[Pdweb] next steps

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

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On 05/08/2013 04:53 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> On 2013-05-08 03:01, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
>> Does plone have migration tools to smooth that process?  There should
>> be an "upgrade path" for the current plone install.
> 
> in theory there is. in practice it is not so simple, since: - the plone
> instance on pd.info is about 10 years old (probably more). there have
> been several major releases since then, and python is not what it used to
> be (pd-portal is running on python2.3/2.4!!!) - there are a number of
> products installed on the portal that are no longer developped/supported,
> so they lack migration paths
> 
> there's a small ray of hope, by exporting the database into an 
> intermediate format (zexp), but it will require a lot of work.
> 
> alternatively, it might be possible to dump the database via webdav to a
> filesystem and re-import it (worrying about ownership and permissions
> LATER)
> 
> fgamsdr IOhannes

Ok, makes sense.  Migration is the way forward!  I guess ownership should be
quite easy since everything should be editable by logged in users except for
member folders.  Since member folders are named after the username, that
makes it easy to set the ownership.

.hc
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