What's Canonical thinking about Bazaar?

[Ian Clatworthy]

John Arbash Meinel wrote:

>> And, to be honest, I
>> would like to see more affirmation that Windows is going supported at
>> the same level as Linux, given that Canonical is strongly interested
>> in another OS being successful. :-)  That's a bit of a separate topic,
>> but it does affect the scope of the community you wish to reach.
> 
> So honestly, Canonical is not directly supporting the Windows platform
> as much as the Linux platform.  I'm the only core dev who runs it
> regularly

I also have a Vista VM that I run Bazaar in several times a week. I've
been using that to improve the Windows installer, build and test CHM
docs, make the Bazaar Explorer Visual Tour screenshots, etc. It's not my
primary OS though.

Myself and many others at Canonical care greatly about Bazaar being the
best VCS on Windows. Personally, I know lots of developers (including
family members) who are locked into Windows and I want them to use
Bazaar and to LOVE the experience. Strategically, it makes plenty of
sense as well on numerous fronts: cross-platform projects, introducing
more developers to Launchpad, etc. I'm a firm believer that more Bazaar
developers on Windows ultimately translates to more Bazaar developers on
Ubuntu and a better, more efficiently produced Ubuntu.

Ian C.