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fix roundup-admin "find" for searching Multilinks [SF#1189465]
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1 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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2 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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3 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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5 This 0.8.3 release adds one feature and fixes some bugs:
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7 Feature:
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8 - chinese translation by limodou
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10 Fixed:
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11 - fix reference to The Zope Book in Roundup FAQ
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12 - disabled file logging in Roundup test suite (sf bug 1155649)
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13 - return original string if message issue xref isn't valid
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14 - fix nosyreaction.py to stop it setting the nosy list unnecessarily
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15 (see doc/upgrading.txt for how to fix in your trackers)
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16 - after logout, always display tracker home page
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17 - web forms don't create new items if no item properties are set from UI
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18 - item creation failed if multilink fields had invalid entries (sf bug
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19 1177602)
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20 - fix bdist_rpm (sf bug 1164328)
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21 - fix checking of "Email Access" for Anonymous email registration (sf bug
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23 - disable "Email Access" for Anonymous by default to stop spam regsitering
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24 users on public trackers
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25 - send errors in the web interface to a logfile by default. Use the
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26 "debug" multiprocess mode (roundup-server) or the DEBUG_TO_CLIENT var
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27 (roundup.cgi) to have the errors appear in your browser
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28 - fix setgid typo (sf bug 1171346)
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29 - fix faulty find_template filename facility (sf bug 1163629)
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30 - fix roundup-admin "export" so it creates the target dir if needed
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31 - "fix" roundup-admin "import" to not use "universal newline support" since
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32 the csv module appears to have its own ideas about such things (sf bug
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33 1163890)
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34 - fix installation docs referring to old-style configuration variables
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36 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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37 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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39 Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation.
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41 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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43 python demo.py
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45 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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46 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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47 Release Info (via download page):
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48 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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49 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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50 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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53 About Roundup
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54 =============
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56 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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57 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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59 (a) submit new issues,
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60 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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61 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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63 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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64 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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65 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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68 disutils-based install script is provided.
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70 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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71 a minimal skeleton) and five database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, metakit,
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72 mysql and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/