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This page is dedicated to development of Python bug tracker instance at http://bugs.python.org/ <<BR>>
We have a [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/|meta tracker]] for current issues and [[DesiredTrackerFeatures|DesiredTrackerFeatures]] page for recording ideas.
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= Getting Your Own python-dev Tracker =

This page describes how to setup a roundup tracker instance that works
exactly as the tracker for python-dev on http://bugs.python.org. The
intended audience is people that want to help out with the tracker,
developing new features etc.

== Requirements ==

 * Roundup, from the vendor branch used for python-dev (see below).

 * PostgreSQL for use as backend database.

 * Installation of psycopg.

 * A checkout of the spambayes_integration.

 * A checkout of the python-dev instance from python's subversion repository.

== Installing roundup ==

For python-dev, we use a slightly modified version of Roundup which has
some features that are not yet in the core Roundup. To keep track of
the changes, we keep a vendor branch of roundup.

Check out [[http://svn.python.org/view/tracker/roundup-src|/tracker/roundup-src]] from the python subversion
repository as documented on http://python.org/dev/tools/. For
example, here's how to do anonymous checkout:

{{{
  svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/tracker/roundup-src
}}}

Install this roundup somewhere by running setup.py

{{{
  cd roundup-src
  python setup.py install --prefix /opt/tracker-roundup/
}}}		 = Requirements =

This configuration is deployed on production server, so it is good to
stick it for development as well:

 * Roundup 1.4.20+ (patched version)
 * PostgreSQL (as a backend database)
 * psycopg2 (bindings for the above)

http://bugs.python.org/ (`python-dev` tracker instance or configuration) is running PostgreSQL on backed, because it has the best performance for large installations. Besides, there is at least one place in the `python-dev` config with hardcoded dependency on the SQL-based backed.

== Getting the source ==

Get patched version of [[http://www.roundup-tracker.org/|Roundup tracker]] from here:

 * http://hg.python.org/tracker/roundup/ (the changes are in the `bugs.python.org` branch)

Tracker configuration for http://bugs.python.org/ (called 'tracker home', 'instance' or `environment) is here:

 * Official: http://hg.python.org/tracker/python-dev/
 * Mirror: https://bitbucket.org/rirror/bugs.python.org

== Other tracker configurations ==

There are several Roundup trackers used for Python development. Configuration for them is maintained in http://hg.python.org/tracker/ repositories:

 * '''roundup''': a clone of the original Roundup with our modifications;
 * '''python-dev''': the instance used on bugs.python.org;
 * '''meta''': the instance used for the meta tracker;
 * '''jython''': the instance used for the jython tracker;
 * '''setuptools''': the instance used for the setuptools tracker;
 * '''rietveld''': a clone of Rietveld used to do reviews on the bug tracker;
 * '''django-gae2django''': a clone of django-gae2django necessary for rietveld;


= Setup bugs.python.org instance =

== Install patched Roundup ==

Clone code and switch to `bugs.python.org` branch before installing. Here it is
installed to hardcoded system-wide location at `/opt/tracker-roundup/`.

 * Read-only clone
 {{{
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/roundup
}}}

 * Read/Write clone (if you have write access to the repository)
 {{{
hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/roundup
}}}

{{{
cd roundup
hg up bugs.python.org
sudo python setup.py install --prefix /opt/tracker-roundup/
}}}


== Checkout the python-dev instance ==

 * Read-only clone
 {{{
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/python-dev
}}}

 * Read/Write clone (if you have write access to the repository)
 {{{
hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/python-dev
}}}


== Checkout the Rietveld integration (optional) ==


If you want to work on Rietveld code review tool, check out the django-gae2django and rietveld clones in the python-dev/ directory:


 * Read-only clone
 {{{
cd python-dev
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/django-gae2django/
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/rietveld/
}}}

 * Read/Write clone (if you have write access to the repository)
 {{{
cd python-dev
hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/django-gae2django/
hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/rietveld/
}}}



After getting the clones '''remember to update the branches to bugs.python.org''':

{{{
cd django-gae2django
hg up bugs.python.org
cd ..
cd rietveld
hg up bugs.python.org
}}}


In addition, Django needs to be installed; e.g. the Django 1.2 or 1.3 Debian packages work fine.


