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-SC-Track Roundup 0.5 pre-release - an issue tracking system
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-
-Note: This is the final pre-release of the newest version of Roundup. It is
- strongly recommended that you maintain your existing 0.4 installation if
- you have one, and run 0.5 on a copy of the database. If you are
- upgrading from 0.4, you must read doc/upgrading.txt!
-
-Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm
-requires python 2.1.2 or 2.2. 2.1.3 and 2.2.1 are recommended.
-
-This beta release fixes the following specific problems:
-
-- fixes to import/export
-- password edit now has a confirmation field
-- cleanups and fixes to the shipped classic template
-- new backend for sqlite (and it rocks :)
-- many performance improvements in dbm and sql backends
-- cgi.client base URL is now obtained from the config TRACKER_WEB (as a result
- request.url has gone away - there's too much magic in trying to figure
- what it should be)
-- cgi-bin script redirects to https now if the request was https
-- FileClass "content" property wasn't being returned by getprops() in most
- backends
-- we now verify instance attributes on instance open and throw a useful error
- if they're not all there
-- sf bug 611217 ] menu() has problems when labelprop==None
-- verify contents of tracker module when the tracker is opened
-- fixes to value parsing from edit forms
-- mailgw was missing an "import sys" (!)
-- setup now installs scripts with python -O flag, doubling performance in some
- cases (there's a lot of __debug__ use)
-- added getItem to HTMLClass so you can access arbitrary items in templates
-- replaced the content() callback ickiness with Page Template macro usage
-- changed the default CSS style to be less offensive to some ;)
-- better handling of Page Template compilation errors
-- sf bug 614188 ] Exception in mailgw.py
-- sf bug 613310 ] traceback on onexistant items
-- sf bug 613291 ] typos in nosy list
-- handle stupid mailers that QUOTE their Re; 'Re: "[issue1] bla blah"'
-- giving a user a Role that doesn't exist doesn't break stuff any more
-- revamped user guide, customisation guide, added basic maintenance guide
-- merged some bugfixes from the Zope Page Templates trunk
-- added the "minimal" template
-
-A lot has been done since 0.4:
-
-- new backend for metakit (thanks Gordon McMillan)
-- new backend for sqlite
-- 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)
-- added Boolean and Number types
-- fixed the journal bloat
-- full-text search may also search certain String properties
-- entire database export and import (incl files)
-- implemented and used the new access control mechanisms (Permissions, Roles)
-- switched templating to use Zope's PageTemplates giving much more flexibility
-- revamped look and feel in web interface including cleaned up CSS usage
-- re-worked cgi interface to abstract out the explicit "issue" interface
-- switched to sessions for web authentication
-- saving of named search queries
-- updated design document for new access controls
-- updated customisation document, including more examples
-- added maintenance guide
-- better mailgw help message (feature request #558562)
-- we handle "not found", access and item page render errors better
-- fixed double-submit by having new-item-submit redirect at end
-- roundup-server may be a daemon now (fork, logfile, pidfile)
-- renamed "instance" to "tracker" everywhere, and "node" to "item" in most
- places
-- many more bug fixes, cleanups and minor improvements
+I'm proud to release version 1.4.15 of Roundup which mostly fixes some
+regressions in the last release:
+Fixed:
+
+- 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 (but not 3+) for correct operation.
+
+To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
+
+ roundup-demo
+
+Release info and download page:
+ http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
Source and documentation is available at the website:
http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
-Release Info (via download page):
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
About Roundup
=============
-Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
-command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
+Roundup is a simple-to-use and -install issue-tracking system with
+command-line, web and e-mail interfaces. It is based on the winning design
from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
-Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project
-is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
+Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this
+project is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
-Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
+Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as
"description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
(a) submit new issues,
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 2.1+ 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 six database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3, sqlite,
-metakit and gadfly).
+a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
+and postgresql).