Roundup FAQ
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:Version: $Revision: 1.8 $

NOTE: This is just a grabbag, most of this should go into documentation.

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Changing HTML layout
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Note changes to the files in html take place immediatly without
restart, even when running roundup-server.

Displaying whole messages not only the summary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Modify instance/html/msg.index change::

   <td><display call="plain('summary')"></td>

to::

   <td><pre><display call="plain('content')"></pre></td>

displays the whole message not only the first line and 'pre'
prevents the browser from reformatting. 

Getting the nosy list picker instead of textfield
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In classic template there is plenty of space below the text field.
So one could modify instance/html/issue.item to use it.

At the file top set 'border=1' to see cell boundaries, then
replace::

  <td class="form-text"><display call="field('nosy',size=20)"></td>
  
by::

  <td rowspan=5 class="form-text"><display call="menu('nosy',height=10)"></td>

and remove the last cell in the next four rows, either by deleting a cell
or by reducing colspan.

Want to see the issue id (the number) on the issue item display
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The number is really a central information and not an internal one.

In file INSTANCE/html/issue.item displays the creator, so one could add
the number to it.::

  <td class="form-text"><display call="reldate('creation', pretty=1)">
      (<display call="plain('creator')">)</td>

to see::

  <td class="form-text"><display call="reldate('creation', pretty=1)">
      (issue<display call="plain('id')"> by <display call="plain('creator')">)</td>

Installation
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Living without a mailserver.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Remove the nosy reactor, means delete the file
'INSTANCE/detectors/nosyreactor.py'.


Rights issues (MISSING)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Different jobs run under different users.

* Standalone roundup-server is started by whome ?

* Running cgi under apache.

* roundup-mailgw called via .forward from MTA, or running a cron job
  fetching via pop.

see Troubleshooting_.


Troubleshooting
---------------

AttributeError: '_roundup_instance_1' module has no attribute 'open'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For example submitting issues via roundup-mailgw breaks similar to this::

  Command died with status 1:
  "/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /home/roundup".
  Command output: Traceback (most recent call last):  
    File "/usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw", line 178, in ? 
       sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
    File "/usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw", line 153, in main 
      db = instance.open('admin')
       AttributeError: '_roundup_instance_1' module has no attribute 'open'

Happens if the user which accesses the instance has no read right
on 'INSTANCE/dbinit.py' or 'pyc'. 

If the user has no rights on the 'INSTANCE/db' the mailgw finishes,
but is, of course, unable to add the message. A notification to
the roundup-admin is sent, with a longer trace ending in::

  File "/opt/python/lib/python2.2/dbhash.py", line 16, in open
    return bsddb.hashopen(file, flag, mode)
  error: (13, 'Keine Berechtigung')

Replace 'Keine Berechtigung' by 'Not permitted' or ...

An easy way to test whether it's a permissions problem, or some other mail
server configuration problem is to cat an email-formatted text file
directly to the roundup-mailgw script as the roundup user.::

  cat issue.txt | /usr/local/bin/roundup-mailgw /home/roundup

If that doesn't raise any errors, the problem is the permissions of the
MTA. 

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