Trac without the source management

[Nevyn]

Hi all,

I'm wondering, is there something like Trac but without the code
management bits? I'm looking for streamline my workflow and the like
by using "tickets" to basically document and plan out my days. I'm not
sure if I'm just not understanding Trac properly (I can't find
anything to indicate any sort of user management) or whether what I'm
after isn't catered for via Trac... It'd be really handy if it was run
on a web server no matter what solution was found...

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

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[Simon Green]

Post by Nevyn
Hi all,
I'm wondering, is there something like Trac but without the code
management bits? I'm looking for streamline my workflow and the like
by using "tickets" to basically document and plan out my days. I'm not

Both Bugzilla and RT come to mind, as alternative ticketing systems.

-- simon

(Disclaimer: I am a Bugzilla developer for Red Hat)
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[Glenn Enright]

Mantis works really well, and has flexible user levels. mantisbt.org

Post by Simon Green

Post by Nevyn
Hi all,
I'm wondering, is there something like Trac but without the code
management bits? I'm looking for streamline my workflow and the like
by using "tickets" to basically document and plan out my days. I'm not

Both Bugzilla and RT come to mind, as alternative ticketing systems.
 -- simon
(Disclaimer: I am a Bugzilla developer for Red Hat)
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[Craig Box]

Post by Nevyn
I'm wondering, is there something like Trac but without the code
management bits? I'm looking for streamline my workflow and the like
by using "tickets" to basically document and plan out my days. I'm not
sure if I'm just not understanding Trac properly (I can't find
anything to indicate any sort of user management) or whether what I'm
after isn't catered for via Trac... It'd be really handy if it was run
on a web server no matter what solution was found...

How about.. Tracks! http://getontracks.org/ It implements the GTD
philosophy in a web app. You may find that you can manage your life with
tracking tools meant for code, but you may also find that a methodology
designed for people suits you more.

Otherwise, of the other suggestions so far, I've used them all. RT is
designed for incidents (as a service desk would get) and I suspect would be
the best fit based on what you asked. Mantis, I wasn't a big fan of when I
ran it myself years ago, and the only OSS project I saw using it migrated to
something more powerful in the end. As for Bugzilla, I'll be having a beer
with the CM manager from Symbian tomorrow, and if I even mention Bugzilla I
expect he will turn red and I will have to buy round after round to quell
his burning rage.

Craig
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[Jim Cheetham]

Post by Nevyn
I'm wondering, is there something like Trac but without the code
management bits?

Trac, but with no repository defined? :-)

Redmine springs to mind; it has more of a ticketing/project management emphasis.

Post by Nevyn
I'm looking for streamline my workflow and the like
by using "tickets" to basically document and plan out my days.

A more standard ticket engine like RT, or anything related to the GTD
methodology, perhaps the ultra-lightweight
http://nathanbowers.com/gtdtw/

Post by Nevyn
I'm not
sure if I'm just not understanding Trac properly (I can't find
anything to indicate any sort of user management)

Sounds like you haven't understood Trad properly if you can't find
user management, or perhaps you just have a really old version;
however that doesn't matter so much, as it isn't a terribly good
general task manager. It really is 'single project specific' in its
approach.

I'm just about to implement a Redmine in preference to Trac (which I
know reasonably well) or RT (which I grok a bit), because it seems to
be a better match for "small team, shared projects, not much code"
work.

-jim

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[Volker Kuhlmann]

Post by Nevyn
I'm wondering, is there something like Trac but without the code
management bits? I'm looking for streamline my workflow and the like
by using "tickets" to basically document and plan out my days. I'm not
sure if I'm just not understanding Trac properly (I can't find
anything to indicate any sort of user management)

There is a large number of add-ons to trac at

http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracPlugins
http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/PluginList

and the user manager works reasonably well.

Volker

[Nevyn]

Post by Volker Kuhlmann
and the user manager works reasonably well.

Can you direct me to any documentation on the user manager? There
seems to be loads of info on installing Trac but very little on
getting started with it. For example, upon loading up the project, I'm
not logged on - so I go to log in only to realise I have absolutely no
idea what to log in as and can not find any documentation on a default
account. Loads of info on adding/removing permissions to/from a
user....

Regards,
Nevyn
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[Volker Kuhlmann]

Post by Nevyn
Can you direct me to any documentation on the user manager?

It was a while back that I set it up, and it was probably the webadmin
plug-in I was thinking of now. It provides multiple user logins, and it
needed some configuration with trac-admin. It's for when the users don't
really change.

If you're looking for a more dynamic user management then the
accountmanager plug-in seems to be the way to go.

Volker