Re: [E-devel] Fixing other web site stuff.

[Mike B. <mi...@ze...>]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:59:29 +0900
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ra...@ra...> wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:02:21 +1000 David Seikel <on...@gm...> said:
> 
> > Moved this to the other thread.
> > 
> > On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:33:48 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
> > <ra...@ra...> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 06:51:38 +1000 David Seikel <on...@gm...>
> > > said:
> > > 
> > > > All well and good, but can someone with a clue fix up TRAC?
> > > > Personally I have no clue about TRAC.  If my recent experience is
> > > > any guide, no one can just create an account and start using it,
> > > > all they get is error messages, no ability to comment on or create
> > > > stuff.  That's one BIG turn off right there.  I was trying to do
> > > > the right thing about the focus bugs, but failed completely to be
> > > > able to figure out how to actually enter any useful text, and I'm a
> > > > very experienced developer. I even asked on the mailing list with
> > > > no reply other than "yeah, you get those error messages until
> > > > raster manually recreates your account".  Not even a "i've fix0red
> > > > your account dave" message from raster.  Certainly no "the button
> > > > to make comments or create new bug tickets is in THIS bleeding
> > > > obvious place you blind moron" reply.
> > > > 
> > > > So linking things to TRAC is kinda pointless, until it works right.
> > > 
> > > indeed. as such i CANT re-create your account. i can only delete it.
> > > YOU have to re-create. i did this once for 1 person and their account
> > > then worked. i don't know what/why. but i can't just "fix it".
> > > someone who knows what the issue is needs to do so, but i dont have
> > > the time or patience to go digging through trac to figure it out.
> > 
> > The point being that trac is broken and needs to be fixed.  I thought it
> > was silly that account creation had to go through a manual step
> > involving raster fixing broken shit, you got better things to do with
> > your time.  I guess there is no point using it until it's fixed, so
> > I'll just wait.
> 
> well i can't fix it. someone asked me to fix their account - nothing i could
> do. trac admin ui doesnt allow me to do squat except delete the account. they
> just re-created it. i don't remember the details. that is the ONLY thing i
> have ever done involving deleting an account - i never re-created it. i did
> it once only. i can delete your account - no idea if it will fix anything if
> you create it again or not.
> 
You deleted and made me a new account because mine wasn't working.

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