Hi, During the hackfest at the Evergreen Conference there was some discussion about dissatisfaction with Launchpad, which we currently use for several project functions:
* reporting and tracking bugs * managing translations, both as an interface for translators to enter their translations as well as tools for the translations to make their way into Evergreen releases The dissatisfaction, which has been building up for years, is now at the point where several folks, including myself, have decided to investigate replacing Launchpad. There is now a wiki page where folks have described both what they do and do not like about Launchpad: https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:2017_new_tools This page also lists some potential alternatives for Launchpad itself as well as the combination of Gitolite and Gitweb that we currently use to manage access to our GIt repositories. The discussion thus far has been mostly among developers, but there are a number of constituencies who would be affected by a change of tools, which is why I've CCed both open-ils-dev and open-ils-general. These constituencies include: * anybody who reports bugs or wishes to know the status of them * translators and folks who manage the translation process * anybody who contributes code or documentation Consequently, I would like folks to weight in, preferably on the wiki, regarding whether Launchpad works for them or whether they seek alternatives. I would also like to send out a call for folks to stand up test systems for the alternatives that have been proposed. I know that Jason Stephenson has been experiment with Gitolite recently. The Evergreen community VM server is available as well to run test systems. The next development meeting is on 7 June 2017; I'd like to set that as an initial deadline for feedback with an aim towards getting a sense of whether to continue with the investigation. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Open Library Initiative phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) email: g...@equinoxinitiative.org web: https://equinoxInitiative.org direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366