== Install psycopg2 (PostgreSQL access library for Python) ==

For Debian/Ubuntu:

{{{
sudo apt-get install python-psycopg2
}}}


For other systems, follow instructions from [[http://initd.org/psycopg/install/|psycopg2 site]].
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For the python-dev tracker instance we use PostgreSQL as backend
database. Roundup has support for many different databases for backend
(anydbm, metakit, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite...), but for the python-dev
instance, PostgreSQL was selected as it has the best performance for
large installations. Also, for performance reasons, there is at least
one place in the python-dev instance that has a hardcoded dependency
on the backend being an SQL-based one, so you do need PostgreSQL even
for development work (another SQL-based backend might work, but this
has not been tested). I recommend that you run postgreSQL to make your
development environment behave exactly like the environment the real
tracker runs in.

Details on how to install PostgreSQL is outside the scope of this Wiki
Page. Both version 7.4 and 8.1 of PostgreSQL has been tested without
any known problems. It has been reported that 8.2 and 8.3 work well.

Access configuration of postgresql can be tricky. You need to make
sure that the user you're running roundup as (your unix/windows user)
has access to the postgresql database you intend to use for roundup,
as the postgresql user you've configured in roundup's configuration.

For a development environment with no demands on security, the easiest
way to configure this is probably to allow all users to connect as any
database user as long as the request originates from the local
host. This can be accomplished by the following lines in pg_hba.conf:

{{{
local all all trust
host all all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust
}}}

'''PLEASE NOTE''': This is not a secure configuration on a multi-user
machine.

After the change in pg_hba.conf, reload your postgreSQL database to
make sure it knows about your new access
configuration. Something similar to ''/etc/init.d/postgresql reload''		 Other backends may work, but it is recommended to keep development environment close to production.

It has been reported that 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 9.1 work well. See [[UpgradingPostgreSQL]] if you need to upgrade version.

Access control in PostgreSQL is tricky. You need to know Unix user, under which you run Roundup, setup access for him to PostgreSQL database, and add PostgreSQL user that you've configured in Roundup's configuration.

For a development environment the easiest way is to allow any user from localhost to connect as any database user. This can be accomplished by editing pg_hba.conf (usually found in /etc/postgresql/9.x/main/ in Linux or /Library/PostgreSQL/9.x/data/ in Mac OS X -- you might need privileges to edit it). The end of the file should look like this (the four changed lines are preceded by ##):


{{{
# Database administrative login by UNIX sockets
##local all postgres ident
local all postgres trust

# TYPE DATABASE USER CIDR-ADDRESS METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
##local all all ident
local all all trust
# IPv4 local connections:
##host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
# IPv6 local connections:
##host all all ::1/128 md5
host all all ::1/128 trust
}}}


'''PLEASE NOTE''': This is not a secure configuration on a multi-user machine.


After the change in pg_hba.conf, reload your postgreSQL database to make sure it knows about your new access configuration. Something similar to


{{{
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql reload
}}}
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Create a database user that is allowed to create databases. This user
will be used when roundup connects to the database.

{{{
# psql -U postgres
On Mac OS X, do {{{sudo su - postgres}}}. Then use pg_ctl to restart the server:

{{{
/Library/PostgreSQL/9.x/bin/pg_ctl restart -D /Library/PostgreSQL/9.x/data
}}}


Create a database user that is allowed to create databases. This user will be used when roundup connects to the database.

{{{
$ psql -U postgres
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== Installing psycopg or psycopg2 ==

You need to install psycopg or psycopg2. Download it from http://www.initd.org, as pre-packaged versions have been reported to cause problems.

== Checkout spambayes_integration ==

Even if you don't intend to use the !SpamBayes detector you must still check out the {{{spambayes_integration}}} instance.
{{{
  svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/tracker/instances/spambayes_integration
}}}

If you do intend to use it, you will need to also [[#SpamBayesSetup | install SpamBayes proper and configure it appropriately]]. Otherwise, a [[#SpamBayesdummyconfiguration |dummy configuration]] should work.

== Checkout and Configure your Development Roundup Instance ==

The [[http://svn.python.org/view/tracker/instances/python-dev/ |python-dev]] tracker instance is version-controlled with subversion,
and resides in the python subversion repository.

{{{
  svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/tracker/instances/python-dev
}}}

Keep in mind that the python-dev instance has relative symlinks to {{{../../spambayes_integration/[...]}}}, so if your directory layout is different you have to update these links:
{{{
extensions/spambayes.py -> ../../spambayes_integration/extensions/spambayes.py

detectors/spambayes.py -> ../../spambayes_integration/detectors/spambayes.py

}}}

Now enter the python-dev directory, and create the 'db' directory (not
in svn as it's just to much fuzz to keep it there - every time you run
''roundup-admin init'' it is removed and recreated, confusing svn who
wants to keep its .svn directory intact), as well as the
db/backend_name file which decides which backend (i.e. database type)
to use:

== Configure your Development Roundup Instance ==


Now enter the python-dev directory, and create the 'db' directory, as well as the db/backend_name file which decides which backend (i.e. database type) to use:
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Copy python-dev/config.ini.template into config.ini, and modify it
according to your site. Pay special attention to settings marked with
''NO DEFAULT''. However, if you've configure your PostgreSQL as above,
most settings should be OK.

