[Pan-users] Re: Import from Old Version

[Mike - EMAIL IGNORED]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:46:32 +0000, Duncan wrote:

> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED
> <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Fri, 20 Jul
> 2007 17:05:31 -0400:
> 
>> I just installed pan 0.131 on a new laptop.  My previous version is
>> 0.14.2.91 .  The first difference I noticed is the new directory name
>> .pan2 .  Then I saw that the configuration format is different.  Is
>> there any way to import data the old version into the new version?  This
>> would include all configuration information, including servers and
>> newsgroups, and the contents of messages saved in folders.
> 
> Some of the old info can be imported, but not all of it.
> 
> * You should be able to symlink the old cache and have it "just work", if 
> you had a large cache (not worth it for the default 10 MB cache), but 
> before you do, set the new cache size (it must be set by hand, editing 
> preferences.xml).
> 
> * The score file format is similar, with the exception that the new 
> scorefile format is stricter to slrn's format.  Specifically, if you were 
> using regexes for your newsgroup expressions, you'll have to change that 
> to * wildcard format.  See http://www.slrn.org/docs/score.txt for 
> details.  Here, I took the opportunity to clean up my scorefile in 
> accordance with the rules at that link, making over a hundred scoring 
> rules into just 6 or so, in two sections.  Once you've fixed that if 
> necessary, you can use the same scorefile.
> 
> * old pan could export to standard newsrc format, new-pan uses it by 
> default.  So if you still have old-pan around, you can tell it to export 
> to newsrc, then replace the appropriate files in new-pan.  Note that 
> newsrc is single-server, however, so you'll need to export for each 
> server, and make sure you get the right newsrc in the right server slot 
> (newsrc-X, where X is the server number) for new pan.
> 
> Other than that, pretty much everything has changed.  You must 
> reconfigure, and download overviews over again, as the formats for those 
> files are different.
> 
> If you use multiple servers or large binary groups, however, it's very 
> worth it. =8^)

Can I use the old 'folders' directory?

Mike.