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Add support for an integer type to join the existing number type. Commit patch supplied for issue2550886. This can be used for properties used for ordering, counts etc. where a decimal point isn't needed. Developed by Anthony (antmail). Doc updates written by John Rouillard.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
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1 ========================================================
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2 Roundup - An Issue-Tracking System for Knowledge Workers
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3 ========================================================
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5 :Authors: Ka-Ping Yee (original), Richard Jones (implementation)
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12 Introduction
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13 ---------------
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15 This document presents a description of the components of the Roundup
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16 system and specifies their interfaces and behaviour in sufficient detail
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17 to guide an implementation. For the philosophy and rationale behind the
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18 Roundup design, see the first-round Software Carpentry `submission for
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19 Roundup`__. This document fleshes out that design as well as specifying
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20 interfaces so that the components can be developed separately.
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25 The Layer Cake
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26 -----------------
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28 Lots of software design documents come with a picture of a cake.
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29 Everybody seems to like them. I also like cakes (I think they are
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30 tasty). So I, too, shall include a picture of a cake here::
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32 ________________________________________________________________
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33 | E-mail Client | Web Browser | Detector Scripts | Shell |
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34 |---------------+---------------+--------------------+-----------|
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35 | E-mail User | Web User | Detector | Command |
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36 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
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37 | Roundup Database Layer |
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38 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
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39 | Hyperdatabase Layer |
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40 |----------------------------------------------------------------|
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41 | Storage Layer |
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42 ----------------------------------------------------------------
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45 parts of the cake are external components.
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52 Hyperdatabase
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56 hyperdatabase is a flexible data store that can hold configurable data
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57 in records which we call items.
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66 Dates and Date Arithmetic
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67 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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70 dates. The hyperdatabase module provides Timestamp objects for
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71 representing date-and-time stamps and Interval objects for representing
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72 date-and-time intervals.
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77 compared and are fairly readable when printed. An example of a valid
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79 format". When Timestamp objects are printed as strings, they appear in
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80 the full date format with the time always given in GMT. The full date
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81 format is always exactly 19 characters long.
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83 For user input, some partial forms are also permitted: the whole time or
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84 just the seconds may be omitted; and the whole date may be omitted or
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85 just the year may be omitted. If the time is given, the time is
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87 care of these conversions. In the following examples, suppose that
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88 ``yyyy`` is the current year, ``mm`` is the current month, and ``dd`` is
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89 the current day of the month; and suppose that the user is on Eastern
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90 Standard Time.
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92 - "2000-04-17" means <Date 2000-04-17.00:00:00>
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93 - "01-25" means <Date yyyy-01-25.00:00:00>
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107 - "3y" means three years
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108 - "2y 1m" means two years and one month
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109 - "1m 25d" means one month and 25 days
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110 - "2w 3d" means two weeks and three days
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111 - "1d 2:50" means one day, two hours, and 50 minutes
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112 - "14:00" means 14 hours
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113 - "0:04:33" means four minutes and 33 seconds
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116 The Date class should understand simple date expressions of the form
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117 *stamp* ``+`` *interval* and *stamp* ``-`` *interval*. When adding or
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119 handled separately. For example, when evaluating "``2000-06-25 + 1m
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120 10d``", we first add one month to get 2000-07-25, then add 10 days to
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124 Here is an outline of the Date and Interval classes::
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126 class Date:
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127 def __init__(self, spec, offset):
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128 """Construct a date given a specification and a time zone
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131 'spec' is a full date or a partial form, with an optional
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132 added or subtracted interval. 'offset' is the local time
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133 zone offset from GMT in hours.
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134 """
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136 def __add__(self, interval):
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137 """Add an interval to this date to produce another date."""
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139 def __sub__(self, interval):
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140 """Subtract an interval from this date to produce another
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141 date.
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142 """
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144 def __cmp__(self, other):
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145 """Compare this date to another date."""
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147 def __str__(self):
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159 """Construct an interval given a specification."""
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171 and the current local time is 19:34:02 on 25 June 2000::
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190 <Date 2000-06-07.00:34:02>
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194 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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220 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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222 Property names must begin with a letter.
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238 specified class. The class is part of the property; the value is an
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239 integer, the id of the chosen item.
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247 A property that is not specified will return as None from a *get*
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248 operation.
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252 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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256 The hyperdb module provides property objects to designate the different
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257 kinds of properties. These objects are used when specifying what
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258 properties belong in classes::
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260 class String:
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262 """An object designating a String property."""
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278 """An object designating a Date property."""
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302 """A database for storing records containing flexible data
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312 name, a directory path, a socket descriptor for a connection
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316 journal entries for any edits done on the database. If
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317 'journaltag' is None, the database is opened in read-only
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318 mode: the Class.create(), Class.set(), Class.retire(), and
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319 Class.restore() methods are disabled.
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320 """
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322 def __getattr__(self, classname):
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323 """A convenient way of calling self.getclass(classname)."""
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324
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325 def getclasses(self):
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326 """Return a list of the names of all existing classes."""
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327
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328 def getclass(self, classname):
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329 """Get the Class object representing a particular class.
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333 """
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335 class Class:
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336 """The handle to a particular class of items in a hyperdatabase.
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337 """
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338
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339 def __init__(self, db, classname, **properties):
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340 """Create a new class with a given name and property
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341 specification.
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342
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343 'classname' must not collide with the name of an existing
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344 class, or a ValueError is raised. The keyword arguments in
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345 'properties' must map names to property objects, or a
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346 TypeError is raised.
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348 A proxied reference to the database is available as the
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349 'db' attribute on instances. For example, in
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350 'IssueClass.send_message', the following is used to lookup
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351 users, messages and files::
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352
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353 users = self.db.user
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354 messages = self.db.msg
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355 files = self.db.file
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356 """
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357
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358 # Editing items:
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359
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360 def create(self, **propvalues):
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361 """Create a new item of this class and return its id.
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363 The keyword arguments in 'propvalues' map property names to
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364 values. The values of arguments must be acceptable for the
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365 types of their corresponding properties or a TypeError is
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366 raised. If this class has a key property, it must be
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367 present and its value must not collide with other key
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368 strings or a ValueError is raised. Any other properties on
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369 this class that are missing from the 'propvalues' dictionary
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372 """
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374 def get(self, itemid, propname):
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375 """Get the value of a property on an existing item of this
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376 class.
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378 'itemid' must be the id of an existing item of this class or
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379 an IndexError is raised. 'propname' must be the name of a
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380 property of this class or a KeyError is raised.
