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[thebuggenie-general] Security Notice TBG-0001 XSS vulnerability in issue title fields

[Daniel A. <ze...@gm...>]

*** Security Notice TBG-0001 XSS vulnerability in issue title fields ***

* Description:
An issue was reported in our public issue tracker, 30th May (issue #665)
detailing a potential security issue with the way issue title fields are
being displayed throughout the system. The issue was confirmed by user
Vitality shortly after.

* Affected versions:
All The Bug Genie versions up to, and including 3.1RC

* Resolution:
This issue has been fixed in version 3.1, released today (15th June, 2011).
All users are encouraged to download this version.

[thebuggenie-general] POPSICUBE : Au Revoir

[Popsicube N. <in...@po...>]

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[thebuggenie-general] Popsi Cube France : Nouvelle Adresse - New location

[Popsicube N. <in...@po...>]

Dear Customers, Partners, Doctors, 

Since 1st December, Popsi Cube France has moved to a new office in order to
serve your needs better. We hope that you will find it conveniant and enjoy
our new space. Don't worry we won't compromise in providing you excellent
customer service. For your convienance our directions to our new location
are listed below. 
	
Cher Clients, Partenaires,Docteurs, 
Depuis le 1er décembre, Popsi Cube France a déménagé dans de nouveaux
bureaux afin d’encore mieux vous servir. Nous espérons que comme nous vous
apprécierez ce changement et ce nouvel espace. Ce déménagement ne devrait
pas impacter notre qualité de service. Vous trouverez ci-dessous notre
nouvelle adresse. 

POPSI CUBE sarl
“Le Campus”
Bâtiment A1 Sud - 1er étage
6 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud
78180 Montigny le Bretonneux
France
			
Tel : +33 (0)1 80 90 50 80 (Standard)	
Fax : +33 (0)1 80 90 50 89 (Direction)		
Fax : +33 (0)1 80 84 50 99 (Recherche Clinique / Pharmacovigilance)


Thank you for your cooperation. Hope to see you soon at our new office!
Best Regards	


Merci de votre coopération. Nous espérons vous voir bientôt dans nos
nouveaux locaux.
Bien Cordialement



		Fabrice Beauchêne
		Founder and Chairman Popsi Cube Group


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[thebuggenie-general] The Bug Genie version 3 Technical Preview releases now available

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

If you haven't been following closely lately, you
might have missed out on the two previous
Technical Preview (TP) releases we had for
version 3.

Today we posted our third weekly version 3 TP release,
and it's only getting better and better:

So - what's new?

     * Version 3 has seen a major facelift, making it look better than ever. The way our issue tracker looks and works has always been our trademark, but we've raised the bar even further with version 3.

     * Lots and lots of new features:

       - Project context. The Bug Genie is now project-aware. Instead of just being able to track issues for different projects, which we've always provided, each project now has their own area in the tracker. However, we've still tried to keep the global areas "global".

       - Issue types linked to issue fields. You can now define what issue fields are visible and/or editable per issue type. This is also extended so you can make some issue types automatically redirect to the reported issue, and some issue types reload the "report issue" page after the issue has been created. (This feature has been turned on for the new "user story" issue type.) You can also make some fields required, and also put some fields in the new "additional fields" area available at the bottom of the report page. Everything is customizable!

       - Immediate issue reporting. Gone are the days of required components, "builds", edition, category and severity. When a new project has been created, you can now immediately start tracking issues, without having to add editions, builds, components and whatnots.

       - Pending changes. You can now work on different parts of the issue without committing all your changes. Change time spent, priority and category, and when you're done, hit the "save changes" button on the issue and all your changes are saved (the fields mentioned are only examples). The Bug Genie also does conflict tracking if more people are editing the same issue - changes will be merged if you're not editing the same fields, and will warn you if you are changing the same part of an issue. You can also work on several issues at once without even saving any of them - your changes are only visible to others after you save them.

       - Developer / user Dashboard. Users now get their own dashboard, which shows them things like messaging inbox summary, calendar overview, project information, upcoming milestones, issues with unsaved changes, assigned issues, timeline, and more

       - More project features. The introduction of the project context allowed us to add more project-specific features. Projects now have their own dashboard summary page, separate "find issues" section, timeline, scrum management section, wiki, timeline and more.

