FreeLists / haiku-web / [haiku-web] Re: Trac (reevaluated)

[Waldemar Kornewald <wkornew@xxxxxxx>]

Mikael Jansson (mailing lists) wrote:
> Tach!

Na? :)

> > Only developers and admins are allowed to create tasks. Users may
> > only create
> > "bug" and "wish" tickets (later, we might not allow for wishes,
> > anymore). This
> > probably requires permissions per ticket type.
> There are numerous pluggable authentication systems, I'm using the
> DBAuth plugin which uses a SQLite database instead of relying on the
> web browser for authentication. Also handles groups nicely.  Otherwise,
> there's also two special users, "anonymous" and "authenticated" which
> perhaps would suffice?

It is important that we know the reporter's email address. I'd like to enforce
this by requiring to sign-up and login (same as with Bugzilla). I don't really
believe in this "open for anyone" ideal where we get spammed every day and
can't contact the reporter because he thought he should stay anonymous. I.e.:
* require authentication
* require valid email address
* only "Developers" group can create "task" tickets
* every authenticated user can create "bug" and "wish" tickets
* anonymous users get read-only access
We need real user management. The ticket assignment function 
("reassign") should
have a drop-down list of all users in the "Developers" group. The normal
installations I've seen are far too "unrestricted" for my taste.

> If Subversion access isn't directly needed, I could setup Trac instance
> matching the requirements stated below.  It'd live at 
> http://bits.jansson.be/haiku
> for the time being.

Yes, thank you. That would be a great testing possibility and finally 
show some
progress.

Which code base will you use? Do you have access to Charlie's implementation?
Actually, I'd prefer using a public and maintained code base. Charlie, did you
ask the Trac guys whether they want to take over RelationalTrac (simpler,
better, etc., what speaks against it?)?

> Still the matter of hosting in the end.  Although, for a low-traffic
> site (i.e., not providing Subversion access, missing out some of the
> major points of Trac but good enough for a pilot test I guess), I'd
> have no problems at all hosting it -- got some 2.5TB bandwidth to
> spare.

Later, we will move it to our host. It supports Python, so Trac should work.
Seriously, our main concern is bug+task management, the roadmap, and the
timeline (history), not the SVN integration. That can wait until Trac
officially supports remote repos integration.

Bye,
Waldemar Kornewald


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