How to submit a Trac Ticket

How to submit a Trac Ticket for WordPress given and the 2013 WordCamp Vancouver Conference.

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1. HOW TO SUBMIT A TRAC TICKET What is Trac? Trac is the place where all of those design / functionality decisions are made. It is part project management, part bug tracking software, part repository (via SVN). It is all of those things at exactly the same time. The only thing it doesn’t do is provide support… but don’t worry that’s what the forums are for…
2. HOW TO SUBMIT A TRAC TICKET But first a word from Nacin… "Do not report potential security vulnerabilities in WordPress in Trac email WordPress directly at security@wordpress.org"
3. HOW TO SUBMIT A TRAC TICKET Check list before submitting a ticket. • What version of WordPress are you running? " If your running alpha or beta make sure you grab the lastest build before submitting. • Has it been submitted previously? • Check in various browsers. Is it consistently replicated? Which browser does what? • If you turn off all of your plugins does still happen? • If it’s something visual take screenshots. • A link to the page or site with the issue. • Make sure the code is actually core and no your own. " eg. If you child themes has code in the function file that overwrites the builded theme then it is your code and not the included theme.
4. HOW TO SUBMIT A TRAC TICKET http://core.trac.wordpress.org/newticket http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24329 Typical Trac Ticket Life of a Trac Ticket http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22799