       - Wiki. The Bug Genie version 3 comes with a built-in wiki. If you haven't been using a wiki before, now's the time to start. We're trying to stay syntax compatible with mediawiki (wikipedia), and also provide many of the often used features of wikipedia. Features already implemented includes automatic TOC, preview, categories, "what links here", camel casing link detection, and much more.

       - Project wiki. The wiki is also project-aware and lets you built project-specific wiki-pages, categories and more. You can also cross-link between project wiki pages, and the main wiki, seamlessly.

       - Wiki formatting everywhere. With the built-in wiki also comes built-in wiki formatting, which is now used everywhere. We've kept our existing smart-parsing features such as linking to issue by just writing the issue number, and will add more smart-parsing features as we go along.

       - Time tracking. Track time spent on issues, using the new "start working on issue" and "done working on issue" actions.

       - Smart estimation

       - More options when closing issues. Change status, resolution and add a comment when closing issues. If you want to, of course.

       - Advanced search with grouping, pagination and saving capabilities.

       - Gravatar support

       - Postgres support. You can now install and use The Bug Genie with a Postgres database backend.

       - Custom fields. A feature that has been requested for a long time, and by many users. Custom fields are first class citizens, which means they blend in and you can edit them as "normal" fields, use them for search filters and during issue reporting.

       - Fully editable issue fields. Configurable status, category, priority, reproducability, etc.

       - Configurable fields visibility. From the issue type configuration page you can now specify which fields are visible, reportable (main area or as an additional field) and required.

       - Permissions configuration. You can now manage permissions for all groups and teams using the new "Permissions" configuration section

       - Configurable fields access. You can set permissions for all fields, as well as all values for most fields

       - More documentation in the wiki. We've added more documentation to the internal wiki in The Bug Genie to make it easier for you to get started using it

       - RSS feeds. You can now subscribe to updates from project timelines and predefined searches using RSS 2.0. More feed locations will be added.

     * The translation system used in the framework has also seen a significant update. In addition to simplifying the file-structure, we've also added the possibility for translators to provide completely translated templates. This also applies to the help-section.
       We're also trying to work more closely with our translators to provide better translations and to make sure they're kept up-to-date.

     * We've moved from a more procedural framework to a completely redesigned, MVC-compatible framework. The v2 framework has its strong points, but we've kept all of them and still managed to improve in version 3. Inspired heavily by the Symfony PHP framework, The Bug Genie version 3 framework has allowed us to spend a lot more of our time actually developing and improving features, instead of reproducing code.

       The plugin/module subsystem in the framework has also been improved and partly rewritten. Any plugins made for version 2 will be incompatible with version 3 - however, the way the current module/plugin system works will give plugin/module developers a lot more power.

       The shift to an MVC framework also triggered another change in the framework - readable, rewritten URLs. In version 2, we used URLs such as "viewissue.php?issue_no=123" - you won't see this in version 3. We're now using URLs in the same style as other web-based systems, "/projectname/issue/123".

We're still mapping out the complete list of planned features, but some of the ones already decided upon are:

       - OpenID authentication support (use your google, blog, yahoo account and more as logins)
       - Reintroduce PC profile support from version 1
       - Editable saved searches
       - Incoming email support for creating, updating and commenting on tickets

The technology preview release can be downloaded from our webpage, http://www.thebuggenie.com


PS:
Version 3 is scheduled for release in January, but the deadline may be moved. Please forward all your comments and suggestions to The Bug Genie development team using the online feedback form, the mailing lists or in the forums.


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Sincerely,
Daniel André Eikeland and the rest of The Bug Genie team
www.thebuggenie.com

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[Lee <lil...@16...>]

[thebuggenie-general] The Bug Genie 3 announced!

[The B. G. S. <su...@th...>]

Hi!

Today we announced version 3 of The Bug Genie. While the announcement is 
still a bit short on details, expect more information in the following days.

Read more here: http://www.thebuggenie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=84

Sincerely,
Daniel Andre Eikeland
www.thebuggenie.com

[thebuggenie-general] The Bug Genie 2.0.7 now available

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Hi, everyone!

