Re: [Roundup-users] being notified of new issues

[Tonu M. <tm...@um...>]

The addition of the detector worked perfectly. Thank you!


On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:42 AM John P. Rouillard <ro...@cs...>
wrote:

> Hello Tonu:
>
> In message <CABDFm8gEASbHiyE1dEe3xfVnD=
> T_8...@ma...>
> ,
> Tonu Mikk via Roundup-users writes:
> >I would like to configure my tracker to email me every time a new issue is
> >created. I added my email address to the dispatcher line in the config.ini
> >file, but that didn't work. I know it is documented and I searched, but I
> >couldn't find the solution.
>
> I shared your expectation about dispatcher. Then I looked into it and
> searched the code. The key part of the dispatcher is:
>
>   # The 'dispatcher' is a role that can get notified
>   # of new items to the database.
>   # It is used by the ERROR_MESSAGES_TO config setting.
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> the same wording shows up in reference.txt (formerly part of
> customizing.txt).
>
> In doc/whatsnew-0.7.txt
>
>   A new config option has been added that specifies the email address of
>   a "dispatcher" role.  This email address acts as a central sentinel for
>   issues coming into the system. You can configure it so that all e-mail
>   error messages get bounced to them, them and the user in question, or
>   just the user (default).
>
> which explains it a little better, but still confusing. "issue" in
> this case is not an issue as in 'an issue tracked by Roundup'. Instead
> issue here means an issue/failure in email delivery or other bounce
> message.
>
> Indeed the only reference in the code to this setting is in
> bounce_message() in mailer.py.
>
> I'll see what I can do to clarify the wording on that.
>
> None of this solves your "issue" (hmm, irony...).
>
> However there is a "newissuecopy" reactor provided in the source tree
> in the detectors directory. It can also be retrieved from source
> control at:
>
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/roundup/code/ci/default/tree/detectors/newissuecopy.py
>
> It should be as easy as putting the file in the detectors directory of
> your tracker's home directory. Then change "team@team.host" to your
> address. Finally restart the tracker.
>
> It looks like the file works under both python 2 and 3, so you should
> be good.
>
> Have a great day.
>
> --
>                                 -- rouilj
> John Rouillard
> ===========================================================================
> My employers don't acknowledge my existence much less my opinions.
>


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