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1 I'm proud to release version 1.6.1 of Roundup which has been possible
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2 due to the help of several contributors. This release is a
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3 bug fix release. If you are upgrading from a release earlier than
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4 1.6.0 it includes important security enhancements, so make sure to
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5 read `docs/upgrading.txt
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6 <http://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs/upgrading.html>`_ to bring your
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7 tracker up to date.
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9 Features:
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11 - doc updates. Link rot fixed and some grammar changes.
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12 'Provisional User' config example fixed. Issue tracker is
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13 now https. (John Rouillard)
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15 Fixed:
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17 - issue2550994: avoid breakage caused by use of backports of Python 3
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18 configparser module to Python 2. (Joseph Myers)
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19 - issue2551023: Fix CSRF headers for use with wsgi and cgi. The
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20 env variable array used - separators rather than _. Compare:
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21 HTTP_X-REQUESTED-WITH to HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH. The last is
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22 correct. Also fix roundup-server to produce the latter form. (Patch
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23 by Cedric Krier, reviewed/applied John Rouillard.)
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24 - issue2551035 - fix XSS issue in wsgi and cgi when handing url not
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25 found/404. Reported by hannob at
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26 https://github.com/python/bugs.python.org/issues/34, issue opened by
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27 JulienPalard.
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28 - issue2551029: Jinja2 template install error. Remove config.ini
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29 from templates to make sure that roundup-admin install writes a new
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30 default config.ini based on configuration.py.
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31 - issue2551029: Jinja2 template install error. Handle issue with
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32 template's config.ini not getting updated. Provide an alternate
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33 file: config_ini.ini for required config settings that are merged
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34 into the default values producing an up to date config.ini on
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35 install.
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37 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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38 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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40 Roundup requires python 2.7 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
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42 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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44 python demo.py
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46 Release info and download page:
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47 https://pypi.org/project/roundup
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48 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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49 http://roundup-tracker.org/
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50 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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51 https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/
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54 About Roundup
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55 =============
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57 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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58 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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59 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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61 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
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62 project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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64 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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65 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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67 (a) submit new issues,
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68 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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69 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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71 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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72 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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73 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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75 installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational,
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76 though an install script is provided.
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78 It comes with five issue tracker templates
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80 * a classic bug/feature tracker
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81 * a minimal skeleton;
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82 * a more extensive devel tracker for bug/features etc.
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83 * a responsive version of the devel tracker
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84 * a jinja2 based template based on devel
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86 and can use any of four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql and
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87 postgresql).
Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/