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Fix issue with retreiving raw template files using the @@file mechanism. This changes the static_files option in config.ini from supporting a single directory to support multiple directories. If one of the directory elements is '-' (i.e. a lone hyphen) the search is stopped and the TEMPLATES directory is not searched. Since the TEMPLATES directory is not searched the raw templates aren't accessed. See: https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/mailman/message/35773357/ Message subject: showing template sources to all for details. Also check in CHANGES.txt that mentions a couple of other small improvements in the roundup-admin command.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:20:13 -0400
parents 33a1f03b9de0
children b76be13e027e
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Roundup Tracker Templates
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The templates distributed with Roundup are stored in the "share" directory
nominated by Python. On Unix this is typically
``/usr/share/roundup/templates/`` (or ``/usr/local/share...``) and
on Windows this is ``c:\python22\share\roundup\templates\``.

The template loading looks in four places to find the templates:

1. *share* - eg. ``<prefix>/share/roundup/templates/*``.
   This should be the standard place to find them when Roundup is
   installed.
2. ``<roundup.admin.__file__>/../templates/*``.
   This will be used if Roundup's run in the distro (aka. source)
   directory.
3. ``<current working dir>/*``.
   This is for when someone unpacks a 3rd-party template.
4. ``<current working dir>``.
   This is for someone who "cd"s to the 3rd-party template dir.

Templates contain:

- modules ``schema.py`` and ``initial_data.py``
- directories ``html``, ``detectors`` and ``extensions``
  (with appropriate contents)
- template "marker" file ``TEMPLATE-INFO.txt``, which contains
  the name of the template, a description of the template
  and its intended audience.

An example TEMPLATE-INFO.txt::

 Name: classic
 Description: This is a generic issue tracker that may be used to track bugs,
              feature requests, project issues or any number of other types
              of issues. Most users of Roundup will find that this template
              suits them, with perhaps a few customisations.
 Intended-For: All first-time Roundup users


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