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*simple to install*
- installation (including web interface) takes about 30 minutes
+ - instant-gratification ``python demo.py`` :)
- two templates included in the distribution for you to base your tracker on
- - doesn't need *any* additional support software - python (2.1+) is enough to
- get you going
- - easy to set up higher-performance storage backends like sqlite_ and
- metakit_
- - the really impatient can try the instant-gratification Demo Mode (``python
- demo.py``)
+ - play with the demo, customise it and then use *it* as the template for
+ your production tracker
+ - requires *no* additional support software - python (2.3+ but not 3+) is
+ enough to get you going
+ - easy to set up higher-performance storage backends like sqlite_,
+ mysql_ and postgresql_
*simple to use*
- accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs
- may be used to track bugs, features, user feedback, sales opportunities,
milestones, ...
- - keeps a full history of changes to issues with configurable verbosity
+ - automatically keeps a full history of changes to issues with
+ configurable verbosity and easy access to information about who created
+ or last modified *any* item in the database
- issues have their own mini mailing list (nosy list)
+ - users may sign themselves up, there may be automatic signup for
+ incoming email and users may handle their own password reset requests
*highly configurable*
- web interface HTML is fully editable
with a full set of data types (including dates and many-to-many relations)
across all storages available
- customised automatic auditors and reactors may be written that perform
- actions before and after changes are made to entries in the database
- - samples are provided for all types of configuration changes
+ actions before and after changes are made to entries in the database,
+ or may veto the creation or modification of items in the database
+ - samples are provided for all manner of configuration changes and
+ customisations
*fast, scalable*
- - with the sqlite_, metakit_ and mysql backends, roundup is also fast and
- scalable, easily handling thousands of issues and users with decent
- response times
+ - with the sqlite, mysql and postgresql backends, roundup is
+ also fast and scalable, easily handling thousands of issues and users
+ with decent response times
+ - database indexes are automatically added for those backends that
+ support them (sqlite, mysql and postgresql)
- indexed text searching giving fast responses to searches across all
messages and indexed string properties
+ - support for the Xapian full-text indexing engine for large trackers
*documented*
- documentation exists for installation, upgrading, maintenance, users and
to register new users
- authentication of user registration and user-driven password resetting
using email and one time keys
- - may be run through CGI as a normal cgi script, as a stand-alone
- web server, or through Zope
+ - may be run using WSGI or through CGI as a normal cgi script, as a
+ stand-alone web server, under mod_python or through Zope
- searching may be performed using many constraints, including a full-text
search of messages attached to issues
- file attachments (added through the web or email) are served up with the
- email change messages generated by roundup appear to be sent by the
person who made the change, but responses will go back through the nosy
list by default
+ - flexible access control built around Permissions and Roles with assigned
+ Permissions
+ - generates valid HTML4 or XHTML
+ - detects concurrent user changes
+ - saving and editing of user-defined queries which may optionally be
+ shared with other users
*e-mail interface*
- may be set up using sendmail-like delivery alias, POP polling or mailbox
- a variety of sample shell scripts are provided (weekly reports, issue
generation, ...)
+*xmlrpc interface*
+ - simple remote tracker interface with basic HTTP authentication
+ - provides same access to tracker as roundup-admin, but based on
+ XMLRPC calls
+
.. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
-.. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
+.. _mysql: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
+.. _postgresql: http://initd.org/software/initd/psycopg