Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com>
Actually, the Evergreen community is in a trial period of using LaunchPad (http://launchpad.net/evergreen) for many of these purposes
Would you believe that I decided against replying earlier in the thread that the last thing the world needs is another repeat of the Launchpad problem which gives everyone Yet Another website to check for bugs? So I'm pretty disappointed to see Launchpad appear here. It is more of a black hole than a tool, in that it tries to track everyone and draw them into using it. Launchpad.net has claimed that I am a member twice, even though I have never agreed to membership. I get a bit annoyed about such silly failures to respect people's basic rights. Whatever is chosen, please can it be something which at least gives people the freedom to choose whether or not to associate? Voluntary membership is not only a cooperative principle, it's even in the UDHR. Of course, bugzilla has a related drawback in that most site configurations don't allow you to contribute if you choose not to associate. That's better than Launchpad in that you do have a choice, but a front-end could address that problem, as well as being more user-friendly. Going back more widely for a moment: yes, it would be great if a user group allows users to discuss RFPs and so on, but that wouldn't justify restricting developers in a USERS AND DEVELOPERS group. I await to see how KUDOS develops with interest. Hopa that explains, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster and LMS developer at | software www.software.coop http://mjr.towers.org.uk | .... co IMO only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html | .... op