Gentoo Forums Downtime/Upgrade Information
1.
Project Description
The server that the forum is hosted on currently runs MySQL 4, but is being upgraded by the OSL to MySQL 5. This migration will bring the forums read-only/off-line while the database is converted, UTF-8 support also being implemented. The migration is currently being planned for the weekend beginning September 8th.
Due to an unforseen problem we have had to restart the conversion script, this means that the current ETA for completion is Wednesday 12th September.
2.
Project tasks
The tasks of the
Forums Upgrade
project are:
Update to MySQL 5 -
The forums database is going to be converted to mysql5 (finished)
| Starting date: |
2007/09/07 |
| Developer: |
tomk (Tom Knight)
-
Administrator
(Conversion code and coordination)
|
| Milestone # |
ETA |
Description |
| 1 |
Finished |
Plans, tests, announcement |
| 2 |
Finished |
Full conversion test run |
| 3 |
Finished |
Switch forums read-only |
| 4 |
Finished |
Dump existing mysql4 database and import on second box |
| 5 |
Finished |
UTF-8 conversion of forums table |
| 6 |
Finished |
UTF-8 conversion of users table |
| 7 |
Finished |
UTF-8 conversion of personal messages table |
| 8 |
Finished |
UTF-8 conversion of polls table |
| 9 |
Finished |
UTF-8 conversion of topics table |
| 10 |
Finished |
UTF-8 conversion of posts table |
| 11 |
Finished |
Import converted data to the new mysql5 database |
| 12 |
Finished |
Adjust webserver settings to use UTF-8 and the new mysql5 database |
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