Version 1.2.0: Compatibility with XML configuration files exported by version 1.1.3 and earlier

Owned by José Marañón [Awnaba Software S.L.]
Mar 10, 2014

Version 1.2.0, has changed the structure of XML configuration files exported by the plugin. This was necessary in order to implement PCP-123 and specially PCP-149.

Nevertheless, the plugin maintains backward compatibility and it is able to load both files with the new (v1.2.0) and old formats (v1.1.3 and earlier).

There is only one exception: if you have XML files exported by v1.1.3 or earlier that contain workflows with the post-function to "Update Blocked Issues". This post-function is defined in a predefined script in Script Runner Plugin. In this case, the file will not load with version 1.2.0 of the plugin.

If you want to fix a file in this situation to have it loaded with new versions of the plugin, it is quite easy to do it:

  • Find in the XML file a line with an arg of name "READABLE_LINK_TYPE_WITH_DIRECTION" like:
<arg name="READABLE_LINK_TYPE_WITH_DIRECTION">blocks outward</arg>
  • Replace the whitespace between the name of the link and its direction with a double colon, as in:
<arg name="READABLE_LINK_TYPE_WITH_DIRECTION">blocks::outward</arg>

Save the XML file and you are ready to go!