If you need to do development on the '''busybody''' or '''tellteam''' detectors,
copy detectors/config.ini.template into detectors/config.ini, and
adjust the e-mail addresses accordingly. <<Anchor(ciavc)>> The '''CIA.vc''' detector sends emails about issue changes and is on by default. Disable it by adding a {{{return}}} to its init() function (detectors/cia.py):


{{{#!python
 def init(db):
     return # <--
     db.issue.react('create', sendcia)
     db.issue.react('set', sendcia)
}}}
Note: the db dir contains all the messages and files attached to issues, and it's removed and recreated every time you run {{{roundup-admin init}}}.


Copy {{{python-dev/config.ini.template}}} into {{{config.ini}}} and {{{detectors/config.ini.template}}} into {{{detectors/config.ini}}}:

{{{
cp config.ini.template config.ini
cp detectors/config.ini.template detectors/config.ini
}}}

The former will let you configure your roundup instance; the latter, detectors such as '''irker''', '''busybody''', or '''tellteam'''.


In config.ini pay special attention to settings marked with ''NO DEFAULT''.
If you don't want to configure roundup to send emails but save them on a file instead, you can set


{{{
debug = debugmail.txt
}}}


at the end of the {{{[mail]}}} section.


If you want to see the tracebacks in the browser instead of having them sent by email, at the end of the {{{[web]}}} section set


{{{
debug = on
}}}
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'''Note''': you have to provide the full path to your python-dev directory, otherwise the command will fail.


If you are getting the error:


 * "{{{roundup.hyperdb.DatabaseError: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "roundup"}}}" check again pg_hba.conf;
 * "{{{roundup.configuration.OptionUnsetError: MAIL_DOMAIN is not set and has no default}}}" set the option in python-dev/config.ini, [mail] section, domain;
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You should now be able to browse http://localhost:9999/python-dev/ and
get a roundup instance that looks just like http://bugs.python.org, except for some missing new values for fields like Stages and Keywords. It's possible to replace '''initial_data.py'''  with an [[attachment:initial_data_updated.py | updated version]] so that your fields will have values that match those currently present in the Python Tracker.
You will have to use this command every time you (re)start roundup, so it's easier to create an alias for it with:


{{{
alias start-roundup='/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-server -p 9999 python-dev=<your python-dev directory>'
}}}


It might be a good idea to create another alias for roundup admin too:


{{{
alias admin-roundup='/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory>'
}}}


then add them to your {{{.bashrc}}} (or {{{~/.profile}}} in Mac OS X)


You should now be able to browse http://localhost:9999/python-dev/ and get a roundup instance that looks just like http://bugs.python.org, except for some missing new values for fields like Stages and Keywords. It's possible to replace '''initial_data.py''' with an [[TrackerDevelopment?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=initial_data_updated.py|updated version]] so that your fields will have values that match those currently present in the Python Tracker.
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== SpamBayes Setup ==
If you intend to use the !SpamBayes detector to weed out spam from your tracker you will need to install it and start an instance of its {{{core_server}}} application.
Briefly:

 * Download and install at least version 1.1a4 of the [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/spambayes|SpamBayes source]] from !SourceForge. If you are running on Windows '''do not''' use the binary installer!
 * Establish a basic configuration, e.g.:

Devote a directory to it, e.g.:
{{{
 SBDIR=/usr/local/spambayes/core_server # or whatever...
 mkdir -p $SBDIR
}}}
Create an INI file:
{{{
 cd $SBDIR
 cat > bayescustomize.ini <<EOF
[globals]
verbose:False

[Headers]
include_evidence:True
include_score:True

[Tokenizer]
record_header_absence:True
summarize_email_prefixes:True
summarize_email_suffixes:True
mine_received_headers:True
x-pick_apart_urls:True
x-fancy_url_recognition:False
x-lookup_ip:True
lookup_ip_cache:$SBDIR/dnscache.pck
max_image_size:100000
crack_image_cache:$SBDIR/imagecache.pck

crack_images:True
image_size:True
ocr_engine:gocr
[Classifier]
use_bigrams:False

[Categorization]
ham_cutoff:0.2
spam_cutoff:0.85

[Storage]
persistent_storage_file:$SBDIR/hammie.db
persistent_use_database:pickle
messageinfo_storage_file:$SBDIR/messageinfo.fs

