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release preparation
author Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
date Fri, 13 May 2011 07:56:45 +0000
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1 I'm proud to release version 1.4.17 of Roundup which introduces some
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2 minor features and, as usual, fixes some bugs:
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4 Features:
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6 - Allow declaration of default_values for properties in schema.
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7 - Add explicit "Search" permissions, see Security Fix below.
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8 - Add "lookup" method to xmlrpc interface (Ralf Schlatterbeck)
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9 - Multilinks can be filtered by combining elements with AND, OR and NOT
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10 operators now. A javascript gui was added for "keywords", see issue2550648.
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11 Developed by Sascha Teichmann; funded by Intevation. (Bernhard Reiter)
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12 - Factor MailGW message parsing into a separate class, thanks to John
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13 Kristensen who did the major work in issue2550576 -- I wouldn't
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14 have attempted it without this. Fixes issue2550576. (Ralf)
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15 - Now if the -C option to roundup-mailgw specifies "issue" this refers
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16 to an issue-like class. The real class is determined from the
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17 configured default class, or the -c option to the mailgw, or the class
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18 resulting from mail subject parsing. We also accept multiple -S
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19 options for the same class now. (Ralf)
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20 - Optimisation: Late evaluation of Multilinks (only in rdbms backends):
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21 previously we materialized each multilink in a Node -- this creates an
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22 SQL query for each multilink (e.g. 'files' and 'messages' for each
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23 line in the issue index display) -- even if the multilinks aren't
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24 displayed. Now we compute multilinks only if they're accessed (and
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25 keep them cached).
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26 - Add a filter_iter similar to the existing filter call. This feature is
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27 considered experimental. This is currently not used in the
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28 web-interface but passes all tests for the filter call except sorting
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29 by Multilinks (which isn't supported by SQL and isn't a sane concept
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30 anyway). When using filter_iter instead of filter this saves a *lot*
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31 of SQL queries: Filter returns only the IDs of Nodes in the database,
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32 the additional content of a Node has to be fetched in a separate SQL
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33 call. The new filter_iter also returns the IDs of Nodes (one by one,
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34 it's an iterator) but pre-seeds the cache with the content of the
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35 Node. The information needed for seeding the cache is retrieved in the
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36 same SQL query as the ids.
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38 Fixed:
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40 - Security Fix: Add a check for search-permissions: now we allow
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41 searching for properties only if the property is readable without a
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42 check method or if an explicit search permission (see above unter
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43 "Features) is given for the property. This fixes cases where a user
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44 doesn't have access to a property but can deduce the content by
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45 crafting a clever search, group or sort query.
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46 see doc/upgrading.txt for how to fix your trackers! (Ralf Schlatterbeck).
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47 - Range support in roundup-server so large files can be served,
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48 e.g. media files on iOS/iPads; issue2550694. (Bernhard Reiter;
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49 Thanks to Jon C. Thomason for the patch.)
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50 - Fix search for xapian 1.2 issue2550676
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51 (Bernhard Reiter; Thanks to Olly Betts for providing the patch.)
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52 - Some minor typos fixed in doc/customizing.txt (Thanks Ralf Hemmecke).
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53 - XML-RPC documentation now linked from the docs/index (Bernhard Reiter).
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54 - Fix setting of sys.path when importing schema.py, fixes issue2550675,
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55 thanks to Bryce L Nordgren for reporting. (Ralf Schlatterbeck)
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56 - clear the cache on commit for rdbms backends: Don't carry over cached
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57 values from one transaction to the next (there may be other changes
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58 from other transactions) see new ConcurrentDBTest for a
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59 read-modify-update cycle that fails with the old caching behavior.
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60 (Ralf Schlatterbeck)
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61 - Fix incorrect setting of template in customizing.txt example action,
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62 patch via issue2550682 (thanks John Kristensen)
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63 - Configuration issue: On some postgresql 8.4 installations (notably on
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64 debian squeeze) the default template database used for database
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65 creation doesn't match the needed character encoding UTF8 -- a new
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66 config option 'template' in the rdbms section now allows specification
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67 of the template. You know you need this option if you get the error
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68 message:
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69 psycopg2.DataError: new encoding (UTF8) is incompatible with the
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70 encoding of the template database (SQL_ASCII)
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71 HINT: Use the same encoding as in the template database, or use
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72 template0 as template.
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73 (Ralf Schlatterbeck)
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74 - Fixed bug in mailgw refactoring, patch issue2550697 (thanks Hubert
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75 Touvet)
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76 - Fix Password handling security issue2550688 (thanks Joseph Myers for
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77 reporting and Eli Collins for fixing) -- this fixes all observations
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78 by Joseph Myers except for auto-migration of existing passwords.
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79 - Add new config-option 'migrate_passwords' in section 'web' to
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80 auto-migrate passwords at web-login time. Default for the new option
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81 is "yes" so if you don't want that passwords are auto-migrated to a
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82 more secure password scheme on user login, set this to "no" before
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83 running your tracker(s) after the upgrade.
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84 - Add new config-option 'password_pbkdf2_default_rounds' in 'main'
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85 section to configure the default parameter for new password
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86 generation. Set this to a higher value on faster systems which want
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87 more security. Thanks to Eli Collins for implementing this (see
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88 issue2550688).
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89 - Fix documentation for roundup-server about the 'host' parameter as
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90 suggested in issue2550693, fixes the first part of this issue. Make
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91 'localhost' the new default for this parameter, note the upgrading
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92 documentation of changed behaviour. We also deprecate the empty host
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93 parameter for binding to all interfaces now (still left in for
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94 compatibility). Thanks to Toni Mueller for providing the first version
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95 of this patch and discussing implementations.
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96 - Fixed bug in filter_iter refactoring (lazy multilinks), in rare cases
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97 this would result in duplicate multilinks to the same node. We're now
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98 going the safe route and doing lazy evaluation only for read-only
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99 access, whenever updates are done we fetch everything.
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101 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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102 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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104 Roundup requires python 2.4 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
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106 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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108 roundup-demo
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110 Release info and download page:
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111 http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
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112 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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113 http://roundup-tracker.org/
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114 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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115 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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118 About Roundup
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119 =============
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121 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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122 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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123 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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125 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
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126 project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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128 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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129 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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131 (a) submit new issues,
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132 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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133 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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135 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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136 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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137 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/