The export was mostly painless. Linear doesn't have direct support for a migration from Pivotal, so you have to use their CLI tool for the import, which relies on their API. My initial attempt failed because they wouldn't allow more than a set number of requests per hour. An email to their support later and I was able to get this raised to accommodate the amount of data we have. I haven't dug deep, but there weren't any options presented to bring comments or attachments in, which is unfortunate as some of that historical context is important for us.
I'm also scoping out Shortcut. Shortcut's interface feels a bit more familiar when coming from Pivotal. Their import process is even less polished though. For Pivotal you have to send an email to them, they reply with a template .csv that you have to ETL your data into.
We're definitely running. I already have most of our years worth of data imported into Linear. I was just curious how badly they were planning on ripping people off.
There is nothing on their website I can find about this and they are still offering the other plans on their pricing page. What a poorly executed change.
The city of Seattle has their own version of this data that doesn't charge you to to see additional project details, contact information, permit schedules and more: https://web8.seattle.gov/sdci/shapingseattle/buildings
I believe the point was they are offering the reduced price as-is. What they aren't offering is a higher priced variant where have you have the right to repair.