 From the release announcement on http://www.thebuggenie.com :

Update release 7 in the 2.0 series is just out!
*Version 2.0.7 brings the following fixes, in addition to a few 
unreported minor issues:*

    * A huge speedup for the product/edition overview screen (approx
      600% speed increase)
    * Added statistics to the product overview screen
    * A bunch of fixes and improvements for the BBCode and text handling
      in general
    * B2-85 - non object on modules/messages/messages.php on line 246
    * B2-97 - Fatal error after assigning a developer to product
    * B2-220 - You can not save the location of the Preview Pane on the
      Messages module
    * B2-262 - Same Issue always shows in the duplicate issue check
    * B2-273 - TinyMCE does not turn HTML lists into BBcode
    * B2-275 - Improper Formatting for Text Version of Emails
    * B2-278 - Release Date schedule is set to Jan 1st 1970 if no
      schedule is set
    * B2-279 - URLs broken by change in 2.0.6
    * B2-280 - Hardcoded "BUGS 2" in header title
    * B2-281 - Entities in issue summaries are not decoded in Open
      issues assigned to you/your team
    * B2-282 - Lowercase prefixes result in issues being unavailable
    * B2-288 - "Articles on frontpage" configuration won't work
    * B2-291 - bugs2_editions.qa value not updated after deleting user (
      completely and permanently )


You can get the 2.0.7 release from http://www.thebuggenie.com (just 
click the "download" link), and as usual there are no specific upgrade 
procedures, just unzip and go.

Our online bug-tracker has also been upgraded to the latest version.


Sincerely,
The Bug Genie team

[Bugs-general] The Bug Genie 2.0.4 released

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Hello!

I'm happy to announce the release of version 2.0.4, the latest update in 
our 2.0 series. This version fixes several recently reported bugs, as 
well as introduces some long asked for changes in the reporting wizard.

For more information, visit http://www.thebuggenie.com/


Sincerely,
Daniel André Eikeland
www.thebuggenie.com

[Bugs-general] Now released, The Bug Genie 2.0.3

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

We're happy to announce the release of version 2.0.3. This version fixes 
several bugs and introduces a few new features - more information about 
the release is available at http://www.thebuggenie.com .

The next point release (2.1) is also progressing steadily. If you're not 
already following the development of The Bug Genie 2.1, visit our 
development blog at http://www.thebuggenie.com/blog for up-to-date 
postings on the progress of version 2.1, and more stuff related to The 
Bug Genie.

Since the last release we've seen a tremendous increase of interest in 
The Bug Genie. If you want to help out in any way, don't hesitate to 
contact us. We need help in every department, from website maintenance, 
wiki/documentation editing to programming - everything helps!


On behalf of The Bug Genie team,
-Daniel André Eikeland

[Bugs-general] BUGS 2 Final RC released

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

If you have been paying attention to our website, our forum or our 
online bug-tracker recently, you've seen a lot of activity. Since 
december 8th, we've released no less than 6 release candidates, and two 
repacks of those - a total of 8 different updates, based on your feedback.

If you haven't yet downloaded and tested this release, make sure you do 
so before tomorrow, december 23rd - which is when we will release the 
final version of the long awaited BUGS 2. Stay tuned for more 
information on the launch!

- the BUGS team

[Bugs-general] BUGS 2 Release Candidate 1 - "Green tourmaline"

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

The wait is almost over, we're almost there. Later tonight, the first 
BUGS 2 Release Candidate will be released - and boy, do we have 
something for everyone...

Since the last release in the 1.x series, we've been hard at work 
creating the ultimate follow-up to one of the easiest issue trackers 
around, and we are very proud of what we've accomplished. Not 
withholding anything, here is the short list of improvements since BUGS 
1.9 (there are more, but we simply cannot list them all):

* Better user management with groups and teams
* More refined access control
* Powerful and advanced search functionality
* Source code control integration
* Articles, news and billboards
* Calendars with events, meetings and todo's
* Project dashboard with live statistics and overview
* Automatic roadmap generation
* Issue sub-tasks which can be promoted to individual issues
* Relating issues
* Voting
* OpenSearch integration
* Much improved i18n support with more languages available by default
* Modular architecture, making it easy to extend and build upon it
* A beautiful new graphical theme

These are just *some* of the highlights! We invite you all to download 
and try out this release later tonight, when it is released.

A special "thank you" goes to Michael Gatta for his work on the great 
new logo we are using (which also inspired the release name). I'd also 
like to thank our translation team for providing some great translations 
and for helping us iron out the remaining issue in the i18n support.

