annotate doc/user_guide.txt @ 2806:845e87d5e3ba

translator objects now have the following search path: - selected locale messages in the tracker locale dir - selected locale messages in the system locale dir - english messages in the tracker locale dir - english messages in the system locale dir automatically compile .mo files if needed (found .po file and .mo is missing or .po mtime is greater that .mo mtime) removed support for python < 2.0. gettext module is now required. get_translation: removed 'domain' argument, added 'tracker_home' argument
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1 ==========
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2 User Guide
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3 ==========
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.29 $
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7 .. contents::
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10 This document will refer to *issues* as the primary store of
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11 information in the tracker. This is the default of the classic template,
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15 Your Tracker in a Nutshell
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16 ==========================
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18 Your tracker holds information about issues in bundles we call *items*.
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19 An item may be an *issue* (a bug or feature request) or a *user*. The
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20 issue-ness or user-ness is called the item's *class*. So, for bug
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21 reports and features, the class is "issue", and for users the class is
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22 "user".
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24 Each item in the tracker has an id number that identifies it along with
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25 its item class. To identify a particular issue or user, we combine the
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26 class with the number to create a unique label, so that user 1 (who,
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27 incidentally, is *always* the "admin" user) is referred to as "user1".
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28 Issue number 315 is referred to as "issue315". We call that label the
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29 item's *designator*.
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31 Items in the database are never deleted, they're just "retired". You
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32 can still refer to them by ID - hence removing an item won't break
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33 references to the item. It's just that the item won't appear in any
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37 Accessing the Tracker
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38 ---------------------
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40 You may access your tracker through one of three ways:
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42 1. through the `web interface`_,
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44 3. using the `command line tool`_.
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46 The last is usually only used by administrators. Most users will use the
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47 web and email interfaces. All three are explained below.
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50 Issue life cycles in Roundup
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51 ----------------------------
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53 New issues may be submitted via the web or email.
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65 Entering values in your Tracker
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66 -------------------------------
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68 All interfaces to your tracker use the same format for entering values.
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70 for searching issues, the email interface and even the command-line
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71 administration tool.
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74 String and Numeric properties
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75 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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80 Boolean properties
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81 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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84 "1"/"0" or "on"/"off".
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87 Constrained (link and multilink) properties
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88 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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90 Fields like "Assigned To" and "Topics" hold references to items in other
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91 classes ("user" and "keyword" in those two cases.)
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93 Sometimes, the selection is done through a menu, like in the "Assigned
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94 To" field.
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96 Where the input is not a simple menu selection, we use a comma-separated
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97 list of values to indicated which values of "user" or "keyword" are
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98 interesting. The values may be either numeric ids or the names of items.
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99 The special value "-1" may be used to match items where the property is
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100 not set. For example, the following searches on the issues:
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102 ``assignedto=richard,george``
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103 match issues which are assigned to richard or george.
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104 ``assignedto=-1``
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105 match issues that are not assigned to a user.
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106 ``assignedto=2,3,40``
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107 match issues that are assigned to users 2, 3 or 40.
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108 ``topic=user interface``
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109 match issues with the keyword "user interface" in their topic list
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110 ``topic=web interface,email interface``
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111 match issues with the keyword "web interface" or "email interface" in
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112 their topic list
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113 ``topic=-1``
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114 match issues with no topics set
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117 Date properties
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118 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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120 Date-and-time stamps are specified with the date in
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121 international standard format (``yyyy-mm-dd``) joined to the time
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122 (``hh:mm:ss``) by a period ``.``. Dates in this form can be easily
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123 compared and are fairly readable when printed. An example of a valid
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124 stamp is ``2000-06-24.13:03:59``. We'll call this the "full date
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125 format". When Timestamp objects are printed as strings, they appear in
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126 the full date format.
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128 For user input, some partial forms are also permitted: the whole time or
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129 just the seconds may be omitted; and the whole date may be omitted or
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130 just the year may be omitted. If the time is given, the time is
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131 interpreted in the user's local time zone. The Date constructor takes
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132 care of these conversions. In the following examples, suppose that
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133 ``yyyy`` is the current year, ``mm`` is the current month, and ``dd`` is
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134 the current day of the month.
