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1 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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2 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
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3 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
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5 0.7.5 is a bug fix release, including:
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7 - force lookup of journal props in anydbm filtering
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8 - fixed lookup of "missing" Link values for new props in anydbm backend
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9 - allow list of values for id, Number and Boolean filtering in anydbm
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10 backend
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11 - fixed some more mysql 0.6->0.7 upgrade bugs (sf bug 950410)
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12 - fixed Boolean values in postgresql (sf bugs 972546 and 972600)
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13 - fixed -g arg to roundup-server (sf bug 973946)
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14 - better roundup-server usage string (sf bug 973352)
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15 - include "context" always, as documented (sf bug 965447)
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16 - fixed REMOTE_USER (external HTTP Basic auth) (sf bug 977309)
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17 - fixed roundup-admin "find" to use better value parsing
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18 - fixed RDBMS Class.find() to handle None value in multiple find
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19 - export now stores file "content" in separate files in export directory
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21 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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22 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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24 Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation.
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26 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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28 python demo.py
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30 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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31 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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32 Release Info (via download page):
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33 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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34 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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35 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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38 About Roundup
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39 =============
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41 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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42 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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44 (a) submit new issues,
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45 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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46 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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48 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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49 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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50 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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53 disutils-based install script is provided.
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55 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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56 a minimal skeleton) and seven database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3,
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57 sqlite, metakit, mysql and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/