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1 =========================
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2 What's New in Roundup 0.7
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5 For those completely new to Roundup, you might want to look over the very
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6 terse features__ page.
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12 Instant-Gratification script even more gratifying
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13 =================================================
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15 The immensely popular ``python demo.py`` instant-gratification script has
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16 been extended to allow you to choose the backend to use with the demo. To
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17 select the "sqlite" backend (assuming it is available) you use::
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19 python demo.py sqlite nuke
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21 This will nuke any existing demo and reinitialise it with the sqlite
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22 backend. Remember folks, if you want to restart the demo at a later point,
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23 you just need to type::
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25 python demo.py
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27 without the "sqlite nuke" part, or you'll clear out the demo again. The
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28 backend names are:
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30 anydbm bsddb bsddb3 sqlite metakit mysql postgresql
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32 You will need support modules installed for all except the first two. If
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33 you're not sure whether you have support, run::
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35 python run_tests.py
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37 and if you see a line saying "Including XXXX tests" where XXXX is the
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38 backend you wish to try, then you're on your way. The mysql and postgresql
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39 require their test environments to be set up. Read their respective
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40 documents in the "doc" directory to do that.
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43 Web Interface
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44 =============
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46 Saving and sharing of user queries
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49 Due to popular demand, the user query saving mechanisms have been
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50 overhauled.
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52 As before, you may save queries in the tracker by giving the query a
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53 name. Each user may only have one query with a given name - if a
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54 subsequent search is performed with the same query name supplied, then
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55 it will edit the existing query of the same name.
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57 Queries may be marked as "private". These queries are only visible to the
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58 user that created them. If they're not marked "private" then all other
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59 users may include the query in their list of "Your Queries". Marking it as
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60 private at a later date does not affect users already using the query, nor
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61 does deleting the query.
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63 If a user subsequently creates or edits a public query, a new personal
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64 version of that query is made, with the same editing rules as described
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65 above.
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67 You *are not required* to make these changes in your tracker. You only
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68 need to make them if you wish to use the new query editing features. It's
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69 highly recommended, as the effort is minimal.
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71 1. You will need to edit your tracker's ``dbinit.py`` to change the way
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72 queries are stored. Change the lines::
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74 query = Class(db, "query",
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77 query.setkey("name")
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81 query = Class(db, "query",
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83 url=String(), private_for=Link('user'))
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85 That is, add the "private_for" property, and remove the line that says
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92 3. Once you've done that, edit the tracker's ``page.html`` template to
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95 <td rowspan="2" valign="top" class="sidebar">
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96 <p class="classblock" tal:condition="request/user/queries">
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97 <b>Your Queries</b><br>
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98 <tal:block tal:repeat="qs request/user/queries">
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104 <b>Your Queries</b> (<a href="query?@template=edit">edit</a>)<br>
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107 That is, you're removing the ``tal:condition`` and adding a link to the
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108 new edit page.
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110 4. You might also wish to remove the redundant query editing section from the
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113 ZRoundup reinstated
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116 The Zope interface, ZRoundup, lives again!
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118 See the `upgrading documentation`__ if you wish to use it.
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120 __ upgrading.html#zroundup-changes
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123 Simple support for collision detection
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126 Item edit pages that use the ``context/submit`` function to generate their
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127 submit buttons now automatically include a datestamp in the form. This
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128 datestamp is compared to the "activity" property of the item when the form
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129 is submitted. If the "actvity" property is younger than the datestamp in
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130 the form submission, then someone else has edited the item, and a page
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131 indicating this is displayed to the user.
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134 Extending the cgi interface
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137 Before 0.7.0 adding or extending web actions was done by overriding or adding
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138 methods on the Client class. Though this approach still works to provide
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139 backwards compatibility, it is recommended you upgrade to the new approach, as
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140 described in the `Defining new web actions`__ section of the customisation
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141 documentation. You might also want to take a look at the `Using an external
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142 password validation source`__ example.
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147 Actions may also return the content that should return to the user, which
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148 causes the web interface to skip the normal template formatting step.
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172 All HTML templating functions perform checks for permissions required to
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173 display or edit the data they are manipulating. The simplest case is
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174 editing an issue title. Including the expression::
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184 This removes the need for the template to perform those checks, which was
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190 __ upgrading.html#permission-assignments
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193 Standards changes
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197 static ones from the "html" folder or file content from the database.
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199 We also handle If-Modified-Since and supply Last-Modified for both types
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200 of file too.
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202 The HTML generated in the classic tracker is now HTML4 (or optionally
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203 XHTML) compliant. The ``config.py`` variable "HTML_VERSION" is used to
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204 control this behaviour.
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213 Templates that wish to offer file downloads may now use a new
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218 <a tal:attributes="href file/download_url"
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223 The ``download_url`` method looks up the file's "id" and "name" and
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224 generates a correctly-quoted URL.
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226 Additionally, users wishing to URL- or HTML- quote text in their templates
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231 CSV download of search results
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234 A new CGI action, ``export_csv`` has been added which exports a given
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235 index page query as a comma-separated-value file.
