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Lemmy to Piefed migration preparations (feddit.org)
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Due to the unfortunate down-time of slrpnk.net we are currently researching possible blockers for creating a Lemmy to Piefed migration guide or script for a relaunch in 1-2 months.

I have never done such a migration before, but generally it seems possible, although migrating image uploads from Pict-rs adds additional complexity (that might not be worth it).

I have created an issue on Codeberg about possible blockers here, but additional input on possible issues or examples of similar migration scripts would be appreciated.

If anyone else has similar plans, please let me know so that we can work together on this.

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[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't know how to link to users, but I think Ada, the admin of lemmy.blahaj.zone, recently migrated the instance to Piefed. Might be worth reaching out

Edit: found the post I was thinking of. Looks like it's not a full migration, but there might still be some relevant insight.

I'm also now remembering another instance that has done a migration recently. I think it seemed like they were able to migrate across a lot of info, but possibly not users' subscribe lists(?), I think? I don't remember specifics, but I'll update this post if I stumble across the post I'm remembering

[–] PirateFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Lemmy.ca also created a secondary piefed instance recently.

[–] AccountMaker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let's goooo!
I'll see if I can find the time to start contributing code to PieFed

[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This helped me get a good handle on the code base when I started: https://join.piefed.social/2024/01/22/an-introduction-to-the-piefed-codebase/

Some are a little out of date now but still an excellent place to start!

[–] AccountMaker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the link!
I guess I should start with the Flask tutorial, since I never worked with it before.

[–] jollyroberts@jolly-piefed.jomandoa.net 3 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, I did that, plus the videos, plus just running a local test instance and tweaking things.

The app/activity pub code is probably the most complex to follow. Most of the rest is easier to get your head around.

Feel free to ping me if you have questions. Or join the matrix channels, they are pretty lively too.

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago

Good luck!

[–] PirateFrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

Quite excited to see how this develops ^^

[–] nemo@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the @poVoq@slrpnk.net alt, right?