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381 """
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383 def set(self, itemid, **propvalues):
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384 """Modify a property on an existing item of this class.
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386 'itemid' must be the id of an existing item of this class or
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387 an IndexError is raised. Each key in 'propvalues' must be
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388 the name of a property of this class or a KeyError is
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389 raised. All values in 'propvalues' must be acceptable types
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390 for their corresponding properties or a TypeError is raised.
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391 If the value of the key property is set, it must not collide
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392 with other key strings or a ValueError is raised. If the
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393 value of a Link or Multilink property contains an invalid
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394 item id, a ValueError is raised.
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395 """
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397 def retire(self, itemid):
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398 """Retire an item.
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400 The properties on the item remain available from the get()
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403 and other items may reuse the values of their key
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405 """
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407 def restore(self, nodeid):
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408 '''Restore a retired node.
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410 Make node available for all operations like it was before
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411 retirement.
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412 '''
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414 def history(self, itemid):
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415 """Retrieve the journal of edits on a particular item.
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419
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420 The returned list contains tuples of the form
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421
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422 (date, tag, action, params)
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424 'date' is a Timestamp object specifying the time of the
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425 change and 'tag' is the journaltag specified when the
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426 database was opened. 'action' may be:
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428 'create' or 'set' -- 'params' is a dictionary of
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429 property values
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430 'link' or 'unlink' -- 'params' is (classname, itemid,
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431 propname)
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433 """
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434
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435 # Locating items:
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437 def setkey(self, propname):
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438 """Select a String property of this class to be the key
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439 property.
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442 class or None, or a TypeError is raised. The values of the
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445 """
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447 def getkey(self):
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448 """Return the name of the key property for this class or
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449 None.
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450 """
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452 def lookup(self, keyvalue):
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453 """Locate a particular item by its key property and return
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454 its id.
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458 property among the items in this class, the matching item's
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459 id is returned; otherwise a KeyError is raised.
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460 """
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462 def find(self, **propspec):
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463 """Get the ids of items in this class which link to the
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464 given items.
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467 propname={<itemid 1>:1, <itemid 2>:1, ...}
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468 'propname' must be the name of a property in this class,
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469 or a KeyError is raised. That property must
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470 be a Link or Multilink property, or a TypeError
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471 is raised.
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472
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473 Any item in this class whose 'propname' property links to
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474 any of the itemids will be returned. Examples::
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475
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476 db.issue.find(messages='1')
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477 db.issue.find(messages={'1':1,'3':1}, files={'7':1})
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478 """
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479
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480 def filter(self, search_matches, filterspec, sort, group):
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481 """Return a list of the ids of the active nodes in this class that
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482 match the 'filter' spec, sorted by the group spec and then the
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483 sort spec.
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484
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485 "search_matches" is a container type
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487 "filterspec" is {propname: value(s)}
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488
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489 "sort" and "group" are [(dir, prop), ...] where dir is '+', '-'
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490 or None and prop is a prop name or None. Note that for
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491 backward-compatibility reasons a single (dir, prop) tuple is
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492 also allowed.
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493
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494 The filter must match all properties specificed. If the property
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495 value to match is a list:
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496
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497 1. String properties must match all elements in the list, and
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498 2. Other properties must match any of the elements in the list.
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500 The propname in filterspec and prop in a sort/group spec may be
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501 transitive, i.e., it may contain properties of the form
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502 link.link.link.name, e.g. you can search for all issues where
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503 a message was added by a certain user in the last week with a
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504 filterspec of
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505 {'messages.author' : '42', 'messages.creation' : '.-1w;'}
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506 """
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507
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508 def list(self):
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509 """Return a list of the ids of the active items in this
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510 class.
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511 """
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512
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513 def count(self):
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514 """Get the number of items in this class.
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515
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516 If the returned integer is 'numitems', the ids of all the
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517 items in this class run from 1 to numitems, and numitems+1
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518 will be the id of the next item to be created in this class.
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519 """
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520
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521 # Manipulating properties:
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522
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523 def getprops(self):
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524 """Return a dictionary mapping property names to property
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525 objects.
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526 """
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527
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528 def addprop(self, **properties):
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529 """Add properties to this class.
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530
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531 The keyword arguments in 'properties' must map names to
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532 property objects, or a TypeError is raised. None of the
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533 keys in 'properties' may collide with the names of existing
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534 properties, or a ValueError is raised before any properties
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535 have been added.
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536 """
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537
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538 def getitem(self, itemid, cache=1):
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539 """ Return a Item convenience wrapper for the item.
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540
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541 'itemid' must be the id of an existing item of this class or
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542 an IndexError is raised.
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543
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544 'cache' indicates whether the transaction cache should be
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545 queried for the item. If the item has been modified and you
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546 need to determine what its values prior to modification are,
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547 you need to set cache=0.
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548 """
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549
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550 class Item:
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551 """ A convenience wrapper for the given item. It provides a
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552 mapping interface to a single item's properties
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553 """
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554
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555 Hyperdatabase Implementations
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556 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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557
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558 Hyperdatabase implementations exist to create the interface described in
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559 the `hyperdb interface specification`_ over an existing storage
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560 mechanism. Examples are relational databases, \*dbm key-value databases,
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561 and so on.
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562
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563 Several implementations are provided - they belong in the
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564 ``roundup.backends`` package.
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566
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567 Application Example
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568 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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570 Here is an example of how the hyperdatabase module would work in
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571 practice::
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572
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573 >>> import hyperdb
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574 >>> db = hyperdb.Database("foo.db", "ping")
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575 >>> db
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576 <hyperdb.Database "foo.db" opened by "ping">
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577 >>> hyperdb.Class(db, "status", name=hyperdb.String())
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578 <hyperdb.Class "status">
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579 >>> _.setkey("name")
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580 >>> db.status.create(name="unread")
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581 1
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582 >>> db.status.create(name="in-progress")
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583 2
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584 >>> db.status.create(name="testing")
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585 3
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586 >>> db.status.create(name="resolved")
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587 4
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588 >>> db.status.count()
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589 4
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590 >>> db.status.list()
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591 [1, 2, 3, 4]
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592 >>> db.status.lookup("in-progress")
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593 2
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594 >>> db.status.retire(3)
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595 >>> db.status.list()
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596 [1, 2, 4]
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597 >>> hyperdb.Class(db, "issue", title=hyperdb.String(), status=hyperdb.Link("status"))
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598 <hyperdb.Class "issue">
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599 >>> db.issue.create(title="spam", status=1)
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600 1
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601 >>> db.issue.create(title="eggs", status=2)
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602 2
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603 >>> db.issue.create(title="ham", status=4)
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604 3
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605 >>> db.issue.create(title="arguments", status=2)
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606 4
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607 >>> db.issue.create(title="abuse", status=1)
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609 >>> hyperdb.Class(db, "user", username=hyperdb.String(),
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610 ... password=hyperdb.String())
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611 <hyperdb.Class "user">
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612 >>> db.issue.addprop(fixer=hyperdb.Link("user"))
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613 >>> db.issue.getprops()
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614 {"title": <hyperdb.String>, "status": <hyperdb.Link to "status">,
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615 "user": <hyperdb.Link to "user">}
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616 >>> db.issue.set(5, status=2)
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617 >>> db.issue.get(5, "status")
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618 2
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619 >>> db.status.get(2, "name")
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620 "in-progress"
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621 >>> db.issue.get(5, "title")
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622 "abuse"
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623 >>> db.issue.find("status", db.status.lookup("in-progress"))
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624 [2, 4, 5]
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625 >>> db.issue.history(5)
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626 [(<Date 2000-06-28.19:09:43>, "ping", "create", {"title": "abuse",
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627 "status": 1}),
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628 (<Date 2000-06-28.19:11:04>, "ping", "set", {"status": 2})]
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629 >>> db.status.history(1)
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630 [(<Date 2000-06-28.19:09:43>, "ping", "link", ("issue", 5, "status")),
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631 (<Date 2000-06-28.19:11:04>, "ping", "unlink", ("issue", 5, "status"))]
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632 >>> db.status.history(2)
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636 For the purposes of journalling, when a Multilink property is set to a
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637 new list of items, the hyperdatabase compares the old list to the new
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638 list. The journal records "unlink" events for all the items that appear
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640 items that appear in the new list but not in the old list.
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642
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643 Roundup Database
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644 ----------------
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645
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646 The Roundup database layer is implemented on top of the hyperdatabase
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647 and mediates calls to the database. Some of the classes in the Roundup
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648 database are considered issue classes. The Roundup database layer adds
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649 detectors and user items, and on issues it provides mail spools, nosy
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650 lists, and superseders.
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651
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653 Reserved Classes
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654 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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655
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656 Internal to this layer we reserve three special classes of items that
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657 are not issues.
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658
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659 Users
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660 """""
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662 Users are stored in the hyperdatabase as items of class "user". The
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663 "user" class has the definition::
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664
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665 hyperdb.Class(db, "user", username=hyperdb.String(),
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666 password=hyperdb.String(),
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667 address=hyperdb.String())
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668 db.user.setkey("username")
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669
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670 Messages
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671 """"""""
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672
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673 E-mail messages are represented by hyperdatabase items of class "msg".
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674 The actual text content of the messages is stored in separate files.
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675 (There's no advantage to be gained by stuffing them into the
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676 hyperdatabase, and if messages are stored in ordinary text files, they
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677 can be grepped from the command line.) The text of a message is saved
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679 sake of the command interface (see below). Attachments are stored
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680 separately and associated with "file" items. The "msg" class has the
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682
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683 hyperdb.Class(db, "msg", author=hyperdb.Link("user"),
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684 recipients=hyperdb.Multilink("user"),
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685 date=hyperdb.Date(),
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686 summary=hyperdb.String(),
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687 files=hyperdb.Multilink("file"))
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688
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689 The "author" property indicates the author of the message (a "user" item
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690 must exist in the hyperdatabase for any messages that are stored in the
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691 system). The "summary" property contains a summary of the message for
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692 display in a message index.
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694
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695 Files
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696 """""
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697
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698 Submitted files are represented by hyperdatabase items of class "file".
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699 Like e-mail messages, the file content is stored in files outside the
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700 database, named after the file item designator (e.g. "file17"). The
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701 "file" class has the definition::
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702
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703 hyperdb.Class(db, "file", user=hyperdb.Link("user"),
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704 name=hyperdb.String(),
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705 type=hyperdb.String())
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706
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707 The "user" property indicates the user who submitted the file, the
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708 "name" property holds the original name of the file, and the "type"
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711
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712 Issue Classes
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713 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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714
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715 All issues have the following standard properties:
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716
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717 =========== ==========================
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718 Property Definition
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719 =========== ==========================
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720 title hyperdb.String()
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721 messages hyperdb.Multilink("msg")
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722 files hyperdb.Multilink("file")
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723 nosy hyperdb.Multilink("user")
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724 superseder hyperdb.Multilink("issue")
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725 =========== ==========================
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726
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727 Also, two Date properties named "creation" and "activity" are fabricated
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728 by the Roundup database layer. Two user Link properties, "creator" and
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729 "actor" are also fabricated. By "fabricated" we mean that no such
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730 properties are actually stored in the hyperdatabase, but when properties
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731 on issues are requested, the "creation"/"creator" and "activity"/"actor"
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732 properties are made available. The value of the "creation"/"creator"
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733 properties relate to issue creation, and the value of the "activity"/
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734 "actor" properties relate to the last editing of any property on the issue
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735 (equivalently, these are the dates on the first and last records in the
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736 issue's journal).
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738
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739 Roundupdb Interface Specification
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740 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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741
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742 The interface to a Roundup database delegates most method calls to the
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743 hyperdatabase, except for the following changes and additional methods::
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744
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745 class Database:
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746 def getuid(self):
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747 """Return the id of the "user" item associated with the user
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748 that owns this connection to the hyperdatabase."""
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749
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750 class Class:
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751 # Overridden methods:
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752
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753 def create(self, **propvalues):
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754 def set(self, **propvalues):
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755 def retire(self, itemid):
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756 """These operations trigger detectors and can be vetoed.
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757 Attempts to modify the "creation", "creator", "activity"
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758 properties or "actor" cause a KeyError.
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759 """
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760
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761 class IssueClass(Class):
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762 # Overridden methods:
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763
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764 def __init__(self, db, classname, **properties):
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765 """The newly-created class automatically includes the
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766 "messages", "files", "nosy", and "superseder" properties.
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767 If the 'properties' dictionary attempts to specify any of
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768 these properties or a "creation", "creator", "activity" or
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769 "actor" property, a ValueError is raised."""
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771 def get(self, itemid, propname):
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772 def getprops(self):
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773 """In addition to the actual properties on the item, these
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774 methods provide the "creation", "creator", "activity" and
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775 "actor" properties."""
