On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 03:36, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> wrote: > On 1 Nov 2009, at 22:06, Chris Ball wrote: > >> Dear Sugar folks, >> >> This mail didn't get any replies, but it's important to know whether >> people agree with it before going ahead. So, please understand that: >> >> * bugs.sugarlabs.org is moving from Trac to Launchpad. > > Ouch, oh my that's a bolt from the blue, thanks for emailing! I had no > idea this was really on the cards, just assumed it was some background > noise/chatter from a few folks who never liked using trac. > > Personally I've ignored Launchpad as I don't have time to burn on yet > another 'lets try some other misc thingamajig' cycle. FWIW, will > likely ignore Launchpad for a number of months more even if we > migrated yesterday. > >> * Existing bug data will be imported, but the bug numbers won't be the >> same. > > So the git commit messages referencing trac bug tickets will be future > information garbage, oh joy. > >> * It will be hosted by Canonical externally, rather than by SL as Trac >> currently is. >> >> If any of these are not to your liking, the time to speak up is now, >> before it all happens. :) > > Not to my liking, but if some really smart/committed folks are willing > to do the work, have it well tested, say this is really worth the > pain, and don't mind some folks ignoring the move for a few months... > Though, I would first really love to see a clear explanation of why > this is a good idea, and how the move benefits us.
+1 to have a precise blurb explaining explicitly why this is a good thing to do. All proposals should make explicit the resoning, risks, known controversies and any issues that the submitter anticipates are relevant to the discussion. Btw, I couldn't create an account in the testing instance, no emails seem to be sent. Regards, Tomeu -- «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David Farning _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
