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I know TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. is not always the most intuitive application. Having to set up email preferences in a profile, then add your name to the cc box on a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. to get a notification when someone comments is not an optimal user experience. However, it’s what we have right now, and I’m thinking that maybe that non-intuitive flow is part of why there are over a hundred tickets that have been looked at and commented on, and are sitting around waiting for reporter feedback and/or steps to reproduce. In a few cases, the reporter-feedback tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) simply wasn’t removed when it should be, but most of them are still waiting for more info. If you have reported any bugs or requested any enhancements, please check the reporter-feedback queue to see if there’s anything waiting on more info from you. Thanks!

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demetris 6:53 pm on January 8, 2011

About a month ago I suggested in the dev channel to set always_notify_reporter to TRUE in trac.ini. Peter, I think it was Peter, replied that this would not solve the problem (of people not having an idea that feedback is needed for things they report) because people don’t always set up their email preferences in the tracker.

Since TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. uses the same usernames as the rest of wp.org, maybe it could get automatically email addresses of reporters. Then always_notify_reporter could improve the situation a lot.

Just a few thoughts.

Happy 2011, everyone!
- Jane Wells 7:36 pm on January 8, 2011
  
  Yeah, I think it’s the ‘go set up your email address in tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. prefs’ that is the annoying part. Worth seeing if we can get them from .org for sure.
  - Kim Parsell 7:56 pm on January 8, 2011
    
    Annoying yes – most people fail to set up their profiles properly on most websites. Your post got me to go check my TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. account and, lo and behold, I had not added my email address. That’s now been remedied and I should start getting notices from this point on. Thanks!
- Jane Wells 7:36 pm on January 8, 2011
  
  Though set always_notify_reporter to TRUE in trac.ini would be good, too.
- Mike Schinkel 11:05 pm on January 8, 2011
  
  +1 on always_notify_reporter=TRUE + WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ emails.
- Andrew Nacin 6:36 pm on February 17, 2011
  
  A good portion of the UXUX User experience issues here have been addressed with a fresh round of Trac updates, including reporters seeing a visual alert when the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. is marked with reporter-feedback. always_notify_reporter is now true, and users also see an alert if their email preference isn’t set. (Working on a bridge to WP.org next.)
  - demetris 6:46 pm on February 17, 2011
    
    Thanks, Andrew!
ocean90 9:08 pm on January 8, 2011

I will go through the list and do my best. On some tickets I already removed the keyword, because it’s not needed anymore. On other tickets I contacted the reporter via mail or twitter.
Denis 9:54 pm on January 8, 2011

Time to start using githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/?
- Mike Schinkel 11:05 pm on January 8, 2011
  
  heh.
- Lloyd Budd 3:02 am on January 9, 2011
  
  githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ has a built in bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. tracker?
  - Denis 11:19 am on January 9, 2011
    
    Yeah… And a built-in wiki.
  - Alex M. 1:03 am on January 12, 2011
    
    TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. has a built-in wiki too. 😛
Alex M. 1:03 am on January 12, 2011

I have no idea how I did it, but any time a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. I have created or commented on is updated (new comment, etc.) I receive an e-mail regardless of whether I am CC’ed on the ticket or not.
- Mark McWilliams 1:35 am on January 12, 2011
  
  Yeah I’m exactly the same, we must be cool Alex?! 😉
- ocean90 4:52 pm on January 12, 2011
  
  Here too, so, Mark, I’m cool too? 😛
  - Mark McWilliams 6:28 pm on January 12, 2011
    
    Too damn right!

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