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- release preparation - upgrading docs contains script to find affected issues and how to fix these
author Ralf Schlatterbeck <schlatterbeck@users.sourceforge.net>
date Sun, 29 May 2011 19:35:41 +0000
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1 This is the announcement of version 1.4.18 of Roundup, a Bug-Fix Release
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2 for a critical bug in roundups mail gateway.
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3 The bug will lead to files being unlinked from issues when mails without
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4 attachment are received for an existing issue. See the "Software
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5 Upgrade" guidelines in doc/announcement.txt (or the html version) for a
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6 script you can run to find out potentially affected issues and how to
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7 fix this. As usual some minor features and some bug fixes:
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9 Features:
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11 - Norwegian Bokmal translation by Christian Aastorp
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12 - Allow to specify additional cc and bcc emails (not roundup users) for
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13 nosymessage used by the nosyreaction reactor. (Ralf)
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15 Fixed:
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17 - Fix file-unlink bug in mailgw (Ralfs oversight when refactoring the mail
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18 gateway code) -- if a message is sent that contains no attachments,
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19 all previous files of the issue are unlinked, thanks to Rafal
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20 Bisingier for reporting and proposing a fix.
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21 I've now added a regression test that catches this issue.
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23 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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24 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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26 Roundup requires python 2.4 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
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28 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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30 roundup-demo
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32 Release info and download page:
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33 http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
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34 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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35 http://roundup-tracker.org/
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36 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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37 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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40 About Roundup
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41 =============
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43 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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44 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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45 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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47 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
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48 project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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50 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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51 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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53 (a) submit new issues,
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54 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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55 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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57 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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58 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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59 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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60 is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.4+ (but not 3+)
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61 installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational,
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62 though an install script is provided.
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64 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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65 a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
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66 and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/