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[roundup.git] / doc / announcement.txt

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-            Roundup 0.3.1b1 - an issue tracking system
+===================================================
+SC-Track Roundup 0.6.0b1 - an issue tracking system
+===================================================
 
-If you are upgrading from pre-0.3.0, please read MIGRATION.txt.
+This is the first release of the new version of Roundup which contains a
+lot of new features. This release may contain bugs, so please run this using
+a backup of your production tracker. Always follow the "Software Upgrade"
+guidelines given in the maintenance documentation. If you're upgrading from
+an older version of Roundup you *must* read doc/upgrading.txt!
 
-Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm has
-been disabled until python 2.1.2 and 2.2 are released.
+Unfortunately, the Zope frontend for Roundup is currently broken, with no
+fix in the forseeable future.
 
-Big stuff in this release:
-  - Use of transactions to prevent partial data commits
-  - Zope Product front-end
-  - Nicer, more consistent change message generation
-  - Several bug fixes
-  - Much, much more: see the CHANGES file for details.
+Roundup requires python 2.1.3 or later for correct operation.
+
+This release has all the bugfixes from the latest 0.5 maintnenance release
+plus 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.
+- fixed issues with dumb email or web clients
+- lots more little tweaks and back-end work...
+- email system handles more SMTP and POP features (TLS, APOP, ...)
 
 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
 =============
 
@@ -34,15 +58,20 @@ 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 
-"description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to
- (a) submit new issues,
- (b) find and edit existing issues, and
- (c) discuss issues with other participants.
+"description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
+
+(a) submit new issues,
+(b) find and edit existing issues, and
+(c) discuss issues with other participants.
+
 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 2.0+ installation. It
+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.
 
-It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends. 
+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). 
+