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docs: set up for release documentation. Make changes to publish security.html with CVE announcements referring to the sections in upgrading.html rather than CVE.html. Remove templates.zip as part of html build in Makefile. Also update doc for using CVE.html.
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1 I'm proud to release version 2.4.0 of the Roundup issue
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4 <https://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/upgrading.html>`_ to
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5 bring your tracker up to date.
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7 The 79 changes, as usual, include some new features and many
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11 update the database schema version. Do this before you use
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12 the web, command-line or mail interface and before any users
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15 You can install it with::
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17 pip install roundup
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19 (preferably in a virtual environment). To download it, use::
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26 release are:
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28 * three CVE's have been fixed. One requires changes to your
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29 tracker's home directory. The other two are fixed by
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31 https://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/security.html for
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32 details and instructions on how to fix these in 2.4.0 and
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36 from CS682 at U-Mass Boston. This fixes many issues with
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42 * fix Windows Python installation using pip. It used to go
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49 can share searches like: "My issues" as "my" will become
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53 limited to limit password guessing attacks.
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55 * utf8mb4 is the default charset for MySQL. This requires
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56 migrating your database using the mysql client. You can
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57 choose to keep the older character set in config.ini.
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60 used. PostgreSQL schemas are supported to eliminate the
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61 need for the roundup user to have database
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62 creation/deletion privileges.
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67 * multiple roundup-admin improvements: display protected
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68 properties (like creation date), better formatting of
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69 output, command history. Also on windows, pyreadline3 is
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73 now now the default and is opt-out.
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77 Python core will be moved to external files and be able to
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81 template. This allows returning json or xml from a
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88 * various other Windows platform fixes including test suite
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89 fixes.
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96 announcement. Also see the information in doc/upgrading.txt.
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98 If you find bugs, please report them to issues AT
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99 roundup-tracker.org or create an account at
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100 https://issues.roundup-tracker.org and open a new ticket. If
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102 the email or uploaded to the tracker.
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104 Upgrading
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108 *must* follow all the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in
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109 the doc/upgrading.txt documentation.
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111 Note that you should run ``roundup-admin ... migrate`` for
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112 all your trackers to update the database schema version. Do
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113 this before you use the web, command-line or mail interface
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114 and before any users access the tracker.
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116 Roundup requires Python 2 newer than version 2.7.12 or
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118 operation. (Python 3.4 or 3.5 may work, but are not tested.)
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120 platforms, so you should deploy new trackers with Python 3
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122 3. See the upgrade guide.
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131 Release info and download page:
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133 https://pypi.org/project/roundup/
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135 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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137 https://www.roundup-tracker.org/
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139 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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144 About Roundup
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145 =============
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147 Roundup is a simple-to-use and install issue-tracking system
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148 with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on
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149 the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software
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150 Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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152 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties
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154 the ability to:
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156 (a) submit new issues,
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157 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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158 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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160 The system facilitates communication among the participants
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161 by managing discussions and notifying interested parties
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162 when issues are edited. One of the major design goals for
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163 Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup is therefore
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164 usable "out of the box" with any Python 3.6+
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166 operational, though an install script is provided.
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168 It comes with five basic issue tracker templates
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172 * a responsive version of the devel tracker
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177 and postgresql).
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179 Recent Changes
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182 From 2.3.0 to 2.4.0
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184 TBA
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/