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10/05/2008 07:25:08 PM (18 years ago)
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  • WikiStart

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    1 = Welcome to Trac 0.10.5 =
     1= Distributed Knowledge System =
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    3 Trac is a '''minimalistic''' approach to '''web-based''' management of
    4 '''software projects'''. Its goal is to simplify effective tracking and handling of software issues, enhancements and overall progress.
     3== Conversations ==
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    6 All aspects of Trac have been designed with the single goal to
    7 '''help developers write great software''' while '''staying out of the way'''
    8 and imposing as little as possible on a team's established process and
    9 culture.
     5Mike's original conversation:
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    11 As all Wiki pages, this page is editable, this means that you can
    12 modify the contents of this page simply by using your
    13 web-browser. Simply click on the "Edit this page" link at the bottom
    14 of the page. WikiFormatting will give you a detailed description of
    15 available Wiki formatting commands.
     7  (10:16:10 AM) Mike Howsden: i want to get at least one of my political type projects off the ground
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    17 "[wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] ''yourenvdir'' initenv" created
    18 a new Trac environment, containing a default set of wiki pages and some sample
    19 data. This newly created environment also contains
    20 [wiki:TracGuide documentation] to help you get started with your project.
     9  (10:16:30 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: I was going to burn the .org site to (2) dvds for you, if you like that.
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    22 You can use [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] to configure
    23 [http://trac.edgewall.org/ Trac] to better fit your project, especially in
    24 regard to ''components'', ''versions'' and ''milestones''.
     11  (10:16:42 AM) Mike Howsden: sure, that sounds good
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     13  (10:17:28 AM) Mike Howsden: i have about 3 essays to write before i work on other side projects though
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    27 TracGuide is a good place to start.
     15  (10:17:47 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: I've been enjoying your blog posts, btw.
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    29 Enjoy! [[BR]]
    30 ''The Trac Team''
     17  (10:17:50 AM) Mike Howsden: and a friend of mine is on Sabbatical this year so if he wants to do something together i'll probably do that next
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    32 == Starting Points ==
     19  (10:17:59 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Okay.
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    34  * TracGuide --  Built-in Documentation
    35  * [http://trac.edgewall.org/ The Trac project] -- Trac Open Source Project
    36  * [http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq Trac FAQ] -- Frequently Asked Questions
    37  * TracSupport --  Trac Support
     21  (10:18:10 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: What's he into?
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    39 For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.
     23  (10:18:29 AM) Mike Howsden: philosophy, Charlie Huenemann
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     25  (10:19:03 AM) Mike Howsden: the idea i've thought to do with him is build an educational resource around one of his texts
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     27  (10:19:11 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Ah!
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     29  (10:19:16 AM) Mike Howsden: it's a short history of western civilization
     30
     31  (10:19:32 AM) Mike Howsden: did i ever show you cnx.org?
     32
     33  (10:20:26 AM) Mike Howsden: it allows you to create small educational building blocks that you can connect together with different lenses
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     35  (10:20:27 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Yeah, I've still got it bookmarked to "look at later."  ;)
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     37  (10:20:37 AM) Mike Howsden: so i was thinking to build a lens on top of it
     38
     39  (10:20:51 AM) Mike Howsden: turn his book into those educational units and build a lens just for him
     40
     41  (10:21:11 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: I'd like to see that when you've got something to show.
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     43  (10:21:40 AM) Mike Howsden: in the end i'd like to make an online book where the first edition can be done by the author and the second edition done by the author and the web
     44
     45  (10:21:52 AM) Mike Howsden: so it'd have to build in creative commons licensing and all that
     46
     47  (10:22:01 AM) Mike Howsden: there's probably some stuff out there though that i could string together
     48
     49  (10:22:03 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: That's an interesting idea.
     50
     51  (10:22:20 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: You could probably tie things up so that the web version is also available in print format.
     52
     53  (10:22:25 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Hard-bound or whatever.
     54
     55  (10:22:28 AM) Mike Howsden: righ
     56
     57  (10:22:29 AM) Mike Howsden: exactly
     58
     59  (10:22:35 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Cool.
     60
     61  (10:22:37 AM) Mike Howsden: so they can get the output in whatever form they want
     62
     63  (10:22:44 AM) Mike Howsden: latex
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     65  (10:22:46 AM) Mike Howsden: perhaps
     66
     67  (10:22:59 AM) Mike Howsden: whatever lends itself given the other tools i'll be plugging into really
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     69  (10:23:15 AM) Mike Howsden: so half of the project is making a good tool for the author
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     71  (10:23:24 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: latex->pdf, then upload to lulu.com and you've got print-on-demand.
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     73  (10:23:29 AM) Mike Howsden: the other half is making an educational resource that matches what the author is trying to do with that text
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     75  (10:23:49 AM) Mike Howsden: i'd like every user to have editorial control
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     77  (10:24:12 AM) Mike Howsden: so say a teacher in New York wants to use the same text but integrate other educational nodes, they could do that
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     79  (10:24:37 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Would those changes be on the global copy, or saved as a branch?
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     81  (10:24:37 AM) Mike Howsden: this would all be open source
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     83  (10:24:47 AM) Mike Howsden: branch
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     85  (10:24:52 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Awesome!!
     86
     87  (10:25:02 AM) Mike Howsden: good idea?
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     89  (10:25:05 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: I'm giddy over this idea!
     90
     91  (10:25:21 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: The source code for launchpad is available now.
     92
     93  (10:25:22 AM) Mike Howsden: it seems pretty necessary and useful in this day and age
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     95  (10:25:39 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: It might have some good ideas at a web interface to push and pull between branches.
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     97  (10:25:59 AM) Mike Howsden: i'll let you know as i start to tackle it
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     99  (10:26:03 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Great.
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     101  (10:26:20 AM) Mike Howsden: his text was exactly what i'd been looking for as the type of text to build form
     102
     103  (10:26:22 AM) Mike Howsden: from
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     105  (10:26:32 AM) Mike Howsden: because each chapter is a pretty isolated unit
     106
     107  (10:26:38 AM) Mike Howsden: focused on one or two individuals
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     109  (10:27:07 AM) Mike Howsden: or a particular common idea (like say, the Renaissance --not sure i can spell that word)
     110
     111  (10:27:16 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: I think you got it.
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     113  (10:27:36 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: That *is* a cool idea.
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     115  (10:27:49 AM) Mike Howsden: he doesn't have expertise in all of western history (of course)
     116
     117  (10:27:54 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Cherry picking would be essential I think.
     118
     119  (10:28:01 AM) Mike Howsden: but say he can collaborate with someone in another state
     120
     121  (10:28:05 AM) Mike Howsden: they can work on the parts he doesn't know
     122
     123  (10:28:15 AM) Mike Howsden: and their changes become available to him
     124
     125  (10:28:30 AM) Mike Howsden: he can publish his updated version incorporating their new content
     126
     127  (10:28:39 AM) Mike Howsden: i think you get the idea
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     129  (10:28:42 AM) fugue88@gmail.com/Home: Yeah.