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[Olivier Salaün <address@concealed>]

Hi Steven,

You can't automatically convert a list to make it belong to a family 
because the family requires a set of data for the instantiation and 
these data are spread across your list config file. If you don't extract 
this set of data for one list, then you are not able to reinstantiate 
the family to recreate the list.

What you'd need to do is write scripts that extract the data (subject, 
owner,...) from your existing list config files. This script should also 
determine all the customizations that were done by list owners (use of 
custom_subject, changed right on web archives,...) so that you can 
define an appropriate param_constraint.conf file for the family.

If somebody has a better algorithm, please share it with us ; we'd love 
to automate this process...

Steven Peterson a écrit :
> We really like the 'families' feature as it enables us to change the 
> operating config of a large number of lists in a single location.  
> However, we currently have a large number of lists that were created 
> the 'original' way and are not related to families.  Can someone point 
> me to a place that explains how to convert a bunch of existing lists 
> all to a family-related lists?