[html_ui]
display_score:True
EOF
}}}
Finally, run it:
{{{
 BAYESCUSTOMIZE=$SBDIR/bayescustomize.ini core_server.py -m XMLRPCPlugin
}}}
 * If you are seeing image spam (this seems not to be a problem with wiki spam - yet), download and install [[http://jocr.sourceforge.net/|GOCR]].

== Common Problems ==

=== SpamBayes dummy configuration ===
Incomplete/Missing !SpamBayes setup:: In your config.ini file set {{{spambayes_uri}}} to a syntactically valid, but nonexistent URI, e.g.:

{{{
    spambayes_uri = "http://localhost:9999/nobodyhere"
}}}

Check [[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tracker-discuss/2008-February/001549.html |other available workarounds]].

=== Misbehaving detectors ===
Problematic detectors may be disabled by [[#ciavc |returning from their init() function]], as was the case of detectors/audit2to3.py (no longer present). Note that this would be a temporary solution before a graceful fix became available. Reporting issues with local instances is the best way help solving the problem.
Create an user from User->register in the left sidebar. Note that if you have set {{{debug = debugmail.txt}}} as suggested above, you will have to open the file and copy the URL in the browser (make sure to replace {{{=3D}}} with {{{=}}} in the URL and to remove the trailing {{{=}}} where the url is broken at the end of the line). You can then use roundup-admin to set developer privileges for it:


{{{
/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory>
Roundup 1.5.0 ready for input.
Type "help" for help.
roundup> display user3
...
roundup> set user3 roles=User,Developer,Coordinator
roundup> commit
roundup>
}}}


You can find your user id clicking on "Your Details" in the left sidebar and then looking at the address bar (it should show something similar to http://localhost:9999/python-dev/user3).


== Rietveld Setup ==


The Roundup and Rietveld data are stored in the same Postgres database. After the Roundup tables have been created, add to python-dev/config.ini:

{{{
[django]
secret_key = <the_secret_key>
}}}


To generate the secret key you can use an online django secret key generator, or just put an arbitrary string.


Before continuing make sure to check with "hg branch" that the branch is "bugs.python.org" on both the rietveld and the django-gae2django clones.


{{{
cd rietveld
python manage.py syncdb
cd ..
PYTHONPATH=detectors/:/opt/tracker-roundup/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ python scripts/initrietveld
}}}


If you are upgrading from an older installation, review the revision history of rietveld/migration.


To run the Rietveld code, do





{{{
python manage.py runserver
}}}


This will run Rietveld by default on port 8000. Alternatively to the development server, you can also configure your web server to run rietveld.wsgi under the /review URL.


Rietveld patchset creation is an offline activity. If you have new patches in your tracker instance, run





{{{
scripts/addpatchsets
}}}


If you get errors like:


{{{
django.db.utils.DatabaseError: column codereview_repository.guid does not exist
LINE 1: ...itory"."url", "codereview_repository"."owner_id", "coderevie...
}}}


you can try to remove the table(s) from the database and re-run syncdb and initrietveld:


{{{
$ psql -U roundup
psql (9.1.4)
Type "help" for help.

roundup=> \d codereview_repository
     Table "public.codereview_repository"
... check here if some column is missing and if it is drop the table ...
roundup=> drop table codereview_repository cascade;
NOTICE: drop cascades to constraint codereview_branch_repo_id_fkey on table codereview_branch
DROP TABLE
roundup=> \q

$ cd rietveld
$ python manage.py syncdb
Creating tables ...
Creating table codereview_repository
Installing custom SQL ...
Installing indexes ...
No fixtures found.
$ cd ..
$ PYTHONPATH=detectors/:/opt/tracker-roundup/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ python scripts/initrietveld
}}}


== irker setup ==


irkerd is a daemon that sends notification on IRC whenever a message is added or an issue is created, and replaces the CIA.vc service.


You will need:


* irker: http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/


* the irc package: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/irc/


To install them you can use:


{{{
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/irc/irc-5.0.1.zip
unzip irc-5.0.1.zip
cd irc-5.0.1/
sudo python setup.py install
cd ..

wget http://www.catb.org/~esr/irker/irker-1.17.tar.gz
tar -zxvf irker-1.17.tar.gz
}}}


If you get the error {{{ImportError: No module named hgtools.plugins}}} during the {{{sudo python setup.py install}}}, you can try the command again and it should automagically work.


