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Installation note for people running the tests with a CVS checkout.
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Tue, 28 May 2002 11:52:08 +0000
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2 SC-Track Roundup 0.4.1 - an issue tracking system
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5 If you are upgrading please read MIGRATION.txt.
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7 Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm
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8 requires python 2.1.2 or 2.2.
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10 Big stuff in this release:
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12 - Users may register alternate addresses they might send e-mail from
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13 - Splitting of file storage in the backend into multiple directories
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14 - Better handling of 8-bit e-mail messages
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15 - Nicer configuration of web headers
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16 - Popup help for multilink classes
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17 - Cleanups in the date classes
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18 - Much, much more: see the CHANGES file for details.
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20 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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21 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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22 Release Info (via download page):
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23 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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24 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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25 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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29 About Roundup
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30 =============
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32 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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33 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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34 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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36 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project
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37 is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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39 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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40 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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42 (a) submit new issues,
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43 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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44 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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46 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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47 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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48 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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49 is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.0+ installation. It
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50 doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
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51 disutils-based install script is provided.
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53 It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends.
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/