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CHANGES.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Fixed:
 Fixed:
 - Fixed detectors fix incorrectly fixed in bugfix release 0.6.2
 - Added note to upgrading doc for detectors fix in 0.6.2
+- added script to help migrating queries from pre-0.6 trackers
 
 
 2003-09-29 0.6.2

doc/customizing.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Customising Roundup
 ===================
 
-:Version: $Revision: 1.103 $
+:Version: $Revision: 1.104 $
 
 .. This document borrows from the ZopeBook section on ZPT. The original is at:
    http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/ZPT.stx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ What You Can Do
 Before you get too far, it's probably worth having a quick read of the Roundup
 `design documentation`_.
 
-Customisation of Roundup can take one of five forms:
+Customisation of Roundup can take one of six forms:
 
 1. `tracker configuration`_ file changes
 2. database, or `tracker schema`_ changes

doc/gadfly.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Installing Roundup
 ==================
 
-:Version: $Revision: 1.60 $
+:Version: $Revision: 1.61 $
 
 .. contents::
 
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ Roundup scripts
 Prerequisites
 =============
 
-Python 2.1.1 or newer with a functioning anydbm or bsddb module. Download the
+Python 2.1.3 or newer with a functioning anydbm or bsddb module. Download the
 latest version from http://www.python.org/. It is highly recommended that
-users install the latest patch version of python - 2.1.3 or 2.2.3 - as these
-contain many fixes to serious bugs. Python 2.3 (currently in beta) has some
-"issues", at least with the SQLite backend, and possibly with other backends
-as well. It shouldn't be used with Roundup for now.
+users install the latest patch version of python - 2.1.3, 2.2.3 or 2.3.2 -
+as these contain many fixes to serious bugs.
 
 If you want to use Berkeley DB bsddb3 with Roundup, use version 3.3.0 or
 later. Download the latest version from http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/.
@@ -56,8 +54,8 @@ Testing your Python
 -------------------
 
 Once you've unpacked roundup's source, run ``python ./run_tests`` in the
-source directory and make sure there are no errors.
-If there are errors, please let us know!
+source directory and make sure there are no errors. If there are errors,
+please let us know!
 
 If the above fails, you may be using the wrong version of python. Try
 ``python2 ./run_tests``. If that works, you will need to substitute
@@ -82,10 +80,10 @@ at so you may start playing. Three users will be set up:
 Installation
 ============
 
-Note: some systems, such as Debian and NetBSD, already have Roundup
-      installed. Try running the command "roundup-admin" with no arguments,
-      and if it runs you may skip the `Basic Installation Steps`_
-      below.
+:Note: Some systems, such as Debian and NetBSD, already have Roundup
+       installed. Try running the command "roundup-admin" with no arguments,
+       and if it runs you may skip the `Basic Installation Steps`_
+       below and go straight to `configuring your first tracker`_.
 
 Set aside 15-30 minutes. Please make sure you're using a supported version of
 Python -- see `testing your python`_. There's several steps to follow in your
@@ -244,9 +242,8 @@ There's several to choose from, each with benefits and limitations:
 **mysql**
   Backend for popular RDBMS MySQL. According to benchmarks, this backend works
   much faster than any of \*dbm ones, but slightly slower than metakit and
-  sqlite. Scalability is unknown at present. Roundup requires InnoDB or BDB
-  support in MySQL. For more info on requirements and installation see
-  `additional mysql documentation`_ (doc/mysql.txt)
+  sqlite. A good scalability is not a property of this backend for now,
+  though. For more info on backend installation see doc/mysql.txt. 
 **metakit**
   This backend is implemented over the metakit_ storage system, using Mk4Py as
   the interface. It scales much better than the dbm backends.
@@ -327,23 +324,6 @@ name=home values on the command-line after all the other options.
 To make the server run in the background, use the "-d" option, specifying the
 name of a file to write the server process id (pid) to.
 
-To run the server proxied through apache (to take advantage of SSL or other
-apache features), use the following configuration lines::
-
-  LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy.so
-  LoadModule proxy_connect_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_connect.so
-  LoadModule proxy_http_module libexec/apache2/mod_proxy_http.so
-
-  <Location /prometheus/>
-    ProxyPass http://192.168.1.2:9090/roundup/
-    AuthType Basic
-    AuthName Roundup
-    AuthUserFile /some/place/htpasswd
-    Require valid-user
-  </Location>
-
-Changing the ProxyPass line to point to the server you're running.
-
 
 Zope Product - ZRoundup
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -585,5 +565,4 @@ Next: `User Guide`_
 .. _`maintenance documentation`: maintenance.html
 .. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
 .. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
-.. _`additional mysql documentation`: doc/mysql.html
 

doc/installation.txt

@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ search page using the macros detailed in the customisation doc section
 __ customizing.html#searching-on-categories
 
 Also, the url field in the query class no longer starts with a '?'. You'll need
-to remove this question mark from the url field to support queries.
+to remove this question mark from the url field to support queries. There's
+a script in the "tools" directory called ``migrate-queries.py`` that should
+automatically change any existing queries for you. As always, make a backup
+of your database before running such a script.
 
 
 0.6.0 Notes for metakit backend users

doc/upgrading.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+'''
+migrate-queries <instance-home> [<instance-home> *]
+
+Migrate old queries in the specified instances to Roundup 0.6.0+ by
+removing the leading ? from their URLs. 0.6.0+ queries do not carry a
+leading ?; it is added by the 0.6.0 templating, so old queries lead
+to query URLs with a double leading ?? and a consequent 404 Not Found.
+'''
+__author__ = 'James Kew <[email protected]>'
+
+import sys
+import roundup.instance
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    print __doc__
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# Iterate over all instance homes specified in argv.
+for home in sys.argv[1:]:
+    # Do some basic exception handling to catch bad arguments.
+    try:
+        instance = roundup.instance.open(home)
+    except:
+        print 'Cannot open instance home directory %s!' % home
+        continue
+
+    db = instance.open('admin')
+
+    print 'Migrating active queries in %s (%s):'%(
+        instance.config.TRACKER_NAME, home)
+    for query in db.query.list():
+        url = db.query.get(query, 'url')
+        if url[0] == '?':
+            url = url[1:]
+            print '  Migrating query%s (%s)'%(query,
+                db.query.get(query, 'name'))
+            db.query.set(query, url=url)
+
+    db.commit()
+    db.close()
+