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2.4.0b2 release updates
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Mon, 27 May 2024 22:47:08 -0400
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1 I'm proud to release version 2.4.0 beta 1 of the Roundup issue
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2 tracker. This release is a bugfix and feature
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3 release, so make sure to read `docs/upgrading.txt
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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 67 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~=2.4.0b2
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19 (preferably in a virtual environment). To download it, use::
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21 pip download roundup~=2.4.0b2
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23 then unpack and test/install from the tarball.
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25 Beta 2 includes a small change to the classic tracker's
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26 classhelper.js to fix a bug found after beta 1 was released.
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28 Among the notable improvements in 2.4.0 from the 2.3.0
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29 release are:
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31 * new classhelper component thanks to a team of students
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32 from CS682 at U-Mass Boston. This fixes many issues with
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34 and needs REST interface access. It will fall back to the
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35 classic classhelper if REST is not available or if the
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36 browser does not support web-components.
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38 * fix Windows Python installation using pip. It used to go
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39 into an infinite loop during install or download. Also fix
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40 installation of shared files (templates) so roundup-admin
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41 can find them.
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43 * using ``@current_user`` as a value in a search URL for a
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44 user property will use the current logged in user. Now you
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45 can share searches like: "My issues" as "my" will become
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46 the current logged in user.
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48 * login failures to the REST/XML-RPC interfaces are now rate
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49 limited to limit password guessing attacks.
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51 * utf8mb4 is the default charset for MySQL. This requires
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52 migrating your database using the mysql client. You can
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53 choose to keep the older character set in config.ini.
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55 * PostgreSQL services defined in pg_service.conf can be
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56 used. PostgreSQL schemas are supported to eliminate the
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57 need for the roundup user to have database
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58 creation/deletion privileges.
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60 * fix out of memory issue when importing larger trackers
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61 into PostgreSQL.
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63 * multiple roundup-admin improvements: display protected
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65 output, command history. Also on windows, pyreadline3 is
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66 supported to provide an editable interactive command line.
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69 now now the default and is opt-out.
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71 * new template functions: utils.readfile and
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72 utils.expandfile. Javascript that is included in the
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73 Python core will be moved to external files and be able to
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74 have values from Roundup substituted in the Javascript.
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77 template. This allows returning json or xml from a
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78 template without a .json or .xml extention.
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81 endings fixing export/import on Windows and making exports
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82 portable across platforms.
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84 * various other Windows platform fixes including test suite
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85 fixes.
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87 * sqlite version 1 and StructuredText support removed.
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89 The file CHANGES.txt has a detailed list of feature
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91 recent changes from there are at the end of this
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92 announcement. Also see the information in doc/upgrading.txt.
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94 If you find bugs, please report them to issues AT
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95 roundup-tracker.org or create an account at
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96 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org and open a new ticket. If
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97 you have patches to fix the issues they can be attached to
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98 the email or uploaded to the tracker.
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100 Upgrading
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101 =========
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103 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you
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104 *must* follow all the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in
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105 the doc/upgrading.txt documentation.
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107 Note that you should run ``roundup-admin ... migrate`` for
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108 all your trackers to update the database schema version. Do
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109 this before you use the web, command-line or mail interface
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110 and before any users access the tracker.
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112 Roundup requires Python 2 newer than version 2.7.12 or
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113 Python 3 newer than or equal to version 3.6 for correct
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114 operation. (Python 3.4 or 3.5 may work, but are not tested.)
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115 Note that Python 2 support is being removed from the CI
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116 platforms, so you should deploy new trackers with Python 3
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117 and plan on upgrading older trackers from Python 2 to Python
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118 3. See the upgrade guide.
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120 To give Roundup a try, just download (directions above),
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121 unpack and run::
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125 then open the url printed by the demo app.
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127 Release info and download page:
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133 https://www.roundup-tracker.org/
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135 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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137 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/
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140 About Roundup
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141 =============
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143 Roundup is a simple-to-use and install issue-tracking system
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144 with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on
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145 the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software
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146 Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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148 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties
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149 such as "description", "priority", and so on) and provides
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150 the ability to:
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152 (a) submit new issues,
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153 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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154 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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156 The system facilitates communication among the participants
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157 by managing discussions and notifying interested parties
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158 when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for
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159 Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore
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160 usable "out of the box" with any Python 3.6+
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162 operational, though an install script is provided.
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164 It comes with five basic issue tracker templates
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166 * a classic bug/feature tracker
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167 * a more extensive devel tracker for bug/features etc.
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168 * a responsive version of the devel tracker
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170 * a minimal skeleton
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173 and postgresql).
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175 Recent Changes
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178 From 2.3.0 to 2.4.0
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180 TBA
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/