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date Wed, 26 May 2004 10:00:53 +0000
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1 ==========
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2 User Guide
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3 ==========
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.27 $
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7 .. contents::
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9 Note: this document will refer to *issues* as the primary store of
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10 information in the tracker. This is the default of the classic template,
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11 but may vary in any given installation.
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14 Your Tracker in a Nutshell
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15 ==========================
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17 Your tracker holds information about issues in bundles we call *items*.
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18 An item may be an *issue* (a bug or feature request) or a *user*. The
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19 issue-ness or user-ness is called the item's *class*. So, for bug
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20 reports and features, the class is "issue", and for users the class is
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21 "user".
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23 Each item in the tracker has an id number that identifies it along with
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24 its item class. To identify a particular issue or user, we combine the
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25 class with the number to create a unique label, so that user 1 (who,
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26 incidentally, is *always* the "admin" user) is referred to as "user1".
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27 Issue number 315 is referred to as "issue315". We call that label the
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28 item's *designator*.
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30 Items in the database are never deleted, they're just "retired". You
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31 can still refer to them by ID - hence removing an item won't break
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32 references to the item. It's just that the item won't appear in any
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33 listings.
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36 Accessing the Tracker
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37 ---------------------
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39 You may access your tracker through one of three ways:
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41 1. through the `web interface`_,
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42 2. through the `e-mail gateway`_, or
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43 3. using the `command line tool`_.
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45 The last is usually only used by administrators. Most users will use the
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46 web and email interfaces. All three are explained below.
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49 Issue life cycles in Roundup
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50 ----------------------------
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52 New issues may be submitted via the web or email.
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55 is received for the issue, its status will change to "chatting".
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57 The "home" page for a tracker will generally display all issues which
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58 are not "resolved.
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60 If an issue is closed, and a new message is received then it'll be
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61 reopened to the state of "chatting".
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64 Entering values in your Tracker
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67 All interfaces to your tracker use the same format for entering values.
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68 This means the web interface for entering a new issue, the web interface
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69 for searching issues, the email interface and even the command-line
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70 administration tool.
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73 String and Numeric properties
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74 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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79 Boolean properties
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80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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83 "1"/"0" or "on"/"off".
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86 Constrained (link and multilink) properties
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87 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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89 Fields like "Assigned To" and "Topics" hold references to items in other
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90 classes ("user" and "keyword" in those two cases.)
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92 Sometimes, the selection is done through a menu, like in the "Assigned
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93 To" field.
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95 Where the input is not a simple menu selection, we use a comma-separated
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96 list of values to indicated which values of "user" or "keyword" are
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97 interesting. The values may be either numeric ids or the names of items.
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98 The special value "-1" may be used to match items where the property is
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99 not set. For example, the following searches on the issues:
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101 ``assignedto=richard,george``
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102 match issues which are assigned to richard or george.
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103 ``assignedto=-1``
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104 match issues that are not assigned to a user.
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105 ``assignedto=2,3,40``
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106 match issues that are assigned to users 2, 3 or 40.
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107 ``topic=user interface``
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108 match issues with the keyword "user interface" in their topic list
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109 ``topic=web interface,email interface``
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110 match issues with the keyword "web interface" or "email interface" in
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111 their topic list
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112 ``topic=-1``
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113 match issues with no topics set
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116 Date properties
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117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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119 Some fields in the search page (e.g. "Activity" or "Creation date") hold
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120 dates. A plain date entered as a search field will match that date
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121 exactly in the database. We may also accept ranges of dates. You can
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122 specify range of dates in one of two formats:
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124 1. English syntax::
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126 [From <value>][To <value>]
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128 Keywords "From" and "To" are case insensitive. Keyword "From" is
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129 optional.
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131 2. "Geek" syntax::
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133 [<value>];[<value>]
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135 Either first or second ``<value>`` can be omitted in both syntaxes.
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137 For example, if you enter string "from 9:00" to "Creation date" field,
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138 roundup will find all issues, that were created today since 9 AM.
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140 Searching of "-2m; -1m" on activity field gives you issues which were
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141 active between period of time since 2 months up-till month ago.
