We require specifically Django 1.11.x, update documentation

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Licensing
---------
All contributions to django-helpdesk must be under the BSD license documented in
the LICENSE file in the top-level directory of this project.
All contributions to django-helpdesk *must* be under the BSD license documented
in the LICENSE file in the top-level directory of this project.
By submitting a contribution to this project (in any way: via e-mail,
via GitHub forks, attachments, etc), you acknowledge that your contribution is
open-source and licensed under the BSD license.
via GitHub pull requests, ticket attachments, etc), you acknowledge that your
contribution is open-source and licensed under the BSD license.
If you or your organisation does not accept these license terms then we cannot
accept your contribution. Please reconsider!
Translations
------------
Ways to Contribute
------------------
We're happy to include any type of contribution! This can be:
* back-end python/django code development
* front-end web development (HTML/Javascript, especially jQuery)
* language translations
* writing improved documentation and demos
More details on each of theses tasks is below.
If you have any questions on contributing, please start a discussion on
the GitHub issue tracker at
https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
### Back-end Python/Django
Please fork the project on GitHub, make your changes, and submit a
pull request back into the appropriate branch of the
django-helpdesk repository.
In general, we use the following git branching scheme:
* `master` always refers to development for the next major release
* major releases are found in their own branches
** `0.2.x` is the branch for the 0.2 release and any bugfix releases
** `0.1` is the branch for the legacy code; it is no longer supported
If you are submitting a patch for a 0.2 release, apply your pull request
to the `0.2.x` branch. If you are helping develop the next release,
apply your patches to the `master` branch.
Wherever possible please break git commits up into small chunks that are
specific to a single bit of functionality. For example, a commit should *not*
contain both new functionality *and* a bugfix; the new function and the bugfix
should be separate commits wherever possible.
Commit messages should also explain *what*, precisely, has been changed.
All commits should include appropriate new or updated tests; see the Tests
section below for more details.
If your changes affect the Django models for django-helpdesk, be aware
that your commits should include database schema python scripts; see the
Database Schema Changes section below for more details.
#### Tests
Currently, test coverage is very low. We're working on increasing this, and to
make life easier we are using Travis CI (http://travis-ci.org/) for continuous
integration. This means that the test suite is run every time a code change is
made, so we can try and make sure we avoid basic bugs and other regressions.
As a general policy, we will only accept new feature commits if they are
accompanied by appropriate unit/functional tests (that is, tests for the
functionality you just added). Bugfixes should also include new unit tests to
ensure the bug has been fixed.
More significant code refactoring must also include proper integration or
validation tests, to be committed *BEFORE* the refactoring patches. This is to
ensure that the refactored code produces the same results as the previous code
base.
Any further integration or validation tests (tests for the entire
django-helpdesk application) are not required but greatly appreciated until we
can improve our overall test coverage.
Please include tests in the ``tests/`` folder when committing code changes.
If you have any questions about creating or maintaining proper tests, please
start a discussion on the GitHub issue tracker at
https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
#### Database schema changes
As well as making your normal code changes to ``models.py``, please generate a
Django migration file and commit it with your code. You will want to use a
command similar to the following::
./manage.py migrate helpdesk --auto [migration_name]
Make sure that ``migration_name`` is a sensible single-string explanation of
what this migration does, such as *add_priority_options* or *add_basket_table*.
This will add a file to the ``migrations/`` folder, which must be committed to
git with your other code changes.
### Translations
Although django-helpdesk has originally been written for the English language,
there are already multiple translations to Spanish, Polish, German and Russian.
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Once you have translated content via Transifex, please raise an issue on the
project Github page to let us know it's ready to import.
Code changes
------------
Please fork the project on GitHub, make your changes, and log a pull request to
get the changes pulled back into the
master branch of the django-helpdesk repository.
Wherever possible please break git commits up into small chunks that are
specific to a single bit of functionality. For example, a commit should not
contain both new functionality *and* a bugfix; the new function and the bugfix
should be separate commits wherever possible.
Commit messages should also explain *what*, precisely, has been changed.
All commits should include appropriate new or updated tests; see the Tests
section below for more details.
If you have any questions, please start a discussion on the GitHub issue tracker
at
https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
Tests
-----
Currently, test coverage is very low. We're working on increasing this, and to
make life easier we are using `Travis CI` (http://travis-ci.org/) for continuous
integration. This means that the test suite is run every time a code change is
made, so we can try and make sure we avoid basic bugs and other regressions.
As a general policy, we will only accept new feature commits if they are
accompanied by appropriate unit/functional tests (that is, tests for the
functionality you just added). Bugfixes should also include new unit tests to
ensure the bug has been fixed.
More significant code refactoring must also include proper integration or
validation tests, to be committed BEFORE the refactoring patches. This is to
ensure that the refactored code produces the same results as the previous code
base.
Any further integration or validation tests (tests for the entire
django-helpdesk application) are not required but greatly appreciated until we
can improve our overall test coverage.
Please include tests in the ``tests/`` folder when committing code changes.
If you have any questions about creating or maintaining proper tests, please
start a discussion on the GitHub issue tracker at
https://github.com/django-helpdesk/django-helpdesk/issues
Database schema changes
-----------------------
As well as making your normal code changes to ``models.py``, please generate a
Django migration file and commit it with your code. You will want to use a
command similar to the following::
./manage.py migrate helpdesk --auto [migration_name]
Make sure that ``migration_name`` is a sensible single-string explanation of
what this migration does, such as *add_priority_options* or *add_basket_table*.
This will add a file to the ``migrations/`` folder, which must be committed to
git with your other code changes.

