Re: Please comment on your use of trac

Jay Daley <jay@ietf.org> Sun, 28 February 2021 21:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: Please comment on your use of trac
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:51:36 +1300
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> On 27/02/2021, at 11:02 AM, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jay,
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2021, at 2:40 PM, Jay Daley <jay@ietf.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Any comments, or any more to add?
> 
> Should be accessible with IPv4 and IPv6.

We envisage this as IETF hosted, which will ensure that.

Jay


> 
> Bob
> 
>> 
>> Jay
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4/02/2021, at 5:17 AM, Robert Sparks <rjsparks@nostrum.com> 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?
>>> 
>>> Would you be ok migrating (with help) to a different wiki system and a different issue tracking system?
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jay Daley
>> IETF Executive Director
>> jay@ietf.org
>> 
> 

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Jay Daley
IETF Executive Director
jay@ietf.org