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136 - "2000-04-17" means <Date 2000-04-17.00:00:00>
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137 - "01-25" means <Date yyyy-01-25.00:00:00>
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138 - "2000-04-17.03:45" means <Date 2000-04-17.08:45:00>
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139 - "08-13.22:13" means <Date yyyy-08-14.03:13:00>
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140 - "11-07.09:32:43" means <Date yyyy-11-07.14:32:43>
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141 - "14:25" means
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142 - <Date yyyy-mm-dd.19:25:00>
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143 - "8:47:11" means
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144 - <Date yyyy-mm-dd.13:47:11>
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145 - the special date "." means "right now"
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148 When searching, a plain date entered as a search field will match that date
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149 exactly in the database. We may also accept ranges of dates. You can
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154 [From <value>][To <value>]
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161 [<value>];[<value>]
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163 Either first or second ``<value>`` can be omitted in both syntaxes.
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165 For example, if you enter string "from 9:00" to "Creation date" field,
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166 roundup will find all issues, that were created today since 9 AM.
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169 Searching of "-2m; -1m" on activity field gives you issues which were
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172 Other possible examples (consider local time is 2003-03-08.22:07:48)::
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175 <Range from 2003-02-12.00:00:00 to 2003-04-02.00:00:00>
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177 <Range from 2003-03-08.18:00:00 to 2003-05-08.20:07:48>
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179 <Range from 2003-03-08.12:00:00 to None>
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181 <Range from None to 2003-03-11.20:07:48>
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182 - "2002-11-10; 2002-12-12" means
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183 <Range from 2002-11-10.00:00:00 to 2002-12-12.00:00:00>
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184 - "; 20:00 +1d" means
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185 <Range from None to 2003-03-09.20:00:00>
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187 <Range from 2003-01-01.00:00:00 to 2003-12-31.23:59:59>
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188 - "2003-04" means
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189 <Range from 2003-04-01.00:00:00 to 2003-04-30.23:59:59>
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192 Interval properties
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193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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195 Date intervals are specified using the suffixes "y", "m", and "d". The
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196 suffix "w" (for "week") means 7 days. Time intervals are specified in
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197 hh:mm:ss format (the seconds may be omitted, but the hours and minutes
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198 may not).
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200 - "3y" means three years
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201 - "2y 1m" means two years and one month
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202 - "1m 25d" means one month and 25 days
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203 - "2w 3d" means two weeks and three days
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204 - "1d 2:50" means one day, two hours, and 50 minutes
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206 - "0:04:33" means four minutes and 33 seconds
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209 Simple support for collision detection
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210 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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212 Item edit pages remember when the item was last edited. When a form is
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213 submitted, the user will be informed if someone else has edited the item
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214 at the same time they tried to.
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217 Web Interface
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218 =============
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221 This document contains screenshots of the default look and feel.
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222 Your site may have a slightly (or very) different look, but the
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223 functionality will be very similar, and the concepts still hold.
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225 The web interface is broken up into the following parts:
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227 1. `lists of items`_,
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228 2. `display, edit or entry of an item`_, and
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229 3. `searching page`_.
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232 Lists of Items
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233 --------------
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234
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235 The first thing you'll see when you log into Roundup will be a list of
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236 open (ie. not resolved) issues. This list has been generated by a bunch
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237 of controls `under the covers`_ but for now, you can see something like:
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239 .. img: images/index_logged_out.png
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241 The screen is divided up into three sections:
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243 .. img: images/page_layout.png
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245 you may either register or log in. Registration takes you to:
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247 .. img: images/registration.png
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249 Once you're logged in, the screen changes slightly to:
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253 Note that the sidebar menu has changed slightly, so you can now get to
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254 your "My Details" page:
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256 .. img: images/my_details.png
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258 Note the new information on this page - the history.
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261 Display, edit or entry of an item
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262 ---------------------------------
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264 Create a new issue with "create new" under the issue subheading. This
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265 will take you to:
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267 .. img: images/new_issue.png
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269 The `nosy list`_ is explained below. Enter some information and click
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270 "submit new entry" and you'll be rewarded with:
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274 or, if you don't enter all the required information (or some other error
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275 occurs) you'll get something like:
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280 Searching Page
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281 --------------
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283 See `entering values in your tracker`_ for an explanation of what you
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284 may type into the search form.
