Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of TracDev/ReleaseNotes/0.11

Timestamp:

Feb 23, 2007, 8:03:46 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Christopher Lenz

Comment:

Some bits about the migration to setuptools-based Trac

TracDev/ReleaseNotes/0.11

@@ -6 +6 @@
  * New template engine for generating content ([http://genshi.edgewall.org Genshi])
  * New default syntax highlighter ([http://pygments.pocoo.org Pygments])
- * Improved user preferences subsystem, among which the possibility for an user to select his time zone
+ * Improved user preferences subsystem, among which the possibility for an user to select his time zone and disable access keys
  * The WebAdmin plugin is now an integral part of Trac
  * Blame support in the repository browser
@@ -17 +17 @@
 Each user can select which time zone they want timestamps to be presented in. If [http://pytz.sf.net pytz] is installed a complete  list of time zones will be available, otherwise Trac will fall back on a shorter list from an internal time zone implementation.
 
-=== setuptools is now used for the packaging ===
+=== [SetupTools Setuptools] is now used for the packaging ===
 
-TBD. See log:sandbox/setuptools
+This means you'll be able to just do
+
+{{{
+easy_install Trac
+}}}
+
+once we've made the release.
+
+It also means that a number of things had to be changed to make this work correctly. In particular, Trac no longer implicitly assumes nor installs global data in the `$prefix/share/trac`. Instead, you'll have to modify the configuration of your project environments to explicitly “inherit” a global configuration in [TracIni trac.ini], for example:
+
+{{{
+[inherit]
+file = /etc/trac/trac.ini
+}}}
+
+This will load the configuration from the `/etc/trac.ini` file, while of course allowing to override any global settings in the environment's configuration.
+
+In that global configuration, you can specify shared directories for templates and plugins, e.g.:
+
+{{{
+[inherit]
+plugins_dir = /etc/trac/plugins/
+templates_dir = /etc/trac/templates/
+}}}
+
+  '''Note''': ''naming of these options may still change until the final 0.11 release''
 
 === Improved Syntax Highlighting ===