On Monday 04 August 2008 20:55:52 Frank Sweetser wrote: > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > I am still working on understanding the Launchpad system, but what I have > > seen so far is very impressive. At the current time, the SVN is being > > imported into Launchpad, and the bugs database is not yet approved for > > import. > > This looks like an excellent move to me. Sourceforge was fantastic in its > day, but it really hasn't kept up with the times. > > Bug reporting: it looks like it can integrate with an external bug tracker, > including mantis. It doesn't really say exactly what this external > interaction means, but it's good that we at least have the option of > continuing the current database, and transitioning over at our convenience. > > Translations: looks *very* nice. In particular, the friendly web interface > makes it look like a good way to let people contribute without digging into > C++. > > Blueprints: a nice replacement for the old projects file. All it seems to > be missing is a way to vote on them. > > Bazaar: switching over to this should enable much more flexible work flows, > especially with multiple programmers. The ability to take a given > changeset and trivially apply to another branch is also very nice for > things like backporting fixes. > > The only big gap that I see, is a good documentation management system. > Given that Bacula has always maintained its own manual as a standalone > entity, though, this isn't much of a drawback. > > Switching over to these new tools will obviously take a far bit of work, > but it looks to me like it will be a big win in the long run.
Thanks -- particularly for the very nice summary, in which you do a nice job of exposing all the points that make me interested in their system :-) Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
