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just some formatting and a minor clarification.
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2 SC-Track Roundup 0.4.2 - an issue tracking system
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5 Note: If you have an existing roundup installation, make a backup of your
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6 database. Make sure you read doc/upgrading.txt!
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8 Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm
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9 requires python 2.1.2 or 2.2. 2.1.3 and 2.2.1 are recommended.
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11 Big stuff in this release:
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13 - online demo at http://mechanicalcat.net/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi
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14 - fast full-text searching of messages
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15 - other speedups
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16 - bsddb3 backend is re-enabled
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17 - instance initialisation is a two-step process now, making mods easier
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18 - optionally auto-add the author and recipients of messages to the nosy
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19 - enhancements to make multilink editing through the web and email easier
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20 - cleaner use of auditors and reactors in the default schemas
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21 - demo scripts supplied in the scripts/ and detectors/ directories
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22 - Much, much more: see the CHANGES file for details
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24 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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25 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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26 Release Info (via download page):
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27 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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28 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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29 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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33 About Roundup
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34 =============
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36 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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37 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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38 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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40 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project
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41 is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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43 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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44 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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46 (a) submit new issues,
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47 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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48 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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50 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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51 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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52 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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53 is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.0+ installation. It
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54 doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
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55 disutils-based install script is provided.
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57 It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends.
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/