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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Tecnativa - Vicent Cubells
+# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html).
+
+
+def migrate(cr, version):
+    if not version:
+        return
+    # In order to migrate connector from v9 to v10, we need to set
+    # connector module state to 'to upgrade'. If this is not done, all
+    # connector.* xmlids are removed due to the module renaming done by
+    # OpenUpgrade. In the future the approach sketched in
+    # https://github.com/OCA/queue/pull/23#issuecomment-325706811
+    # may provide a more generic solution.
+    cr.execute("""
+        UPDATE ir_module_module
+        SET state='to upgrade'
+        WHERE name='connector'
+    """)
+    try:
+        from openupgradelib import openupgrade
+        openupgrade.rename_xmlids(
+            cr, [
+                ('queue_job.group_connector_manager',
+                 'queue_job.group_queue_job_manager',)
+            ],
+        )
+    except ImportError:
+        pass