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776
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777 # New methods:
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778
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779 def addmessage(self, itemid, summary, text):
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780 """Add a message to an issue's mail spool.
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781
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782 A new "msg" item is constructed using the current date, the
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783 user that owns the database connection as the author, and
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784 the specified summary text. The "files" and "recipients"
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785 fields are left empty. The given text is saved as the body
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786 of the message and the item is appended to the "messages"
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787 field of the specified issue.
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788 """
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789
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790 def nosymessage(self, itemid, msgid):
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791 """Send a message to the members of an issue's nosy list.
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792
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793 The message is sent only to users on the nosy list who are
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794 not already on the "recipients" list for the message. These
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795 users are then added to the message's "recipients" list.
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796 """
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797
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798
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799 Default Schema
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800 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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801
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802 The default schema included with Roundup turns it into a typical
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803 software bug tracker. The database is set up like this::
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804
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805 pri = Class(db, "priority", name=hyperdb.String(),
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806 order=hyperdb.String())
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807 pri.setkey("name")
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808 pri.create(name="critical", order="1")
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809 pri.create(name="urgent", order="2")
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810 pri.create(name="bug", order="3")
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811 pri.create(name="feature", order="4")
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812 pri.create(name="wish", order="5")
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813
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814 stat = Class(db, "status", name=hyperdb.String(),
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815 order=hyperdb.String())
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816 stat.setkey("name")
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817 stat.create(name="unread", order="1")
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818 stat.create(name="deferred", order="2")
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819 stat.create(name="chatting", order="3")
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820 stat.create(name="need-eg", order="4")
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821 stat.create(name="in-progress", order="5")
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822 stat.create(name="testing", order="6")
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823 stat.create(name="done-cbb", order="7")
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824 stat.create(name="resolved", order="8")
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825
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826 Class(db, "keyword", name=hyperdb.String())
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827
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828 Class(db, "issue", fixer=hyperdb.Multilink("user"),
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829 keyword=hyperdb.Multilink("keyword"),
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830 priority=hyperdb.Link("priority"),
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831 status=hyperdb.Link("status"))
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832
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833 (The "order" property hasn't been explained yet. It gets used by the
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834 Web user interface for sorting.)
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835
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836 The above isn't as pretty-looking as the schema specification in the
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837 first-stage submission, but it could be made just as easy with the
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838 addition of a convenience function like Choice for setting up the
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839 "priority" and "status" classes::
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840
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841 def Choice(name, *options):
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842 cl = Class(db, name, name=hyperdb.String(),
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843 order=hyperdb.String())
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844 for i in range(len(options)):
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845 cl.create(name=option[i], order=i)
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846 return hyperdb.Link(name)
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847
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848
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849 Detector Interface
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850 ------------------
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851
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852 Detectors are Python functions that are triggered on certain kinds of
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853 events. These functions are placed in a special directory which exists
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854 just for this purpose. Importing the Roundup
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855 database module also imports all the modules in this directory, and the
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856 ``init()`` function of each module is called when a database is opened
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857 to provide it a chance to register its detectors.
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858
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859 There are two kinds of detectors:
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860
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861 1. an `auditor` is triggered just before modifying an item
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862 2. a `reactor` is triggered just after an item has been modified
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863
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864 When the Roundup database is about to perform a ``create()``, ``set()``,
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865 ``retire()``, or ``restore`` operation, it first calls any *auditors*
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866 that have been registered for that operation on that class. Any auditor
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867 may raise a *Reject* exception to abort the operation.
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868
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869 If none of the auditors raises an exception, the database proceeds to
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870 carry out the operation. After it's done, it then calls all of the
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871 *reactors* that have been registered for the operation.
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872
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873
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874 Detector Interface Specification
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875 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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876
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877 The ``audit()`` and ``react()`` methods register detectors on a given
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878 class of items::
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879
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880 class Class:
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881 def audit(self, event, detector, priority=100):
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882 """Register an auditor on this class.
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883
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884 'event' should be one of "create", "set", "retire", or
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885 "restore". 'detector' should be a function accepting four
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887 order is undefined for detectors with the same priority.
907
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888 """
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889
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890 def react(self, event, detector, priority=100):
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891 """Register a reactor on this class.
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893 'event' should be one of "create", "set", "retire", or
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894 "restore". 'detector' should be a function accepting four
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896 order is undefined for detectors with the same priority.
907
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897 """
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898
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899 Auditors are called with the arguments::
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900
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901 audit(db, cl, itemid, newdata)
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904 IssueClass within the database, and ``newdata`` is a dictionary mapping
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905 property names to values.
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907 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is None and
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908 newdata contains all of the initial property values with which the item
907
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909 is about to be created.
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911 For a ``set()`` operation, newdata contains only the names and values of
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912 properties that are about to be changed.
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913
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914 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, newdata is None.
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915
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916 Reactors are called with the arguments::
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917
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918 react(db, cl, itemid, olddata)
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921 IssueClass within the database, and ``olddata`` is a dictionary mapping
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922 property names to values.
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924 For a ``create()`` operation, the ``itemid`` argument is the id of the
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925 newly-created item and ``olddata`` is None.
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927 For a ``set()`` operation, ``olddata`` contains the names and previous
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928 values of properties that were changed.
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929
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930 For a ``retire()`` or ``restore()`` operation, ``itemid`` is the id of
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931 the retired or restored item and ``olddata`` is None.
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932
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933
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934 Detector Example
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935 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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936
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937 Here is an example of detectors written for a hypothetical
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938 project-management application, where users can signal approval of a
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939 project by adding themselves to an "approvals" list, and a project
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940 proceeds when it has three approvals::
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941
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942 # Permit users only to add themselves to the "approvals" list.
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943
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944 def check_approvals(db, cl, id, newdata):
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945 if newdata.has_key("approvals"):
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946 if cl.get(id, "status") == db.status.lookup("approved"):
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947 raise Reject, "You can't modify the approvals list " \
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948 "for a project that has already been approved."
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949 old = cl.get(id, "approvals")
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950 new = newdata["approvals"]
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951 for uid in old:
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952 if uid not in new and uid != db.getuid():
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953 raise Reject, "You can't remove other users from " \
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954 "the approvals list; you can only remove " \
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955 "yourself."
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956 for uid in new:
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957 if uid not in old and uid != db.getuid():
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958 raise Reject, "You can't add other users to the " \
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959 "approvals list; you can only add yourself."
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960
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961 # When three people have approved a project, change its status from
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962 # "pending" to "approved".
