SWAMP 1.6.1 (http://swamp.sf.net)
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SWAMP is a flexible, java based workflow server that runs on top of tomcat. 
It reads its workflow definitions from XML files. Administration and tracking of workflow instances, 
execution of individual tasks can be done via the web and SOAP interfaces.


Changes
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  New features in 1.6.1:
    
    - Popups for bugids, loading data from bugzilla in the background
    - update velocity lib, velocity-tools
    - new datatypes for bugid lists and number lists
    - dataedit action can include a <script> for additional verification checks

  New features in 1.6:

    - Datatypes can create the GUI for viewing, editing by themselves
    - Bugzilla config is more flexible
    - updated jfreechart, display avg age of running workflows in chart
    - persistant secondary sorting in workflow views
    - fix File uploads with IE
    - logging in UTF-8

  New features in 1.5.9:

    - updated included libraries
    - Display of single milestones can be enabled/disabled
    - Supporting tomcat6
    - smarter cache handling when reloading workflow definitions
    - added API for changing role memberships
    - filter for > and < comparison of databits (useful for date ranges)
    - Webswamp: 
      - Users can set a preference to which page they want to be redirected after doing a task
    

  New features in 1.5.8:

    - Executor for external programs/scripts can set a timeout
    - Added a Task cache for active tasks
    - Tasks have a persistant id on re-activation
    - Re-worked role implementation, adding possibility to reference to groups 
      from the database backend (see UPGRADING file for the new xml schema)
    - SOAPSWAMP: Fix datatype problems
    - added HTML datatype with validation through jTidy
    - reworked graph generation layout
    - Using Ajax on index page to load individual tasks in background while page is already useable
    - All workflow stacks are loaded via ajax (good improvement for deep stacks)
      
     

  New features in 1.5.7: 
  
    - SWAMP now provides newsfeeds for "my tasks" and all other workflow lists in RSS and Atom format 
      (http://en.opensuse.org/Swamp/RSS)
    - minor webSWAMP fixes
    - webSWAMP: scheduled jobs can be triggered from admin page


  New features in 1.5.6: 
  
    - updated to jakarta-regexp 1.5
    - performance improvements in bugzilla connect, groovy script parsing, milestone loading
    - updated translations
    - updated to velocity 1.5
    - Bugfix for data change listener condition


  New features in 1.5.5: 
    
    - new Startpage with workflow descriptions and personal tasks
    - extended webswamp admin page
    - when editing data triggers some action, the results are shown
    - bugfix in role filters and evaluation

  New features in 1.5.4: 

  - added framework for localizations (en, de, cs available)
  - completely switched to UTF-8
  - user preferences page in webswamp
  - documentation updates
  - The latest workflows are shown on the workflow index page
  - Roles can be inherited and merged
  - Fixes for comment threads
  - More popups in webswamp (roles, workflow descriptions)
  - Generating workflow state description from active nodes
  - fixed positioning of calendar applet + loading .js with relative path
  - new plugin structure for easily adding new datatypes
  - added float datatype
  - added option for changing the parent of a subworkflow

  New features in 1.5.3: 

  - Added parentworkflow attribute to workflow definition for easier verification
  - Added groovy (groovy.codehaus.org) scripting support inside workflows
  - Added generic Class for LDAP authtification
  - Data changes get propagated to all workflows that attach the dataset.
  - Added collapseable tree views for subworkflows in webSWAMP
  - added apparmor profile for SWAMP
  - new Executor class allows calling external executeables from scriptactions

  New features in 1.5.2: 
  
  - Bugfix in Sendeventaction (onlyweekdays option)
  - Workflows can be deleted completely from the system

  New features in 1.5.1: 
  
  - display of subworkflows/amount of displayed wfs per page 
    can be set different for each workflow type
  - displayed columns can be configured by url parameter for different views
  - webSWAMP: added new views for "my tasks" and "all open tasks"
  - added new filter type memory filter that can filter eg. for task owners 
    which cannot be mapped to a SQL statement.
  - webSWAMP: workflows can display their own logo on top of the page
  - added support for multi-select data fields 
  - webSWAMP startpage now shows a personalized todo list for the logged in user
  - webSWAMP: Filedownload now sets the contentype
  

  
  New features in 1.5:
  
  - Workflows can include documentation files and a customized 
    navigation that get installed automatically
  - Users can upload workflow definitions through the web interface
  - Added comment datatype which allows to create discussion threads 
    inside a workflow.
  - Added scripts and docu for building + running SWAMP on Windows. 
  - Enabled public subversion repository (https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/swamp/trunk)
  - Enabled public bugzilla (http://bugzilla.novell.com)
  - Fixed bugs in data cache + sendevent actions
  - added calendar popup for date type input in webSWAMP
  - added statistic graph generation for amount of running workflows / time
  - added DATETIME datatype
  
