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[Michael Hudson <michael.hudson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:40:22 +0000, Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I still think lp.shipit is on crack though, it's just importing loads
> of stuff and doing nothing.  What is it used for?

IIRC, it's there to provide a stable location for shipit to import
various things from, to avoid stress when moving things around the
launchpad tree and not noticing that you've broken shipit.

Cheers,
mwh