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143 Other possible examples (consider local time is Sat Mar 8 22:07:48
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144 2003)::
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146 >>> Range("from 2-12 to 4-2")
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147 <Range from 2003-02-12.00:00:00 to 2003-04-02.00:00:00>
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158 >>> Range("2002-11-10; 2002-12-12")
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171 Interval properties
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172 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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179 Simple support for collision detection
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180 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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182 Item edit pages remember when the item was last edited. When a form is
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183 submitted, the user will be informed if someone else has edited the item
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184 at the same time they tried to.
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187 Web Interface
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190 Note: this document contains screenshots of the default look and feel.
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191 Your site may have a slightly (or very) different look, but the
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192 functionality will be very similar, and the concepts still hold.
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194 The web interface is broken up into the following parts:
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196 1. `lists of items`_,
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197 2. `display, edit or entry of an item`_, and
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198 3. `searching page`_.
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201 Lists of Items
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202 --------------
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210 The screen is divided up into three sections:
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214 you may either register or log in. Registration takes you to:
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216 .. img: images/registration.png
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218 Once you're logged in, the screen changes slightly to:
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222 Note that the sidebar menu has changed slightly, so you can now get to
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223 your "My Details" page:
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225 .. img: images/my_details.png
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227 Note the new information on this page - the history.
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230 Display, edit or entry of an item
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231 ---------------------------------
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233 Create a new issue with "create new" under the issue subheading. This
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234 will take you to:
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236 .. img: images/new_issue.png
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238 The `nosy list`_ is explained below. Enter some information and click
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239 "submit new entry" and you'll be rewarded with:
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243 or, if you don't enter all the required information (or some other error
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244 occurs) you'll get something like:
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246 .. img: images/new_issue_error.png
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250 --------------
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252 See `entering values in your tracker`_ for an explanation of what you
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253 may type into the search form.
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256 Saving queries
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257 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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259 You may save queries in the tracker by giving the query a name. Each user
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260 may only have one query with a given name - if a subsequent search is
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261 performed with the same query name supplied, then it will edit the
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262 existing query of the same name.
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264 Queries may be marked as "private". These queries are only visible to the
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265 user that created them. If they're not marked "private" then all other
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266 users may include the query in their list of "Your Queries". Marking it as
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267 private at a later date does not affect users already using the query, nor
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268 does deleting the query.
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270 If a user subsequently creates or edits a public query, a new personal
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271 version of that query is made, with the same editing rules as described
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275 Under the covers
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278 The searching page converts your selections into the following
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279 arguments:
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282 Argument Description
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284 :sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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285 descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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286 :group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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287 in descending or nothing for ascending order.
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288 :filter selects which props should be displayed in the filter
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289 section. Default is all.
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290 :columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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291 all.
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292 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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293 have (very basic search/filter).
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296 You may manually write URLS that contain these arguments, like so
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297 (whitespace has been added for clarity)::
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307 Access Controls
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310 User access is controlled through Permissions. These are are grouped
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314 Permissions divide access controls up into answering questions like:
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316 - may the user edit issues ("Edit", "issue")
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317 - is the user allowed to use the web interface ("Web Access")
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318 - may the user edit other user's Roles through the web ("Web Roles")
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320 Any number of new Permissions and Roles may be created as described in
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321 the customisation documentation. Examples of new access controls are:
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323 - only managers may sign off issues as complete
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324 - don't give users who register through email web access
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325 - let some users edit the details of all users
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328 E-Mail Gateway
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329 ==============
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331 E-mail sent to Roundup is examined for several pieces of information:
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333 1. `subject-line information`_ identifying the purpose of the e-mail
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335 3. `e-mail message content`_ which is to be extracted
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336 4. e-mail attachments which should be associated with the message
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339 Subject-line information
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342 The subject line of the incoming message is examined to find one of:
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344 1. the item that the message is responding to,
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345 2. the type of item the message should create, or
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348 If the subject line contains a prefix in ``[square brackets]`` then
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350 prefixes are stripped off the subject line before we start looking for
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351 real information.
