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v2 v3 4 4 The Trac ticket database provides simple but effective tracking of issues and bugs within a project. 5 5 6 As the central project management element of Trac, tickets are used for '''project tasks''', '''feature requests''', '''bug reports''' and '''software support issues'''.6 As the central project management element of Trac, tickets can be used for '''project tasks''', '''feature requests''', '''bug reports''', '''software support issues''' among others. 7 7 8 As with the TracWiki, this subsystem has been designed with the goal of making user contribution and participation as simple as possible. It should be as easy as possible to report bugs, ask questions and suggest improvements.8 As with the TracWiki, this subsystem has been designed with the goal of making user contribution and participation as simple as possible. It should be as easy as possible to report bugs, ask questions, suggest improvements and discuss resolutions. 9 9 10 10 An issue is assigned to a person who must resolve it or reassign the ticket to someone else. 11 11 All tickets can be edited, annotated, assigned, prioritized and discussed at any time. 12 13 [=#edit-permissions] 14 However, some Trac installations may put restrictions in place about who can change what. For example, the default installation doesn't permit to non-authenticated users ("anonymous" users) to change anything, even to comment on an issue, for obvious spam prevention reasons. Check the local contributing policy, which you can usually find on the front page WikiStart, or contact your local Trac administrator. 12 15 13 16 == Ticket Fields == … … 15 18 A ticket contains the following information attributes: 16 19 17 * '''Reporter''' - The author of the ticket. 18 * '''Type''' - The nature of the ticket (for example, defect or enhancement request) 20 * '''Reporter''' — The author of the ticket. 21 * '''Type''' — The nature of the ticket (for example, defect or enhancement request). See TicketTypes for more details. 22 * '''Component''' — The project module or subsystem this ticket concerns. 23 * '''Version''' — Version of the project that this ticket pertains to. 24 * '''Keywords''' — Keywords that a ticket is marked with. Useful for searching and report generation. 25 * '''Priority''' — The importance of this issue, ranging from ''trivial'' to ''blocker''. A pull-down if different priorities where defined. 26 * '''Milestone''' — When this issue should be resolved at the latest. A pull-down menu containing a list of milestones. 27 * '''Assigned to/Owner''' — Principal person responsible for handling the issue. 28 * '''Cc''' — A comma-separated list of other users or E-Mail addresses to notify. ''Note that this does not imply responsiblity or any other policy.'' 29 * '''Resolution''' — Reason for why a ticket was closed. One of {{{fixed}}}, {{{invalid}}}, {{{wontfix}}}, {{{duplicate}}}, {{{worksforme}}}. 30 * '''Status''' — What is the current status? One of {{{new}}}, {{{assigned}}}, {{{accepted}}}, {{{closed}}}, {{{reopened}}}. 31 * '''Summary''' — A brief description summarizing the problem or issue. Simple text without WikiFormatting. 32 * '''Description''' — The body of the ticket. A good description should be specific, descriptive and to the point. Accepts WikiFormatting. 19 33 20 * '''Component''' - The project module or subsystem this ticket concerns. 21 * '''Version''' - Version of the project that this ticket pertains to. 22 * '''Keywords''' - Keywords that a ticket is marked with. Useful for searching and report generation. 34 '''Notes:''' 35 - Versions of Trac prior to 0.9 did not have the ''type'' field, but instead provided a ''severity'' field and different default values for the ''priority'' field. This change was done to simplify the ticket model by removing the somewhat blurry distinction between ''priority'' and ''severity''. However, the old model is still available if you prefer it: just add/modify the default values of the ''priority'' and ''severity'', and optionally hide the ''type'' field by removing all the possible values through [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. 23 36 24 * '''Priority''' - The importance of this issue, ranging from ''trivial'' to ''blocker''. 25 * '''Milestone''' - When this issue should be resolved at the latest. 26 * '''Assigned to/Owner''' - Principal person responsible for handling the issue. 27 * '''Cc''' - A comma-separated list of other users or E-Mail addresses to notify. ''Note that this does not imply responsiblity or any other policy.'' 