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issue2551115/issue2551282 - utf8mb4 support in roundup Fix issues with utf8 support in Roundup. By default using: utf8mb4 charset utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation (case insensitive) utf8mb4_0900_ci collation (case sensitive) which are settable from config.ini. Sadly I couldn't come up with a way to mange these from one parameter. Doing a compatibility lookup table would have increased the maintenance burden and have me chasing MySQL changes. So I opted for the easy path and have the admins (with more MySQL experience) make the choices. Conversion directions added to upgrading.txt. I don't have any good testing for this. I was able to generate utf8/utf8mb3 tables and load a little data and convert. However this is a poor substitute for a conversion on a working tracker 8-(.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Sat, 06 Apr 2024 22:47:25 -0400
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=========================
Roundup Tracker Templates
=========================

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:\python27\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 running setup.py from source.
2. ``install_dir``/../<prefix>/share/....``, where prefix is the
   Python's ``sys.prefix``. ``sys.base_prefix`` or 
   `sys.base_prefix/local``. This finds templates (and locales)
   installed by pip. E.G. in a virtualenv located at (``sys.prefix``):
   ``/tools/roundup``, roundup would be at:
   ``/tools/roundup/lib/python3.6/site-packages/roundup``. The
   templates would be at:
   ``/tools/roundup/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tools/roundup/share/roundup/templates/``.
3. ``<roundup.admin.__file__>/../../share/roundup/templates/*``.
   This will be used if Roundup's run in the distro (aka. source)
   directory.
4. ``<current working dir>/*``.
   This is for when someone unpacks a 3rd-party template.
5. ``<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)
- optional directory ``lib`` which contains modules used by the other
  tracker components
- optional ``config_ini.ini`` file. It is structured like a tracker's
  ``config.ini`` but contains only headers (e.g. ``[main]``) and
  *required* parameters that are different from defaults. For example::
  
    [main]
    template_engine = jinja2

    static_files = static

  These settings override the default values in the tracker's
  ``config.ini`` when using roundup-admin to install a template.
- 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:

  .. code-block:: text

     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/