Make sure that you have listed the address of the channels that should receive the messages in {{{detectors/config.ini}}}, e.g.:


{{{
[irker]
channels = irc://chat.freenode.net/python-dev
}}}


To start irker use:


{{{
cd irker-1.17/
./irkerd &
}}}


You can also use {{{./irkerd -d3}}} to see debugging messages.
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Since the Python Tracker is a slightly modified version of [[http://www.roundup-tracker.org |Roundup]], both Roundup's [[http://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs.html |Documentation]] and [[http://issues.roundup-tracker.org/ |issue tracker]] contain relevant information about how the Python Tracker works and problems one might find working with its code.
Since the Python Tracker is a slightly modified version of [[http://www.roundup-tracker.org|Roundup]], both Roundup's [[http://www.roundup-tracker.org/docs.html|Documentation]] and [[http://issues.roundup-tracker.org/|issue tracker]] contain relevant information about how the Python Tracker works and problems one might find working with its code.


== Using roundup-admin ==


To start roundup-admin interactively use:


{{{
/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory>
}}}


To get the list of users, issues, msgs, files, etc:


{{{
roundup> list user
}}}


To see info about a specific user, issue, msg, file, etc:


{{{
roundup> display userXXX
}}}


To change the role of an user:


{{{
roundup> set userXXX roles=User,Developer
roundup> commit
}}}


Users have limited privileges and can edit just some of the fields in the issue page. Developers can edit all the fields and remove msgs and files. Coordinators can also mark/unmark messages as spam and change some of the settings of other users (e.g. if they submitted the contributor agreement).


To add back a message deleted accidentally:


{{{
roundup> set issueXXX messages=+YYY
roundup> commit
}}}


The message will be added back in the right position. (This should be equivalent to b.p.o/issueXXX?@action=edit&@add@messages=YYY, but this doesn't seem to work.)
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A [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/ |Meta Tracker]] is available for handling bugs and features requests for the [[http://bugs.python.org/ |Python Tracker]].

== Learn more About the Importer(s) ==

http://svn.python.org/projects/tracker/importer/README.rst has some information about the importer(s) written to convert sourceforge data into roundup data.
A [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/|Meta Tracker]] is available for handling bugs and features requests for the [[http://bugs.python.org/|Python Tracker]].


== Setting Up an Instance in a VirtualEnv ==


See [[TrackerDevelopmentVirtualEnv|TrackerDevelopmentVirtualEnv]].


== The Test Tracker ==


Public test instance of the Python tracker: http://bot.bio.br/python-dev/ (currently offine)


Instance that attempts to match the code used in http://bugs.python.org to allow testing, reproducing and verifying fixes for tracker bugs. Can also be used as a sandbox by users interested in learning about Developer, Coordinator or Admin tasks and features. Testing new content (e.g. Components or Statuses) is OK, but new features show be tested in the Experimental Tracker instead.


Currently the email system is disabled (redirected to file), so people interested in having an account there to test new features should email [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-discuss|tracker-discuss]] to get one. Maintained by [[DanielDiniz|DanielDiniz]].


== The Experimental Tracker ==


Modified version of the Python tracker: http://bot.bio.br/python-dev-exp/ (currently offline)


It's an instance to showcase and test new features.


New features (2009-04-18):


 * [[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tracker-discuss/2009-April/002099.html|Issue tags]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue249|Quiet properties]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue267|Restore removed messages and files]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue258|Claim ('assign to self') and add/remove self as nosy buttons]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue266|Don't close issues with open dependencies]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue258|Auto-add nosy users based on Components]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue245|"Email me" buttons for messages and issues, "Reply by email"]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue155|RSS feeds (per issue and global)]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue246|Display selected issues in the index view]]
 * [[http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue248|Mass-update/batch-editing support]]


Currently the email system is disabled (redirected to file), so people interested in having an account there to test new features should email [[http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-discuss|tracker-discuss]] to get one. Maintained by [[DanielDiniz|DanielDiniz]].


There is also a list of additional [[DesiredTrackerFeatures|DesiredTrackerFeatures]] for which no patches yet exist.


