comparison doc/features.txt @ 740:2d50d6a17617

more marketing ;)
author Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
date Thu, 23 May 2002 02:26:48 +0000
parents c612747b1126
children b48a19a88b65
comparison
equal deleted inserted replaced
739:c612747b1126 740:2d50d6a17617
8 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. 8 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
9 9
10 10
11 *simple to use* 11 *simple to use*
12 - accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs 12 - accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs
13 - may be used to track bugs, features, user feedback, sales opportunities,
14 ...
15 - keeps a full history of changes to issues
13 16
14 *simple to install* 17 *simple to install*
15 - installation takes about 10 minutes for a basic installation 18 - installation takes about 10 minutes for a basic installation
19 - two "template" schemas included in the distribution for you to base your
20 tracker on
16 21
17 *web interface* 22 *web interface*
18 - fully editable interfaces for indexing and display of items 23 - fully editable interfaces for indexing and display of items
19 - differentiates between anonymous, known and admin users 24 - differentiates between anonymous, known and admin users
20 - may be set up to require login, and may also only allow admin users 25 - may be set up to require login, and may also only allow admin users
21 to register new users 26 to register new users
27 - may be run through CGI as a normal cgi script, as a stand-alone
28 web server, or through Zope
29 - searching may be performed using many constraints, including a full-text
30 search of messages attached to issues
31 - file attachments (added through the web or email) are served up with the
32 correct content-type and filename
33 - email change messages generated by roundup appear to be sent by the
34 person who made the change, but responses will go back through the nosy
35 list by default (see `e-mail interface`_)
22 36
23 *e-mail interface* 37 *_`e-mail interface`*
24 - may be set up using sendmail-like delivery alias, POP polling or mailbox 38 - may be set up using sendmail-like delivery alias, POP polling or mailbox
25 polling 39 polling
26 - issues have their own mini mailing list (nosy list) 40 - issues have their own mini mailing list (nosy list)
41 - may auto-register users who send in mail and aren't known to roundup
27 - nosy list configuration controls how people are added and when messages 42 - nosy list configuration controls how people are added and when messages
28 are sent to the list 43 are sent to the list
29 - auto-filing of "unformatted" messages into a particular class 44 - auto-filing of "unformatted" messages into a particular class
45 - e-mail attachments are handled sanely, being attached to the issue they're
46 intended for, and forwarded on to the nosy list
47 - sane handling of content-type and content-encoding of messages (text/plain
48 preferred in all situations)
49 - email packages that display threading will show issue messages correctly
50 threaded
51 - users may send in messages from multiple addresses and be associated
52 with the same roundup username
30 53
31 *command-line* 54 *command-line*
32 - may be used to interactively manage roundup databases 55 - may be used to interactively manage roundup databases
33 - may be scripted using standard shell scripting 56 - may be scripted using standard shell scripting
57 - roundup's API may also be used by other Python programs - a sample is
58 provided that runs once a day and emails people their assigned issues
34 59
60 *highly configurable*
61 - web interface HTML is fully editable
62 - database schema is also fully editable
63 - customised automatic auditors and reactors may be written that perform
64 actions before and after changes are made to entries in the database
65 - samples are provided for all types of configuration changes
66

Roundup Issue Tracker: http://roundup-tracker.org/