Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of FlexibleAssignToPlugin

Timestamp:

Oct 17, 2007, 1:03:18 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Morris

Comment:

New hack FlexibleAssignToPlugin, created by gt4329b

FlexibleAssignToPlugin

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+= FlexibleAssignTo =
+
+== Description ==
+
+== What is it? ==
+FlexibleAssignTo finally gives long-suffering Trac admins a way to 
+easily customize the 'assign to' field on tickets.  It provides several 
+base classes for you to override and implement your own methods for
+providing lists of valid users -- you can even customize valid users for 
+each state in your workflow.
+
+Key features:
+ * adds new Extension point, IValidOwnerProvider, for plugging in your own components
+
+ * provides !SimpleUser base class and helper methods (getlist, getbool) to streamline implementation of your IValidOwnerProvider component(s)
+
+ * data-source agnostic -- FlexibleAssignTo abstracts the nastiness of building a customized 'assign to' select box.  All your custom code has to do is decide what users are valid for a particular state and then return them.
+
+ * optional 'ensure_user_data' capability so that users who appear as valid 'assign to' targets get their key data (username, fullname, email) stored in the Trac session_attribute table.  The motivation for this was so notification emails could be sent to these users even if they've never logged in and set their preferences.
+
+ * optional get_known_users() replacement that changes Trac's 'known users' concept such that users' name & email data is retrieved from the session_attribute table (designed to work in concert with the 'ensure_user_data' capability).
+
+ * FlexibleAssignTo processing can be selectively disabled for individual workflow states
+
+ * Example plugin implementation included (!SampleValidOwnerProvider.py)
+
+== Bugs/Feature Requests == 
+
+Existing bugs and feature requests for FlexibleAssignToPlugin are 
+[report:9?COMPONENT=FlexibleAssignToPlugin here].
+
+If you have any issues, create a 
+[http://trac-hacks.org/newticket?component=FlexibleAssignToPlugin&owner=gt4329b new ticket].
+
+== Download ==
+
+Download the zipped source from [download:flexibleassigntoplugin here].
+
+== Source ==
+
+You can check out FlexibleAssignToPlugin from [http://trac-hacks.org/svn/flexibleassigntoplugin here] using Subversion, or [source:flexibleassigntoplugin browse the source] with Trac.
+
+== Example ==
+
+See the 'How to install section' above for details.  For an example of how to implement IValidOwnerProvider, see the included sample plugin !SampleValidOwnerProvider.py.
+
+== Recent Changes ==
+
+[[ChangeLog(flexibleassigntoplugin, 3)]]
+
+== Author/Contributors ==
+
+'''Author:''' [wiki:gt4329b] [[BR]]
+'''Contributors:'''