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287 Saving queries
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288 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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290 You may save queries in the tracker by giving the query a name. Each user
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292 performed with the same query name supplied, then it will edit the
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293 existing query of the same name.
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295 Queries may be marked as "private". These queries are only visible to the
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296 user that created them. If they're not marked "private" then all other
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297 users may include the query in their list of "Your Queries". Marking it as
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298 private at a later date does not affect users already using the query, nor
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299 does deleting the query.
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300
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301 If a user subsequently creates or edits a public query, a new personal
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302 version of that query is made, with the same editing rules as described
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303 above.
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306 Under the covers
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307 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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309 The searching page converts your selections into the following
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310 arguments:
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312 ========== =============================================================
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313 Argument Description
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315 :sort sort by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' to give
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316 descending or nothing for ascending sorting.
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317 :group group by prop name, optionally preceeded with '-' or to sort
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319 :filter selects which props should be displayed in the filter
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320 section. Default is all.
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321 :columns selects the columns that should be displayed. Default is
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322 all.
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323 propname selects the values the item properties given by propname must
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324 have (very basic search/filter).
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325 ========== =============================================================
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327 You may manually write URLS that contain these arguments, like so
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328 (whitespace has been added for clarity)::
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330 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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331 topic=security,ui&
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332 :group=priority&
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335 :columns=title,status,fixer
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338 Access Controls
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339 ---------------
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341 User access is controlled through Permissions. These are are grouped
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345 Permissions divide access controls up into answering questions like:
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347 - may the user edit issues ("Edit", "issue")
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348 - is the user allowed to use the web interface ("Web Access")
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349 - may the user edit other user's Roles through the web ("Web Roles")
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351 Any number of new Permissions and Roles may be created as described in
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352 the customisation documentation. Examples of new access controls are:
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354 - only managers may sign off issues as complete
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355 - don't give users who register through email web access
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356 - let some users edit the details of all users
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359 E-Mail Gateway
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360 ==============
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362 E-mail sent to Roundup is examined for several pieces of information:
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364 1. `subject-line information`_ identifying the purpose of the e-mail
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365 2. `sender identification`_ using the sender of the message
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366 3. `e-mail message content`_ which is to be extracted
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367 4. e-mail attachments which should be associated with the message
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370 Subject-line information
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371 ------------------------
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373 The subject line of the incoming message is examined to find one of:
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375 1. the item that the message is responding to,
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376 2. the type of item the message should create, or
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377 3. we default the item class and try some trickiness
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379 If the subject line contains a prefix in ``[square brackets]`` then
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380 we're looking at case 1 or 2 above. Any "re:" or "fwd:" prefixes are
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381 stripped off the subject line before we start looking for real
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382 information.
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384 If an item designator (class name and id number, for example
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385 ``issue123``) is found there, a new "msg" item is added to the
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387 the "files" property for the item.
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389 If just an item class name is found there, we attempt to create a new
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390 item of that class with its "messages" property initialized to contain
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391 the new "msg" item and its "files" property initialized to contain any
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392 new "file" items.
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394 The third case above - where no ``[information]`` is provided, the
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395 tracker's ``MAIL_DEFAULT_CLASS`` configuration variable defines what
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396 class of item the message relates to. We try to match the subject line
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397 to an existing item of the default class, and if there's a match, the
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398 message is related to that matched item. If not, then a new item of the
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399 default class is created.
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402 Setting Properties
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403 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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405 The e-mail interface also provides a simple way to set properties on
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406 items. At the end of the subject line, propname=value pairs can be
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407 specified in square brackets, using the same conventions as for the
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408 roundup set shell command.
