Complex feeds (xpath) configuration using http XML requests not importing feed config

Hi folks,

I am having trouble transferring my feed_import 7.x-3.4 configuration between my dev/staging/production environments because the configuration creates code for the config export, but when I try to import the code in a new environment, it simply creates a blank feed importer instance without a title. I hope a patch or workaround can be created soon if it doesn't exist already.

I have my Feed Importer working well now by only importing "bite-sized" chunks (per feed pull) of an XML feed that we had to modify to allow record count filtering via URL (eg - http://APIURLSTREAM.com/XML/?Start=100&End=150). There are about 70 xpath mappings per record pull in my Feed Importer configuration.

I noticed a lot of issues created for stuff that we've all found out the hard way, so I'd love to help anyone to get working if they post any questions here. Also I wanted to note that in the current "Feeds" module, there is a module/directory titled "Feed(S) Importer". In my site, I disabled that module and used the one for this issue cue "(Feed) Importer" which was very confusing at first to me.

My current (working) config for feed importer -

Feed Import
(feed_import)
7.x-3.4

Feeds Admin UI
(feeds_ui)
7.x-2.0-alpha8

Feeds XPath Parser
(feeds_xpathparser)
7.x-1.0

Modified Apache config to adjust timeouts and HTTP request (file size) limits -

$conf['http_request_timeout'] = 2000;
ini_set('default_socket_timeout', 300);

max file upload size in httpd.conf - 150M