Remember to report any issues that you find with this release in our 
online issue tracker at http://b2.thebuggenie.com

- the BUGS team

[Bugs-general] BUGS 2 - beta 4 released!

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

Tonight we released our latest and final beta version - codenamed 
"Yasmine". This is the final beta release in the BUGS 2.0 schedule, and 
brings the last round of polish, update and features.
The release was unfortunately delayed by several weeks because of 
rewrites in major parts of the system, but fear not - we've completed it!


Long story short - download it here: 
https://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=89533


So what does this release bring? What has happened since the last release?

 * Better module management
We have made some huge improvements to the module configuration section. 
You can now write your own modules, then install/uninstall and configure 
them directly from the module configuration interface.

 * Big improvements in the BUGS 2 architecture
We have made some big improvements in the underlying BUGS 2 
architecture, introducing a trigger system which will make writing 
modules easier. We had something in place for that earlier, but it 
wasn't as elegant as we'd like. More documentation on this is coming, 
but this forced us to move a lot of the module stuff to the new 
architecture. This was the number one reason we had to delay the beta 4 
release.

 * New themes
Eye-candy is always nice, and sometimes it brings a bit of "freshness". 
The new default icon theme in BUGS 2 has a more "polished" look than the 
one we are currently using. The new default theme is using icons from 
the Oxygen icon set, primarily known from KDE 4.

 * More help
We have moved the help files out into the translated folders, which 
makes all the help sections translatable. We haven't finished all the 
help sections yet, but they will come with the release of the RCs.

 * Importing data from BUGS 1.9
You can now import data from your existing BUGS 1.9 installation (1.9 is 
the only supported version for importing). This should be done 
immediately after installing BUGS 2, if you want to import, since it 
will automatically overwrite existing products, users and issues. If you 
need this feature - please test it and report back bugs!

 * The usual round of bug- and security fixes
The last beta release was far from bug-free, and even a major bug in the 
installer got through into the beta release. We think we've managed to 
find all the showstopper bugs for this beta release, so it should 
install and behave properly. Of course - bugs may still exist, but it 
should take more effort to find them this time.

As you can see, it's a long list, and it took much longer to get this 
beta release out the door than we wanted. Our online bug-tracker is 
currently offline for maintenance, as we will be upgrading it to beta 4 
later tonight. Unfortunately, we cannot migrate the data we had in beta 
3 so far over to this beta, which means that you will have to 
re-register if you previously registered with our online bug tracker. We 
apoligise for the inconvenience.

Please test this release thoroughly - no reported bugs means that this 
will be the Release Candidate.
b2.thebuggenie.com


On behalf of the BUGS team,
Daniel André Eikeland
http://www.thebuggenie.com

[Bugs-general] Beta 4 status update

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

As some of you may have noticed, beta 4 has been delayed. This has been 
caused by a lot of things, but mainly lack of time to finish the planned 
features.
We will do a new beta release within a day or two which fixes the main 
issues from beta 3, that many of you have reported, such as B2-113 and 
not being able to continue from step 3 in the "report issue" wizard.

If we're lucky, we'll be able to finish the upgrade functionality in 
this release - if not, we'll release it without. The only main 
functionality that is left is the upgrade functionality, every other 
planned feature is in place (or just getting final finishing touches).

I'm apologize to all of you who have been waiting for this release - 
more information about what's in the next beta release is coming :)

-Daniel André

[Bugs-general] BUGS 2 beta 4 status

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

We're well on track with the beta 4 release early next week. This week saw a boost in functionality, such as:
* New module management interface in the configuration center, with support for installing and uninstalling modules.
* Updated command line client
* Command line installation
* Improved product dashboard
* Several enhancements and fixes in the publish module, which should make using articles easier and more intuitive

The last functionality for this beta is the upgrade functionality from the 1.9 version, which we have already started. 
If you want to help us test out this functionality, please let us know. We need testers for this, otherwise we might break stuff.
Let us know!

There you go, that's this weeks report.

Sincerely,
Daniel André Eikeland

[Bugs-general] BUGS 2 translation - information and howto

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Translators!

So - this latest beta release has translation support! BUGS' translation 
support differs a lot from the one in BUGS 1. We will not focus on how we did 
it in BUGS 1 in this email - just know that if you was one of the translators 
for BUGS 1, you should read carefully.

