Bazaar still below the radar when evaluating VCS tools

[Danny van Heumen]

Gordon Tyler wrote:

[snip]
> I think my point is more that Launchpad doesn't really promote public
> sharing of a branch without all the paraphernalia of project setup.
>   
I can find myself in this remark.

When I first tried to submit a patch I was even searching for *the* way 
to do it. (Now I know how, but that's not the point.)
Now ... I haven't done much in open source / public development yet, but 
I do know that when I'd start a project, it would be more or less just 
fiddling around with a new idea. That means, create a repository, play 
around with some code and see where it goes from there.

I would probably like to do the exact same thing when I start/put 
something on a public server. Just dump this branch somewhere, (share 
the URL with some folks who are also interested) and start fiddling.
I guess I would be interested in something like a "drop"-site and start 
working. And once it's worthy of title "project" I would like to "build" 
a project around the branches.

I think Launchpad probably is a bit "scary" (or maybe overkill is a 
better word) because of all the project-related features and all those 
features are immediately visible and "clutter" the site. I wouldn't even 
want to think about any project-related features.
(Note: I haven't started a project on Launchpad yet, so this is actually 
an assumption - based on the impression Launchpad gives me. So I may be 
completely wrong, but even then this information would be valueable right?)

So, these are my two cents worth of thoughts. (Hope they're useful ;-)

Danny

PS: Maybe create a "http://droppad.net/" interface to launchpad servers 
that just offers a simple, fast interface for the starting user. Who can 
later on log in to Launchpad and build up the project around his 
existing branches.