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-SC-Track Roundup 0.6.0 - an issue tracking system
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+I'm proud to release version 1.4.15 of Roundup which mostly fixes some
+regressions in the last release:
-I'm pleased to announce the latest feature-packed release of Roundup. See
-below for a list of some of the goodies included in this 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.
-
-Unfortunately, the Zope frontend for Roundup is currently broken. I hope to
-revive it in a future 0.6 bugfix release.
-
-The gadfly backend has now been removed, having served its purpose as a
-template for other RDBMS implementations. It is replaced by the sqlite and
-mysql backends.
-
-Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation.
-
-The 0.6 release has lots of new goodies including:
-
-- new instant-gratification Demo Mode ("python demo.py" :)
-- added mysql backend (see doc/mysql.txt for details)
-- web interface cleanups including nicer history display, nicer index
- navigation and nicer popup list windows
-- searching of date ranges
-- better international support, including utf-8 email handling and ability
- to display localized dates in web interface.
-- more documentation including revamped design document, unix manual pages
- and some FAQ entries
-- significantly more powerful form handling allowing editing of multiple
- items and creation of multiple items
-- tracker templates can contain subdirectories and static files (e.g.
- images) and we may now distribute templates separately from Roundup.
- Template HTML files now have a .html extension too.
-- user registration is now a two-step process, with confirmation from the
- email address supplied in the registration form, and we also have a
- password reset feature for forgotten password / login
-- Windows Service mode for roundup-server when daemonification is
- attempted on Windows
-- lots of speed enhancements, making the web interface much more responsive
-- fixed issues with dumb email or web clients
-- email system handles more SMTP and POP features (TLS, APOP, ...)
-- lots more little tweaks and back-end work...
+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 mysql).
+a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
+and postgresql).