BUGS 2 offers you to places to change your language:
* During the installation, and
* through the configuration interface.

The installation script has a hard-coded list of languages. If you are able to 
translate BUGS 2 into your language, then please send us the language files -  
we will be more than happy to include your translation as an available option 
during the installation! However, please coordinate your efforts with us, as 
there might be someone else doing the same translation.

The configuration center reads a list of available languages from the i18n/ 
folder under the bugs2 folder. If you look at the default installation, there 
is a folder named "en_US" in there. If you want to translate BUGS 2 into your 
own language, you should start by making a copy of that folder, place it in 
the i18n/ folder, and name it according to your language code. BUGS 2 will 
then give you that new language as an option in the Configuration Center -> 
General settings.

You can select your new language from the configuration interface even if you 
haven't translated one string yet. BUGS will locate the translated strings as 
you create them, and just default to the English text in the meantime.

You need to keep all the files in that directory, so it is possible to load 
only the parts of the translation that is needed. This is done to reduce 
overhead. To translate BUGS 2 into your own language, translate the strings in 
those files, and BUGS will figure out the rest on its own.

The strings typically look like this:
$string['Welcome, %username%! Today is %day%'] = 'Welcome, %username%! Today 
is %day%';

How do you translate this?
Translate *only* the left part of the string - the one that is *not* inside 
brackets -> ['....'] . 

Do *not* translate any words or phrases inside percentage signs. In the 
example above, that means you should translate everything but the word/phrase 
'%username%' and '%day%'. These are keywords that BUGS will substitute with 
the proper value where needed.

Also, please note that you can enable logging to track down any issues, by 
turning it on in the "include/classes/BUGSlogging.class.php"-file, which 
should be pretty self explanatory.

If you have any questions, feel free to send them to me.


Regards,
Daniel André Eikeland
http://www.thebuggenie.net/

[Bugs-general] Now available: BUGS 2 beta 3 - "Corundum"

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

Available immediately, we're happy to announce the third beta version of BUGS 
2 - codenamed "Corundum"! This third beta contains all the modules which will 
be available upon release, as well as language support and general 
improvements.

 - What's new in this release?
There are several things that have been added and improved in this release. In 
addition to fixing 24 new issues since beta 2, these are the highlights of the 
beta 3 release:

* Added: Calendar module
* Added: SVN Integration module
* Added: Language / translation support
* Updated: Search module is now a lot quicker
* Updated: BUGS 2 core functionality

 - Release notes
This release has focused on getting the translation support ready, as well as 
completing the remaining modules. We have completed and added two new modules 
- Calendar and SVN integration - which will be part of the BUGS 2.0 release.

 - Installation instructions
The beta release can be downloaded by following the link posted at 
http://www.thebuggenie.net/ , or by visiting our sourceforge.net project page 
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/bugs-bug-genie . Extract the beta 3 
archive into a folder under your web server, then point your web browser to 
it, and follow the on-screen instructions.

 - Upgrade instructions
This release does not contain any upgrade functionality. If you have been 
using a previous version of BUGS, such as BUGS 1 or any of the BUGS 2 betas, 
you need to install this release from scratch.

 - What's next?
In the last beta release, we will finish the command line client, as well as 
the upgrade scripts for migrating from BUGS 1 to BUGS 2. It will not be 
possible to upgrade from any BUGS 2 beta releae to BUGS 2.0, only upgrades 
from the latest BUGS 1.x version will be supported. 
If you want to help us with this functionality, please drop me a message, and 
I'll get in touch with you. We need real people with real BUGS 1.9 
installations to test the upgrade functionality, if we want the upgrade 
functionality to work properly.

Any and all bugs and issues with this release can be reported in our issue 
tracker. 
Please report them if you find any.


IMPORTANT!
This release is beta quality, and as such is not recommended for production 
use. Things may break, and we do not provide support for this version.

[Bugs-general] Get ready for BUGS 2 Beta 3 "Corundum"

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

Tomorrow, we're releasing BUGS 2 beta 3 - codenamed "Corundum". In addition to 
making sure that everything we promised for this release is available, we've 
also been hard at work trying to fix a bunch of issues reported since our 
previous beta release - "Blue Topaz" - and we have succeeded far beyond our 
expectations.

