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authormkanat%bugzilla.org <>2009-11-17 21:16:08 +0000
committermkanat%bugzilla.org <>2009-11-17 21:16:08 +0000
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Fix POD of Bugzilla::Migrate to be consistent with reality (it was slightly
out-of-sync with the code when I first checked it in, because some things ended up working differently than they originally did as I developed, but the POD didn't get updated at the end).
Diffstat (limited to 'Bugzilla')
-rw-r--r--Bugzilla/Migrate.pm34
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Migrate.pm b/Bugzilla/Migrate.pm
index 40249bf50..282279e75 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Migrate.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Migrate.pm
@@ -1007,13 +1007,19 @@ user specified C<--verbose> at least that many times on the command line.
=head2 parse_date
+(Note: Usually you don't need to call this, because L</translate_bug>
+handles date translations for you, for bug data.)
+
Parses a date string and returns a formatted date string that can be inserted
into the database. If the input date is missing a timezone, the "timezone"
configuration parameter will be used as the timezone of the date.
=head2 translate_bug
-Uses the C<$translate_fields> and <$translate_values> configuration variables
+(Note: Normally you don't have to call this yourself, as
+C<Bugzilla::Migrate> does it for you.)
+
+Uses the C<$translate_fields> and C<$translate_values> configuration variables
to convert a hashref of "other bug-tracker" fields into Bugzilla fields.
It takes one argument, the hashref to convert. Any unrecognized fields will
have their value prepended to the C<comment> element in the returned
@@ -1028,9 +1034,11 @@ B<Note:> To save memory, the hashref that you pass in will be destroyed
=head2 translate_value
-(Note: Normally you will want to use L</translate_bug> instead of this.)
+(Note: Generally you only need to use this during L</_read_products>
+and L</_read_users> if necessary, because the data returned from
+L</_read_bugs> will be put through L</translate_bug>.)
-Uses the C<translate_values> configuration variable to convert
+Uses the C<$translate_values> configuration variable to convert
field values from your bug-tracker to Bugzilla. Takes two arguments,
the first being a field name and the second being a value. If the value
is an arrayref, C<translate_value> will be called recursively on all
@@ -1039,13 +1047,10 @@ the array elements.
Also, any date field will be converted into ISO 8601 format, for
inserting into the database.
-You must use this to translate any bug field values that you return
-during L</_read_bugs>, so that they are valid values for
-L<Bugzilla::Bug/create>.
-
=head2 translate_field
-(Note: Normally you will want to use L</translate_bug> instead of this.)
+(Note: Normally you don't need to use this, because L</translate_bug>
+handles it for you.)
Translates a field name in your bug-tracker to a field name in Bugzilla,
using the rules described in the description of the C<$translate_fields>
@@ -1063,7 +1068,7 @@ These are methods that subclasses must implement:
Should return an arrayref of hashes. The hashes will be passed to
L<Bugzilla::Bug/create> to create bugs in Bugzilla. In addition to
-the normal C<create> fields, the hashes can contain two additional
+the normal C<create> fields, the hashes can contain three additional
items:
=over
@@ -1075,7 +1080,7 @@ database. The keys should be the names of columns in the longdescs
table that you want to set for each comment. C<who> must be a
username instead of a user id, though.
-You don't need to specify a value for C<bug_id> column.
+You don't need to specify a value for the C<bug_id> column.
=item history
@@ -1085,7 +1090,7 @@ bugs_activity table to set for each change. C<who> must be a username
instead of a user id, though, and C<field> (containing the name of some field)
is taken instead of C<fieldid>.
-You don't need to specify a value for C<bug_id> column.
+You don't need to specify a value for the C<bug_id> column.
=item attachments
@@ -1095,7 +1100,7 @@ must be a file handle--we recommend using L<IO::File/new_tmpfile> to create
anonymous temporary files for this purpose.) You should specify a
C<submitter> argument containing the username of the attachment's submitter.
-You don't need to specify a value for the C<bug> argument.
+You don't need to specify a value for the the C<bug> argument.
=back
@@ -1141,11 +1146,6 @@ always include the default C<CONFIG_VARS> (by calling
$self->SUPER::CONFIG_VARS) as part of your return value, if you
override this method.
-In addition to the normal fields from C<LOCALCONFIG_VARS>, you can also
-specify a C<check> key for each item, which should be a subroutine
-reference. When the configuration file is read, this subroutine will be
-called (as a method) to make sure that the value is valid.
-
=head2 NON_COMMENT_FIELDS
An array (not an arrayref). If there are fields that are not translated