Wouldn't it be helpful if plugins had their own Trac page. People could then suggest bug fixes, enhancements, patches, or just browse through the code. Besides plugins, themes could also benefit from Trac and SVN. This would the community to get involved... They have something to say and this could help give them a say.

I've started an idea at: http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic.php?id=2889

What do you guys think?

Dan Cole, WordPress Theme Developer.

Plugins already use SVN, and are integrated with Trac automattically.
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

I was going to post that but the first link says all the action is now on Extend on WordPress.org which gives me the feeling that the trac page for plugins is not used anymore. Is that true?

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It's used as much as it ever was. SVN is integrated with trac automattically.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

For the most part it only shows changelogs. I guess you could use it to get suggestions and feedback, but it doesn't allow the same type of interaction as Trac for WordPress, e.g. roadmap. I guess a plugin developer could set up shop there. They would need to point to their browse source because you can't get there from the main Trac Plugin Page.

I guess most developers keep there development on their own site, but overall community interaction or even the ability to interact is very limited.

Dan Cole, WordPress Theme Developer.

It could also be an administrative nightmare, that somebody would have to pay for. We run our own ticketing system for premium clients at Interconnect IT, but wouldn't countenance it for what are essentially low value clients - too much work, admin and support.

Nice idea, but I think as Dan suggests most in the community (I'm thinking users, more than coders) aren't all that active, sadly.

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