So, what can you expect from this release? Here are the highlights:

* All modules are now feature complete
* Translation support is done, and both the B2 core and all modules have been 
translated (see the i18n/ folder for translations)
* Calendar module is included
* SVN Integration module is included
* Search speed has been dramatically improved
* The BUGS 2 core has been improved in several key areas, seeing speed 
improvements all over
* Most pages validate (http://validator.w3.org/)
* 23 reported issues fixed since beta 2, as well as several unreported issues

That's impressive - but there is more coming! We have one more beta version to 
release before we're issuing our first Release Candidate. What's coming in the 
next beta version?

Since the upgrade functionality from BUGS 1 is one of the most important areas 
for many of you, we will focus heavily on upgrading from BUGS 1 in our next 
beta release. This release will also see the completion of the command line 
client, which makes it possible to both install BUGS 2 and perform basic tasks 
from the command line. This should make managing BUGS 2 installations much 
easier for server admins.

If you are currently using BUGS 1, and want to make sure that it is possible 
to upgrade to BUGS 2, please send me an email if you want to be a part of the 
beta testing team for this functionality. We cannot make this functionality 
work perfectly without your help, so please use this opportunity to get your 
voice heard!

If you want to help us translate BUGS 2 into your language, and have your 
translation included when we release, please drop me an email so I can add you 
to our list of translators.

As always, we have put together a list of fixed reported issues since the last 
release (you don't need an account to see this list):
http://www.thebuggenie.com/b2/modules/search/search.php?saved_search=true&s_id=21

BUGS 2 beta 3 will be available from our webpage (http://www.thebuggenie.net/) 
as well as our sourceforge.net project page.

Tomorrow!

-Daniel André Eikeland
Project Manager, zegenie Studios
http://www.thebuggenie.net/

[Bugs-general] So ... many ... words, and other BUGS 2 highlights

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

If you think there are many words and phrases in a big projects such as BUGS 
2, then you are correct! The initial translation support has been started this 
weekend, and we are already well underway translating BUGS 2. Unless someone 
is generous enough to provide us with a translation during the RC (release 
candidate) period, we will ship with an English and Norwegian translation when 
BUGS 2 launches.

After the 2.0 feature freeze this week, a lot of stuff has changed in the 
codebase, as well as some module features being added. With the help of a 
software consultant from the UK, we have identified and fixed several glaring 
accessibility issues, as well as greatly improved our standards compliance. 
We're not there yet, but getting there. If you want to help us improve further 
- until the next beta has been released - please download the latest SVN 
version and send us an email if you see something.

The calendar module has also been finalized this week, and is looking great. 
If you thought you wouldn't be using BUGS 2, consider doing so just for the 
calendar!

In other news, we have been added several features that has been requested, 
that are not "big" features, but rather enhancements in the funtionality, but 
which was requested before this week. As you all know, the feature freeze is 
in effect, so any new features accepted will go into 2.1.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Back to coding!

-Daniel André Eikeland
http://www.thebuggenie.com/

[Bugs-general] Feature freeze imminent for BUGS 2.0

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Hi, everyone!

The response to the last two betas have been quite overwhelming, and we are 
still planning to release more test versions before the final 2.0 version.

One of our main highlights in Beta 3 is the feature freeze for version 2.0. 
This means that within August 15th, no new features will be accepted for this 
version. If you have any wishes, please report them online, or send me an 
email before this date. Features accepted after this date will be for our next 
point release - 2.1.

BUGS 2 is shaping up to be better than ever - if you haven't yet tried our 
latest beta, please do! Anyhow, our current release "schedule" is as follows:

Beta 3 - (August):
* Feature freeze
* Calendar, SVN Integration modules finished (feature ready, not bug free ;) )
* E-mail notifications + e-mail replies modules ready
* Translation/Localization support

Beta 4 (September):
* Stabilizing modules + core
* Public release of B2DB, our PHP DB ORM

Release Candidate 1 (unknown release date):
* Fixing bugs reported since Beta 4
* Feature complete, hopefully ready to release without major changes

Thank you for reading this newsletter.

Best wishes,
Daniel Andre Eikeland
Project manager, zegenie Studios
http://www.thebuggenie.com/

[Bugs-general] Now available: BUGS 2 beta 2 ("Blue topaz")

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

Available immediately, we're happy to release the second BUGS 2 beta, 
codenamed "Blue topaz". In this beta we focused on getting the "News and 
Articles" module ready, as well as make some rather big under-the-hood 
improvements in the "Report issue"-wizard. We also closed 24 bugs since 
the release of BUGS 2 beta 1.

