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Minor pre- 0.3.0 changes
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1 Roundup 0.3.0 - an issue tracking system
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3 ** note for existing users of extended schema
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5 This release includes several bug fixes and usability improvements. It
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6 also switches the CGI interface authentication over from HTTP Basic to cookie
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7 based. For a more detailed in the CHANGES file accompanying the source.
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9 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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10 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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11 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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13 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project
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14 is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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16 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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17 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to
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18 (a) submit new issues,
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19 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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20 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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21 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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22 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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23 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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24 is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.0+ installation. It
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25 doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
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26 disutils-based install script is provided.
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28 It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends.
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29 Back-ends for relational databases are being developed.
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31 Source is available at the website:
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32 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup/
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/