1. Drop the user ID foreign key from the "PackageComments" table: `ALTER TABLE PackageComments DROP FOREIGN KEY PackageComments_ibfk_1;` should work in most cases. Otherwise, check the output of `SHOW CREATE TABLE PackageComments;` and use the foreign key name shown there. 2. Add support for anonymous comments: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageComments MODIFY UsersID INTEGER UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL, ADD FOREIGN KEY (UsersID) REFERENCES Users(ID) ON DELETE SET NULL; ---- 3. Create the PackageBases table: ---- CREATE TABLE PackageBases ( ID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, Name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, CategoryID TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 1, NumVotes INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, OutOfDateTS BIGINT UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL, SubmittedTS BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, ModifiedTS BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, SubmitterUID INTEGER UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL, MaintainerUID INTEGER UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL, PackagerUID INTEGER UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (ID), UNIQUE (Name), INDEX (CategoryID), INDEX (NumVotes), INDEX (SubmitterUID), INDEX (MaintainerUID), INDEX (PackagerUID), FOREIGN KEY (CategoryID) REFERENCES PackageCategories(ID) ON DELETE NO ACTION, -- deleting a user will cause packages to be orphaned, not deleted FOREIGN KEY (SubmitterUID) REFERENCES Users(ID) ON DELETE SET NULL, FOREIGN KEY (MaintainerUID) REFERENCES Users(ID) ON DELETE SET NULL, FOREIGN KEY (PackagerUID) REFERENCES Users(ID) ON DELETE SET NULL ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ---- 4. Migrate data from Packages to PackageBases: ---- INSERT INTO PackageBases SELECT ID, Name, CategoryID, NumVotes, OutOfDateTS, SubmittedTS, ModifiedTS, SubmitterUID, MaintainerUID, NULL FROM Packages; ---- 5. Delete unneeded foreign keys from Packages: First, drop the foreign keys on CategoryID, SubmitterUID and MaintainerUID. The following queries should work in most cases: ---- ALTER TABLE Packages DROP FOREIGN KEY Packages_ibfk_1, DROP FOREIGN KEY Packages_ibfk_2, DROP FOREIGN KEY Packages_ibfk_3; ---- You can use `SHOW CREATE TABLE Packages;` to check whether you should use different names for your setup. 6. Delete unneeded fields from Packages: ---- ALTER TABLE Packages DROP COLUMN CategoryID, DROP COLUMN NumVotes, DROP COLUMN OutOfDateTS, DROP COLUMN SubmittedTS, DROP COLUMN ModifiedTS, DROP COLUMN SubmitterUID, DROP COLUMN MaintainerUID; ---- 7. Add package base references to the Packages table: ---- ALTER TABLE Packages ADD COLUMN PackageBaseID INTEGER UNSIGNED NULL; UPDATE Packages SET PackageBaseID = ID; ALTER TABLE Packages MODIFY PackageBaseID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, ADD FOREIGN KEY (PackageBaseID) REFERENCES PackageBases(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE; ---- 8. Delete foreign keys from PackageVotes, PackageComments and CommentNotify: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageVotes DROP FOREIGN KEY PackageVotes_ibfk_1, DROP FOREIGN KEY PackageVotes_ibfk_2; ALTER TABLE PackageComments DROP FOREIGN KEY PackageComments_ibfk_3; ALTER TABLE CommentNotify DROP FOREIGN KEY CommentNotify_ibfk_1, DROP FOREIGN KEY CommentNotify_ibfk_2; ---- We highly recommend to use `SHOW CREATE TABLE PackageVotes;` etc. to check whether you should use different names for your setup. 9. Delete indexes from PackageVotes and CommentNotify: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageVotes DROP INDEX VoteUsersIDPackageID; ALTER TABLE CommentNotify DROP INDEX NotifyUserIDPkgID; ---- 10. Migrate PackageVotes, PackageComments and CommentNotify to refer to package bases: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageVotes ADD COLUMN PackageBaseID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL; UPDATE PackageVotes SET PackageBaseID = PackageID; ALTER TABLE PackageVotes DROP COLUMN PackageID; ALTER TABLE PackageComments ADD COLUMN PackageBaseID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL; UPDATE PackageComments SET PackageBaseID = PackageID; ALTER TABLE PackageComments DROP COLUMN PackageID; ALTER TABLE CommentNotify ADD COLUMN PackageBaseID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL; UPDATE CommentNotify SET PackageBaseID = PkgID; ALTER TABLE CommentNotify DROP