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BUGtrack 3.5 migration plan

Even though, as you already know, most of the changes are going to be internal, here is a really visible one:

All addresses will change from https://www.bugtrack.net/secure/ to https://mycompany.bugtrack.net/ and you will need to update all URLs.

We tried to make migration process as seamless as possible for users. If users will attempt  to access an old address (either by following the bookmark, or a saved URL, say from an old e-mail notification message), they will be presented with the address change notification banner and after a short delay redirected to a new location.

 

BUGtrack Professional Edition administrators should check automation services they currently use to update to the new address scheme.

BUGtrack 3.5 is out

Yesterday we released BUGtrack 3.5.

We've done a lot of changes in the program core. While end-users  will hardly notice the improvements, the internal redesign would help us to extend BUGtrack more efficiently in the future as well as it should improve overall system performance and stability.

One noticeable change has been done though: we've got rid of License Setup URL in favor of a new addressing scheme.

Now each customer receives his/her own sub-domain within bugtrack.net domain. Now if you want to use BUGtrack on a new computer or from a new location, you will no longer need to search your e-mail for license setup instructions. The address, say, mycompany.bugtrack.net fully identifies your license and is easy to remember.

At the moment, two versions of BUGtrack work in parallel. New customers will use BUGtrack 3.5 and the new addressing scheme. Old customers will be eventually migrated. We will contact each customer individually to discuss the migration timeline, though we do not expect migration to be hard.

Migration steps will be discussed in the next post.