In two ways…first, I have not updated the site in a while, and I need to get back to updating it.
Second, because I have not been true to my cli roots. I have moved from my default MUA of the last, oh, 8 years, and flirted with a GUI MUA, thunderbird. It was pretty. It was sexy. It let me see everything then and now. It tried to seduce me into using a GUI for more…
But, then I got behind in my email, and it was taking longer and longer to catch up. sigh Two days ago, I switched back, and now, I am fully caught up on my inbox, and making headway on my actionable items.
What is DITrack?
DITrack is a free, open source, lightweight, distributed issue (bug, defect, ticket) tracking system using a [Subversion](https://subversion.tigris.org/) repository instead of a backend database. It is written in Python and runs in UNIX environment (*BSD, Linux, MacOS X).
The project is inspired by the idea of [Subissue](https://subissue.tigris.org/) issue tracking system.
However, while Subissue aims in merely replacing the traditional database storage with Subversion repository, DITrack is a major rethought of the issue tracking system paradigm. The main difference is that instead of sticking to the centralized model (one database, one web interface, one mail integration machinery), DITrack treats underlying Subversion storage as a versioned distributed file system which enables benefits of truly distributed operation mode.
The package screen is something that has been around for a long time.
With screen, you can have many session running on on tty, and you can switch to another session with out touching a mouse. With the proper configuration, you can get notified if there is some change (like if you have a IM client up) or if there is no output (say, if you are watching a compile session).
You are in the zone working, and then you notice the time, and you have to log out and go home. Is this a problem? No, with a simple d, you can disconnect the screen session, log out, go home, log back into that machine, and resume your session just where you left off.
One of the other really feature is cut and paste between sessions. The is very handy when adapting code (or articles) into a new file.