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doc: prep announcement.txt for 2.4.0beta1 Still have to add the classhelper web-component, but get the rest of the beta announcement ready. [skip travis]
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1 I'm proud to release version 2.4.0 beta of the Roundup issue
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2 tracker. This release is a bugfix and feature
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4 <https://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/upgrading.html>`_ to
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5 bring your tracker up to date.
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7 The changes, as usual, include some new features and many
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8 bug fixes.
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10 Note that you should run ``roundup-admin ... migrate`` to
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11 update the database schema version. Do this before you use
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12 the web, command-line or mail interface and before any users
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13 access the tracker.
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15 You can install it with::
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17 pip install roundup
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19 (preferably in a virtual environment). To download it, use::
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21 pip download roundup
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23 then unpack and test/install from the tarball.
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25 Among the notable improvements from the 2.3.0 release are:
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27 * new classhelper component thanks to a team of students
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28 from CS682 at U-Mass Boston. This fixes many issues with
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29 the old classhelper. It is implemented as a web-component
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30 and needs REST interface access. It will fall back to the
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31 classic classhelper if REST is not available or if the
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34 * fix Windows Python installation using pip. It used to go
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37 can find them.
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39 * using ``@current_user`` as a value in a search URL for a
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40 user property will use the current logged in user. Now you
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41 can share searches like: "My issues" as "my" will become
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42 the current logged in user.
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44 * login failures to the REST/Xmlrpc interfaces ae now rate
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45 limited.
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47 * utf8mb4 is the default charset for MySQL. This requires
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48 migrating your database using the mysql client. You can
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49 choose to keep the older character set in config.ini.
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51 * PostgreSQL services defined in pg_service.conf can be
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52 used. PostgreSQL schemas are supported to eliminate the
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53 need for the roundup user to have database
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59 * multiple roundup-admin improvements: display protected
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60 properties (like creation date), better formatting of
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61 output, command history. Also on windows, pyreadline3 is
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65 now now the default and is opt-out.
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67 * new template functions: utils.readfile and
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68 utils.expandfile. Javascript that is included in the
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69 Python core will be moved to external files and be able to
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70 have values from Roundup substituted in the Javascript.
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73 template. This allows returning json or xml from a
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78 portable across platforms.
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80 * various other Windows platform fixes including test suite
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81 fixes.
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83 * sqlite version 1 and StructuredText support removed.
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85 The file CHANGES.txt has a detailed list of feature
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86 additions and bug fixes (58) for each release. The most
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87 recent changes from there are at the end of this
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88 announcement. Also see the information in doc/upgrading.txt.
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90 If you find bugs, please report them to issues AT
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91 roundup-tracker.org or create an account at
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92 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org and open a new ticket. If
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93 you have patches to fix the issues they can be attached to
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94 the email or uploaded to the tracker.
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99 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you
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100 *must* follow all the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in
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101 the doc/upgrading.txt documentation.
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104 all your trackers to update the database schema version. Do
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108 Roundup requires Python 2 newer than version 2.7.12 or
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110 operation. (Python 3.4 or 3.5 may work, but are not tested.)
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111 Note that Python 2 support is being removed from the CI
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112 platforms, so you should deploy new trackers with Python 3
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113 and plan on upgrading older trackers from Python 2 to Python
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114 3. See the upgrade guide.
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116 To give Roundup a try, just download (directions above),
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117 unpack and run::
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123 Release info and download page:
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131 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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133 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/
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136 About Roundup
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137 =============
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139 Roundup is a simple-to-use and install issue-tracking system
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140 with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on
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141 the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software
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142 Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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144 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties
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145 such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides
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146 the ability to:
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148 (a) submit new issues,
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149 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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150 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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152 The system facilitates communication among the participants
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153 by managing discussions and notifying interested parties
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154 when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for
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155 Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore
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156 usable "out of the box" with any Python 3.6+
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157 installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be
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158 operational, though an install script is provided.
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160 It comes with five basic issue tracker templates
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163 * a more extensive devel tracker for bug/features etc.
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164 * a responsive version of the devel tracker
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165 * a jinja2 version of the devel template (work in progress)
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168 and supports four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
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169 and postgresql).
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171 Recent Changes
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174 From 2.3.0 to 2.4.0
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176 TBA
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/