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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, I would not regard Launchpad as really any more difficult than a
> proprietary source control system like SourceSafe or MKS (horribly
> complex, ask the WHO devs). It is difficult at first, but the
> advantages clearly outweigh the initial pain in getting everything
> setup and getting people used to the work flow. We really have no
> choice. We are spread out across the globe, and some version control
> system is the only way to work together. I think we should offer some
> sort of tutoring on issues like this, to get potential contributors up
> and running with the system. I was totally confused by bzr the first
> time I used it, having been using a rather simple system like
> subversion, but I think we should just offer to support those that
> cannot get it running.


Agree with this, using different version control tools is out of the
question. After all you have documented how to contribute. I have linked to
the how-to document both on the doc and dev page on the dhis2 site.

Lars