13 2014, 2:19 PM
• Mattflaschen-WMF reopened subtask T1156: Document user migration process as Open.Nov 14 2014, 1:19 AM
Aklapper closed subtask T618: Send two email notifications to active Bugzilla users asking them to join Phabricator as Resolved.Nov 14 2014, 3:09 AM
valhallasw added a subtask: T1282: Create projects for Pywikibot's compat and core versions, and assign the corresponding tasks to each.Nov 14 2014, 10:18 PM
• Mattflaschen-WMF added a comment.Nov 15 2014, 4:51 AM
In T15#11969, @matmarex wrote:
In T15#11055, @RandomDSdevel wrote:

Are we going to bring those cute little quotes that pop up above Bugzilla search results to Phabricator, or will they be lost in the transition at first?

These are quips and it seems that there is no plan for them (yet). This is filed as bug 71245 in Bugzilla, but apparently not here for some reason.

That's waiting on T15.

Aklapper closed subtask T39: Set up permissions for Phabricator as Resolved.Nov 20 2014, 11:53 PM
Qgil added a comment.Nov 23 2014, 2:36 PM

Alright, the bulk of the work is done and we have been testing quite a lot. We are about to send an invitation to wikitech-l for those willing to visit the "new" Phabricator before opening to everybody.

This is in fact a test to check whether email notifications work. :)

Qgil added a comment.Nov 23 2014, 10:00 PM

Actually we needed more testing after the last comment. NOW we are almost there, still testing bit here and there.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/versus_Bugzilla#Timeline

Qgil closed subtask T1267: Special landing page to redirect Bugzilla and Phabricator users during the migration as Resolved.Nov 23 2014, 10:01 PM
Aklapper closed subtask T40: Set up redirects from old bugzilla.wikimedia.org URLs as Resolved.Nov 23 2014, 10:32 PM
Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Doing on the Bugzilla-Migration board.Nov 23 2014, 10:41 PM
• chasemp closed subtask T259: Bugzilla to Maniphest import script (tracking) as Resolved.Nov 23 2014, 10:58 PM
Qgil removed a subtask: T1156: Document user migration process.Nov 23 2014, 10:59 PM
Qgil closed this task as Resolved.Nov 24 2014, 9:00 AM

The migration is completed. Phew! We are only allowing ourselves some extra hours of public use before blessing the launch with an official announcement.

BIG THANK YOU to everybody involved in this big, long, and complex migration.

Liuxinyu970226 unsubscribed.Nov 24 2014, 9:38 AM
Nemo_bis reopened subtask T240: Map from bugzilla aliases to phabricator tasks as Open.Nov 24 2014, 3:39 PM
Dzahn closed subtask T366: Move Bugzilla to old-bugzilla.wikimedia.org as Resolved.Nov 25 2014, 2:23 AM
Aklapper closed subtask T1282: Create projects for Pywikibot's compat and core versions, and assign the corresponding tasks to each as Resolved.Nov 27 2014, 4:26 PM
Aklapper closed subtask T240: Map from bugzilla aliases to phabricator tasks as Declined.Dec 29 2014, 2:59 PM
Qgil mentioned this in T85564: Ability to associate workboards with parent tasks.Jan 8 2015, 10:02 PM
• Mattflaschen-WMF unsubscribed.Jan 14 2015, 12:16 AM
C933103 subscribed.Jul 15 2015, 10:56 PM

I have just read some notations like bz19986, bug #19986 or bug 19986 in some older issues that are referring to issue number in bugzilla, is it possible for phabricator to automatically redirect all these to their issue # in phabricator, lile T21986 in this case?

Ricordisamoa added a comment.Jul 15 2015, 11:05 PM
In T15#1455627, @C933103 wrote:

I have just read some notations like bz19986, bug #19986 or bug 19986 in some older issues that are referring to issue number in bugzilla, is it possible for phabricator to automatically redirect all these to their issue # in phabricator, lile T21986 in this case?

T687: Convert Bugzilla's "Bug NNNNN" links to "TNNNNN" links in Phabricator

rokejulianlockhart subscribed.Jan 6 2022, 9:14 PM
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