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353 If an item designator (class name and id number, for example
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354 ``issue123``) is found there, a new "msg" item is added to the
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355 "messages" property for that item, and any new "file" items are added to
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356 the "files" property for the item.
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358 If just an item class name is found there, we attempt to create a new
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359 item of that class with its "messages" property initialized to contain
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360 the new "msg" item and its "files" property initialized to contain any
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361 new "file" items.
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363 The third case above - where no ``[information]`` is provided, the
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364 tracker's ``MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS`` configuration variable defines what
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365 class of item the message relates to. We try to match the subject line
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366 to an existing item of the default class, and if there's a match, the
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367 message is related to that matched item. If not, then a new item of the
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368 default class is created.
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371 Setting Properties
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372 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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374 The e-mail interface also provides a simple way to set properties on
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375 items. At the end of the subject line, propname=value pairs can be
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376 specified in square brackets, using the same conventions as for the
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377 roundup set shell command.
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379 For example,
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380
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381 - setting the priority of an issue::
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383 Subject: Re: [issue1] the coffee machine is broken! [priority=urgent]
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385 - adding yourself to a nosy list::
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387 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=+richard]
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389 - setting the nosy list to just you and cliff::
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391 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=richard,cliff]
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393 - removing yourself from a nosy list and setting the priority::
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395 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=-richard;priority=bug]
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397 In all cases, the message relates to issue 2. The ``Re:`` prefix is
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401 Automatic Properties
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402 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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405 When a new message is received that is not identified as being related
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407 issue is defaulted to "unread".
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409 **reopening of resolved issues**
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410 When a message is is received for a resolved issue, the issue status is
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411 automatically reset to "chatting" to indicate new information has been
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412 received.
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415 Sender identification
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427 E-Mail Message Content
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431 messages for items. Any other parts of a message are associated as
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432 downloadable files. If no plain text part is found, the message is
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435 To do this, incoming messages are examined for multiple parts:
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440 class item. Any parts of other types are each stored in separate files
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445 If the message is a response to a previous message, and contains quoted
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446 sections, then these will be stripped out of the message if the
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447 ``EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT`` configuration variable is set to ``'no'``.
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448
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449 Message summary
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450 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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451
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452 The "summary" property on message items is taken from the first
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453 non-quoting section in the message body. The message body is divided
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454 into sections by blank lines. Sections where the second and all
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455 subsequent lines begin with a ">" or "|" character are considered
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456 "quoting sections". The first line of the first non-quoting section
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457 becomes the summary of the message.
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459
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460 Address handling
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461 ----------------
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462
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463 All of the addresses in the ``To:`` and ``Cc:`` headers of the incoming
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464 message are looked up among the tracker users, and the corresponding
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465 users are placed in the "recipients" property on the new "msg" item. The
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466 address in the ``From:`` header similarly determines the "author"
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467 property of the new "msg" item. The default handling for addresses that
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468 don't have corresponding users is to create new users with no passwords
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469 and a username equal to the address.
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470
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471 The addresses mentioned in the ``To:``, ``From:`` and ``Cc:`` headers of
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472 the message may be added to the `nosy list`_ depending on:
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473
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474 ``ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY``
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475 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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476 If 'new' is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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477 creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the author will be added on
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478 followups too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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479
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480 ``ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY``
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481 Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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482 If 'new' is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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483 creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the recipients will be added on
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484 followups too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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485
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486
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487 Nosy List
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488 ~~~~~~~~~
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489
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490 Roundup watches for additions to the "messages" property of items.
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491
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492 When a new message is added, it is sent to all the users on the "nosy"
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493 list for the item that are not already on the "recipients" list of the
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494 message. Those users are then appended to the "recipients" property on
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495 the message, so multiple copies of a message are never sent to the same
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496 user. The journal recorded by the hyperdatabase on the "recipients"
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497 property then provides a log of when the message was sent to whom.
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498
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499 If the author of the message is also in the nosy list for the item that
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500 the message is attached to, then the config var ``MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR``
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501 is queried to determine if they get a nosy list copy of the message too.
