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clearer docs for find(); couple of other post-release fixes
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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 This 0.8.2 release adds one feature and fixes some bugs:
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7 Feature:
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9 - roundup-server automatically redirects from trackers list
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10 to the tracker page if there is only one tracker
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12 Fixed:
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14 - added content to ZRoundup refresh.txt file (sf bug 1147622)
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15 - fix invalid reference to csv.colon_separated
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16 - correct URL to What's New in setup.py meta-data
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17 - change AUTOCOMMIT=OFF to AUTOCOMMIT=0 for MySQL (sf bug 1143707)
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18 - compile message objects in 'setup.py build'
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19 - use backend datatype for journal timestamps in RDBMSes
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20 - fixes to the "Using an external password validation source"
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21 customisation example (sf bugs 1153640 and 1155108)
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23 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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24 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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26 Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation.
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28 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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30 python demo.py
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32 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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33 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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34 Release Info (via download page):
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35 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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36 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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37 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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40 About Roundup
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41 =============
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43 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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44 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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46 (a) submit new issues,
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47 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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48 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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50 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
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51 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
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52 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
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55 disutils-based install script is provided.
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57 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
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58 a minimal skeleton) and five database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, metakit,
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59 mysql and postgresql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/