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237 To use this new action, just add a link to your ``issue.index.html``
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238 page::
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240 <a tal:attributes="href python:request.indexargs_url('issue',
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241 {'@action':'export_csv'})">Download as CSV</a>
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243 You may use this for other classes by adding it to their index page and
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244 changing the ``'issue'`` part of the expression to the new class' name.
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247 Other changes
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248 -------------
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250 - we serve up a favicon now
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251 - the page titles have the tracker name at the end of the text instead
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252 of the start
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253 - added url_quote and html_quote methods to the utils object
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254 - added isset method to HTMLProperty
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255 - added search_checkboxes as an option for the search form
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258 Email Interface
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259 ===============
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261 Better handling of some email headers
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264 We ignore messages with the header "Precedence: bulk".
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266 If a Resent-From: header is present, it is used in preference to the From:
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267 header when determining the author of the message. Useful for redirecting
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268 error messages from automated systems.
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271 Email character set
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274 The default character set for sending email is UTF-8 (ie. Unicode). If you
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279 Dispatcher configuration
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282 A new config option has been added that specifies the email address of
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283 a "dispatcher" role. This email address acts as a central sentinel for
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284 issues coming into the system. You can configure it so that all e-mail
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285 error messages get bounced to them, them and the user in question, or
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286 just the user (default).
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288 To toggle these switches, add the "DISPATCHER_EMAIL" and
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289 "ERROR_MESSAGES_TO" configuration values to your tracker's ``config.py``.
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290 See the `customisation documentation`_ for how to use them.
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293 More flexible message generation
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296 The code for generating email messages in Roundup has been refactored. A
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297 new module, ``roundup.mailer`` contains most of the nuts-n-bolts required
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298 to generate email messages from Roundup.
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300 In addition, the ``IssueClass`` methods ``nosymessage()`` and
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301 ``send_message()`` have both been altered so that they don't require the
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310 Registration confirmation by email
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313 Users may now reply to their registration confirmation email, and the
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314 roundup mail gateway will complete their registration.
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320 To retrieve from an IMAP mailbox, use a *cron* entry similar to the
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321 POP one::
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335 ======================
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337 Postgresql added as a backend option
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340 Trackers may now use the postgresql RDBMS as a database store.
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342 Postgresql is a good choice if you expect your tracker to grow very large,
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353 New configuration options
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362 default).
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364 - ERROR_MESSAGES_TO and DISPATCHER_EMAIL as described above in `Dispatcher
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368 Typed columns in RDBMS backends
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374 Your database will be automatically migrated to use the new schemas, but
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375 it will take time. It's probably a good idea to make sure you do this as
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376 part of the upgrade when users are not expected to be using the system.
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382 0.7 automatically sets up the Edit and View Permissions for all classes,
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383 thus you don't need to do so. Feel free to remove the code::
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388 description="User is allowed to edit "+cl)
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390 description="User is allowed to access "+cl)
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398 Roundup's database has a new per-item property "actor" which reflects the
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399 user performing the last "actvitiy". See the classic template for ways to
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400 integrate this new property into your interface.
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402 The property will be automatically added to your existing database.
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405 New Reject exception for Auditors
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408 An auditor may raise this exception when the current create or set
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409 operation should be stopped.
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411 It is up to the specific interface invoking the create or set to
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412 handle this exception sanely. For example:
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418 New auditor fixes Outlook bug
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426 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
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428 they'll just give you an incomprehensible error message. For more
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433 Their suggested work around is (excerpt):
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437 To work around this behavior, rename the .EML file that the URL
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438 links to so that it has a .MHT file name extension, and then update
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439 the URL to reflect the change to the file name. To do this:
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441 1. In Windows Explorer, locate and then select the .EML file that
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442 the URL links.
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443 2. Right-click the .EML file, and then click Rename.
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444 3. Change the file name so that the .EML file uses a .MHT file name
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445 extension, and then press ENTER.
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446 4. Updated the URL that links to the file to reflect the new file
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447 name extension.
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450 New script for copying users
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454 to another. Example usage::
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456 copy-user.py /roundup/tracker1 /roundup/tracker2 `seq 3 10` 14 16
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458 which copies users 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14 and 16.
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461 Other improvements
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464 - All RDBMS backends now have indexes automatically created on critical
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465 table columns.
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467 - Additionally, the RDBMS backends also implement their own session,
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468 one-time-key and full-text indexing stores. These were previously external
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469 dbm stores. This change allows control of locking the database to be
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470 completely handed over to the RDBMS.
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472 - Date values capture fractions of seconds now. Note that the MySQL backend
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473 is not capable of storing this precision though, so it will be lost for
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474 users of that backend.
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476 - The roundup-admin "export" and "import" commands now handle the database
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477 journals too. This means that exports from previous versions of Roundup
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478 will not work under 0.7!
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481 .. _`customisation documentation`: customizing.html
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