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963
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964 def approve_project(db, cl, id, olddata):
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965 if (olddata.has_key("approvals") and
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966 len(cl.get(id, "approvals")) == 3):
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967 if cl.get(id, "status") == db.status.lookup("pending"):
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968 cl.set(id, status=db.status.lookup("approved"))
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969
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970 def init(db):
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971 db.project.audit("set", check_approval)
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972 db.project.react("set", approve_project)
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973
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974 Here is another example of a detector that can allow or prevent the
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975 creation of new items. In this scenario, patches for a software project
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976 are submitted by sending in e-mail with an attached file, and we want to
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977 ensure that there are text/plain attachments on the message. The
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978 maintainer of the package can then apply the patch by setting its status
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979 to "applied"::
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980
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981 # Only accept attempts to create new patches that come with patch
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982 # files.
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983
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984 def check_new_patch(db, cl, id, newdata):
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985 if not newdata["files"]:
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986 raise Reject, "You can't submit a new patch without " \
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987 "attaching a patch file."
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988 for fileid in newdata["files"]:
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989 if db.file.get(fileid, "type") != "text/plain":
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990 raise Reject, "Submitted patch files must be " \
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991 "text/plain."
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992
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993 # When the status is changed from "approved" to "applied", apply the
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994 # patch.
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995
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996 def apply_patch(db, cl, id, olddata):
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997 if (cl.get(id, "status") == db.status.lookup("applied") and
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998 olddata["status"] == db.status.lookup("approved")):
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999 # ...apply the patch...
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1000
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1001 def init(db):
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1002 db.patch.audit("create", check_new_patch)
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1003 db.patch.react("set", apply_patch)
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1004
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1005
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1006 Command Interface
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1007 -----------------
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1008
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1009 The command interface is a very simple and minimal interface, intended
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1010 only for quick searches and checks from the shell prompt. (Anything more
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1011 interesting can simply be written in Python using the Roundup database
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1012 module.)
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1013
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1014
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1015 Command Interface Specification
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1016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1017
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1018 A single command, ``roundup-admin``, provides basic access to the hyperdatabase
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1019 from the command line::
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1020
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parents: 907
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1021 roundup-admin help
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parents: 907
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1022 roundup-admin get [-list] designator[, designator,...] propname
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parents: 907
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1023 roundup-admin set designator[, designator,...] propname=value ...
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parents: 907
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1024 roundup-admin find [-list] classname propname=value ...
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1025
910
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1026 See ``roundup-admin help commands`` for a complete list of commands.
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1027
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1028 Property values are represented as strings in command arguments and in
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1029 the printed results:
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1030
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1031 - Strings are, well, strings.
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1032
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parents: 4920
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1033 - Integers/Numbers are displayed the same as strings.
907
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1034
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1035 - Booleans are displayed as 'Yes' or 'No'.
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1036
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1037 - Date values are printed in the full date format in the local time
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1038 zone, and accepted in the full format or any of the partial formats
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1039 explained above.
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1040
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1041 - Link values are printed as item designators. When given as an
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1042 argument, item designators and key strings are both accepted.
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1043
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1044 - Multilink values are printed as lists of item designators joined by
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1045 commas. When given as an argument, item designators and key strings
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1046 are both accepted; an empty string, a single item, or a list of items
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1047 joined by commas is accepted.
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1048
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1049 When multiple items are specified to the roundup-admin get or roundup-admin set
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1050 commands, the specified properties are retrieved or set on all the
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1051 listed items.
907
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1052
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1053 When multiple results are returned by the roundup-admin get or
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parents: 4048
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1054 roundup-admin find
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1055 commands, they are printed one per line (default) or joined by commas
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1056 (with the -list) option.
907
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1057
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1058
907
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1059 Usage Example
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1060 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1061
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1062 To find all messages regarding in-progress issues that contain the word
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1063 "spam", for example, you could execute the following command from the
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1064 directory where the database dumps its files::
907
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1065
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1066 shell% for issue in `roundup-admin find issue status=in-progress`; do
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parents: 4048
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1067 > grep -l spam `roundup-admin get $issue messages`
907
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1068 > done
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1069 msg23
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1070 msg49
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1071 msg50
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1072 msg61
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1073 shell%
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1074
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1075 Or, using the -list option, this can be written as a single command::
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1076
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1077 shell% grep -l spam `roundup-admin get \
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1078 \`roundup-admin find -list issue status=in-progress\` messages`
907
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1079 msg23
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1080 msg49
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1081 msg50
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1082 msg61
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1083 shell%
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1084
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1085
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1086 E-mail User Interface
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1087 ---------------------
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1088
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1089 The Roundup system must be assigned an e-mail address at which to
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1090 receive mail. Messages should be piped to the Roundup mail-handling
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1091 script by the mail delivery system (e.g. using an alias beginning with
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1092 "|" for sendmail).
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1094
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1095 Message Processing
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1096 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1097
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1098 Incoming messages are examined for multiple parts. In a multipart/mixed
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1099 message or part, each subpart is extracted and examined. In a
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1100 multipart/alternative message or part, we look for a text/plain subpart
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1101 and ignore the other parts. The text/plain subparts are assembled to
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1102 form the textual body of the message, to be stored in the file
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1103 associated with a "msg" class item. Any parts of other types are each
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1104 stored in separate files and given "file" class items that are linked to
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1105 the "msg" item.
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1107 The "summary" property on message items is taken from the first
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1108 non-quoting section in the message body. The message body is divided
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1109 into sections by blank lines. Sections where the second and all
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1110 subsequent lines begin with a ">" or "|" character are considered
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1111 "quoting sections". The first line of the first non-quoting section
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1112 becomes the summary of the message.
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1113
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1114 All of the addresses in the To: and Cc: headers of the incoming message
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1115 are looked up among the user items, and the corresponding users are
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1116 placed in the "recipients" property on the new "msg" item. The address
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1117 in the From: header similarly determines the "author" property of the
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1118 new "msg" item. The default handling for addresses that don't have
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1119 corresponding users is to create new users with no passwords and a
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1120 username equal to the address. (The web interface does not permit
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1121 logins for users with no passwords.) If we prefer to reject mail from
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1122 outside sources, we can simply register an auditor on the "user" class
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1123 that prevents the creation of user items with no passwords.
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1124
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1125 The subject line of the incoming message is examined to determine
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1126 whether the message is an attempt to create a new issue or to discuss an
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1127 existing issue. A designator enclosed in square brackets is sought as
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1128 the first thing on the subject line (after skipping any "Fwd:" or "Re:"
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1129 prefixes).
