Tickets :: Comment on [#7296] Mailbox sorting bugs

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Comment	>>>> That would usually done by a maintenance task like the one-time task > >>>> in Turba. > >>> > >>> I disagree. Maintenance tasks are OK for minor point releases. But > >>> for transitioning between major releases, this needs to be part of > >>> admin-performed upgrade instructions. > >> > >> IMO, when data needs to be massaged in a preference backend, it > >> should be done as a mainenance task since not all preference backends > >> can be accessed without an explicit user login. Unless I'm missing > >> something... > > > > The old IMP conversion scripts used to loop through a list of > usernames to switch the pref backend as necessary. And if you (as an > admin) can not access the pref backends of any user, your system > probably isn't setup very well. I can't even begin to imagine how > you can be expected to manage a pref backend without full admin > access... > > > > Regardless, this conversion is done at run-time in the instant case, > so further discussion within the context of this ticket is irrelevant.
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