MsgFile Extension for Roundup

This extension consists of two parts. The first part is a patch to issue.item.html that

changes the issue view to display attachments together with the messages they came with
removes the separate file list with the option to remove a file

To illustrate this, you can look at a screenshot before and after the patch has been applied.

You can apply this patch by dowloading the file msgfile.diff and executing the command

$ patch -p2 < msgfile.diff

##Pin your tracker directory. The output should look similar to

missing header for unified diff at line 3 of patch
patching file html/issue.item.html

The second part of the extension is a new detector which

ensures that attachments cannot be added without a message (if no message has been specified, a short default message is created instead)
prevents the removal of individual attachments
removes all attachments of a message if the message itself is removed

Because one can only add one attachment at a time using the web interface, attachments that are added directly after each other without individual messages are attached to the last message.

To install this detector, simply place the file msgfile.py in your detectors directory.

Note: This detector can also be used to physically remove messages and files instead of just detaching them from an issue. To enable this feature, edit msgfile.py in your favorite editor and uncomment the appropriate statements (they should be around line 74 and are well commented).

For questions, suggestions and anything else, contact Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>