Index: roundup-src/roundup/cgi/templating.py
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--- roundup-src/roundup/cgi/templating.py	(revision 88927)
+++ roundup-src/roundup/cgi/templating.py	(working copy)
@@ -1379,6 +1379,10 @@
             pos = s.find('>')
             end = s[pos:]
             u = s = s[:pos]
+        if s.endswith(tuple('.,;:!')):
+            # don't include trailing punctuation
+            end = s[-1:] + end
+            u = s = s[:-1]
         if ')' in s and s.count('(') != s.count(')'):
             # don't include extraneous ')' in the link
             pos = s.rfind(')')