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-            Roundup 0.4.0b1 - an issue tracking system
+This is the announcement of version 1.4.18 of Roundup, a Bug-Fix Release
+for a critical bug in roundups mail gateway.
+The bug will lead to files being unlinked from issues when mails without
+attachment are received for an existing issue. See the "Software
+Upgrade" guidelines in doc/announcement.txt (or the html version) for a
+script you can run to find out potentially affected issues and how to
+fix this. As usual some minor features and some bug fixes:
 
-If you are upgrading from pre-0.3.0, please read MIGRATION.txt.
+Features:
 
-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.
+- Norwegian Bokmal translation by Christian Aastorp
+- Allow to specify additional cc and bcc emails (not roundup users) for
+  nosymessage used by the nosyreaction reactor. (Ralf)
 
-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.
+Fixed:
 
-Source and documentation is available at the website:
-     http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
+- Fix file-unlink bug in mailgw (Ralfs oversight when refactoring the mail
+  gateway code) -- if a message is sent that contains no attachments,
+  all previous files of the issue are unlinked, thanks to Rafal
+  Bisingier for reporting and proposing a fix.
+  I've now added a regression test that catches this issue.
+
+If you're upgrading from an older version of Roundup you *must* follow
+the "Software Upgrade" guidelines given in the maintenance documentation.
+
+Roundup requires python 2.4 or later (but not 3+) for correct operation.
 
-Release Info (via download page):
-     http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
+To give Roundup a try, just download (see below), unpack and run::
 
+    roundup-demo
+
+Release info and download page:
+     http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/roundup
+Source and documentation is available at the website:
+     http://roundup-tracker.org/
 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 
+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
 from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
 
-Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project 
-is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
+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.
 
-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.
 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
-doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational, though a
-disutils-based install script is provided.
+is therefore usable "out of the box" with any python 2.4+ (but not 3+)
+installation. It doesn't even need to be "installed" to be operational,
+though an install script is provided.
+
+It comes with two issue tracker templates (a classic bug/feature tracker and
+a minimal skeleton) and four database back-ends (anydbm, sqlite, mysql
+and postgresql).
 
-It comes with two issue tracker templates and three database back-ends.