# Trac

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac/107752>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 25, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac/107752 "2007-06-25T23:15:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![agorilla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@agorilla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agorilla)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac/107752/1 "2007-06-25T23:15:47Z")

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Thanks to the PragProgs, I’ve been using Subversion[1] for a while  
now. Recently, I’ve started working with a couple of other  
programmers, and I started looking for svn hosting. I experimented  
with a couple of free services (OpenSVN [2] and Trac.cz [3]), and  
finally decided to pay for a repository on DevGuard [4].

All of these servers include Trac [5] as a feature, but I must admit,  
I’m pretty lost with it. The documentation on the Trac site seems to  
be lacking a bit. I’ve tried a few google searches for tutorials, but  
so far, I haven’t found anything very helpful.

If anybody has links to decent tutorials, I’d love one. I’m looking  
for something that’s fairly intro-level.

If there aren’t any, and you’re experienced enough to write one, it  
would make a great addition to the PragProg bookshelf, and if you’re  
qualified, they just might be open to the idea. 😉

[1] [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/svn2/index.html](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/svn2/index.html)  
[2] [http://opensvn.csie.org/](http://opensvn.csie.org/)  
[3] [http://trac.cz/](http://trac.cz/)  
[4] [https://www.devguard.com/](https://www.devguard.com/)  
[5] [http://trac.edgewall.org/](http://trac.edgewall.org/)

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**Author:** ![agorilla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@agorilla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agorilla)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac/107752/2 "2007-06-26T04:49:12Z")

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Bill G. wrote:

> Thanks to the PragProgs, I’ve been using Subversion[1] for a while  
> now. Recently, I’ve started working with a couple of other  
> programmers, and I started looking for svn hosting. I experimented  
> with a couple of free services (OpenSVN [2] and Trac.cz [3]), and  
> finally decided to pay for a repository on DevGuard [4].

Have you looked at the JumpBox trac/svn combo VM?

[http://www.jumpbox.com/tracsubversion-development-jumpbox/](http://www.jumpbox.com/tracsubversion-development-jumpbox/)

Might be an option if you want to host it yourself locally but don’t  
want the hassle of setting things up.

> All of these servers include Trac [5] as a feature, but I must admit,  
> I’m pretty lost with it. The documentation on the Trac site seems to  
> be lacking a bit. I’ve tried a few google searches for tutorials, but  
> so far, I haven’t found anything very helpful.
> 
> If anybody has links to decent tutorials, I’d love one. I’m looking  
> for something that’s fairly intro-level.

I don’t know of any tutorials to recommend, but I’ve been poking around  
with Trac for a while, so if you like you can ask me questions off-line  
and I’ll see if I can help.

–  
James B.

[http://www.jamesbritt.com](http://www.jamesbritt.com) - Playing with Better Toys

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**Author:** ![agorilla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@agorilla](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/agorilla)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trac/107752/3 "2007-06-26T20:55:16Z")

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On 6/25/07, James B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I don’t know of any tutorials to recommend, but I’ve been poking around  
> with Trac for a while, so if you like you can ask me questions off-line  
> and I’ll see if I can help.

Quick update. I’m going to take James, and a couple others, up on  
their offers to ask questions off-list.