Re: Please comment on your use of trac

"A. Jean Mahoney" <mahoney@nostrum.com> Wed, 03 February 2021 17:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: Please comment on your use of trac
To: Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com>, wgchairs@ietf.org
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From: "A. Jean Mahoney" <mahoney@nostrum.com>
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Hi Robert,

On 2/3/21 10:17 AM, Robert Sparks wrote:
> We currently have instances of trac configured for each working group. 
> Only some are being used.
> 
> If your group is using trac, are you using anything essentially 
> trac-specific that you find important?

gen-art and sipcore use the wiki for howto documentation, which is not 
trac-specific. Neither group uses the issue tracking system.

asap does not have anything set up in trac.

> 
> Would you be ok migrating (with help) to a different wiki system and a 
> different issue tracking system?

sipcore, asap, and gen-art would be ok with migrating to a different 
wiki/tracking system.

Thanks!

Jean

> 
> The trac project itself is lagging with Python development - stable 
> still only runs on Python 2.7 and while there appears to be work towards 
> Python 3, it is not yet functional, and is not progressing quickly. We 
> are working around it by encapsulating it in docker instances running 2.7.
> 
> I've had several people suggest we should stop supporting it, and I'd 
> like to know if that would be a particular hardship for any group.
> 
> RjS
> 
>