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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Francis J. Lacoste
<francis.lacoste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 12-02-08 07:57 PM, Robert Collins wrote:
>> Here are some ideas that should (possibly each on their own) easily
>> offset your project:
>>  - remove the massive duplication between modules in the blueprints
>> subsystem; last I checked about 30% of the code in there was verbatim
>> copies between different contexts.
>>  - move most of utilities/* to the lpdevtools project - thats 6K LOC on its own
>>  - extract poppy to a separate project (it no longer needs to talk to
>> the DB, so has no need to be part of LP)
>>  - remove polls (not a trivial thing politically, but I'm sure mrevell
>> is able to clear the way)
>
> The trick on that one is that we need to provide a migration path for
> teams. Many / most Ubuntu teams still use polls for their yearly
> governance election. Many would like to use an external survey site, but
> there is no way currently to get a listing of all members email address
> so that they can set-up an authoritative survey on such sites.

No, they don't. Only one team does to the best of my knowledge. Curtis
knows for sure. (Most teams use CIVS now).

>>  - move the ec2 land/test logic to lpdevtools
>>  - delete the representation cache from lazr.restful (there is a bug
>> open for this)
>
> I think William already took care of that one. (Unless it was only the
> LP part.)

Only the LP part.

-Rob