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author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
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1 I'm pleased to announce Roundup 0.6.7, a maintenance release which fixes
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2 some bugs (most notably making the EMAIL_CHARSET config variable backwards-
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3 compatible):
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5 - be more backward-compatible when asking for EMAIL_CHARSET
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6 - made error on create consistent with edit when user enters invalid data
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7 for Multilink and Link form fields (sf bug 904072)
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8 - made errors from bad input in the quick "Show issue:" form more
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9 user-friendly (sf bug 904064)
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10 - don't add a query to a user's list if it's already there
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11 - nicer invalid property error in HTML templating
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12 - use EMAIL_CHARSET for message body too (still sf bug 900046)
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14 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
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15 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
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17 Note that the Zope interface still doesn't work - it is fixed in the 0.7
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18 development codebase.
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20 Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation. Python 2.3.1
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21 or later is strongly recommended.
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23 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
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25 python demo.py
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27 Source and documentation is available at the website:
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28 http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
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29 Release Info (via download page):
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30 http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
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31 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
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32 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
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35 About Roundup
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36 =============
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38 Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
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39 command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning
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40 design from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design
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41 competition.
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43 Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
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44 project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
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46 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
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47 "description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
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49 (a) submit new issues,
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50 (b) find and edit existing issues, and
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51 (c) discuss issues with other participants.
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53 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by
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54 managing discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are
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55 edited. One of the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to
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56 get going. Roundup is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python
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57 2.1+ installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be
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58 operational, though a disutils-based install script is provided.
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60 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker
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61 and a minimal skeleton) and six database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3,
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62 sqlite, metakit and mysql).
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Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/