Changes between Version 71 and Version 72 of TestManagerForTracPlugin


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May 13, 2011, 10:21:03 AM (13 years ago)
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Roberto Longobardi
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  • TestManagerForTracPlugin

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     487== Troubleshooting ==
     488
     489=== Is setuptools properly installed? ===
     490
     491Try this from the command line:
     492
     493{{{
     494$ python -c "import pkg_resources"
     495}}}
     496
     497If you get no output, setuptools is installed. Otherwise, you'll need to install it before plugins will work in Trac.
     498
     499=== Did you get the correct version of the Python egg? ===
     500
     501Python eggs have the Python version encoded in their filename. For example, MyPlugin-1.0-py2.4.egg is an egg for Python 2.5, and will not be loaded if you're running a different Python version (such as 2.6 or 2.7).
     502
     503Also, verify that the egg file you downloaded is indeed a ZIP archive and not the HTML preview page instead.
     504
     505=== Is the plugin enabled? ===
     506
     507If you install a plugin globally (i.e. not inside the plugins directory of the Trac project environment) you will have to explicitly enable it in trac.ini. Make sure that:
     508
     509 * you actually added the necessary line(s) to the [components] section
     510 * the package/module names are correct
     511 * the value is “enabled", not e.g. “enable”
     512
     513=== Check the permissions on the egg file and on the trac.ini file ===
     514
     515The user user to run Trac (either tracd or Apache) must be able to read the egg files.
     516
     517Also, it's been reported that for PosgreSQL also its user must be able to read trac.ini.
     518
     519=== Check the log files ===
     520
     521Open the Trac Admin tab, enable logging and set the log level to DEBUG, then watch the log file for messages about loading plugins.
     522
     523=== Verify you have proper permissions ===
     524
     525Some plugins, including the Test Manager ones, require you have special permissions in order to use them.
     526
     527See [wiki:TestManagerForTracPlugin#Security] for a description of the available/required permissions.
     528
     529=== Is the wrong version of the plugin loading? ===
     530
     531If you put your plugins inside plugins directories, and certainly if you have more than one project, you need to make sure that the correct version of the plugin is loading. Here are some basic rules:
     532
     533Only one version of the plugin can be loaded for each running Trac server (ie. each Python process). The Python namespaces and module list will be shared, and it cannot handle duplicates. Whether a plugin is enabled or disabled makes no difference.
     534
     535A globally installed plugin (typically setup.py install) will override any version in global or project plugins directories. A plugin from the global plugins directory will be located before any project plugins directory.
     536
     537'''If your Trac server hosts more than one project''' (as with TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR setups), then having two versions of a plugin in two different projects will give uncertain results. Only one of them will load, and the one loaded will be shared by both projects. Trac will load the first found - basically from the project that receives the first request.
     538
     539Having more than one version listed inside Python site-packages is fine (ie. installed with setup.py install) - setuptools will make sure you get the version installed most recently. However, '''don't store more than one version inside a global or project plugins directory''' - neither version number nor installed date will matter at all. There is no way to determine which one will be located first when Trac searches the directory for plugins.
     540
     541=== Have you restarted Apache? ===
     542
     543For Apache to sense a plugin upgrade (and sometimes even installation), it must be restarted.
     544
     545=== If all of the above failed ===
     546
     547OK, so the logs don't mention plugins, the egg is readable, the python version is correct and the egg has been installed globally (and is enabled in the trac.ini), you restarted Apache and it still doesn't work or give any error messages or any other indication as to why?
     548
     549Open a ticket here. The plugins maintainers (yes, it's me :-)) watch ticket notifications continuously.
     550
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    487552== Recent Changes ==
    488553Note: you can '''subscribe to the [https://sourceforge.net/projects/testman4trac/forums/forum/1200598 Forum]''' to be updated on new releases.