  New features in 1.4.1:

   - removed ImageMagick dependency
   - removed generated files from project tarball
   - added HTML docu to RPM distribution, building as noarch
   - fixed Bugs in webSWAMP   
   - Workflows can provide a script snippet to set their colour 
     in the workflow list. (Useful for highlighting priorities)
	

  New features in 1.4:

  - Static roles 
  - Admins + Workflow owners can add Databits to running workflows
  - WebSWAMP: improvements of the DisplayWorkflow page
  - Files can be attached (uploaded) to a workflow
  - Scheduler was inactive in public 1.3 release
  - Enhanced WorkflowVerifier: Catching more possible mistakes in workflow definitions
  - Fixed build problems of 1.3 release


  New features in 1.3:
  
  - Implemented SWAMP SOAP interface
  - Perl client for remotely using the SWAMP SOAP interface is available
  - WebSWAMP has URL shortcuts: /webswamp/task/<id> /webswamp/wf/<id>
  - added verifier class for semantic checks of workflow definitions


  New features in 1.2:
  
  - SWAMP is able to post comments to Bugzilla automatically.
  - Progress-bar hover effect on Workflow list page
  - Tasks can be restricted to groups.
  - Sendeventaction is more flexible.
  - Actions that were done automatically by finishing a Task are displayed.


  New features in 1.1:
  
  - a default GUI (Startpage, navigation menu) is automatically generated 
    for available Workflows
  - SWAMP now has its own usermanagement which makes it independant of turbines one.
  - Role based SWAMP: Workflows can define roles and workflow-actions can 
    be restricted to these roles. Standard roles are "admin", "user", "starter".
  - a new SWAMP-API that is between the SWAMP-Core and client apps (eg. WebSWAMP) 
    takes care of the permission checking.
  - Filtering by role members now possible
  - Timer based actions implemented
  - new Scriptaction to alter the Workflow with Velocity scripts
  - User preferences (amount of displayed Wfs per page, configureable columns) 
    are now stored permanent across sessions.
  - after doing a Task, a list with the consequences is shown.
    

  New features in 1.0:
  
  - SWAMP is now scaling to a much higher amount of workflows by using the MySQL DB as a transparent backend.
    (memory footprint and performance are independent of total number of existing workflow instances)
  - Using a workflow cache of configureable size shortens the access time to popular workflows
  - Filtered + sorted workflowlists are generated by filters, that are mapped directly to SQL statements
  - Workflows do not have an explicit attribute "state" anymore, the state is mapped implicitely by the workflows active nodes.
    (exception: Nodes may specify a type: start|end; Workflows with an active node of type "end" return false on isRunning())
  - Actions can be marked as "optional" to be only displayed on the workflows detail page. 
    (useful for "cancel", "finish" and other "standard" actions)
  - Active nodes will stay active when a workflow is finished
  - Mail-Templates are now scriptable, allowing IF-THEN-ELSE and so on.
  - Non-reachable Bugzilla does not block workflows
  
  GUI: 
  - More friendly color scheme
  - persistently collapsable areas in the navigation bar for the different workflow navigations
  - Print-view of workflow lists
  - new column type "progress-bar" for showing progress based on reached milestones
  - the Task page also shows reached milestones
  - workflow list page displays configureable amount of items, browseable.
  - Error fields are highlighted red.
  
  
  Features of version 1.0RC1:
  
  - Workflows can attach Subworkflows and interact with them
  - A Workflows Dataset can be shared with other Workflows.
  - External Scripts can read/write data to a Workflow and trigger Events to change a Workflows state.
  - Automated fetching of data from Novell Bugzilla and storing in a Workflows Dataset.
  - Flexible versioning of Workflows by reading every version of a Workflow-type from a "Resource-Bundle". This contains the XML-Workflow Definition, Icons, E-Mail templates, and special Workflow configuration files.
  - Each Workflow can be configured to send Notifications with dynamic content at a certain state.
  - A Workflow can be extended with non-SWAMP functionality by referencing a Java Class in the Workflow Definition File.
  - The Workflow-List can be configured with filters and custom columns to best fit the Workflows needs.
  
  
  
  
Description
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SWAMP is a generic Workflow-Management-System which does not contain any Workflow-specific code. 
The Workflowdefinitions are read from a XML File.
  
  
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