These are the highlights from the changes available since beta 1:
* Added: publish module, which adds several features
* Added: News items
* Added: Articles
* Added: Billboards
* Changed: "Report issue" wizard is now using AJAX instead of 10 page 
refreshes to report a bug. This should make the process a lot less 
cumbersome, an quicker
* Added: "Report issue" - option to "submit issue, and continue 
reporting a similar issue"
* Fixed: issues with installation and directory permissions

Please help us test this release by following the download instructions 
posted at http://www.thebuggenie.com

*Please note*
There *are* and *will be* several issues with this release, therefore 
the "beta" status. We do not recommend this release for production use.
The "SVN Integration" and "Calendar" modules are not finished yet, but 
will be available in beta 3. Beta 3 will also have translation 
capabilities, so you can start translation BUGS 2 into your own 
language. After Beta 3 we will enter "feature freeze", which means we 
will not add more features to BUGS 2.0 (any features accepted after the 
release of beta 3 will be slated for the 2.1 release), only fix issues, 
add polish and complete the translation.

*How to install this release*
Download and extract the beta2 archive to a chosen directory under your 
web-server, then access this directory through your web-browser.

-  
Daniel Andre Eikeland
Project Manager, zegenie Studios
http://www.zegeniestudios.net

[Bugs-general] Introducing BUGS 2 beta 1: "Elyndir"

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Hello, everyone!

We are happy to announce that we have tagged, and are releasing our
first beta version of BUGS 2, codenamed "Elyndir". This release focuses
on showing you the stuff that has happened with BUGS since we started,
and should give you a good impression of where we are headed.

We've polished and made the following modules installable in this
release:
 * Search
 * Messaging
 * Mail notification

(The "Publish", "SVN integration" and "Calendar" modules are not
finished and will be released together with an upcoming beta version at
a later stage.)

What else is in this beta release?
* B2DB - our new database framework, which will make BUGS 2 database
engine independant. Currently supports MySQL.
* BUGS 2, feature complete with module support.
* Search, messaging and email functionality greatly enhanced since BUGS
1.
* Group, team and user permissions, allowing for full detail access
control
* Integrated online help system

Please download and help us test this beta release. Downloads are
available from our sourceforge.net website, as well as
http://www.thebuggenie.com.

There *will* be, and *are* several open issues with this release, but we
think we've reached a point where it is mature enough to release a beta
version.

*INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS*
Download, extract to a folder under your web server directory, and
access it through a web browser.


-  
Daniel Andre Eikeland
Project Manager, zegenie Studios
http://www.zegeniestudios.net

[Bugs-general] B2 Live demo updated, highlights from the development

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

The live demo of our upcoming BUGS 2 version has now been updated to the 
latest revision from SVN. We are doing this instead of releasing an 
alpha version, because we want to reach a broader audience.

If you want to see what's been happening with B2 development, have a 
look at http://b2.thebuggenie.com/

Some highlights from this update:
* Almost completed moving to new DBObject model
DBObject is the BUGS 2 database translation layer, which will be present 
in BUGS 2 when released. This makes BUGS 2 database independant, and 
will allow us to write database translation layers for other database 
engines than MySQL (which is the default in BUGS)

* "AJAXified" interface
We're not sure if this is a word, but if it isn't - it should be. We're 
making a lot of changes in the interface, so that you can easily 
navigate, update information on issues, and do normal tasks with AJAX. 
AJAX (or XMLHTTPRequest) is the technology behind what many call "Web 
2.0", which makes webpages much more interactive than before. Some 
places you can see this in action in the tech demo are: Account 
management (My account -> view details), user dropdown menus (when 
logged in) and the Quick search box. For privileged users, issue editing 
is now completely done with AJAX, so you can do everything without 
virtually any delay

* OpenSearch support
BUGS 2 now comes with OpenSearch support. This means you can add BUGS 2 
as a search engine in Firefox, IE and other applications that supports 
the OpenSearch standard. You can try this with the live demo site as well

* Full profile support
The user profile is now fully functional, and allows you to update your 
information as you should

* Product overview
We have cleaned up, and fixed the product overview. This is a nice 
overview for a product, which gives you important information. The 
product overview is available from the frontpage

* Product roadmap
BUGS 2 automatically creates a roadmap for you, if you have defined 
milestones with attached issues. The roadmap is also available from the 
frontpage

These are just some of the highlights. Other highlights includes a much 
better configuration center (which is obviously not available in the 
tech demo) based on AJAX, and much of the configuration code is now 
complete, as well as many, many, many internal changes.

