2) How do the Helix and vmTrac appliances compare? (Or any other SVN server appliances?):

Helix Agile Development
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/328

vmTrac
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/308

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(sorry for being unclear before...)
Is there an online (Internet) URL for the helix project, or is that just a codename for this particular VM?

I like the size of the VM, thank you for paying attention to removing the unnecessary things. My suggestions:
- Use the most current version of Trac (0.9.5 currently) including lots of bug fixes and latest Subversion too.
- I know it's trivial but it would be a nice touch to write a script which would create a new svn+trac project by simply taking one argument: the new project name.
- The big question for me: How are you planning to upgrade components when new versions are out? Are you planning to make future versions available for the general public?

Thank you!

The versions of trac and SVN on the appliance are the ones that are in the backports repo for Ubuntu Breezy. I am planning on upgrading the appliance itself to Dapper and thus update SVN and Trac to the latest versions. Once i do that I will make it publicly available. I will also add a script to automatically create the svn and trac projects given the project name. Thank you both for your suggestions and for trying out Helix...

There are 4 or 5 Trac implementation in here. I will promote mine.
My version is not a straight install; I tried to make it a complete install. It has VM Tools installed, has the latest Stable version of Trac 9.5 and SVN (latest at time of submission) 1.3.1. The whole environment has been setup to maintain multiple projects and uses Apache’s mod_python for performance. I have created a number of scripts to quickly manage Trac (see below), as well as install the Trac web based administrator. I didn't try to make it small, I tried to include those items that I would want installed. I choose Debain because it easy to mange, administer and upgrade.
So please check it http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/377

settrac = set default trac project
trac_add = create a new project
trac_del = remove a project
aprs = restart apache
ahup = unhung apache
alog = tail of apache log
tlog = tail of trac log
tsql = connect to trac sql
rpyc = Remove compiled python files
tadm = trac admin
tini = Edit trac.ini
gtini = edit global trac.ini
find_setup = Find the nearest enclosing plugin directory
insp = Install a new version of a plugin
devp = Setup a plugin using setup.py develop
cleanup = Clean a plugin build directory

Small size, quick to get up and running. Does what it is supposed to very well. A script for creating the project would have been nice. I like it. Good job.

NICE! I like the idea of "VMTN appliances" being open source, and hosted on SF.net!

p.s., where's a description of each component of this project? All I see is "This is the 1.0 version of Istanbul." but it has four zip-files:
Helix ( this V.M. ),
Hercules,
Hermes,
Pyle