They are very similar. The core function is essentially the same. Some features of Launchpad like better merging requests and prettier bug tracker are a plus. If you know git, it shoud take less than 5 min to get used to bzr. So I would recommend that. You can see some comparisons: http://askubuntu.com/questions/32084/why-does-ubuntu-use-launchpad-instead-of-github-or-bitbucket http://paul-classic.stadig.name/2008/06/23/launchpad-vs-github
In any case both are more convenient than sf~ ------------------------------------ Lizao Li Graduate Assistant School of Mathematics University of Minnesota, Twin Cities On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:03 AM, dmg <d...@uvic.ca> wrote: > github seems to be very good to manage forks and merges. What would > the be the advantage of Launchpad > otherwise? > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Lizao Li <creatorlarr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually I can help to create a xournal-dev team and setup a launchpad >> project for xournal/xournal+. Launchpad has a better interface for >> branching and merging than git alone. Plus it has several additional >> features like tickets and bug trackers. But I do want to make sure >> people are ok with it, especially andreas and auroux. They two should >> still be the moderator and be in charge of the merging process. Anyone >> for/against it? >> >> The following is an example of what lanchpad look like, just in case:-) >> https://code.launchpad.net/do >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Lizao Li >> Graduate Assistant >> School of Mathematics >> University of Minnesota, Twin Cities >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:15 PM, dmg <d...@uvic.ca> wrote: >>> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 3:41 PM, <gi1242+xournal-de...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there an effort to move to Git officially? It's pretty inconvenient >>>> to maintain individual patches through a tracker. >>> >>> where is your repo? Mine is github/dmgerman/xournal >>> >>> -- >>> --dmg >>> >>> --- >>> Daniel M. German >>> http://turingmachine.org >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Live Security Virtual Conference >>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions >>> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware >>> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xournal-devel mailing list >>> Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel > > > > -- > --dmg > > --- > Daniel M. German > http://turingmachine.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