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1131 If an issue designator (class name and id number) is found there, the
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1132 newly created "msg" item is added to the "messages" property for that
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1133 issue, and any new "file" items are added to the "files" property for
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1134 the issue.
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1135
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1136 If just an issue class name is found there, we attempt to create a new
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1137 issue of that class with its "messages" property initialized to contain
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1138 the new "msg" item and its "files" property initialized to contain any
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1139 new "file" items.
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1140
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1141 Both cases may trigger detectors (in the first case we are calling the
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1142 set() method to add the message to the issue's spool; in the second case
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1143 we are calling the create() method to create a new item). If an auditor
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1144 raises an exception, the original message is bounced back to the sender
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1145 with the explanatory message given in the exception.
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1146
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1147
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1148 Nosy Lists
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1149 ~~~~~~~~~~
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1150
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1151 A standard detector is provided that watches for additions to the
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1152 "messages" property. When a new message is added, the detector sends it
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1153 to all the users on the "nosy" list for the issue that are not already
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1154 on the "recipients" list of the message. Those users are then appended
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1155 to the "recipients" property on the message, so multiple copies of a
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1156 message are never sent to the same user. The journal recorded by the
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1157 hyperdatabase on the "recipients" property then provides a log of when
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1158 the message was sent to whom.
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1159
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1160
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1161 Setting Properties
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1162 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1163
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1164 The e-mail interface also provides a simple way to set properties on
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1165 issues. At the end of the subject line, ``propname=value`` pairs can be
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1166 specified in square brackets, using the same conventions as for the
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1167 roundup-admin ``set`` shell command.
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1168
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1169
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1170 Web User Interface
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1171 ------------------
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1172
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1173 The web interface is provided by a CGI script that can be run under any
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1174 web server. A simple web server can easily be built on the standard
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1175 CGIHTTPServer module, and should also be included in the distribution
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1176 for quick out-of-the-box deployment.
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1178 The user interface is constructed from a number of template files
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1179 containing mostly HTML. Among the HTML tags in templates are
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1180 interspersed some nonstandard tags, which we use as placeholders to be
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1182
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1183
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1184 Views and View Specifiers
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1185 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1186
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1187 There are two main kinds of views: *index* views and *issue* views. An
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1188 index view displays a list of issues of a particular class, optionally
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1189 sorted and filtered as requested. An issue view presents the properties
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1190 of a particular issue for editing and displays the message spool for the
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1191 issue.
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1192
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1193 A view specifier is a string that specifies all the options needed to
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1194 construct a particular view. It goes after the URL to the Roundup CGI
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1195 script or the web server to form the complete URL to a view. When the
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1196 result of selecting a link or submitting a form takes the user to a new
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1197 view, the Web browser should be redirected to a canonical location
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1198 containing a complete view specifier so that the view can be bookmarked.
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1199
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1200
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1201 Displaying Properties
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1202 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1203
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1204 Properties appear in the user interface in three contexts: in indices,
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1205 in editors, and as search filters. For each type of property, there are
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1206 several display possibilities. For example, in an index view, a string
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1207 property may just be printed as a plain string, but in an editor view,
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1208 that property should be displayed in an editable field.
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1209
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1210 The display of a property is handled by functions in the
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1211 ``cgi.templating`` module.
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1212
1244
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1213 Displayer functions are triggered by ``tal:content`` or ``tal:replace``
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1214 tag attributes in templates. The value of the attribute provides an
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1215 expression for calling the displayer function. For example, the
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1216 occurrence of::
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1217
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1218 tal:content="context/status/plain"
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1219
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1220 in a template triggers a call to::
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1221
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1222 context['status'].plain()
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1223
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1224 where the context would be an item of the "issue" class. The displayer
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1225 functions can accept extra arguments to further specify details about
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1226 the widgets that should be generated.
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1227
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1228 Some of the standard displayer functions include:
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1229
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1230 ========= ==============================================================
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1231 Function Description
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1232 ========= ==============================================================
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1233 plain display a String property directly;
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1234 display a Date property in a specified time zone with an
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1235 option to omit the time from the date stamp; for a Link or
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1236 Multilink property, display the key strings of the linked
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1237 items (or the ids if the linked class has no key property)
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1238 field display a property like the plain displayer above, but in a
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1239 text field to be edited
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1240 menu for a Link property, display a menu of the available choices
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1241 ========= ==============================================================
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1243 See the `customisation`_ documentation for the complete list.
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1244
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1246 Index Views
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1247 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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1249 An index view contains two sections: a filter section and an index
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1250 section. The filter section provides some widgets for selecting which
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1251 issues appear in the index. The index section is a table of issues.
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1254 Index View Specifiers
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1255 """""""""""""""""""""
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1257 An index view specifier looks like this (whitespace has been added for
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1258 clarity)::
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1260 /issue?status=unread,in-progress,resolved&
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1261 keyword=security,ui&
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1262 :group=priority,-status&
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1263 :sort=-activity&
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1264 :filters=status,keyword&
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1265 :columns=title,status,fixer
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1268 The index view is determined by two parts of the specifier: the layout
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1269 part and the filter part. The layout part consists of the query
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1270 parameters that begin with colons, and it determines the way that the
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1271 properties of selected items are displayed. The filter part consists of
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1272 all the other query parameters, and it determines the criteria by which
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1273 items are selected for display.
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1275 The filter part is interactively manipulated with the form widgets
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1276 displayed in the filter section. The layout part is interactively
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1277 manipulated by clicking on the column headings in the table.
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1278
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1279 The filter part selects the union of the sets of issues with values
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1280 matching any specified Link properties and the intersection of the sets
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1281 of issues with values matching any specified Multilink properties.
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1282
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1283 The example specifies an index of "issue" items. Only issues with a
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1284 "status" of either "unread" or "in-progres" or "resolved" are displayed,
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1285 and only issues with "keyword" values including both "security" and "ui"
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1286 are displayed. The items are grouped by priority arranged in ascending
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1287 order and in descending order by status; and within groups, sorted by
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1288 activity, arranged in descending order. The filter section shows
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1289 filters for the "status" and "keyword" properties, and the table includes
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1290 columns for the "title", "status", and "fixer" properties.
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1291
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1292 Associated with each issue class is a default layout specifier. The
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1293 layout specifier in the above example is the default layout to be
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1294 provided with the default bug-tracker schema described above in section
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1295 4.4.
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1296
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1297 Index Section
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1298 """""""""""""
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1299
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1300 The template for an index section describes one row of the index table.
