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Throwing up hands in resignation and finally deleting the metakit backend. It's just too out-of-sync with the rest of Roundup's backends and has fundamental compatibility issues. Also, I've never really understood the code.
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:52:26 +0000
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13 - play with the demo, customise it and then use *it* as the template for 13 - play with the demo, customise it and then use *it* as the template for
14 your production tracker 14 your production tracker
15 - requires *no* additional support software - python (2.3+) is 15 - requires *no* additional support software - python (2.3+) is
16 enough to get you going 16 enough to get you going
17 - easy to set up higher-performance storage backends like sqlite_, 17 - easy to set up higher-performance storage backends like sqlite_,
18 metakit_, mysql_ and postgresql_ 18 mysql_ and postgresql_
19 19
20 *simple to use* 20 *simple to use*
21 - accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs 21 - accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs
22 - may be used to track bugs, features, user feedback, sales opportunities, 22 - may be used to track bugs, features, user feedback, sales opportunities,
23 milestones, ... 23 milestones, ...
38 or may veto the creation or modification of items in the database 38 or may veto the creation or modification of items in the database
39 - samples are provided for all manner of configuration changes and 39 - samples are provided for all manner of configuration changes and
40 customisations 40 customisations
41 41
42 *fast, scalable* 42 *fast, scalable*
43 - with the sqlite, metakit, mysql and postgresql backends, roundup is 43 - with the sqlite, mysql and postgresql backends, roundup is
44 also fast and scalable, easily handling thousands of issues and users 44 also fast and scalable, easily handling thousands of issues and users
45 with decent response times 45 with decent response times
46 - database indexes are automatically added for those backends that 46 - database indexes are automatically added for those backends that
47 support them (sqlite, metakit, mysql and postgresql) 47 support them (sqlite, mysql and postgresql)
48 - indexed text searching giving fast responses to searches across all 48 - indexed text searching giving fast responses to searches across all
49 messages and indexed string properties 49 messages and indexed string properties
50 - support for the Xapian full-text indexing engine for large trackers 50 - support for the Xapian full-text indexing engine for large trackers
51 51
52 *documented* 52 *documented*
106 - simple remote tracker interface with basic HTTP authentication 106 - simple remote tracker interface with basic HTTP authentication
107 - provides same access to tracker as roundup-admin, but based on 107 - provides same access to tracker as roundup-admin, but based on
108 XMLRPC calls 108 XMLRPC calls
109 109
110 .. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/ 110 .. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
111 .. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
112 .. _mysql: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python 111 .. _mysql: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
113 .. _postgresql: http://initd.org/software/initd/psycopg 112 .. _postgresql: http://initd.org/software/initd/psycopg
114 113

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