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-            Roundup 0.3.0pre1 - an issue tracking system
+=================================================
+SC-Track Roundup 0.4.1 - an issue tracking system
+=================================================
 
-**PREVIEW RELEASE**
+If you are upgrading please read MIGRATION.txt.
 
-This release is in use by Bizar Software, but has had little testing beyond
-that. It contains several new features which will require migration, so
-we're releasing this preview for the bleeding-edge users.
+Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm
+requires python 2.1.2 or 2.2.
 
-** existing users _must_ read the MIGRATION.txt that accompanies the
-source.
+Big stuff in this release:
 
-This release includes several bug fixes and usability improvements. It
-switches the CGI interface authentication over from HTTP Basic to cookie
-based. It introduces encoded password storage. For a more detailed in
-the CHANGES file accompanying the source.
+- Users may register alternate addresses they might send e-mail from
+- Splitting of file storage in the backend into multiple directories
+- Better handling of 8-bit e-mail messages
+- Nicer configuration of web headers
+- Popup help for multilink classes
+- Cleanups in the date classes
+- Much, much more: see the CHANGES file for details.
+
+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 
@@ -22,10 +37,12 @@ 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
@@ -34,7 +51,3 @@ 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. 
-
-Source and documentation is available at the website:
-      http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
-