Re: Raw data from dedicated kernel bug database

From: Martin J. Bligh (mbligh@aracnet.com)
Date: Thu Jan 02 2003 - 00:12:31 EST


> Yup. A BK database is actually a BK repostory with an SQL layer on
> top of it. So all of the stuff you can do with BK you can do with
> BK/Database. We can export changes as patches, as flat files, as
> associative arrays in perl, take your pick.

OK, something like that sounds good to me.

> Cool. I've already tracked down an SQL hacker who is willing to contract
> with us to write the scripts to get the data out of your Bugzilla
> database. He said that I need to ask you to do this:
>
> shut down the mysql database
> grab all the MySQL files and stuff them in a tarball
> turn on the mysql database again
>
> Then he can set up a mysql instance here and start hacking on the scripts.
> How's that sound?

I'll leave the details to the database guys at OSDL, but I presume they
do backups in a similar fashion already, so ...

M.

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