Hi Martin, On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Martin Pool <[email protected]> wrote: > * Have you ever used imported branches? Do you use this frequently?
Yes and somewhat. > * When you use imports, what are you trying to accomplish? I want source code in bzr branches, as much as possible. I also want to use Launchpad as my "gateway to free software" and try to get everything I'm interested in from it. The things I import tend to be source code dependencies I want to develop with. I want to build them, hack on them and easily update them. In a number of cases I've registered projects, just so that I could register a vcs-import. > * Do you find the service reliable? What problems do you encounter, > and how often? I find it reliable. Occasionally I've seen failures with very old CVS repositories (GDB I think is one). > * Did you ever ask for a new branch to be imported, and if so how did > that work out? Yes and it's worked out fine. > * If you encountered problems, did you ask for help or look at the > documentation? Where did you look, and did it solve your problem? I've chatted up Launchpad admins about problems I've seen. In cases where easy resolution was possible (like discovering I entered the wrong URL for an SVN import), things have gone well. > * Would improving imports help your use of Launchpad a lot, a bit, or > not at all? What areas or aspects would be most important to improve? It's a feature I rely on to create the set of source code I use to develop with, so improvements are welcome. :) > * Any other comments? In the past I've asked about the etiquette of registering projects just for the purposes of registering a VCS import. The answer I received was, "It's okay, but if the upstream ever wants to take control of the project we expect you to hand it over." This is totally fine with me, I would be happy if an upstream wanted to take over a project I'd registered, but I do wonder if there would be any benefit in making it more clear that a project is just in place for a VCS import...? Or in making it possible to register a VCS import without having a project in place (that might be more confusing)...? Thanks, J. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