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502
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503
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504 Mail gateway script command line
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505 --------------------------------
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506
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507 Usage::
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508
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509 roundup-mailgw [[-C class] -S field=value]* <instance home> [method]
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510
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511 The roundup mail gateway may be called in one of three ways:
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512
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513 - with an instance home as the only argument,
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514 - with both an instance home and a mail spool file, or
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515 - with both an instance home and a pop server account.
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516
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517 It also supports optional -C and -S arguments that allows you to set a
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518 fields for a class created by the roundup-mailgw. The default class if
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519 not specified is msg, but the other classes: issue, file, user can also
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520 be used. The -S or --set options uses the same
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521 property=value[;property=value] notation accepted by the command line
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522 roundup command or the commands that can be given on the Subject line of
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523 an email message.
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524
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525 It can let you set the type of the message on a per email address basis.
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526
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527 PIPE:
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528 In the first case, the mail gateway reads a single message from the
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529 standard input and submits the message to the roundup.mailgw module.
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530
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531 UNIX mailbox:
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532 In the second case, the gateway reads all messages from the mail spool
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533 file and submits each in turn to the roundup.mailgw module. The file is
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534 emptied once all messages have been successfully handled. The file is
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535 specified as::
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536
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537 mailbox /path/to/mailbox
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538
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539 POP:
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540 In the third case, the gateway reads all messages from the POP server
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541 specified and submits each in turn to the roundup.mailgw module. The
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542 server is specified as::
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543
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544 pop username:password@server
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545
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546 The username and password may be omitted::
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547
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548 pop username@server
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549 pop server
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550
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551 are both valid. The username and/or password will be prompted for if
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552 not supplied on the command-line.
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553
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554 APOP:
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555 Same as POP, but using Authenticated POP::
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556
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557 apop username:password@server
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558
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559
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560 Command Line Tool
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561 =================
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562
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563 The basic usage is::
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564
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565 Usage: roundup-admin [options] [<command> <arguments>]
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566
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567 Options:
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568 -i instance home -- specify the issue tracker "home directory" to administer
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569 -u -- the user[:password] to use for commands
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570 -d -- print full designators not just class id numbers
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571 -c -- when outputting lists of data, comma-separate them.
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572 Same as '-S ","'.
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573 -S <string> -- when outputting lists of data, string-separate them
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574 -s -- when outputting lists of data, space-separate them.
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575 Same as '-S " "'.
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576
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577 Only one of -s, -c or -S can be specified.
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578
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579 Help:
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580 roundup-admin -h
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581 roundup-admin help -- this help
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582 roundup-admin help <command> -- command-specific help
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583 roundup-admin help all -- all available help
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584
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585 Commands:
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586 commit
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587 create classname property=value ...
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588 display designator[,designator]*
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589 export [class[,class]] export_dir
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590 find classname propname=value ...
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591 get property designator[,designator]*
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592 help topic
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593 history designator
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594 import import_dir
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595 initialise [adminpw]
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596 install [template [backend [admin password]]]
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597 list classname [property]
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598 pack period | date
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599 reindex
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600 retire designator[,designator]*
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601 rollback
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602 security [Role name]
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603 set items property=value property=value ...
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604 specification classname
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605 table classname [property[,property]*]
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606 Commands may be abbreviated as long as the abbreviation matches only one
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607 command, e.g. l == li == lis == list.
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610 All commands (except help) require a tracker specifier. This is just the
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611 path to the roundup tracker you're working with. A roundup tracker is
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612 where roundup keeps the database and configuration file that defines an
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613 issue tracker. It may be thought of as the issue tracker's "home
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614 directory". It may be specified in the environment variable
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615 ``TRACKER_HOME`` or on the command line as "``-i tracker``".
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616
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617 A designator is a classname and an itemid concatenated, eg. bug1,
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618 user10, ... Property values are represented as strings in command
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619 arguments and in the printed results:
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620
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621 - Strings are, well, strings.
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622 - Password values will display as their encoded value.
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623 - Date values are printed in the full date format in the local time
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624 zone, and accepted in the full format or any of the partial formats
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625 explained below.::
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627 Input of... Means...
