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1 I'm proud to release version 1.4.10 of Roundup which fixes some bugs:
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3 - Minor update of doc/developers.txt to point to the new resources
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4 on www.roundup-tracker.org (Bernhard Reiter)
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5 - Small CSS improvements regaring the search box (thanks Thomas Arendsan Hein)
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6 (issue 2550589)
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7 - Indexers behaviour made more consistent regarding length of indexed words
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8 and stopwords (thanks Thomas Arendsen Hein, Bernhard Reiter)(issue 2550584)
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9 - fixed typos in the installation instructions (thanks Thomas Arendsen Hein)
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10 (issue 2550573)
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11 - New config option csv_field_size: Pythons csv module (which is used
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12 for export/import) has a new field size limit starting with python2.5.
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13 We now issue a warning during export if the limit is too small and use
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14 the csv_field_size configuration during import to set the limit for
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15 the csv module.
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16 - Small fix for CGI-handling of XMLRPC requests for python2.4, this
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17 worked only for 2.5 and beyond due to a change in the xmlrpc interface
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18 in python
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19 - Document filter method of xmlrpc interface
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20 - Fix interaction of SSL and XMLRPC, now XMLRPC works with SSL
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22 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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23 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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25 Roundup requires python 2.3 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
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27 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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31 Release info and download page:
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32 http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
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33 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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34 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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35 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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36 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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39 About Roundup
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40 =============
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42 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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43 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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44 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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46 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
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47 project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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49 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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50 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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52 (a) submit new issues,
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53 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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54 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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56 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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57 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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58 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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60 installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational,
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61 though an install script is provided.
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63 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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64 a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
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65 and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/