What headaches should I expect from using Trac?

Posted by Dolph Mathews on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Dolph Mathews
Published on 2010-02-08T16:55:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 1:23 UTC
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No tool is perfect, and I'm about to start several long-term projects using Trac, and wanted a heads up of the kinds of problems I may or may not experience with it. In other words, Trac meets my needs in the short term, and I've already made the decision to use it, but I want to know what to expect down the road.

I am not looking for:

  • "Use product X instead of Trac because..." answers.
  • "Trac is great because..." answers.
  • A comparison to any other specific system.
  • "Trac doesn't support Feature X" answers. I can read the feature list too, thank you very much.

I am looking for:

  • "Feature X does not behave as expected..."
  • "Trac behaves oddly when..."
  • "Trac doesn't fully support..."
  • "Trac itself has a known bug that will likely never be fixed..."
  • And especially "Trac can't handle..."
  • etc

So, what Trac-induced headaches do I have to look forward to?

For future reference, this question was asked while Trac v0.11 was the latest stable release.

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