= Getting Your Own Jython Tracker =


To set up a local Jython tracker, please follow instructions for python-dev tracker with following exceptions:


 * There is no '''CIA.vc''' detector

 * The repository for Jython tracker can be cloned with:





{{{
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/jython/
}}}
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CategoryTracker
[[CategoryTracker|CategoryTracker]] [[CategoryDevelopmentProcess|CategoryDevelopmentProcess]]

This page is dedicated to development of Python bug tracker instance at http://bugs.python.org/
We have a meta tracker for current issues and DesiredTrackerFeatures page for recording ideas.

Contents

  1. Requirements
    1. Getting the source
    2. Other tracker configurations
  2. Setup bugs.python.org instance
    1. Install patched Roundup
    2. Checkout the python-dev instance
    3. Checkout the Rietveld integration (optional)
    4. Install psycopg2 (PostgreSQL access library for Python)
    5. Install and configure PostgreSQL
    6. Configure your Development Roundup Instance
    7. Rietveld Setup
    8. irker setup
  3. Resources for Tracker Development
    1. Getting Help
    2. Using roundup-admin
    3. The Meta Tracker
    4. Setting Up an Instance in a VirtualEnv
    5. The Test Tracker
    6. The Experimental Tracker
  4. Getting Your Own Jython Tracker

Requirements

This configuration is deployed on production server, so it is good to stick it for development as well:

  • Roundup 1.4.20+ (patched version)
  • PostgreSQL (as a backend database)
  • psycopg2 (bindings for the above)

http://bugs.python.org/ (python-dev tracker instance or configuration) is running PostgreSQL on backed, because it has the best performance for large installations. Besides, there is at least one place in the python-dev config with hardcoded dependency on the SQL-based backed.

Getting the source

Get patched version of Roundup tracker from here:

Tracker configuration for http://bugs.python.org/ (called 'tracker home', 'instance' or `environment) is here:

Other tracker configurations

There are several Roundup trackers used for Python development. Configuration for them is maintained in http://hg.python.org/tracker/ repositories:

  • roundup: a clone of the original Roundup with our modifications;

  • python-dev: the instance used on bugs.python.org;

  • meta: the instance used for the meta tracker;

  • jython: the instance used for the jython tracker;

  • setuptools: the instance used for the setuptools tracker;

  • rietveld: a clone of Rietveld used to do reviews on the bug tracker;

  • django-gae2django: a clone of django-gae2django necessary for rietveld;

Setup bugs.python.org instance

Install patched Roundup

Clone code and switch to bugs.python.org branch before installing. Here it is installed to hardcoded system-wide location at /opt/tracker-roundup/.

  • Read-only clone 
    hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/roundup
  • Read/Write clone (if you have write access to the repository) 
    hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/roundup

cd roundup
hg up bugs.python.org
sudo python setup.py install --prefix /opt/tracker-roundup/

Checkout the python-dev instance

  • Read-only clone 
    hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/python-dev
  • Read/Write clone (if you have write access to the repository) 
    hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/python-dev

Checkout the Rietveld integration (optional)

If you want to work on Rietveld code review tool, check out the django-gae2django and rietveld clones in the python-dev/ directory:

  • Read-only clone 
    cd python-dev
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/django-gae2django/
hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/rietveld/
  • Read/Write clone (if you have write access to the repository) 
    cd python-dev
hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/django-gae2django/
hg clone ssh://hg@hg.python.org/tracker/rietveld/

After getting the clones remember to update the branches to bugs.python.org: 

cd django-gae2django
hg up bugs.python.org
cd ..
cd rietveld
hg up bugs.python.org

In addition, Django needs to be installed; e.g. the Django 1.2 or 1.3 Debian packages work fine.

Install psycopg2 (PostgreSQL access library for Python)

For Debian/Ubuntu: 

sudo apt-get install python-psycopg2

For other systems, follow instructions from psycopg2 site.

Install and configure PostgreSQL

Other backends may work, but it is recommended to keep development environment close to production.

It has been reported that 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 9.1 work well. See UpgradingPostgreSQL if you need to upgrade version.

Access control in PostgreSQL is tricky. You need to know Unix user, under which you run Roundup, setup access for him to PostgreSQL database, and add PostgreSQL user that you've configured in Roundup's configuration.

For a development environment the easiest way is to allow any user from localhost to connect as any database user. This can be accomplished by editing pg_hba.conf (usually found in /etc/postgresql/9.x/main/ in Linux or /Library/PostgreSQL/9.x/data/ in Mac OS X -- you might need privileges to edit it). The end of the file should look like this (the four changed lines are preceded by ##): 

# Database administrative login by UNIX sockets
##local   all         postgres                          ident
local   all         postgres                          trust

# TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
##local   all         all                               ident
local   all         all                               trust
# IPv4 local connections:
##host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          md5
host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          trust
# IPv6 local connections:
##host    all         all         ::1/128               md5
host    all         all         ::1/128               trust

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a secure configuration on a multi-user machine.

