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fix Mutlilink display
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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 0.8.4 release fixes some bugs:
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7 Fixed:
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9 - extra CRs in CSV export files on Windows platform (sf bug 1195742)
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10 - activity RDBMS columns were being reported in changes
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11 - fix name collision in roundup.cgi script (sf bug 1203795)
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12 - fix handling of invalid interval input
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13 - search locale files relative ro roundup installation path (sf bug 1219689)
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14 - use translation for boolean property rendering (sf bug 1225152)
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15 - enabled disabling of REMOTE_USER for when it's not a valid username (sf
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16 bug 1190187)
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17 - fix invocation of hasPermission from templating code (sf bug 1224172)
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18 - have 'roundup-admin security' display property restrictions (sf bug
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19 1222135)
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20 - fixed templating menu() sort_on handling (sf bug 1221936)
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21 - allow specification of pagesize, sorting and filtering in "classhelp"
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22 popups (sf bug 1211800)
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23 - handle dropped properies in rdbms/metakit journal export (sf bug 1203569)
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24 - handle missing Subject lines better (sf bug 1198729)
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25 - sort/group by missing values correctly (sf bugs 1198623, 1176897)
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26 - discard, don't bounce messages to the mailgw when the messages's sender
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27 is invalid (ie. when we try to bounce, we get a 550 "unknown user
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28 account" response from the SMTP server) (sf bug 1190906)
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29 - removed debugging code from cgi/actions.py
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30 - refactored hyperdb.rawToHyperdb, allowing a number of improvements
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31 (thanks Ralf Schlatterbeck)
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32 - don't try to set a timeout for IMAPS (thanks Paul Jimenez)
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33 - present Reject exception messages to web users (sf bug 1237685)
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35 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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36 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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38 Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation.
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40 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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42 python demo.py
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44 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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45 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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46 Release Info (via download page):
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47 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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48 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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49 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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52 About Roundup
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53 =============
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55 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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56 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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58 (a) submit new issues,
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59 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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60 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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62 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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63 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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64 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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65 is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.3+ installation. It
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66 doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
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67 disutils-based install script is provided.
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69 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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70 a minimal skeleton) and five database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, metakit,
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71 mysql and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/