pre-beta2 stuff

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 This file contains the changes to the Roundup system over time. The entries
 are given with the most recent entry first.
 
-2002-06- 0.4.2
+2002-09-13 0.5.0 beta2
+ . all backends now have a .close() method, and it's used everywhere
+ . fixed bug in detectors __init__
+ . switched the default issue item display to only show issue summary
+   (added instructions to doc to make it display entire content)
+ . MANIFEST.in was missing a lot of template files
+ . added generic item editing
+ . much nicer layout of template rendering errors
+ . added context/is_edit_ok and context/is_view_ok convenience methods and
+   implemented use of them in the classic template
+
+
+2002-09-11 0.5.0 beta1
+Fixed:
+ . #576086 ] dumb copying mistake (frontends/ZRoundup.py)
+ . installation instructions now mention "python2" in "testing your python".
+ . made the unit tests run again - they were quite b0rken
+ . #571170 ] gdbm deadlock
+ . #576241 ] MultiLink problems in parsePropsFromForm
+ . fixed the date module so that Date(". - 2d") works
+ . web forms may now unset Link values (like assignedto)
+ . cleanup: moved roundup.templatebuilder to roundup.templates.builder
+ . instance __init__ no longer silently traps dbinit import errors
+
+Feature:
+ . new backend for metakit (thanks Gordon McMillan)
+ . new backend for gadfly (it's as done as it's going to get)
+ . further split the dbm backends from the core code, allowing easier
+   non-dict-like backends (eg metakit, RDB)
+ . implemented and used the new access control mechanisms (Permissions, Roles)
+   (see doc/security.txt)
+ . switched templating to use Zope's PageTemplates (yay!)
+ . switched to sessions for web authentication
+ . added Boolean and Number types
+ . fixed the journal bloat
+ . updated design document for new access controls
+ . updated customisation document, including more examples
+ . entire database export and import (incl files)
+ . better mailgw help message (feature request #558562)
+ . re-enabled link backrefs from messages (feature request #568714)
+ . the page layout is now templatable
+ . re-worked cgi interface to abstract out the explicit "issue" interface
+ . have index page handle mid-page errors better so header and footer are
+   still visible
+ . we handle "not found", access and item page render errors better
+ . fixed double-submit by having new-item-submit redirect at end
+ . daemonify roundup-server (fork, logfile, pidfile)
+ . modify cgitb to display PageTemplate errors better
+ . rename to "instance" to "tracker"
+ . have roundup.cgi pick up tracker config from the environment 
+ . revamped look and feel in web interface
+ . cleaned up stylesheet usage
+ . several bug fixes and documentation fixes
+ . added is_retired test to hyperdb.Class
+ . added capability to save queries:
+   - a query Class with name, klass (to search) and url (query string)
+     properties
+   - a Multilink to query on user called queries
+   - html templates for query, and a list of queries in user.item
+   - search form has Save button & name input
+   - saved queries put in menu in pagehead
+   - for migration, none of the above is required and old behavior preserved.
+   - showquery translates search form <-> query string
+ . cleaned up the indexer code:
+   - it splits more words out
+   - removed code we'll never use (roundup.roundup_indexer has the full
+     implementation, and replaces roundup.indexer)
+   - only index text/plain and rfc822/message (ideas for other text formats to
+     index are welcome)
+   - added simple unit test for indexer. Needs more tests for regression.
+   - all String properties may now be indexed too. Currently there's a bit of
+     "issue" specific code in the actual searching which needs to be
+     addressed. In a nutshell:
+     + pass 'indexme="yes"' as a String() property initialisation arg, eg:
+           file = FileClass(db, "file", name=String(), type=String(),
+               comment=String(indexme="yes"))
+     + the comment will then be indexed and be searchable, with the results
+       related back to the issue that the file is linked to
+   - as a result of this work, the FileClass has a default MIME type that may
+     be overridden in a subclass, or by the use of a "type" property as is
+     done in the default templates.
+   - the regeneration of the indexes (if necessary) is done once the schema is
+     set up in the dbinit.
+   - new "reindex" command in roundup-admin used to force regeneration of the 
+     index
+ . added email display function - mangles email addrs so they're not so easily
+   scraped from the web
+ . switched to using a session-based web login
+ . made mailgw handle set and modify operations on multilinks (bug #579094)
+ . fixed the journal bloat from multilink changes - we just log the add or
+   remove operations, not the whole list
+
+
+2002-06-24 0.4.2
 Fixed:
  . Cleaned up the hyperdb unit tests.
  . Applied patch from Andrew W. Nosenko to give nicer Unauthorised message