After the change in pg_hba.conf, reload your postgreSQL database to make sure it knows about your new access configuration. Something similar to 

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql reload

should do the trick on Unix-like platforms.

On Mac OS X, do sudo su - postgres. Then use pg_ctl to restart the server: 

/Library/PostgreSQL/9.x/bin/pg_ctl restart -D /Library/PostgreSQL/9.x/data

Create a database user that is allowed to create databases. This user will be used when roundup connects to the database. 

$ psql -U postgres
postgres=# create user roundup;
postgres=# alter user roundup with createdb;

Configure your Development Roundup Instance

Now enter the python-dev directory, and create the 'db' directory, as well as the db/backend_name file which decides which backend (i.e. database type) to use: 

cd python-dev
mkdir db
echo postgresql > db/backend_name

Note: the db dir contains all the messages and files attached to issues, and it's removed and recreated every time you run roundup-admin init.

Copy python-dev/config.ini.template into config.ini and detectors/config.ini.template into detectors/config.ini: 

cp config.ini.template config.ini
cp detectors/config.ini.template detectors/config.ini

The former will let you configure your roundup instance; the latter, detectors such as irker, busybody, or tellteam.

In config.ini pay special attention to settings marked with NO DEFAULT. If you don't want to configure roundup to send emails but save them on a file instead, you can set 

debug = debugmail.txt

at the end of the [mail] section.

If you want to see the tracebacks in the browser instead of having them sent by email, at the end of the [web] section set 

debug = on

Initialize your roundup instance: 

/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory> init

Provide a password for the 'admin' user when asked for.

Note: you have to provide the full path to your python-dev directory, otherwise the command will fail.

If you are getting the error:

  • "roundup.hyperdb.DatabaseError: FATAL:  password authentication failed for user "roundup"" check again pg_hba.conf;

  • "roundup.configuration.OptionUnsetError: MAIL_DOMAIN is not set and has no default" set the option in python-dev/config.ini, [mail] section, domain;

Start your roundup instance: 

/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-server -p 9999 python-dev=<your python-dev directory>

You will have to use this command every time you (re)start roundup, so it's easier to create an alias for it with: 

alias start-roundup='/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-server -p 9999 python-dev=<your python-dev directory>'

It might be a good idea to create another alias for roundup admin too: 

alias admin-roundup='/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory>'

then add them to your .bashrc (or ~/.profile in Mac OS X)

You should now be able to browse http://localhost:9999/python-dev/ and get a roundup instance that looks just like http://bugs.python.org, except for some missing new values for fields like Stages and Keywords. It's possible to replace initial_data.py with an updated version so that your fields will have values that match those currently present in the Python Tracker.

The IDs for values in a given field might be different from those in the Python Tracker. This should only be a problem if you try to import CSV files from one tracker into the other.

Create an user from User->register in the left sidebar. Note that if you have set debug = debugmail.txt as suggested above, you will have to open the file and copy the URL in the browser (make sure to replace =3D with = in the URL and to remove the trailing = where the url is broken at the end of the line). You can then use roundup-admin to set developer privileges for it: 

/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory>
Roundup 1.5.0 ready for input.
Type "help" for help.
roundup> display user3
...
roundup> set user3 roles=User,Developer,Coordinator
roundup> commit
roundup>

You can find your user id clicking on "Your Details" in the left sidebar and then looking at the address bar (it should show something similar to http://localhost:9999/python-dev/user3).

Rietveld Setup

The Roundup and Rietveld data are stored in the same Postgres database. After the Roundup tables have been created, add to python-dev/config.ini: 

[django]
secret_key = <the_secret_key>

To generate the secret key you can use an online django secret key generator, or just put an arbitrary string.

Before continuing make sure to check with "hg branch" that the branch is "bugs.python.org" on both the rietveld and the django-gae2django clones. 

cd rietveld
python manage.py syncdb
cd ..
PYTHONPATH=detectors/:/opt/tracker-roundup/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ python scripts/initrietveld

If you are upgrading from an older installation, review the revision history of rietveld/migration.

To run the Rietveld code, do 

python manage.py runserver

This will run Rietveld by default on port 8000. Alternatively to the development server, you can also configure your web server to run rietveld.wsgi under the /review URL.

