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Launchpad supports Bazaar only. That's one of the "top ten reasons" to switch to Bazaar according to the docs [1]. That said, I don't really think Canonical is

by reidrac 14y ago

Launchpad supports Bazaar only. That's one of the "top ten reasons" to switch to Bazaar according to the docs [1]. That said, I don't really think Canonical is "forcing" anyone besides playing the "defaults" card in the distribution they control, and even then you can simply not use the stuff is installed by default (although I think that making the desktop dependent of some applications that I may not want to use is a little bit against the bazaar philosophy of Linux distributions). [1] http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/migration/en/why-switch-to-bazaar.html http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/migration/en/why-switch-to-b... EDIT: formatting

mnazim 14y ago
Launchpad, like Github, is offering a service and that too free. It is not a valid argument. It would be like asking Github why don't they support other VCS. > making the desktop dependent of some applications that I may not want to use Examples please.
- Jach 14y ago
  But github does support other VCS!
  - McP 14y ago
    Really? Link please
    - snogglethorpe 14y ago
      https://help.github.com/articles/support-for-subversion-clients https://help.github.com/articles/support-for-subversion-clie...
      - mnazim 14y ago
        Supporting parts of subversion client is not same as subversion repository.
- reidrac 14y ago
  I don't know if it is a valid argument or not, but according to Bazaar docs it's one of Bazaar's strong points. AFAIK the official Lanuchpad FAQ says Bazaar is the best VCS for the project: https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+faq/37 https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+faq/37 And apparently they can (or want to) support only one. Fair enough.
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