== Why Trac? ==
Whilst we planned to use Launchpad as the main development-support tool, we needed to supplement this with a Wiki since LP doesn't include one yet (there are many requests to have this gap filled).

We need the Wiki for:
 * Blueprints development
 * Developer documentation
 * User documentation (in time)

Trac is an excellent development-support tool with integrated Wiki, Bugtracker & Roadmap/Milestones.[[BR]]
The focus of the project at this point in time is one on development, so choosing a Wiki to meet this seems the most appropriate

[http://www.klambauer.info/pms.pdf Comparison of Projectmanagement-Software] says "Even missing basic project management features, Trac is probably the best tool for managing software projects of any size. -> Highly Recommended!"

Trac is also an excellent general-purpose project management tool:
 * Tasks can be added as Tickets.
 * Milestones can be put into the Roadmap. 

A nice feature of Trac is the integrated Timeline which helps provide a consolidated feed of all current activities in the project.[[BR]]
This could be a good basis for a manual newsletter in time but stands-alone well-enough as-is.

Trac has many plugins available: http://trac-hacks.org [[BR]]
We already use these:
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/AccountManagerPlugin
 * https://launchpad.net/trac-bzr
 * http://bitten.edgewall.org

These others look most interesting/maintained:
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/TeamCalendarPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/ForcePreviewPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/SectionEditPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/WorkflowEditorPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/TypedTicketWorkflowPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/MilestoneTeamsPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/MasterTicketsPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/PeerReviewPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/PendingTicketPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/TimingAndEstimationPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/ScrumBurndownPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/EstimatorPlugin
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/EstimationToolsPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/PyDocPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/TracWikiToPdfPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/IrcAnnouncerPlugin
 * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/OpenIdDelegatePlugin
 * http://babel.edgewall.org
  * http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/GoogleTranslateTimelineScript

Stuff we'd like to see developed
 * [http://trac-hacks.org/ticket/1226 Plugin for writing requirements and specifications of a software]
  * [http://trac-hacks.org/ticket/81 FIT tests]
 * [http://trac-hacks.org/ticket/1082 Task Reminder]

Once we get to User documentation, then perhaps we should switch to Dokuwiki, as per the current Sahana:
 * http://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki
(Another option could be [http://moinmo.in/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheWithModWSGI MoinMoin] to keep the Python/WSGI infrastructure instead of adding PHP)

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