[jtrac-users] New development build 2.2.0-dev4 available

[Peter T. <ptr...@gm...>]

Hi,

Lots of new stuff!  Some of these were available in the previous 2.2.0
series builds as well.

   - Import from Excel
      - Finally!
      - A minor limitation for now is that you have to create and set up the
      target Space before-hand.
      - But the UI allows you to clean the data and map drop-downs
      accurately.
      - Someone was asking about migrating from BugZilla recently on this
      list so it would be great to get feedback on this front.
      - Try preferably in a test-environment as this is still "beta" - but
      please do help test this !
      - Bookmarkable search results
      - Want to "save" a search?  Just bookmark the URL in the browser
      address bar just after you hit the "search" button
      - XML export
      - Link to export search results appears next to the "Excel export"
      link
      - XML output dumps *all* information about items
      - Should address any kind of extreme reporting needs
   - Remote API
   - Uses HTTP basic authentication (so please use SSL if using over the
      internet to be safe)
      - Read-only at the moment
      - Returns XML data
      - Should open up possibilities like automated clients that create
      create daily reports etc.
      - http://<myserver>/jtrac/api?method=item.get&refId=MYSPACE-123
         - gets a single item as XML where item-id is MYSPACE-123
         - http://myserver/jtrac/api?method=item.search.get
         - this is the "base" URL to search for items
         - the above URL "as-is" dumps all items for all spaces allocated to
         authenticated user
         - but you can append the very same bookmarkable search parameters
         (discussed above) to filter results
      - Space-level Admin role introduced
      - Reserved name "ROLE_ADMIN"
         - can edit space
         - can edit items for space
         - can add users
         - can add / remove users to space
         - cannot delete users
      - Now it is also possible for a user to have multiple (workflow) roles
      per space
   - Duplicate item-id problem should be solved
      - There have been a few isolated reports of duplicate item-id-s in the
      wild.  A lot of work has gone into tracking this down and we are
confident
      that this version fixes this (very rare) problem once and for all.

Please help test this so that we can iron out bugs and release the official
version sooner!

Thanks,

Peter.