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Release preparation
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1 Roundup Issue Tracker
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2 =====================
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4 .. pypi-release:: roundup
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5 :prefix: Download
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6 :class: note
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8 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web and e-mail interfaces.
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9 It is based on the winning design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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11 The current stable version of Roundup is 1.4.x which has quite a comprehensive
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12 :doc:`feature set <docs/features>`. For more information see the :doc:`design overview <docs/design>`,
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13 and all the other :doc:`documentation <docs>`. 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,
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17 system and development issue trackers)
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18 * issue management for IETF working groups
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19 * sales lead tracking
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20 * conference paper submission and double-blind referee management
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21 * weblogging (well, almost :)
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23 ...and so on. It's been designed with :doc:`flexibility <docs/customizing>` in mind - it's not just
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24 another bug tracker. Roundup ships with a *demo tracker* to play with - after you've unpacked the source,
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25 just run "python demo.py" and load up the URL it prints out!
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27 Roundup was originally released as version 0.1.1 in late August, 2001. The first `change note`_ I wrote says:
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29 Needed a bug tracking system. Looked around. Tried to install many Perl-based systems, to no avail.
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30 Got tired of waiting for Roundup to be released. Had just finished major product project, so needed
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31 something different for a while. Roundup here I come...
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33 .. _`download`: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
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34 .. _`change note`: http://roundup.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/roundup/roundup/raw-file/default/CHANGES.txt

Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/