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628 "2000-04-17.03:45" 2000-04-17.03:45:00
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629 "2000-04-17" 2000-04-17.00:00:00
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630 "01-25" yyyy-01-25.00:00:00
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631 "08-13.22:13" yyyy-08-13.22:13:00
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632 "11-07.09:32:43" yyyy-11-07.09:32:43
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633 "14:25" yyyy-mm-dd.14:25:00
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634 "8:47:11" yyyy-mm-dd.08:47:11
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635 "2003" 2003-01-01.00:00:00
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636 "2003-04" 2003-04-01.00:00:00
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637 "." "right now"
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638
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639 - Link values are printed as item designators. When given as an
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640 argument, item designators and key strings are both accepted.
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641 - Multilink values are printed as lists of item designators joined by
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642 commas. When given as an argument, item designators and key strings
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643 are both accepted; an empty string, a single item, or a list of items
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644 joined by commas is accepted.
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645
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646 When multiple items are specified to the roundup get or roundup set
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647 commands, the specified properties are retrieved or set on all the
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648 listed items. When multiple results are returned by the roundup get or
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649 roundup find commands, they are printed one per line (default) or joined
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650 by commas (with the "``-c``" option).
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651
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652 Where the command changes data, a login name/password is required. The
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653 login may be specified as either "``name``" or "``name:password``".
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655 - ``ROUNDUP_LOGIN`` environment variable
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656 - the "``-u``" command-line option
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657
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658 If either the name or password is not supplied, they are obtained from
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659 the command-line.
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660
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661
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662 Using with the shell
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663 --------------------
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665 With version 0.6.0 or newer of roundup which supports: multiple
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666 designators to display and the -d, -S and -s flags.
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667
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668 To find all messages regarding chatting issues that contain the word
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669 "spam", for example, you could execute the following command from the
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670 directory where the database dumps its files::
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671
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672 shell% for issue in `roundup-admin -ds find issue status=chatting`; do
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673 > grep -l spam `roundup-admin -ds ' ' get messages $issue`
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674 > done
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675 msg23
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676 msg49
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677 msg50
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678 msg61
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679 shell%
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680
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681 Or, using the -dc option, this can be written as a single command::
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682
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683 shell% grep -l spam `roundup get messages \
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684 \`roundup -dc find issue status=chatting\``
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685 msg23
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686 msg49
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687 msg50
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688 msg61
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689 shell%
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690
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691 You can also display issue contents::
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693 shell% roundup-admin display `roundup-admin -dc get messages \
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694 issue3,issue1`
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695 files: []
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696 inreplyto: None
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697 recipients: []
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698 author: 1
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699 date: 2003-02-16.21:23:03
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700 messageid: None
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701 summary: jkdskldjf
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702 files: []
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703 inreplyto: None
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704 recipients: []
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705 author: 1
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706 date: 2003-02-15.01:59:11
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707 messageid: None
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708 summary: jlkfjadsf
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709
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710 or status::
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711
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712 shell% roundup-admin get name `/tools/roundup/bin/roundup-admin \
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713 -dc -i /var/roundup/sysadmin get status issue3,issue1`
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714 unread
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715 deferred
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716
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717 or status on a single line::
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719 shell% echo `roundup-admin get name \`/tools/roundup/bin/roundup-admin \
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720 -dc -i /var/roundup/sysadmin get status issue3,issue1\``
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721 unread deferred
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722
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723 which is the same as::
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724
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725 shell% roundup-admin -s get name `/tools/roundup/bin/roundup-admin \
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726 -dc -i /var/roundup/sysadmin get status issue3,issue1`
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727 unread deferred
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728
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729 Also the tautological::
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731 shell% roundup-admin get name \
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732 `roundup-admin -dc get status \`roundup-admin -dc find issue \
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733 status=chatting\``
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734 chatting
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735 chatting
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736
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737 Remember the roundup commands that accept multiple designators accept
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738 them ',' separated so using '-dc' is almost always required.
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742 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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744 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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745 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html

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