Now that CIA is dead I wrote a new Roundup detector that uses irker
[0][1] instead of CIA.  It requires the irc package [2] and the irker
daemon running in background.
It's also necessary to add 
  [irker]
  channels = irc://chat.freenode.net/channelname
to detectors/config.ini to make it work.

We have been using this on bugs.python.org for a while and it seems to
work fine [3].

[0]: http://www.catb.org/esr/irker/
[1]: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4607
[2]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/irc/
[3]: http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue483

Ezio,
sounds like a good idea to have.
Are there any drawbacks if we include in the disribution?
If we it should be on the wiki or documented. ;)

Bernhard

The detector should be fine, since the format used to send messages to
irker is not going to change (it worked without changes on all the irker
versions I used -- from 1.0 to 1.13).
OTOH irker is still relatively young and has a few minor problems.  The
latest version also requires irc3.4+, and AFAIU doesn't work with older
versions, so users might encounter some issues while
installing/configuring it.

I was looking for cia.py, but it doesn't seem to be included in the tree.
I found two places where the detector could be added:
 1)
http://roundup.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/roundup/roundup/file/default/detectors
 2)
http://roundup.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/roundup/roundup/file/118457ca2e07/share/roundup/templates/devel/detectors

The other templates also have a detectors dir.
Where should I add the detector?
Should I add instructions about it somewhere?

Ezio,

If the detector can be used for all templates, I think
a common directory is fitting, so 1).

docs/customizing.txt section detectors-adding-behaviour-to-your-tracker
additional detectors reader for use.

Best,
Bernhard

The attached patch adds irker.py to the detectors dir, a CHANGES entry,
and an entry in doc/customizing.txt, however I noticed that the
detectors listed there are the ones installed with the templates, and
the list is not even updated.
Should I move the detector in the detectors dirs under templates/
instead or should I create a separate section in customizing.txt?  Are
the instructions I wrote clear enough?

Move the description in a lower section within customizing.txt, 
the one I've mentioned in msg4674: "Additional Detectors Ready For Use"

I cannot judge if the documentation is sufficient, as I don't know
ircer myself. You could add some more documentation to the detector
files itself, i'd say and keep the customizing section less specific.
(Just an idea.)

Sorry, I misread your message.  I now moved the description in the right
section, and added some more documentation in the detector itself.
If the new patch looks good I'll commit it.

Go ahead. :)

Done in 132650f4700a.

Published with 1.4.21.