[Bash-completion-devel] Hosting bugs on Launchpad?

[David Paleino]

On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:23:03 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:

> David Paleino a écrit :
> > Cons:
> >  - not (completely?) free software :/ -- this is not a MAJOR blocker to me,
> >    but I'm having some doubts. I'm a free software guy -- but Alioth's
> >    tracker kinda sucks too.
> >  - additional registration required -- existing developers *must* register
> >    to Alioth to commit to bzr/git/svn (whatever comes out from the survey),
> >    but they would need to register to Launchpad to handle bugs. Yes, we
> >    could argue that we could host the code on Launchpad, but it only has bzr
> >    -- and we're doing the survey to see if we can move from that, aren't
> >    we? ;-)
> 
> The last point is really ennoying.

I know :/

> I'd prefer to learn how to use current Alioth BTS, even if not really the
> best one, than to split development in two different places.

Well, in my opinion, Launchpad is kinda faster to use than Alioth. More
straightforward, I'd say. But, as I already told you on IRC, I'll stick with
that the team decides :-)

And, btw, the registration is just a one-shot action, using a bugtracker might
become a everyday activity :-)

Cheers,
David

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