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["David" <david@...>]

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...> wrote:
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> 
> > I am currently experimenting a little with the project I created, and
> > I plan to request a removal next week, as I will not have time to do
> > anything else with that. I hope it satisfies you.
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> Thank you. Your efforts have succeeded, apology is accepted and I will 
> not bring it up again.
> 
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> 
> The Launchpad software has been open sourced now, so for those with the 
> capability to install it and support it, it can in theory run anywhere, 
> not just launchpad.net. 
> 
> I have put in a request to sourceforge that they install and support it, 
> just to keep our options open, and to make them aware of a competitor 
> that is probably hurting them. Competition breeds success.   
> Sourceforge seems to be putting in more effort lately, since they have 
> added support for quite a few web apps recently, one of which is Trac.  
> They also have git and bazaar, as pre-installed packages that we can 
> pick from on their site.
> 
> 
> Switching to lauchpad software or anything else, regardless of location, 
> assumes we could ever build a reasonable consensus among our project 
> participants. 
> 
> 
> Manveru, are you now of the opinion that we should be using Launchpad 
> software (regardless of where it is hosted) ?
> 
> 
> What is your opinion of bazaar?
> 
> 
> And of git?
> 
> 
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> 
> (BTW, for those who also want to offer an opinion, there are over 14,000 
> projects at Launchpad from which you can choose to test out the features 
> of the Launchpad software. It really does not have to be Kicad source 
> that you check out, say using bazaar. Check out some projects that are 
> using blueprints. I am willing to continue to work towards determining 
> a consensus among active project members.)
> 
> 
> I know that everyone's time is scarce. So maybe you do not have time 
> to play around with a launchpad project. (I have never used either web 
> app, not Trac nor Launchpad. I just know that the yahoo mailing list is 
> inadequate.)
> 
> So what about this line of reasoning: I am struck by the fact that 
> Canonical is a company with fairly deep pockets (by virtue of their 
> owner, irrespective of the company's income statement). And one has to 
> ask why would they invest in launchpad software when they could have 
> used Trac, unless they felt that Trac or any other web app like it was 
> not good enough for them? And is it not likely that they succeeded in 
> surpassing Trac? This is a line of thought that can be followed without 
> even looking at either package. And don't they have superior 
> development resources to propel the software faster than Trac or any 
> other project web app in this category, going forward?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dick
>
Dick,
I am willing to create a poll if that is helpful in measuring interest in Launchpad. What do you feel is the correct question to ask in the poll? I can set it up quickly once I know what to ask.

David.