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django-helpdesk includes a basic demo Django project so that you may easily
get started with testing or developing django-helpdesk. The demo project
resides in the demo/ top-level folder.
resides in the `demo/` top-level folder.
It's likely that you can start up a demo project server by running
only the command:
only the command::
sudo make rundemo
then pointing your web browser at localhost:8080.
then pointing your web browser at `localhost:8080`.
For more information and options, please read the demo/README.rst file.
For more information and options, please read the `demo/README.rst` file.
**NOTE REGARDING SQLITE AND SEARCHING:**
The demo project uses sqlite as its database. Sqlite does not allow
The demo project uses `sqlite` as its database. Sqlite does not allow
case-insensitive searches and so the search function may not work as
effectively as it would on other database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
that does support case-insensitive searches.
For more information, see this note in the Django documentation:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#sqlite-string-matching
For more information, see [this note in the Django documentation](http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#sqlite-string-matching).
When you try to do a keyword search using sqlite, a message will be displayed
When you try to do a keyword search using `sqlite`, a message will be displayed
to alert you to this shortcoming. There is no way around it, sorry.
Installation
------------
django-helpdesk requires either Python 2.7 or 3.4+, as well as Django 1.11+.
`django-helpdesk` requires:
* Django 1.11.x *only*
* either Python 2.7 or 3.4+
**NOTE REGARDING PYTHON VERSION:**
The recommended combination is Python 3.4+ with Django 1.11+.
Support for Python 2 will end in the next versions of both django-helpdesk
and Django itself (2.0), so users and developers are encouraged to begin
transitioning to Python 3 if have not already.
The recommended combination is Python 3.4+ with Django 1.11.
Support for Python 2 will end in the next versions of both `django-helpdesk`
and Django itself (Django 2.0), so users and developers are encouraged to begin
transitioning to Python 3 if have not already. New projects should definitely
use Python 3!
You can quickly install the latest stable version of django-helpdesk app via pip:
You can quickly install the latest stable version of `django-helpdesk`
app via `pip`::
pip install django-helpdesk
You may also check out the master branch on GitHub, and install manually:
You may also check out the `master` branch on GitHub, and install manually::
python setup.py install
Either way, you will need to add django-helpdesk to an existing Django project.
Either way, you will need to add `django-helpdesk` to an existing
Django project.
For further installation information see docs/install.html and docs/configuration.html
For further installation information see `docs/install.html`
and `docs/configuration.html`
Upgrading from previous versions
--------------------------------
If you are upgrading from a previous version of django-helpdesk that used
If you are upgrading from a previous version of `django-helpdesk` that used
migrations, get an up to date version of the code base (eg by using
`git pull` or `pip install --upgrade django-helpdesk`) then migrate the database::
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ensure the latest changes are in use.
Unfortunately we are unable to assist if you are upgrading from a
version of django-helpdesk prior to migrations (ie pre-2011).
version of `django-helpdesk` prior to migrations (ie pre-2011).
You can continue to the 'Initial Configuration' area, if needed.
Contributing
------------
We're happy to include any type of contribution! This can be back-end
python/django code development, front-end web development
(HTML/Javascript, especially jQuery), or even language translations.
We're happy to include any type of contribution! This can be:
* back-end python/django code development
* front-end web development (HTML/Javascript, especially jQuery)
* language translations
* writing improved documentation and demos
For more information on contributing, please see the CONTRIBUTING.rst file.
For more information on contributing, please see the `CONTRIBUTING.rst` file.

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*NOTE ON DJANGO VERISON*
The demo project was also created with Django 1.11
in mind. If you are using a different version of Django,
in mind. If you are using an older version of Django,
slight tweaks might be necessary to make the demo work.
Please remember that we do not currently support any
version of Django other than 1.11.
*NOTE ON ATTACHMENTS*

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Django>=1.11
Django=1.11
django-bootstrap-form>=3.1,<4
email-reply-parser
django-markdown-deux