From 8e2a78cd08204e2c2d73e2a340251ed8791ed6ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: richard Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 02:26:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more marketing ;) git-svn-id: http://svn.roundup-tracker.org/svnroot/roundup/trunk@753 57a73879-2fb5-44c3-a270-3262357dd7e2 --- doc/features.txt | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/features.txt b/doc/features.txt index dbfb73f..a2aac6a 100644 --- a/doc/features.txt +++ b/doc/features.txt @@ -10,25 +10,57 @@ from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition. *simple to use* - accessible through the web, email, command-line or Python programs + - may be used to track bugs, features, user feedback, sales opportunities, + ... + - keeps a full history of changes to issues *simple to install* - installation takes about 10 minutes for a basic installation + - two "template" schemas included in the distribution for you to base your + tracker on *web interface* - fully editable interfaces for indexing and display of items - differentiates between anonymous, known and admin users - may be set up to require login, and may also only allow admin users to register new users + - may be run through CGI as a normal cgi script, as a stand-alone + web server, 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 + correct content-type and filename + - 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 (see `e-mail interface`_) -*e-mail interface* +*_`e-mail interface`* - may be set up using sendmail-like delivery alias, POP polling or mailbox polling - issues have their own mini mailing list (nosy list) + - may auto-register users who send in mail and aren't known to roundup - nosy list configuration controls how people are added and when messages are sent to the list - auto-filing of "unformatted" messages into a particular class + - e-mail attachments are handled sanely, being attached to the issue they're + intended for, and forwarded on to the nosy list + - sane handling of content-type and content-encoding of messages (text/plain + preferred in all situations) + - email packages that display threading will show issue messages correctly + threaded + - users may send in messages from multiple addresses and be associated + with the same roundup username *command-line* - may be used to interactively manage roundup databases - may be scripted using standard shell scripting + - roundup's API may also be used by other Python programs - a sample is + provided that runs once a day and emails people their assigned issues + +*highly configurable* + - web interface HTML is fully editable + - database schema is also fully editable + - 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 -- 2.30.2