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1301 Fragments protected by a ``tal:condition="request/show/<property>"`` are
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1302 included or omitted depending on whether the view specifier requests a
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1303 column for a particular property. The table cells are filled by the
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1304 ``tal:content="context/<property>"`` directive, which displays the value
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1305 of the property.
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1306
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1307 Here's a simple example of an index template::
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1308
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1309 <tr>
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1310 <td tal:condition="request/show/title"
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1311 tal:content="contex/title"></td>
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1312 <td tal:condition="request/show/status"
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1313 tal:content="contex/status"></td>
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1314 <td tal:condition="request/show/fixer"
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1315 tal:content="contex/fixer"></td>
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1316 </tr>
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1317
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1318 Sorting
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1319 """""""
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1320
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1321 String and Date values are sorted in the natural way. Link properties
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1322 are sorted according to the value of the "order" property on the linked
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1323 items if it is present; or otherwise on the key string of the linked
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1324 items; or finally on the item ids. Multilink properties are sorted
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1325 according to how many links are present.
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1326
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1327 Issue Views
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1328 ~~~~~~~~~~~
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1329
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1330 An issue view contains an editor section and a spool section. At the top
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1331 of an issue view, links to superseding and superseded issues are always
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1332 displayed.
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1333
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1334 Issue View Specifiers
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1335 """""""""""""""""""""
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1336
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1337 An issue view specifier is simply the issue's designator::
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1338
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1339 /patch23
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1340
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1341
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1342 Editor Section
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1343 """"""""""""""
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1345 The editor section is generated from a template containing
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1346 ``tal:content="context/<property>/<widget>"`` directives to insert the
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1347 appropriate widgets for editing properties.
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1348
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1349 Here's an example of a basic editor template::
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1350
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1351 <table>
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1352 <tr>
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1354 tal:content="python:context.title.field(size='60')"></td>
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1355 </tr>
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1356 <tr>
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1357 <td tal:content="context/fixer/field"></td>
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1358 <td tal:content="context/status/menu"></td>
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1359 </tr>
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1361 <td tal:content="context/nosy/field"></td>
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1362 <td tal:content="context/priority/menu"></td>
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1363 </tr>
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1364 <tr>
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1365 <td colspan=2>
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1366 <textarea name=":note" rows=5 cols=60></textarea>
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1367 </td>
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1369 </table>
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1371 As shown in the example, the editor template can also include a ":note"
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1372 field, which is a text area for entering a note to go along with a
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1373 change.
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1375 When a change is submitted, the system automatically generates a message
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1376 describing the changed properties. The message displays all of the
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1377 property values on the issue and indicates which ones have changed. An
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1378 example of such a message might be this::
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1379
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1380 title: Polly Parrot is dead
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1381 priority: critical
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1382 status: unread -> in-progress
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1383 fixer: (none)
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1384 keywords: parrot,plumage,perch,nailed,dead
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1387 description. The message is then added to the issue's message spool
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1388 (thus triggering the standard detector to react by sending out this
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1389 message to the nosy list).
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1391
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1392 Spool Section
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1393 """""""""""""
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1394
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1395 The spool section lists messages in the issue's "messages" property.
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1396 The index of messages displays the "date", "author", and "summary"
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1397 properties on the message items, and selecting a message takes you to
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1398 its content.
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1400 Access Control
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1401 --------------
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1402
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1403 At each point that requires an action to be performed, the security
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1404 mechanisms are asked if the current user has permission. This permission
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1405 is defined as a Permission.
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1406
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1407 Individual assignment of Permission to user is unwieldy. The concept of
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1408 a Role, which encompasses several Permissions and may be assigned to
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1409 many Users, is quite well developed in many projects. Roundup will take
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1410 this path, and allow the multiple assignment of Roles to Users, and
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1411 multiple Permissions to Roles. These definitions are not persistent -
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1412 they're defined when the application initialises.
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1413
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1414 There will be three levels of Permission. The Class level permissions
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1415 define logical permissions associated with all items of a particular
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1416 class (or all classes). The Item level permissions define logical
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1417 permissions associated with specific items by way of their user-linked
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1418 properties. The Property level permissions define logical permissions
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1419 associated with a specific property of an item.
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1420
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1421
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1422 Access Control Interface Specification
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1423 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1424
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1425 The security module defines::
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1426
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1427 class Permission:
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1428 ''' Defines a Permission with the attributes
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1429 - name
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1430 - description
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1431 - klass (optional)
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1432 - properties (optional)
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1433 - check function (optional)
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1434
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1435 The klass may be unset, indicating that this permission is
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1436 not locked to a particular hyperdb class. There may be
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1437 multiple Permissions for the same name for different
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1438 classes.
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1439
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1440 If property names are set, permission is restricted to those
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1441 properties only.
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1442
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1443 If check function is set, permission is granted only when
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1444 the function returns value interpreted as boolean true.
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1445 The function is called with arguments db, userid, itemid.
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1446 '''
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1447
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1448 class Role:
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1449 ''' Defines a Role with the attributes
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1450 - name
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1451 - description
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1452 - permissions
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1453 '''
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1454
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1455 class Security:
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1456 def __init__(self, db):
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1457 ''' Initialise the permission and role stores, and add in
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1458 the base roles (for admin user).
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1459 '''
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1460
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1461 def getPermission(self, permission, classname=None, properties=None,
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1462 check=None):
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1463 ''' Find the Permission exactly matching the name, class,
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1464 properties list and check function.
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1465
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1466 Raise ValueError if there is no exact match.
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1467 '''
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1468
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1469 def hasPermission(self, permission, userid, classname=None,
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1470 property=None, itemid=None):
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1471 ''' Look through all the Roles, and hence Permissions, and
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1472 see if "permission" exists given the constraints of
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1473 classname, property and itemid.
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1474
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1475 If classname is specified (and only classname) then the
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1476 search will match if there is *any* Permission for that
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1477 classname, even if the Permission has additional
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1478 constraints.
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1479
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1480 If property is specified, the Permission matched must have
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1481 either no properties listed or the property must appear in
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1482 the list.
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1483
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1484 If itemid is specified, the Permission matched must have
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1485 either no check function defined or the check function,
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1486 when invoked, must return a True value.
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1487
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1488 Note that this functionality is actually implemented by the
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1489 Permission.test() method.
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1490 '''
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1491
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1492 def addPermission(self, **propspec):
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1493 ''' Create a new Permission with the properties defined in
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1494 'propspec'. See the Permission class for the possible
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1495 keyword args.