COLUMN PkgID; ---- 11. Recreate missing foreign keys and indexes: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageVotes ADD FOREIGN KEY (UsersID) REFERENCES Users(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE, ADD FOREIGN KEY (PackageBaseID) REFERENCES PackageBases(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE; ALTER TABLE PackageComments ADD FOREIGN KEY (PackageBaseID) REFERENCES PackageBases(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE; ALTER TABLE CommentNotify ADD FOREIGN KEY (PackageBaseID) REFERENCES PackageBases(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE, ADD FOREIGN KEY (UserID) REFERENCES Users(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE; CREATE UNIQUE INDEX VoteUsersIDPackageID ON PackageVotes (UsersID, PackageBaseID); CREATE UNIQUE INDEX NotifyUserIDPkgID ON CommentNotify (UserID, PackageBaseID); ---- 12. Create a new table to store package dependency types: ---- CREATE TABLE DependencyTypes ( ID TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, Name VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', PRIMARY KEY (ID) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO DependencyTypes VALUES (1, 'depends'); INSERT INTO DependencyTypes VALUES (2, 'makedepends'); INSERT INTO DependencyTypes VALUES (3, 'checkdepends'); INSERT INTO DependencyTypes VALUES (4, 'optdepends'); ---- 13. Add a field to store the dependency type to the PackageDepends table: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageDepends ADD COLUMN DepTypeID TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL; UPDATE PackageDepends SET DepTypeID = 1; ALTER TABLE PackageDepends ADD FOREIGN KEY (DepTypeID) REFERENCES DependencyTypes(ID) ON DELETE NO ACTION; ---- 14. Resize the package dependency name field: ---- ALTER TABLE PackageDepends MODIFY DepName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL; ---- 15. Create a new table to store package relation types: ---- CREATE TABLE RelationTypes ( ID TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, Name VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', PRIMARY KEY (ID) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; INSERT INTO RelationTypes VALUES (1, 'conflicts'); INSERT INTO RelationTypes VALUES (2, 'provides'); INSERT INTO RelationTypes VALUES (3, 'replaces'); ---- 16. Create a new table to store package relations: ---- CREATE TABLE PackageRelations ( PackageID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, RelTypeID TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, RelName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, RelCondition VARCHAR(20), INDEX (PackageID), INDEX (RelName), FOREIGN KEY (PackageID) REFERENCES Packages(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE, FOREIGN KEY (RelTypeID) REFERENCES RelationTypes(ID) ON DELETE NO ACTION ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ---- 17. Create tables to store package groups: ---- CREATE TABLE Groups ( ID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, Name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (ID), UNIQUE (Name) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE TABLE PackageGroups ( PackageID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, GroupID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (PackageID, GroupID), FOREIGN KEY (PackageID) REFERENCES Packages(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE, FOREIGN KEY (GroupID) REFERENCES Groups(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ---- 18. Create tables to store package licenses: ---- CREATE TABLE Licenses ( ID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, Name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (ID), UNIQUE (Name) ) ENGINE = InnoDB; CREATE TABLE PackageLicenses ( PackageID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, LicenseID INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (PackageID, LicenseID), FOREIGN KEY (PackageID) REFERENCES Packages(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE, FOREIGN KEY (LicenseID) REFERENCES Licenses(ID) ON DELETE CASCADE ) ENGINE = InnoDB; ---- 19. Convert existing licenses to the new storage format: ---- INSERT INTO Licenses (Name) SELECT DISTINCT License FROM Packages; INSERT INTO PackageLicenses (PackageID, LicenseID) SELECT Packages.ID, Licenses.ID FROM Packages INNER JOIN Licenses ON Licenses.Name = Packages.License; ---- 20. Delete the license column from the Packages table: ---- ALTER TABLE Packages DROP COLUMN License; ----