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fixed typos in the installation instructions (thanks Thomas Arendsen Hein) (issue 2550573)
author Bernhard Reiter <Bernhard.Reiter@intevation.de>
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1 I'm proud to release version 1.4.9 of Roundup which fixes some bugs:
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3 - fixed action taken in response to invalid GET request
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4 - fixed classic tracker template to submit POST requests when appropriate
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5 - fix problems with french and german locale files (issue 2550546)
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6 - Run each message of the mail-gateway in a separate transaction,
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7 see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bug-tracking.roundup.user/9500
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8 - fix problem with bounce-message if incoming mail has insufficient
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9 privilege, e.g., user not existing (issue 2550534)
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10 - fix construction of individual messages to nosy recipents with
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11 attachments (issue 2550568)
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12 - re-order sqlite imports to handle multiple installed versions (issue
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13 2550570)
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14 - don't show entire history by default
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15 (fixes http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540629)
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16 - remove use of string exception
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18 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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19 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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21 Roundup requires python 2.3 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
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23 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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25 roundup-demo
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27 Release info and download page:
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28 http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
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29 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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30 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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31 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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32 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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35 About Roundup
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36 =============
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38 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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39 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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40 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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42 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
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43 project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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45 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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46 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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48 (a) submit new issues,
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49 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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50 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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52 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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53 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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54 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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56 installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational,
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57 though an install script is provided.
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59 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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60 a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
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61 and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/