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[   ] req-1.2apl2.tar.gz      14-Nov-1999 04:05   149k  
[   ] req-1.2apl3.tar.gz      08-Dec-1999 09:34   239k  
[   ] req.ps.gz               25-Oct-1994 21:40    53k  
[   ] req.slides.ps.gz        25-Oct-1994 21:40     5k  
[   ] reqAreas.txt.gz         05-Sep-1997 08:12     4k  
[   ] tkreq.epsf.gz           05-Sep-1997 08:12    51k  

This is req "1.2a", an extension of Remy Evard's req 1.2.7 to handle
"areas", by John Sellens, at the University of Waterloo, and
subsequently elsewhere.  This version was described in an article
in ";login:", the USENIX Association newsletter, vol 22 no 1,
Febraury, 1997.

The original req-1.2.7 and tkreq-1.10.1 are available from
ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/pub/sysadmin

If you're not already using req, you should check out the
alternatives, such as Jesse Vincent's fine RT Request Tracking
software, from
  http://www.fsck.com/projects/rt/
Or check out my Problem Tracking Page at
  http://www.generalconcepts.com/resources/tracking/
for references elsewhere.

Available here are

    req-1.2apl3.tar.gz
	This is req-1.2a patchlevel 3 -- current as of December 8/1999.
	Fixed an ugly bug I sloppily introduced in 1.2apl2, and adds
	REQDEFOWNER and REQDEFAREA environment variables which should
	be convenient for automatically piping multiple mail aliases
	into separate areas in the same req system.

    req-1.2apl2.tar.gz - obsolete - bugs
	This is req-1.2a patchlevel 2 -- current as of November 15/1999.
	This works with Perl version 5 (previous versions of req required
	Perl version 4), and has a getdate command fixed for Y2000.

    req-1.2apl1.tar.gz - obsolete
	This is req-1.2a patchlevel 1 -- current as of Sept 4/1997
	This contains a few configuration and build improvements to
	correct a mistake or two, and (hopefully) make it easier to
	deal with.

    req-1.2a.tar.gz - obsolete
	This is req-1.2a patchlevel 0

    req-1.2.7--1.2a.patch.gz - obsolete
	This will patch req-1.2.7 into req-1.2a (I hope), which might
	be useful (or might not) if you have made local changes to
	req-1.2.7.  Make sure you make a backup copy before trying to
	apply this with "patch -p < req-1.2.7--1.2a.patch.gz"

    reqAreas.txt.gz
	The text submitted for the ;login; article.
    tkreq-epsf
	Encapsulated postscript for the tkreq screenshot included as
	an illustration in the article

    req.ps.gz
    req.slides.ps.gz
	Copies of Remy's original LISA 1994 paper and presentation



John Sellens
February 7, 1997
last updated December 8, 1999

jsellens@generalconcepts.com as of summer/1999
jsellens@gnac.com as of summer/1999
jsellens@uunet.ca as of August/1997
jmsellens@uwaterloo.ca