Too many levels of indirection in Launchpad

John Arbash Meinel john at arbash-meinel.com
Mon Jul 17 22:04:14 BST 2006


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I'm not sure if this should be a bzr report or an LP one. But I just
wanted to say it is currently pretty difficult to find branches when
they are registered through Launchpad.

On IRC we had a question about the post-commit email plugin.
The plugin registry at:
http://bazaar-vcs.org/PluginRegistry

Refers to the registered Launchpad location:
https://launchpad.net/products/bzr-email/

But that isn't a branch (unlike most entries at PluginRegistry), and
going there has 'trunk' which doesn't link to anything.
Going to the Branches like on the left (not Published Branches) at least
brings up a list.

That list references other branches. But those aren't *real* branches
either. Just information about where to find the real branch. (They
reference: https://launchpad.net/people/lifeless/+branch/bzr-email/trunk)
And on *that* page there is finally a url mentioned for:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lifeless/bzr-email/trunk

However, it isn't a hyperlink.

Anyway, it means to track down the email plugin, instead of just copying
the entry on PluginRegistry, you have to go through 4 levels of
indirection (and the Branches link is non-obvious).

I'm not sure the best solution, possibly just update the PluginRegistry
with 2 links. One *about* the plugin, and the other a link to the actual
branch.

John
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