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[Tim Penhey <tim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:32:50 Maris Fogels wrote:
> On 09-08-09 04:29 PM, Tom Berger wrote:
> > http://changelog.complete.org/archives/1123-free-software-project-hosting
> >
> > The author is surveying several "project hosting" solutions.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > ...
> >
> > Launchpad does let you “import” branches from another VCS such as Git
> > or svn. I set up an “import” branch for a test project yesterday. 12
> > hours later, it still hasn’t imported anything; it’s just sitting at
> > “pending review.” I have no idea if it ever will, or why setting up a
> > bzr branch requires no review but a git branch requires review. So I
> > am unable to test the integration between it and the changesets, which
> > is really annoying.
> >
> > So, some possibilities here, but the bzr-only thing really bugs me.
> > And having to have my git trees reviewed really goes against the
> > “quick and simple” project setup that I would have preferred to see.
> > ...
>
> That's a pity - our current policy is to automatically approve git source
> imports, since we can safely assume that they will work.
>
> (Note that we review CVS and SVN imports because they often do *not* work
> out of the box.)
>
> Can we change the vcs-import code so that it automatically approves Git
> imports? It would improve the user experience.

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

I'll put it on my TODO list (it is kinda long)

Tim