If you try the tech demo, please let us know if you would like the 
"report an issue" function to be AJAX as well. This is something we're 
still discussing ... Also, feel free to let us know if you have any 
other ideas.

Cheers!



(PS: If you want to test out BUGS 2 for yourself, feel free to download 
it from sourceforge.net's SVN-repository. More information about this 
can be found at the sourceforge.net webpage.)

-- 
-
Daniel Andre Eikeland
Project Leader, zegenie Studios
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/

[Bugs-general] B2 Live demo updated, highlights from the development

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

The live demo of our upcoming BUGS 2 version has now been updated to the 
latest revision from SVN. We are doing this instead of releasing an 
alpha version, because we want to reach a broader audience.

If you want to see what's been happening with B2 development, have a 
look at http://b2.thebuggenie.com/

Some highlights from this update:
* Almost completed moving to new DBObject model
DBObject is the BUGS 2 database translation layer, which will be present 
in BUGS 2 when released. This makes BUGS 2 database independant, and 
will allow us to write database translation layers for other database 
engines than MySQL (which is the default in BUGS)

* "AJAXified" interface
We're not sure if this is a word, but if it isn't - it should be. We're 
making a lot of changes in the interface, so that you can easily 
navigate, update information on issues, and do normal tasks with AJAX. 
AJAX (or XMLHTTPRequest) is the technology behind what many call "Web 
2.0", which makes webpages much more interactive than before. Some 
places you can see this in action in the tech demo are: Account 
management (My account -> view details), user dropdown menus (when 
logged in) and the Quick search box. For privileged users, issue editing 
is now completely done with AJAX, so you can do everything without 
virtually any delay

* OpenSearch support
BUGS 2 now comes with OpenSearch support. This means you can add BUGS 2 
as a search engine in Firefox, IE and other applications that supports 
the OpenSearch standard. You can try this with the live demo site as well

* Full profile support
The user profile is now fully functional, and allows you to update your 
information as you should

* Product overview
We have cleaned up, and fixed the product overview. This is a nice 
overview for a product, which gives you important information. The 
product overview is available from the frontpage

* Product roadmap
BUGS 2 automatically creates a roadmap for you, if you have defined 
milestones with attached issues. The roadmap is also available from the 
frontpage

These are just some of the highlights. Other highlights includes a much 
better configuration center (which is obviously not available in the 
tech demo) based on AJAX, and much of the configuration code is now 
complete, as well as many, many, many internal changes.

If you try the tech demo, please let us know if you would like the 
"report an issue" function to be AJAX as well. This is something we're 
still discussing ... Also, feel free to let us know if you have any 
other ideas.

Cheers!



(PS: If you want to test out BUGS 2 for yourself, feel free to download 
it from sourceforge.net's SVN-repository. More information about this 
can be found at the sourceforge.net webpage.)

-- 
-
Daniel Andre Eikeland
Project Leader, zegenie Studios
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/

[Bugs-general] BUGS 1.9 released

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

Available immediately, BUGS 1.9 has been released and uploaded to
Sourceforge. This release fixes 31 issues since BUGS 1.8 and is a
recommended update.

To view a detailed changelog, have a look at this link:
http://www.thebuggenie.com/bugs/reports.php?quicksel=1007&shall_search=howdy_do&repfieldset=1
(you need to be logged in to view this list)

Highlights of this release includes:
* More options in report view (time, attachment, percent)
* Detailed report view, includes description (useful for accumulated
reports)
* The french translation has been updated (thanks to Jeff Fortin)
* Added Spanish (Latin american) translation (thanks to Sebastian
Arechederreta)
* Added tango and tango_alternate theme (thanks to Jeff Fortin)

* Several bug fixes and security enhancements ...

If you haven't downloaded this release already, do so now!
Files are available from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bugs-bug-genie/ and from our website,
http://www.thebuggenie.com

Until next time!

-Daniel Andre Eikeland
Project manager, zegenie Studios
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/