Re: being notified of new issues

Hello Tonu:

In message <CABDFm8gEASbHiyE1dEe3xfVnD=T_8cJoMf4PQentDA3Xrxr3tA@mail.gmail.com>
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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 "[email protected]" 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.

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