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docs: regroup feature list using GPT and update Gave GPT 3.5 the original list of features annotated with the section header when needed to understand feature context. Asked it to recategorize. Took it's output and moved some things around, edited, and added more links. Also added links to the wiki for OAUTH and Shibboleth extrnal user databases to the customizing document section on external user databases.
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1 I'm proud to release version 2.4.0 of the Roundup issue
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4 <https://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/upgrading.html>`_ 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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15 You can install it with::
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17 pip install roundup
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19 (preferably in a virtual environment). To download it, use::
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25 Beta 2 includes a small change to the classic tracker's
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28 Among the notable improvements in 2.4.0 from the 2.3.0
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31 * new classhelper component thanks to a team of students
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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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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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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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65 output, command history. Also on windows, pyreadline3 is
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69 now now the default and is opt-out.
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73 Python core will be moved to external files and be able to
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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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98 the email or uploaded to the tracker.
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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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114 operation. (Python 3.4 or 3.5 may work, but are not tested.)
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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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131 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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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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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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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/