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1 =================================================
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2 SC-Track Roundup 0.6.4 - an issue tracking system
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3 =================================================
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5 I'm pleased to announce this maintenance release of Roundup which fixes
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6 some bugs:
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8 - fixed date arithmetic to not allow day-of-month == 0 (sf bug 853306)
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9 - fixed date arithmetic to limit hours-per-day to 24, not 60
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10 - fixed activity displaying as future because of Date arithmetic fix in 0.6.3
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11 (sf bug 842027).
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12 - hard-coded python2.3-ism (socket.timeout) fixed
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13 - fix Windows service mode for roundup-server (sf bug 819890)
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14 - fixed #white in cgitb (thanks Henrik Levkowetz)
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16 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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17 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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19 Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation. Python 2.3.1
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20 or later is strongly recommended.
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22 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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24 python demo.py
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26 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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27 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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28 Release Info (via download page):
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29 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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30 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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31 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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34 About Roundup
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35 =============
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37 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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38 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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39 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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41 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project
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42 is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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44 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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45 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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47 (a) submit new issues,
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48 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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49 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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51 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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52 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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53 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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56 disutils-based install script is provided.
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58 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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59 a minimal skeleton) and six database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3, sqlite,
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60 metakit and mysql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/