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> Launchpad is also objectively more complex and hard to use than alternatives, and subjectively I'd say it's ugly and looks dated Launchpad is _really_ old th
by galgalesh 6y ago
> Launchpad is also objectively more complex and hard to use than alternatives, and subjectively I'd say it's ugly and looks dated
Launchpad is _really_ old though. When it was open sourced, there were very few alternatives and those were often even more complex and harder to use.
I think part of the reason why it was almost never used was because it does so much: project management, bug trackers, build service, package hosting, ISO and distro building, ..
If you only need a few of these features, you are much better of using alternatives with a smaller scope.
- stubish 6y agoLaunchpad actually predates Ubuntu :) A lot of the methodologies and practices used to develop it (both good and bad) didn't even get names until years later. I even hear monoliths are becoming fashionable again.
- pseudalopex 6y agoIt was tied to Bazaar until 2015 too.