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1496 '''
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1497
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1498 def addRole(self, **propspec):
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1499 ''' Create a new Role with the properties defined in
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1500 'propspec'
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1501 '''
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1502
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1503 def addPermissionToRole(self, rolename, permission):
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1504 ''' Add the permission to the role's permission list.
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1505
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1506 'rolename' is the name of the role to add permission to.
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1507 '''
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1508
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1509 Modules such as ``cgi/client.py`` and ``mailgw.py`` define their own
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1510 permissions like so (this example is ``cgi/client.py``)::
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1511
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1512 def initialiseSecurity(security):
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1513 ''' Create some Permissions and Roles on the security object
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1514
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1515 This function is directly invoked by
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1516 security.Security.__init__() as a part of the Security
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1517 object instantiation.
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1518 '''
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1519 p = security.addPermission(name="Web Registration",
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1520 description="Anonymous users may register through the web")
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1521 security.addToRole('Anonymous', p)
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1522
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1523 Detectors may also define roles in their init() function::
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1524
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1525 def init(db):
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1526 # register an auditor that checks that a user has the "May
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1527 # Resolve" Permission before allowing them to set an issue
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1528 # status to "resolved"
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1529 db.issue.audit('set', checkresolvedok)
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1530 p = db.security.addPermission(name="May Resolve", klass="issue")
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1531 security.addToRole('Manager', p)
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1532
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1533 The tracker dbinit module then has in ``open()``::
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1534
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1535 # open the database - it must be modified to init the Security class
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1536 # from security.py as db.security
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1537 db = Database(config, name)
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1538
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1539 # add some extra permissions and associate them with roles
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1540 ei = db.security.addPermission(name="Edit", klass="issue",
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1541 description="User is allowed to edit issues")
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1542 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', ei)
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1543 ai = db.security.addPermission(name="View", klass="issue",
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1544 description="User is allowed to access issues")
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1545 db.security.addPermissionToRole('User', ai)
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1546
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1547 In the dbinit ``init()``::
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1548
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1549 # create the two default users
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1550 user.create(username="admin", password=Password(adminpw),
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1551 address=config.ADMIN_EMAIL, roles='Admin')
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1552 user.create(username="anonymous", roles='Anonymous')
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1553
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1554 Then in the code that matters, calls to ``hasPermission`` and
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1555 ``hasItemPermission`` are made to determine if the user has permission
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1556 to perform some action::
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1557
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1558 if db.security.hasPermission('issue', 'Edit', userid):
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1559 # all ok
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1560
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1561 if db.security.hasItemPermission('issue', itemid,
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1562 assignedto=userid):
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1563 # all ok
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1564
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1565 Code in the core will make use of these methods, as should code in
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1566 auditors in custom templates. The HTML templating may access the access
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1567 controls through the *user* attribute of the *request* variable. It
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1568 exposes a ``hasPermission()`` method::
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1569
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1570 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit', 'issue')"
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1571
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1572 or, if the *context* is *issue*, then the following is the same::
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1573
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1574 tal:condition="python:request.user.hasPermission('Edit')"
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1575
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1576
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1577 Authentication of Users
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1578 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1579
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1580 Users must be authenticated correctly for the above controls to work.
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1581 This is not done in the current mail gateway at all. Use of digital
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1582 signing of messages could alleviate this problem.
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1583
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1584 The exact mechanism of registering the digital signature should be
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1585 flexible, with perhaps a level of trust. Users who supply their
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1586 signature through their first message into the tracker should be at a
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1587 lower level of trust to those who supply their signature to an admin for
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1588 submission to their user details.
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1589
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1590
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1591 Anonymous Users
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1592 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1593
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1594 The "anonymous" user must always exist, and defines the access
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1595 permissions for anonymous users. Unknown users accessing Roundup through
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1596 the web or email interfaces will be logged in as the "anonymous" user.
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1597
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1598
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1599 Use Cases
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1600 ~~~~~~~~~
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1601
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1602 public - end users can submit bugs, request new features, request
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1603 support
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1604 The Users would be given the default "User" Role which gives "View"
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1605 and "Edit" Permission to the "issue" class.
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1606 developer - developers can fix bugs, implement new features, provide
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1607 support
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1608 A new Role "Developer" is created with the Permission "Fixer" which
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1609 is checked for in custom auditors that see whether the issue is
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1610 being resolved with a particular resolution ("fixed", "implemented",
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1611 "supported") and allows that resolution only if the permission is
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1612 available.
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1613 manager - approvers/managers can approve new features and signoff bug
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1614 fixes
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1615 A new Role "Manager" is created with the Permission "Signoff" which
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1616 is checked for in custom auditors that see whether the issue status
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1617 is being changed similar to the developer example. admin -
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1618 administrators can add users and set user's roles The existing Role
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1619 "Admin" has the Permissions "Edit" for all classes (including
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1620 "user") and "Web Roles" which allow the desired actions.
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1621 system - automated request handlers running various report/escalation
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1622 scripts
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1623 A combination of existing and new Roles, Permissions and auditors
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1624 could be used here.
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1625 privacy - issues that are only visible to some users
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1626 A new property is added to the issue which marks the user or group
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1627 of users who are allowed to view and edit the issue. An auditor will
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1628 check for edit access, and the template user object can check for
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1629 view access.
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1630
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1631
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1632 Deployment Scenarios
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1633 --------------------
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1634
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1635 The design described above should be general enough to permit the use of
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1636 Roundup for bug tracking, managing projects, managing patches, or
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1637 holding discussions. By using items of multiple types, one could deploy
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1638 a system that maintains requirement specifications, catalogs bugs, and
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1639 manages submitted patches, where patches could be linked to the bugs and
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1640 requirements they address.
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1641
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1642
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1643 Acknowledgements
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1644 ----------------
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1645
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1646 My thanks are due to Christy Heyl for reviewing and contributing
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1647 suggestions to this paper and motivating me to get it done, and to Jesse
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1648 Vincent, Mark Miller, Christopher Simons, Jeff Dunmall, Wayne Gramlich,
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1649 and Dean Tribble for their assistance with the first-round submission.
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1650
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1651
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1652 Changes to this document
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1653 ------------------------
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1654
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1655 - Added Boolean, Integer and Number types
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1656 - Added section Hyperdatabase Implementations
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1657 - "Item" has been renamed to "Issue" to account for the more specific
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1658 nature of the Class.
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1659 - New Templating
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1660 - Access Controls
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1661 - Added "actor" property
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1662
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1663 .. _customisation: customizing.html
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1664
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