Rietveld patchset creation is an offline activity. If you have new patches in your tracker instance, run 

scripts/addpatchsets

If you get errors like: 

django.db.utils.DatabaseError: column codereview_repository.guid does not exist
LINE 1: ...itory"."url", "codereview_repository"."owner_id", "coderevie...

you can try to remove the table(s) from the database and re-run syncdb and initrietveld: 

$ psql -U roundup
psql (9.1.4)
Type "help" for help.

roundup=> \d codereview_repository
     Table "public.codereview_repository"
... check here if some column is missing and if it is drop the table ...
roundup=> drop table codereview_repository cascade;
NOTICE:  drop cascades to constraint codereview_branch_repo_id_fkey on table codereview_branch
DROP TABLE
roundup=> \q

$ cd rietveld
$ python manage.py syncdb
Creating tables ...
Creating table codereview_repository
Installing custom SQL ...
Installing indexes ...
No fixtures found.
$ cd ..
$ PYTHONPATH=detectors/:/opt/tracker-roundup/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ python scripts/initrietveld

irker setup

irkerd is a daemon that sends notification on IRC whenever a message is added or an issue is created, and replaces the CIA.vc service.

You will need:

* irker: http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/

* the irc package: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/irc/

To install them you can use: 

wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/irc/irc-5.0.1.zip
unzip irc-5.0.1.zip
cd irc-5.0.1/
sudo python setup.py install
cd ..

wget http://www.catb.org/~esr/irker/irker-1.17.tar.gz
tar -zxvf irker-1.17.tar.gz

If you get the error ImportError: No module named hgtools.plugins during the sudo python setup.py install, you can try the command again and it should automagically work.

Make sure that you have listed the address of the channels that should receive the messages in detectors/config.ini, e.g.: 

[irker]
channels = irc://chat.freenode.net/python-dev

To start irker use: 

cd irker-1.17/
./irkerd &

You can also use ./irkerd -d3 to see debugging messages.

Resources for Tracker Development

Getting Help

Subscribe to and ask your question on the tracker-discuss mailing list. See http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-discuss

Since the Python Tracker is a slightly modified version of Roundup, both Roundup's Documentation and issue tracker contain relevant information about how the Python Tracker works and problems one might find working with its code.

Using roundup-admin

To start roundup-admin interactively use: 

/opt/tracker-roundup/bin/roundup-admin -i <your python-dev directory>

To get the list of users, issues, msgs, files, etc: 

roundup> list user

To see info about a specific user, issue, msg, file, etc: 

roundup> display userXXX

To change the role of an user: 

roundup> set userXXX roles=User,Developer
roundup> commit

Users have limited privileges and can edit just some of the fields in the issue page. Developers can edit all the fields and remove msgs and files. Coordinators can also mark/unmark messages as spam and change some of the settings of other users (e.g. if they submitted the contributor agreement).

To add back a message deleted accidentally: 

roundup> set issueXXX messages=+YYY
roundup> commit

The message will be added back in the right position. (This should be equivalent to b.p.o/issueXXX?@action=edit&@add@messages=YYY, but this doesn't seem to work.)

The Meta Tracker

A Meta Tracker is available for handling bugs and features requests for the Python Tracker.

Setting Up an Instance in a VirtualEnv

See TrackerDevelopmentVirtualEnv.

The Test Tracker

Public test instance of the Python tracker: http://bot.bio.br/python-dev/ (currently offine)

Instance that attempts to match the code used in http://bugs.python.org to allow testing, reproducing and verifying fixes for tracker bugs. Can also be used as a sandbox by users interested in learning about Developer, Coordinator or Admin tasks and features. Testing new content (e.g. Components or Statuses) is OK, but new features show be tested in the Experimental Tracker instead.

Currently the email system is disabled (redirected to file), so people interested in having an account there to test new features should email tracker-discuss to get one. Maintained by DanielDiniz.

The Experimental Tracker

Modified version of the Python tracker: http://bot.bio.br/python-dev-exp/ (currently offline)

It's an instance to showcase and test new features.

New features (2009-04-18):

Currently the email system is disabled (redirected to file), so people interested in having an account there to test new features should email tracker-discuss to get one. Maintained by DanielDiniz.

There is also a list of additional DesiredTrackerFeatures for which no patches yet exist.

Getting Your Own Jython Tracker

To set up a local Jython tracker, please follow instructions for python-dev tracker with following exceptions:

  • There is no CIA.vc detector

  • The repository for Jython tracker can be cloned with: 

hg clone http://hg.python.org/tracker/jython/

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