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Table of Contents

  1. Trac System
  2. For Team Members
    1. Tickets
    2. Modifying Code
  3. For the Project Leader(s)
    1. Milestones
    2. Wiki
  4. Resources

Using Trac for NCCOOS Projects

This page describes how to use the Trac System for projects run by NCCOOS. It contains general how-to notes for getting started and day-to-day details of Trac focused on working in a team and/or maintaining a project as a team-leader. Add to this page as you find useful info and how-tos related to Trac and SVN.

Trac System

Trac is a minimalistic approach to web-based management of software projects. Its goal is to simplify effective tracking and handling of software issues, enhancements and overall progress. By integrating web-based documentation tool (wiki) with bug tracking or enhancement features (tickets), and code repository, the Trac System allows distributed teams of people to collaborate remotely on a software and documentation project.

For Team Members

Tickets

  • Change the status of a ticket from 'new' to 'accepted' when you start work on the ticket. It's fine to start work, drop it and come back to the ticket later.
  • Make use of TracLinks in the original description of the ticket to refer to other tickets and to wiki documentation.

Modifying Code

For the Project Leader(s)

Milestones

  • For small projects, use a single Milestone to define the project. Breakdown the project into a collection of tickets that are in the 'Task' Category and assign them to the milestone. When a new tasks are added, be sure to mark them as part of this milestone.
  • Use a short paragraph describing the milestone's overall objective. Then create tickets for each item of the to-do list with Category set to Task for each.

Wiki

Resources