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    11== Why replace !SourceForge with Launchpad? ==
    2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities [[BR]]
    3 http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.dev/en/tutorials/using_bazaar_with_launchpad.html
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    5 Sourceforge was great in it's day, but hasn't kept up with the competition.
     3!SahanaPy is a registered series on the main Sahana !LaunchPad site:
     4 * https://launchpad.net/sahana
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    7 Beyond needing a host which supports Bzr, there are several good reasons for switching:
     6Sourceforge was great in it's day, but hasn't kept up with the competition:
     7 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities [[BR]]
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     9We need a host which supports Bzr
     10 * http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.dev/en/tutorials/using_bazaar_with_launchpad.html
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     12There are other good reasons for switching:[[BR]]
    913The bug tracker has been a particular source of frustration - it has poor facilities for targetting bugs at specific milestones.[[BR]]
    1014This is related to there being no support for roadmaps (the Wiki is currently used for this, but it's not integrated)
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    12 The mailing lists have also had reliability problems & the web archive is a very poor access method.
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    1416Launchpad is designed to foster a more collaborative development process, which is exactly what we need.[[BR]]
     
    2628Launchpad is also used by Web2Py:
    2729 * https://launchpad.net/web2py
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     31The SF mailing lists have also had reliability problems & the web archive is a very poor access method.[[BR]]
     32LP doesn't provide a replacement here...if we were to change, then we should consider !GoogleGroups.
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