28 29 * '''Resolution''' - Reason for why a ticket was closed. One of {{{fixed}}}, {{{invalid}}}, {{{wontfix}}}, {{{duplicate}}}, {{{worksforme}}}. 30 * '''Status''' - What is the current status? One of {{{new}}}, {{{assigned}}}, {{{closed}}}, {{{reopened}}}. 31 * '''Summary''' - A brief description summarizing the problem or issue. 32 * '''Description''' - The body of the ticket. A good description should be specific, descriptive and to the point. 37 - the [trac:TicketTypes type], [trac:TicketComponent component], version, priority and severity fields can be managed with [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] or with the [trac:WebAdmin WebAdmin] plugin. 33 38 34 '''Note:''' Versions of Trac prior to 0.9 did not have the ''type'' field, but instead provided a ''severity'' field and different default values for the ''priority'' field. This change was done to simplify the ticket model by removing the somewhat blurry distinction between ''priority'' and ''severity''. However, the old model is still available if you prefer it: just add/modify the default values of the ''priority'' and ''severity'', and optionally hide the ''type'' field by removing all the possible values through [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin]. 35 36 '''Note:''' the [trac:TicketTypes type], [trac:TicketComponent component], version, priority and severity fields can be managed with [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] or with the [trac:WebAdmin WebAdmin] plugin. 37 38 '''Note:''' Description of the builtin ''priority'' values is available at [trac:TicketTypes#Whyistheseverityfieldgone TicketTypes] 39 40 {{{ 41 #!html 42 <div style="background-color: #ddeedd"> 43 <h1 style="color: green"> Important note for entering code snippets</h1> 44 If you want to include code, please use the code syntax: 45 <tt>`code`</tt> for inline code, and 46 <pre> 47 {{{ 48 code line1 49 code line2 50 ... 51 }}} 52 </pre> 53 for full lines (there's also an icon for the full line code environment above the editing window). This helps to make code more readable and facilitates copy-paste. 54 </div> 55 }}} 39 - Description of the builtin ''priority'' values is available at [trac:TicketTypes#Whyistheseverityfieldgone TicketTypes] 56 40 57 41 == Changing and Commenting Tickets == 58 42 59 Once a ticket has been entered into Trac, you can at any time change the 60 information by '''annotating''' the bug. This means changes and comments to 61 the ticket are logged as a part of the ticket itself. 43 With appropriate permissions, as already mentioned [#edit-permissions above], a ticket entered into Trac can at any time be modified by '''annotating'''. 62 44 63 When viewing a ticket, the history of changes will appear below the main ticket area.45 Then, annotations like changes and comments to the ticket are logged as a part of the ticket itself. When viewing a ticket, the history of changes will appear below the main ticket area. 64 46 65 ''In the Trac project, we use ticket comments to discuss issues and tasks. This makes 66 understanding the motivation behind a design- or implementation choice easier, 67 when returning to it later.'' 47 Comment editing (available since 0.12) is meant to be used to make small corrections to comments, like fixing formatting, forgotten WikiFormatting or spelling errors, not major edits. For longer edits, you should be adding a new comment instead. Editing a comment will not produce a new entry on [/timeline] while entering a new comment or other changes will do. 68 48 69 '''Note:''' An important feature is being able to use TracLinks and 70 WikiFormatting in ticket descriptions and comments. Use TracLinks to refer to 71 other issues, changesets or files to make your ticket more specific and easier 72 to understand. 49 All edits (field changes, new comments, comment edits) update the "last changed" time of the ticket. 73 50 74 '''Note:''' See TracNotification for how to configure email notifications of ticket changes.75 51 76 '''Note:''' See TracWorkflow for information about the state transitions (ticket lifecycle), and how this workflow can be customized. 52 '''Notes:''' 53 - An important feature is being able to use TracLinks and WikiFormatting in ticket descriptions and comments. Use TracLinks to refer to other issues, changesets or files to make your ticket more specific and easier to understand. 54 55 - See TracNotification for how to configure email notifications of ticket changes. 56 57 - See TracWorkflow for information about the state transitions (ticket lifecycle), and how this workflow can be customized. 77 58 78 59 == Default Values for Drop-Down Fields == … … 86 67 * `default_type`: Default ticket type 87 68 * `default_version`: Name of the default version 88 * `default_owner`: Name of the default owner , ''if no owner for the component has been set''69 * `default_owner`: Name of the default owner. If set to the text "< default >" (the default value), the component owner is used. 89 70 90 If any of these options are omitted, the default value will either be the first in the list, or an empty value, depending on whether the field in question is required to be set. Some of these can be chosen through the [trac:WebAdmin WebAdmin] plugin in the "Ticket System" section (others in the "trac.ini" section). The default owner for a ticket will be the component owner, if that is set, or `default_owner`, if not.71 If any of these options are omitted, the default value will either be the first in the list, or an empty value, depending on whether the field in question is required to be set. Some of these can be chosen through the [trac:WebAdmin WebAdmin] plugin in the "Ticket System" section (others in the [[wiki:TracIni#ticket-section|"[ticket]"]] section in `trac.ini`). 91 72 92 73 … … 104 85 To appear in the dropdown list, a user needs be registered with the project, ''i.e.'' a user session should exist in the database. Such an entry is automatically created in the database the first time the user submits a change in the project, for example when editing the user's details in the ''Settings'' page, or simply by authenticating if the user has a login. Also, the user must have `TICKET_MODIFY` [TracPermissions permissions]. 105 86 106 '''Note:''' See [http://pacopablo.com/wiki/pacopablo/blog/set-assign-to-drop-down Populating Assign To Drop Down] on how to add user entries at database level 87 '''Notes:''' 88 - See [http://pacopablo.com/wiki/pacopablo/blog/set-assign-to-drop-down Populating Assign To Drop Down] on how to add user entries at database level 107 89 108 '''Note 2:'''If you need serious flexibility and aren't afraid of a little plugin coding of your own, see [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/FlexibleAssignToPlugin FlexibleAssignTo] (disclosure: I'm the author)90 - If you need serious flexibility and aren't afraid of a little plugin coding of your own, see [http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/FlexibleAssignToPlugin FlexibleAssignTo] (disclosure: I'm the author) 109 91 110 '''Note 3:'''Activating this option may cause some performance degradation, read more about this in the [trac:TracPerformance#Configuration Trac performance] page.92 - Activating this option may cause some performance degradation, read more about this in the [trac:TracPerformance#Configuration Trac performance] page. 111 93 112 94 == Preset Values for New Tickets == 113 95 114 To create a link to the new-ticket form filled with preset values, you need to call the `/newticket?` URL with variable=value separated by &.96 To create a link to the new-ticket form filled with preset values, you need to call the `/newticket?` URL with `variable=value` separated by `&`. 115 97 116 98 Possible variables are : 117 99 118 * '''type''' -The type droplist119 * '''reporter''' -Name or email of the reporter120 * '''summary''' -Summary line for the ticket121 * '''description''' -Long description of the ticket122 * '''component''' -The component droplist123 * '''version''' -The version droplist124 * '''severity''' -The severity droplist125 * '''keywords''' -The keywords126 * '''priority''' -The priority droplist127 * '''milestone''' -The milestone droplist128 * '''owner''' -The person responsible for the ticket129 * '''cc''' -The list of emails for notifying about the ticket change100 * '''type''' — The type droplist 101 * '''reporter''' — Name or email of the reporter 102 * '''summary''' — Summary line for the ticket 103 * '''description''' — Long description of the ticket 104 * '''component''' — The component droplist 105 * '''version''' — The version droplist 106 * '''severity''' — The severity droplist 107 * '''keywords''' — The keywords 108 * '''priority''' — The priority droplist 109 * '''milestone''' — The milestone droplist 110 * '''owner''' — The person responsible for the ticket 111 * '''cc''' — The list of emails for notifying about the ticket change 130 112 131 '''Example:''' ''/trac/newticket?summary=Compile%20Error&version=1.0&component=gui''[[BR]]113 Example: ''`[/newticket?summary=Compile%20Error&version=1.0&component=gui]`''[[BR]] 132 114 133 115 ----