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Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion

By : David J Murphy
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Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion

By: David J Murphy

Overview of this book

<p><br />Trac is a minimalistic open-source enhanced wiki and bug/issue tracking system for software development projects, designed to help developers while staying out of the way and provides an interface to Subversion. Subversion is an open-source version control system that addresses many of the perceived deficiencies of CVS and can use WebDAV for network communications, and the Apache web server to provide repository-side network service.<br /><br />This book presents a simple set of processes and practices that allow you to manage these projects using open-source software without getting in the way by imposing as little as possible on established development practices and policies.<br /><br />This book looks at what is needed to manage software development projects, how web-based software project management system Trac and open-source revision control system Subversion meet these needs, and how to install, configure, and use them.</p> <p><a href="http://www.packtpub.com/article/managing-software-development-with-trac-and-subversion-table-of-contents"><br /></a></p>

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion
Managing Software Development with Trac and Subversion
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Understanding the Problem
Understanding the Problem
Task Management
Communication
Project Management for Software Development
Summary
2
Introducing the Solution
Introducing the Solution
An Ensemble Cast
Subversion
Trac
Apache Web Server
WebDAV
How It All Fits Together
Summary
3
Laying the Foundations
Laying the Foundations
Which Platform?
Which Version?
Time to Get Our Hands Dirty
Security
Summary
4
Documentation
Documentation
Making Documentation Easy
Accessing Trac
A Touch of Style
Playtime
Summary
5
Tracking Our Tasks
Tracking Our Tasks
Tickets Please
Customization
Viewing Tickets
Using Milestones
Summary
6
Version Control 101
Version Control 101
Check Out, Check In
What's the Difference?
Easy on the Eyes
Opening a New Branch
Summary
7
Putting It All Together
Putting It All Together
Our Feature Presentation
Creepy Crawlies
A Common Sequence
Adding a Feature
Tagging a Release
Fixing a Bug
Summary
Installing Subversion
Installing Subversion
Microsoft Windows
Linux
Installing Apache
Installing Apache
Microsoft Windows
Linux
Installing Trac
Installing Trac
Microsoft Windows
Linux

Microsoft Windows

The following section describes the required installations.

Python

  1. 1. Download and run python-2.4.4.msi from http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.4/python-2.4.4.msi. The following window will be observed.

Note

Although this book is using the latest version available at the time of writing, times do change and software always gets updated. To get the latest version of Python 2.4, visit:

http://www.python.org/download/

  1. 2. Leave Install for all users selected and click Next.

  1. 3. Click Next to accept the default destination directory.

  1. 4. Leave all features selected and click Next.

  2. 5. Wait while the installation takes place.

  3. 6. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Python Subversion Bindings

  1. 1. Download and run svn-python-1.4.4.win32-py2.4.exe from http://subversion.tigris.org/files/documents/15/38214/ svn-python-1.4.4.win32-py2.4.exe.

    Note

    The latest version of this package can be found at:

    http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91

  2. 2. Click Next to skip the welcome screen.

  3. 3. Ensure that Python 2.4 is selected and click Next.

    Note

    Potential for confusion

    It is possible to have multiple versions of Python installed side-by-side. If this is the case for you, then in the previous step you need to ensure the correct version (2.4) is chosen.

  4. 4. Click Next to start the installation.

  5. 5. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Python SQLite Bindings

  1. 1. Download and run pysqlite-2.3.5.win32-py2.4.exe from http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/releases/2.3/2.3.5/pysqlite-2.3.5.win32-py2.4.exe.

Note

To obtain the latest version (again, making sure it is for Python 2.4) visit:

http://www.initd.org/tracker/pysqlite/wiki/pysqlite

  1. 2. Click Next to skip past the welcome screen.

  2. 3. Ensure Python 2.4 is selected and click Next.

  3. 4. Click Next to start the installation.

  4. 5. Click Finish to complete the installation.

ClearSilver

  1. 1. Download and run clearsilver-0.9.14.win32-py2.4.exe from http://www.clearsilver.net/downloads/win32/clearsilver-0.9.14.win32-py2.4.exe.

Note

To obtain the latest version of ClearSilver for Python 2.4, visit:

http://www.clearsilver.net/downloads/

  1. 2. Click Next on the welcome screen.

  2. 3. Ensure Python 2.4 is selected and click Next.

  3. 4. Click Next to start the installation.

  4. 5. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Trac

  1. 1. Download and run trac-0.10.4.win32.exe from http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/trac/trac-0.10.4.win32.exe.

Note

To obtain the latest version of Trac, visit:

http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracDownload

  1. 2. Click Next at the welcome screen.

  2. 3. Ensure Python 2.4 is selected and click Next.

  3. 4. Click Next to start the installation.

  4. 5. Click Finish to complete the installation.

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