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410 For example,
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412 - setting the priority of an issue::
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414 Subject: Re: [issue1] the coffee machine is broken! [priority=urgent]
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418 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=+richard]
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422 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=richard,cliff]
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426 Subject: Re: [issue2] we're out of widgets [nosy=-richard;priority=bug]
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428 In all cases, the message relates to issue 2. The ``Re:`` prefix is
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432 Automatic Properties
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433 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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435 **status of new issues**
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436 When a new message is received that is not identified as being related
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440 **reopening of resolved issues**
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441 When a message is is received for a resolved issue, the issue status is
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443 received.
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445
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446 Sender identification
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447 ---------------------
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448
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449 If the sender of an email is unknown to Roundup (looking up both user
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450 primary email addresses and their alternate addresses) then a new user
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451 will be created. The new user will have their username set to the "user"
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452 part of "user@domain" in their email address. Their password will be
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453 completely randomised, and they'll have to visit the web interface to
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454 have it changed. Some sites don't allow web access by users who register
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455 via email like this.
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456
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457
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458 E-Mail Message Content
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459 ----------------------
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460
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461 Roundup only associates plain text (MIME type ``text/plain``) as
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462 messages for items. Any other parts of a message are associated as
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463 downloadable files. If no plain text part is found, the message is
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464 rejected.
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465
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466 To do this, incoming messages are examined for multiple parts:
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467
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468 * In a multipart/mixed message or part, each subpart is extracted and
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469 examined. The text/plain subparts are assembled to form the textual
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470 body of the message, to be stored in the file associated with a "msg"
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471 class item. Any parts of other types are each stored in separate files
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472 and given "file" class items that are linked to the "msg" item.
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473 * In a multipart/alternative message or part, we look for a text/plain
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474 subpart and ignore the other parts.
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475
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476 If the message is a response to a previous message, and contains quoted
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477 sections, then these will be stripped out of the message if the
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478 ``EMAIL_KEEP_QUOTED_TEXT`` configuration variable is set to ``'no'``.
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479
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480 Message summary
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481 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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482
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483 The "summary" property on message items is taken from the first
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484 non-quoting section in the message body. The message body is divided
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485 into sections by blank lines. Sections where the second and all
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486 subsequent lines begin with a ">" or "|" character are considered
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487 "quoting sections". The first line of the first non-quoting section
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488 becomes the summary of the message.
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489
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490
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491 Address handling
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492 ----------------
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493
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494 All of the addresses in the ``To:`` and ``Cc:`` headers of the incoming
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495 message are looked up among the tracker users, and the corresponding
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496 users are placed in the "recipients" property on the new "msg" item. The
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497 address in the ``From:`` header similarly determines the "author"
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498 property of the new "msg" item. The default handling for addresses that
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499 don't have corresponding users is to create new users with no passwords
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500 and a username equal to the address.
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501
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502 The addresses mentioned in the ``To:``, ``From:`` and ``Cc:`` headers of
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503 the message may be added to the `nosy list`_ depending on:
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504
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505 ``ADD_AUTHOR_TO_NOSY``
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506 Does the author of a message get placed on the nosy list automatically?
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507 If 'new' is used, then the author will only be added when a message
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508 creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the author will be added on
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509 followups too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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510
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511 ``ADD_RECIPIENTS_TO_NOSY``
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512 Do the recipients (To:, Cc:) of a message get placed on the nosy list?
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513 If 'new' is used, then the recipients will only be added when a message
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514 creates a new issue. If 'yes', then the recipients will be added on
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515 followups too. If 'no', they're never added to the nosy.
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516
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517
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518 Nosy List
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519 ~~~~~~~~~
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520
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521 Roundup watches for additions to the "messages" property of items.
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522
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523 When a new message is added, it is sent to all the users on the "nosy"
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524 list for the item that are not already on the "recipients" list of the
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525 message. Those users are then appended to the "recipients" property on
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526 the message, so multiple copies of a message are never sent to the same
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527 user. The journal recorded by the hyperdatabase on the "recipients"
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528 property then provides a log of when the message was sent to whom.
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529
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530 If the author of the message is also in the nosy list for the item that
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531 the message is attached to, then the config var ``MESSAGES_TO_AUTHOR``
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532 is queried to determine if they get a nosy list copy of the message too.
