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-SC-Track Roundup 0.5 beta1 - an issue tracking system
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-
-Note: This is the first of two beta releases 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.
-
-A lot has been done since 0.4:
-
-- 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)
-- switched templating to use Zope's PageTemplates (yay!)
-- switched to sessions for web authentication
-- added Boolean and Number types
-- full-text search may also search certain String properties
-- 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
-- saving of named search queries
-- 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
+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 help desk) and five database back-ends (anydbm, bsddb, bsddb3, metakit and
-gadfly).
+a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
+and postgresql).