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[Curtis Hovey <curtis.hovey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 14:23 -0600, Paul Hummer wrote:
> Launchpad-devvers-
> 
>   The Code team will be changing the "Branches" section to "Code."
> Here's why:
> 
>   - Code is no longer about just branches.  We're also going to be
>     covering source package recipes soon.
>   - Because of the addition of recipes, the breadcrumbs currently say:
>     Person-name > Branches > Recipes > Recipe-name - Obviously, this is
>     only slightly silly, because recipes do things with branches.
>     However, it's also misleading, because following the Branches link
>     takes a user to the person's page under the code.launchpad.net
>     domain.  Right now, that shows branch listings, but it should show
>     more in the future.  The "Branches" breadcrumb is generated only
>     because we're on the code domain.
>   - Initially it was called "branches" because sometimes the branches
>     aren't code.  They might be documentation or images or any number
>     of things.  We've decided we're going to be opinionated and assume
>     that the purpose of the bazaar branches are code, but if you'd
>     like, you can store other stuff in them too.  This same reasoning
>     is why the link to the loggerhead view of the branch is "View the
>     branch content"  We humbly see the error of our ways and will be
>     changing that too.
> 
> Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Whinging?

I like Source, because some of the items you list are not code either
(and we can set the tooltip to "use the source Luke.").

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