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533
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534
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535 Mail gateway script command line
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536 --------------------------------
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537
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538 Usage::
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539
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540 roundup-mailgw [[-C class] -S field=value]* <instance home> [method]
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541
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542 The roundup mail gateway may be called in one of three ways:
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543
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544 - with an instance home as the only argument,
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545 - with both an instance home and a mail spool file, or
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546 - with both an instance home and a pop server account.
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547
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548 It also supports optional -C and -S arguments that allows you to set a
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549 fields for a class created by the roundup-mailgw. The default class if
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550 not specified is msg, but the other classes: issue, file, user can also
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551 be used. The -S or --set options uses the same
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552 property=value[;property=value] notation accepted by the command line
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553 roundup command or the commands that can be given on the Subject line of
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554 an email message.
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555
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556 It can let you set the type of the message on a per email address basis.
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557
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558 PIPE:
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559 In the first case, the mail gateway reads a single message from the
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560 standard input and submits the message to the roundup.mailgw module.
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561
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562 UNIX mailbox:
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563 In the second case, the gateway reads all messages from the mail spool
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564 file and submits each in turn to the roundup.mailgw module. The file is
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565 emptied once all messages have been successfully handled. The file is
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566 specified as::
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567
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568 mailbox /path/to/mailbox
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569
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570 POP:
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571 In the third case, the gateway reads all messages from the POP server
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572 specified and submits each in turn to the roundup.mailgw module. The
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573 server is specified as::
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574
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575 pop username:password@server
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576
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577 The username and password may be omitted::
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578
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579 pop username@server
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580 pop server
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581
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582 are both valid. The username and/or password will be prompted for if
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583 not supplied on the command-line.
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584
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585 APOP:
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586 Same as POP, but using Authenticated POP::
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587
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588 apop username:password@server
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589
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591 Command Line Tool
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592 =================
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593
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594 The basic usage is::
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595
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596 Usage: roundup-admin [options] [<command> <arguments>]
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597
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598 Options:
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599 -i instance home -- specify the issue tracker "home directory" to administer
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600 -u -- the user[:password] to use for commands
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601 -d -- print full designators not just class id numbers
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602 -c -- when outputting lists of data, comma-separate them.
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603 Same as '-S ","'.
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604 -S <string> -- when outputting lists of data, string-separate them
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605 -s -- when outputting lists of data, space-separate them.
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606 Same as '-S " "'.
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607
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608 Only one of -s, -c or -S can be specified.
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609
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610 Help:
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611 roundup-admin -h
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612 roundup-admin help -- this help
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613 roundup-admin help <command> -- command-specific help
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614 roundup-admin help all -- all available help
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615
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616 Commands:
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617 commit
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618 create classname property=value ...
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619 display designator[,designator]*
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620 export [class[,class]] export_dir
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621 find classname propname=value ...
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622 get property designator[,designator]*
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623 help topic
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624 history designator
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625 import import_dir
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626 initialise [adminpw]
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627 install [template [backend [admin password]]]
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628 list classname [property]
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629 pack period | date
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630 reindex
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631 retire designator[,designator]*
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632 rollback
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633 security [Role name]
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634 set items property=value property=value ...
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635 specification classname
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636 table classname [property[,property]*]
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637 Commands may be abbreviated as long as the abbreviation matches only one
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638 command, e.g. l == li == lis == list.
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640
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641 All commands (except help) require a tracker specifier. This is just the
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642 path to the roundup tracker you're working with. A roundup tracker is
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643 where roundup keeps the database and configuration file that defines an
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644 issue tracker. It may be thought of as the issue tracker's "home
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645 directory". It may be specified in the environment variable
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646 ``TRACKER_HOME`` or on the command line as "``-i tracker``".
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647
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648 A designator is a classname and an itemid concatenated, eg. bug1,
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649 user10, ... Property values are represented as strings in command
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650 arguments and in the printed results:
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651
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652 - Strings are, well, strings.
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653 - Password values will display as their encoded value.
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654 - Date values are printed in the full date format in the local time
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655 zone, and accepted in the full format or any of the partial formats
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656 explained below.::
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658 Input of... Means...
