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2 Roundup Features
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5 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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6 web, e-mail and command-line interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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7 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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9 *simple to install*
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10 - installation (including web interface) takes about 30 minutes
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11 - two templates included in the distribution for you to base your tracker on
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12 - doesn't need *any* additional support software - python (2.1+) is enough to
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13 get you going
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14 - easy to set up higher-performance storage backends like sqlite_ and
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15 metakit_
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17 *simple to use*
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18 - accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs
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19 - may be used to track bugs, features, user feedback, sales opportunities,
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20 milestones, ...
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21 - keeps a full history of changes to issues with configurable verbosity
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23 *highly configurable*
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24 - web interface HTML is fully editable
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25 - database schema is also fully editable (only the "user" class is required)
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26 with a full set of data types (including dates and many-to-many relations)
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27 across all storages available
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28 - customised automatic auditors and reactors may be written that perform
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29 actions before and after changes are made to entries in the database
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30 - samples are provided for all types of configuration changes
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32 *fast, scalable*
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33 - with the sqlite_ and metakit_ backends, roundup is also fast and scalable,
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34 easily handling thousands of issues and users with decent response times
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35 - indexed text searching giving fast responses to searches across all
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36 messages and indexed string properties
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37
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38 *documented*
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39 - documentation exists for installation, upgrading, maintenance, users and
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40 customisation
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42 *web interface*
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43 - fully editable interfaces for listing and display of items
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44 - extendable to include wizards, parent/meta bug displays, ...
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45 - differentiates between anonymous, known and admin users
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46 - may be set up to require login, and may also only allow admin users
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47 to register new users
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48 - may be run through CGI as a normal cgi script, as a stand-alone
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49 web server, or through Zope
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50 - searching may be performed using many constraints, including a full-text
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51 search of messages attached to issues
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52 - file attachments (added through the web or email) are served up with the
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53 correct content-type and filename
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54 - email change messages generated by roundup appear to be sent by the
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55 person who made the change, but responses will go back through the nosy
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56 list by default
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58 *e-mail interface*
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59 - may be set up using sendmail-like delivery alias, POP polling or mailbox
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60 polling
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61 - issues have their own mini mailing list (nosy list)
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62 - may auto-register users who send in mail and aren't known to roundup
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63 - nosy list configuration controls how people are added and when messages
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64 are sent to the list
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65 - auto-filing of "unformatted" messages into a particular class
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66 - e-mail attachments are handled sanely, being attached to the issue they're
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67 intended for, and forwarded on to the nosy list
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68 - sane handling of content-type and content-encoding of messages (text/plain
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69 preferred in all situations)
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70 - email packages that display threading will show issue messages correctly
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71 threaded
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72 - users may send in messages from multiple addresses and be associated
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73 with the same roundup username
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75 *command-line*
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76 - may be used to interactively manage roundup databases
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77 - may be scripted using standard shell scripting
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78 - roundup's API may also be used by other Python programs - a sample is
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79 provided that runs once a day and emails people their assigned issues
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81 .. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
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82 .. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/