- lower memory footprint for (journal-) import -- only for rdbms

[roundup.git] / doc / announcement.txt

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--- a/doc/announcement.txt
+++ b/doc/announcement.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
-I'm proud to release version 1.4.8 of Roundup.
+I'm proud to release version 1.4.15 of Roundup which mostly fixes some
+regressions in the last release:
 
-This release fixes some regressions:
+Fixed:
 
-- bug introduced into hyperdb filter (issue 2550505)
-- bug introduced into CVS export and view (issue 2550529)
-- bugs introduced in the migration to the email package (issue 2550531)
-
-And adds a couple of other fixes:
-
-- handle bogus pagination values (issue 2550530)
-- fix TLS handling with some SMTP servers (issues 2484879 and 1912923)
-
-
-Though some new features made it in also:
-
-- Provide a "no selection" option in web interface selection widgets
-- Debug logging now uses the logging module rather than print
-- Allow CGI frontend to serve XMLRPC requests.
-- Added XMLRPC actions, as well as bridging CGI actions to XMLRPC actions.
-- Optimized large file serving via mod_python / sendfile().
-- Support resuming downloads for (large) files.
+- A bunch of regressions were introduced in the last release making Roundup
+  no longer work in Python releases prior to 2.6
+- make URL detection a little smarter about brackets per issue2550657
+  (thanks Ezio Melotti)
 
 If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
 the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
 
-Roundup requires python 2.3 or later for correct operation.
+Roundup requires python 2.3 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
 
 To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
 
@@ -58,9 +45,9 @@ Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup
-is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.3+ installation. It
-doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
-disutils-based install script is provided.
+is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.3+ (but not 3+)
+installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational,
+though an install script is provided.
 
 It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
 a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql