Re: [Trac] Warning: Version missmatch Ubuntu Lucid, Trac , jQuery

2010-05-25 Thread W. Martin Borgert

Hi,

currently I'm very busy with real life, so just a few hints:

 - about missing jQuery 1.2, there is an open bug in Debian, that
   affects also Ubuntu: http://bugs.debian.org/562859

 - please try package version 0.11.7-3 instead of 0.11.7-1, this
   should fix the broken jQuery link at least, it's in the latest
   Ubuntu incarnation

 - don't expect 0.12 soon in Debian and/or Ubuntu; while many
   people would like to have it, somebody would have to do the
   work :~) See http://bugs.debian.org/563391

HTH!

Quoting Olemis Lang ole...@gmail.com:

I continued my research so as to finally use Trac in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Lucid .


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Re: [Trac] Trac 0.12 and local translations

2010-05-25 Thread Olemis Lang
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Roger Oberholtzer
roger.oberholt...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have not installed local translations in my 0.12b1 release. I am
 waiting for the next release. But I am curious about one thing: when a
 text field is doing spell checks, what language will be used? Now it is
 English. What if I set my language to something else?


I suppose that needs to be configured in the browser (e.g. using Opera
, right click on the text area , then select Check spelling and then
choose the target language) . You should have installed the required
dictionaries before doing so ;o)

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Re: [Trac] Warning: Version missmatch Ubuntu Lucid, Trac , jQuery

2010-05-25 Thread Olemis Lang
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:45 AM, W. Martin Borgert deba...@debian.org wrote:
 Quoting Olemis Lang ole...@gmail.com:

 I continued my research so as to finally use Trac in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
 Lucid .

 Hi,


:o)

 currently I'm very busy with real life, so just a few hints:

  - about missing jQuery 1.2, there is an open bug in Debian, that
   affects also Ubuntu: http://bugs.debian.org/562859


ok

  - please try package version 0.11.7-3 instead of 0.11.7-1, this
   should fix the broken jQuery link at least, it's in the latest
   Ubuntu incarnation


Hmmm ... seems my repos is not up to date :-$

  - don't expect 0.12 soon in Debian and/or Ubuntu; while many
   people would like to have it, somebody would have to do the
   work :~) See http://bugs.debian.org/563391


In a separate thread I asked for tools, guidelines and | or procedure
to package trac and its plugins . Even if this is OT here, any hints
will be appreciated (and I can wait, «real life» is «real» for me too,
so I understand ;o)

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Re: [Trac] Re: edit large wiki pages impossible

2010-05-25 Thread Matt Caron
 server latency + network latency  timeout
 
 where can i change this timeout time?

On every web browser connecting to it, if it can be changed at all. It's 
a client side setting, and varies by browser.

 Either make your server or your network faster.
 
 That is not in my power.

Then I think you either need to find someone in charge of your network 
and have them fix it, or you're out of luck.

I mean, if you run a ping for a long period of time, do you see high 
latency/packet loss? If so, then that is something you might be able to 
take to the person responsible for the network to demonstrate that it is 
broken.

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Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Matt Caron
 Sorry to hijack but I was just wondering if you have any specific
 reasons for choosing mysql over e.g. PostgreSQL.  I don't know that
 much about dBs really so any thoughts welcome.  I picked PostgreSQL
 as it seemed the better supported in Trac...

As did I. However, I wish I hadn't. My reasons, however, are largely 
subjective.

Arguments for MySQL over PostgreSQL:

- MySQL is syntactically much closer to SQLite than PostgreSQL is, so 
the transition is less dramatic (changing code for plugins with embedded 
SQL queries, raw SQL report port overs, etc.)

- The permission scheme for MySQL makes more sense to me.

- The overall feel of using PostgreSQL is more akin to using an 
old-style database (Oracle/DB2). This makes sense, given its heritage, 
but makes it feel old and crufty.


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[Trac] Button instead of Macro Processor

2010-05-25 Thread Rodrik
Hi there!

I'm creating a macro for Trac which should check, 
if parenthesis are correctly opened and closed. Until now,
I wrote a macro, which is able to do the job. 
I need your help on two issues:

1 - How do it looks like, if I want to, let's say, 
have a button on my wiki, which when clicked, 
simply processes the text, without the need for 
something like '#!macro' in the code.

2 - If I do let the macro commando in my wiki text, 
how can I avoid that {{{ }}}(blocks) are escaped?
Ex.:
{{{
#!myMacro
{{{
Here is a piece text, that should be processed, but shown as block!
}}}
}}}

So, I want to have the text processed
without the intern {{{ }}} being literally shown.
Until now I'm using something like this to show the wiki content:

return 'pre class=wiki%s/pre' %text

I would be really thankful, if someone could help me!

Best greetings,

Rodrik.

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RE: [Trac] Button instead of Macro Processor

2010-05-25 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
You should probably be more specific about what you are trying to do. There
is a decent chance that a wiki is not what you should be using if you want
things like dynamic syntax processing.

--Noah

 -Original Message-
 From: trac-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:trac-us...@googlegroups.com]
 On Behalf Of Rodrik
 Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:39 AM
 To: trac-users@googlegroups.com
 Subject: [Trac] Button instead of Macro Processor
 
 Hi there!
 
 I'm creating a macro for Trac which should check,
 if parenthesis are correctly opened and closed. Until now,
 I wrote a macro, which is able to do the job.
 I need your help on two issues:
 
 1 - How do it looks like, if I want to, let's say,
 have a button on my wiki, which when clicked,
 simply processes the text, without the need for
 something like '#!macro' in the code.
 
 2 - If I do let the macro commando in my wiki text,
 how can I avoid that {{{ }}}(blocks) are escaped?
 Ex.:
 {{{
 #!myMacro
 {{{
 Here is a piece text, that should be processed, but shown as block!
 }}}
 }}}
 
 So, I want to have the text processed
 without the intern {{{ }}} being literally shown.
 Until now I'm using something like this to show the wiki content:
 
 return 'pre class=wiki%s/pre' %text
 
 I would be really thankful, if someone could help me!
 
 Best greetings,
 
 Rodrik.
 
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RE: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
And for comparison, reasons to avoid MySQL:

 

Unicode collation is a train wreck.

UTF8 storage is scarily inefficient.

Much ambiguity about the future of the project since the Oracle takeover.

 

--Noah

 

From: trac-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:trac-us...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Matt Caron
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5:57 AM
To: trac-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

 

 Sorry to hijack but I was just wondering if you have any specific
 reasons for choosing mysql over e.g. PostgreSQL.  I don't know that
 much about dBs really so any thoughts welcome.  I picked PostgreSQL
 as it seemed the better supported in Trac...

As did I. However, I wish I hadn't. My reasons, however, are largely
subjective.

Arguments for MySQL over PostgreSQL:

- MySQL is syntactically much closer to SQLite than PostgreSQL is, so
the transition is less dramatic (changing code for plugins with embedded
SQL queries, raw SQL report port overs, etc.)

- The permission scheme for MySQL makes more sense to me.

- The overall feel of using PostgreSQL is more akin to using an
old-style database (Oracle/DB2). This makes sense, given its heritage,
but makes it feel old and crufty.


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Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Itamar O
Disclaimer: I have no real DB-knowledge.

Just curious -
what are the shortcomings of the default and simple SQLite,
compared to the other options?

Itamar O.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.netwrote:

  And for comparison, reasons to avoid MySQL:



 Unicode collation is a train wreck.

 UTF8 storage is scarily inefficient.

 Much ambiguity about the future of the project since the Oracle takeover.



 --Noah



 *From:* trac-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:trac-us...@googlegroups.com] *On
 Behalf Of *Matt Caron
 *Sent:* Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5:57 AM
 *To:* trac-users@googlegroups.com
 *Subject:* Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice



  Sorry to hijack but I was just wondering if you have any specific
  reasons for choosing mysql over e.g. PostgreSQL.  I don't know that
  much about dBs really so any thoughts welcome.  I picked PostgreSQL
  as it seemed the better supported in Trac...

 As did I. However, I wish I hadn't. My reasons, however, are largely
 subjective.

 Arguments for MySQL over PostgreSQL:

 - MySQL is syntactically much closer to SQLite than PostgreSQL is, so
 the transition is less dramatic (changing code for plugins with embedded
 SQL queries, raw SQL report port overs, etc.)

 - The permission scheme for MySQL makes more sense to me.

 - The overall feel of using PostgreSQL is more akin to using an
 old-style database (Oracle/DB2). This makes sense, given its heritage,
 but makes it feel old and crufty.


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RE: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
The biggest problem with SQLite is that it has a very simple locking model.
More or less, if someone is writing to the DB no one else can touch it.
Speed-wise it compares pretty well to most other DBs, it just doesn't scale
up in terms of concurrency. This isn't a problem for most people, but if you
have more than a dozen people using a Trac site full-time it can get
annoying.

 

--Noah

 

From: trac-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:trac-us...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Itamar O
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:20 PM
To: trac-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

 

Disclaimer: I have no real DB-knowledge.

Just curious -
what are the shortcomings of the default and simple SQLite,
compared to the other options?

Itamar O.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Noah Kantrowitz n...@coderanger.net
wrote:

And for comparison, reasons to avoid MySQL:

 

Unicode collation is a train wreck.

UTF8 storage is scarily inefficient.

Much ambiguity about the future of the project since the Oracle takeover.

 

--Noah

 

From: trac-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:trac-us...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Matt Caron
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5:57 AM
To: trac-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

 

 Sorry to hijack but I was just wondering if you have any specific
 reasons for choosing mysql over e.g. PostgreSQL.  I don't know that
 much about dBs really so any thoughts welcome.  I picked PostgreSQL
 as it seemed the better supported in Trac...

As did I. However, I wish I hadn't. My reasons, however, are largely
subjective.

Arguments for MySQL over PostgreSQL:

- MySQL is syntactically much closer to SQLite than PostgreSQL is, so
the transition is less dramatic (changing code for plugins with embedded
SQL queries, raw SQL report port overs, etc.)

- The permission scheme for MySQL makes more sense to me.

- The overall feel of using PostgreSQL is more akin to using an
old-style database (Oracle/DB2). This makes sense, given its heritage,
but makes it feel old and crufty.


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Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Matt Caron


Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
 The biggest problem with SQLite is that it has a very simple locking 
 model. More or less, if someone is writing to the DB no one else can 
 touch it. 

This. Once we got to about 20 people using it, someone would run a long 
query and it would lock everyone out with Database is locked messages.
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Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Matt Caron
Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
 And for comparison, reasons to avoid MySQL:
 

 Much ambiguity about the future of the project since the Oracle takeover.

Theoretically, one should be able to use MariaDB, though I have not 
tested this.

But yes, I share your fears as to what SnOracle will do...
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Re: [Trac] Button instead of Macro Processor

2010-05-25 Thread Rodrik
Hi Noah,

Noah Kantrowitz n...@... writes:

 
 You should probably be more specific about what you are trying to do. There
 is a decent chance that a wiki is not what you should be using if you want
 things like dynamic syntax processing.
 
 --Noah
 
  -Original Message-
  From: trac-us...@... [mailto:trac-us...@...]
  On Behalf Of Rodrik
  Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:39 AM
  To: trac-us...@...
  Subject: [Trac] Button instead of Macro Processor
  
  Hi there!
  
  I'm creating a macro for Trac which should check,
  if parenthesis are correctly opened and closed. Until now,
  I wrote a macro, which is able to do the job.
  I need your help on two issues:
  
  1 - How do it looks like, if I want to, let's say,
  have a button on my wiki, which when clicked,
  simply processes the text, without the need for
  something like '#!macro' in the code.
  
  2 - If I do let the macro commando in my wiki text,
  how can I avoid that {{{ }}}(blocks) are escaped?
  Ex.:
  {{{
  #!myMacro
  {{{
  Here is a piece text, that should be processed, but shown as block!
  }}}
  }}}
  
  So, I want to have the text processed
  without the intern {{{ }}} being literally shown.
  Until now I'm using something like this to show the wiki content:
  
  return 'pre class=wiki%s/pre' %text
  
  I would be really thankful, if someone could help me!
  
  Best greetings,
  
  Rodrik.
  
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What I'm trying to do is to check if parenthesis in texts 
inserted into the wiki are balanced, i.e. if each '(' has its respective ')'. 
I have to do it for project, where people will insert text into the wiki,
so I can't bypass it.

My code looks something like this:

class SyntaxChecker(WikiMacroBase):
def checkParentheses(string):
//check if ()'s are balanced
def get_macros(self):
   //some code

def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, args):
text = ''
if args:
lines = args.split('\n')
for line in lines:
if not checkParentheses(line): //if ()' are not balanced
text += 'h1 style=text-align: left; color: 
red%s/h1\n'  
 
%line.replace(,).replace(,)+'\n'
else: //if ()'s are OK
text += line.replace(,).replace(,)+'\n'
return 'pre class=wiki%s/pre' %text //How would be the best 
way to do this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Rodrik.



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Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread David Champion
* On 25 May 2010, Matt Caron wrote: 
 Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
  And for comparison, reasons to avoid MySQL:
  
 
  Much ambiguity about the future of the project since the Oracle takeover.
 
 Theoretically, one should be able to use MariaDB, though I have not 
 tested this.
 
 But yes, I share your fears as to what SnOracle will do...

Why?  What is the much ambiguity?  Oracle have publicly declared that
MySQL will be an important piece of their strategy and that it will be
supported on par and in parallel with the flagship.  Is there specific
reason to doubt that or you're just generally suspicious of Oracle?
That's fine, I don't love a megacorp, but let's be clear.

I hear a great deal of FUD about former Sun products since (before) the
buyout and I think it harms the community unnecessarily.  As much as
I personally would enjoy seeing MySQL suffer, I want it to suffer on
concrete grounds, not from mistrust and fear.

To add relevant content, I switched from sqlite3 to mysql on a test
instance just to make sure I wasn't being naive about performance.  I
wasn't.  Sqlite performed as well as mysql for our low-concurrency
workload.

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RE: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread Noah Kantrowitz
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 From: trac-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:trac-us...@googlegroups.com]
 On Behalf Of David Champion
 Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:27 PM
 To: trac-users@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice
 
 * On 25 May 2010, Matt Caron wrote:
  Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
   And for comparison, reasons to avoid MySQL:
  
  
   Much ambiguity about the future of the project since the Oracle
 takeover.
 
  Theoretically, one should be able to use MariaDB, though I have not
  tested this.
 
  But yes, I share your fears as to what SnOracle will do...
 
 Why?  What is the much ambiguity?  Oracle have publicly declared that
 MySQL will be an important piece of their strategy and that it will be
 supported on par and in parallel with the flagship.  Is there specific
 reason to doubt that or you're just generally suspicious of Oracle?
 That's fine, I don't love a megacorp, but let's be clear.
 
 I hear a great deal of FUD about former Sun products since (before) the
 buyout and I think it harms the community unnecessarily.  As much as
 I personally would enjoy seeing MySQL suffer, I want it to suffer on
 concrete grounds, not from mistrust and fear.

This is starting to drift off-topic, but the rapid departure of many of the
prominent FOSS people from Sun has me worried. Most have left very suddenly,
refusing to discuss their exact reasons for leaving except to say they no
longer felt comfortable with the environment at Oracle. The few I know
personally I put a great deal of trust in their judgement, and if they say
the climate at Oracle was a problem, I believe it. There has been no overt
action taken against MySQL, but if Oracle really does have culture problems
with FOSS (and it seems that they do) it doesn't bode well for the health of
the project long-term. Sure it could be forked and managed independently of
Oracle (see Ethereal-Wireshark), but those kinds of events usually end up
fracturing the community and reducing development to a standstill for a
while. People ask Why not use MySQL?, but I see it as Why take the risk
on MySQL?. There is no real technical advantage MySQL has over Postgres
(and vice versa). Performance measurements are basically neck and neck and
change a little each time you ask. Feature-wise, I guess I just don't use
that many advanced features of either and I suspect that many on either side
of the debate don't either.

--Noah

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Re: [Trac] Backend dB choice

2010-05-25 Thread David Champion
* On 25 May 2010, Noah Kantrowitz wrote: 
 
 This is starting to drift off-topic, but the rapid departure of many of the
 prominent FOSS people from Sun has me worried. Most have left very suddenly,
 ...

Ah, that is good information and something I put stock in.


 on MySQL?. There is no real technical advantage MySQL has over Postgres
 (and vice versa). Performance measurements are basically neck and neck and
 change a little each time you ask. Feature-wise, I guess I just don't use
 that many advanced features of either and I suspect that many on either side
 of the debate don't either.

Agreed.  MySQL seems to have a great deal of clout, but no real
performance or technological edge.  Personally I prefer the simplicity
and reduced dependency profile of an embedded db like sqlite, up to
the point that these advantages cause performance problems in a real
scenario.  Then I look to Postgres -- which, while it has a connection
to Oracle (via Sun) as well, is not a wholly-owned property.

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