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659 "2000-04-17.03:45" 2000-04-17.03:45:00
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660 "2000-04-17" 2000-04-17.00:00:00
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661 "01-25" yyyy-01-25.00:00:00
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662 "08-13.22:13" yyyy-08-13.22:13:00
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663 "11-07.09:32:43" yyyy-11-07.09:32:43
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664 "14:25" yyyy-mm-dd.14:25:00
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665 "8:47:11" yyyy-mm-dd.08:47:11
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666 "2003" 2003-01-01.00:00:00
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667 "2003-04" 2003-04-01.00:00:00
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668 "." "right now"
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669
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670 - Link values are printed as item designators. When given as an
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671 argument, item designators and key strings are both accepted.
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672 - Multilink values are printed as lists of item designators joined by
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673 commas. When given as an argument, item designators and key strings
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674 are both accepted; an empty string, a single item, or a list of items
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676
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677 When multiple items are specified to the roundup get or roundup set
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678 commands, the specified properties are retrieved or set on all the
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679 listed items. When multiple results are returned by the roundup get or
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680 roundup find commands, they are printed one per line (default) or joined
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681 by commas (with the "``-c``" option).
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683 Where the command changes data, a login name/password is required. The
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684 login may be specified as either "``name``" or "``name:password``".
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686 - ``ROUNDUP_LOGIN`` environment variable
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687 - the "``-u``" command-line option
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689 If either the name or password is not supplied, they are obtained from
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690 the command-line.
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693 Using with the shell
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694 --------------------
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696 With version 0.6.0 or newer of roundup which supports: multiple
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697 designators to display and the -d, -S and -s flags.
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698
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699 To find all messages regarding chatting issues that contain the word
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700 "spam", for example, you could execute the following command from the
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701 directory where the database dumps its files::
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703 shell% for issue in `roundup-admin -ds find issue status=chatting`; do
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704 > grep -l spam `roundup-admin -ds ' ' get messages $issue`
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705 > done
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706 msg23
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707 msg49
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708 msg50
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709 msg61
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710 shell%
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711
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712 Or, using the -dc option, this can be written as a single command::
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714 shell% grep -l spam `roundup get messages \
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715 \`roundup -dc find issue status=chatting\``
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716 msg23
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717 msg49
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718 msg50
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720 shell%
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721
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722 You can also display issue contents::
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724 shell% roundup-admin display `roundup-admin -dc get messages \
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725 issue3,issue1`
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726 files: []
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727 inreplyto: None
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728 recipients: []
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729 author: 1
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730 date: 2003-02-16.21:23:03
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731 messageid: None
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732 summary: jkdskldjf
053065585406 added command-line functionality for roundup-adming (feature [SF#687664])
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733 files: []
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734 inreplyto: None
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735 recipients: []
053065585406 added command-line functionality for roundup-adming (feature [SF#687664])
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736 author: 1
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737 date: 2003-02-15.01:59:11
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738 messageid: None
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739 summary: jlkfjadsf
053065585406 added command-line functionality for roundup-adming (feature [SF#687664])
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740
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741 or status::
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742
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743 shell% roundup-admin get name `/tools/roundup/bin/roundup-admin \
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744 -dc -i /var/roundup/sysadmin get status issue3,issue1`
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745 unread
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746 deferred
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747
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748 or status on a single line::
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749
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750 shell% echo `roundup-admin get name \`/tools/roundup/bin/roundup-admin \
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751 -dc -i /var/roundup/sysadmin get status issue3,issue1\``
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752 unread deferred
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753
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754 which is the same as::
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755
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756 shell% roundup-admin -s get name `/tools/roundup/bin/roundup-admin \
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757 -dc -i /var/roundup/sysadmin get status issue3,issue1`
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758 unread deferred
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759
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760 Also the tautological::
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761
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762 shell% roundup-admin get name \
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763 `roundup-admin -dc get status \`roundup-admin -dc find issue \
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764 status=chatting\``
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765 chatting
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766 chatting
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767
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768 Remember the roundup commands that accept multiple designators accept
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769 them ',' separated so using '-dc' is almost always required.
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e429649ed124 More documentation cleanups.
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773 Back to `Table of Contents`_
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775 .. _`Table of Contents`: index.html
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776 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html

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