whitemike889 / redmine_whining

Implements an email alert system when issues have not been updated in the last X days

Redmine Whining¶ ↑

This plugin provides email alerts when an issue had not been updated since X days.

Author¶ ↑

• Emmanuel Bretelle aka chantra <chantra_-AT-debuntu-DOT-_org>

Changelog¶ ↑

For the complete changelog see the CHANGELOG file in the Redmine Whining plugin directory.

Latest stable release¶ ↑

The currently available, latest stable release of the plugin is version 0.0.4.

Purpose¶ ↑

This rake job can be used to make sure that a ticket does not get forgotten about by emailing the owner of a ticket

when tickets are active and have not been updated since a certain amount of days.

Compatibility¶ ↑

This plugin is compatible with Redmine 0.8.x as well as with the current Redmine trunk.

Obtaining ¶ ↑

URL of the GitHub repository: http://github.com/chantra/redmine_whining

The source of this plugin can be “cloned” from the GitHub-repo using:

$ cd {RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins && git clone git://github.com/chantra/redmine_whining.git

Installation¶ ↑

• Download the plugin from the available source github.com/chantra/redmine_whining

• Install the plugin as described at: www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/Plugins (this plugin DO NOT require a plugin database migration)

Usage¶ ↑

Create a cron job with a line similar to this:

0 7 * * 1,2,3,4,5 www-data cd /path/to/redmine && /usr/bin/rake redmine:send_whining days=7 RAILS_ENV="production"

Upgrading¶ ↑

• Backup the currently deployed Whining plugin (cp -r /vendor/plugins/redmine_whining /path/to/some/folders/redmine_whining-backup)

• Update the plugin using git pull

Uninstalling¶ ↑

• Remove the directory “redmine_whining” from the plugin-directory “../vendor/plugins”

• Remove the cronjob entry

Licensing¶ ↑

This plugin is open-source and licensed under the “GNU General Public License v2” (GPL, www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html). See the included GPL.txt and LICENSE.txt files for details.

• ©2009, Emmanuel Bretelle aka chantra

Support¶ ↑

If you would like to report a bug or request a new feature you can:

• check if issue is listed here: redmine.debuntu.org/projects/redmine-whining/issues

• open a new issue at redmine.debuntu.org/projects/redmine-whining/issues/new if you did not find a match

You can also post your feedback about the plugin in the dedicated plugin-section of the Redmine forums (www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/boards/3)

As an alternative you can also join the #redmine channel on the “freenode IRC network” (freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml) to see if there is anyone who can provide some support.

Thanks¶ ↑

Please see THANKS.txt