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1 Roundup Issue Tracker
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2 =====================
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4 .. note::
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6 Latest stable release: `download`_
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9 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces.
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10 It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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12 The current stable version of Roundup is 1.4.x which has quite a comprehensive `feature set`_. For more information
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13 see the `design overview`_, and all the other `documentation`_. Roundup has been deployed for:
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15 * bug tracking and TODO list management (the classic installation)
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16 * customer help desk support (with a wizard for the phone answerers, linking to networking, system and development issue trackers)
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17 * issue management for IETF working groups
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18 * sales lead tracking
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19 * conference paper submission and double-blind referee management
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20 * weblogging (well, almost :)
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22 ...and so on. It's been designed with `flexibility`_ in mind - it's not just another bug tracker.
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23 Roundup ships with a *demo tracker* to play with - after you've unpacked the source, just run
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24 "python demo.py" and load up the URL it prints out!
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26 Roundup was originally released as version 0.1.1 in late August, 2001. The first `change note`_ I wrote says:
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28 Needed a bug tracking system. Looked around. Tried to install many Perl-based systems, to no avail.
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29 Got tired of waiting for Roundup to be released. Had just finished major product project, so needed
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30 something different for a while. Roundup here I come...
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32 So I've been working on this thing for over seven years. Do you like Roundup?
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33 Want to say thanks? You can just send me a note (I always appreciate them) or better yet, `send me a gift`_ :)
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35 -- Richard Jones, project lead developer, September 2008.
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38 .. _`download`: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
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39 .. _`feature set`: docs/features.html
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40 .. _`design overview`: docs/design.html
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41 .. _`documentation`: docs
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42 .. _`flexibility`: docs/customizing.html
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43 .. _`change note`: http://roundup.cvs.sourceforge.net/roundup/roundup/CHANGES.txt?revision=HEAD&view=markup
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44 .. _`send me a gift`: http://www.amazon.com/o/registry/J96FJCMBG774
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/