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[Jeroen Vermeulen]

Gudmund Areskoug wrote:

> From off-list exchange about this problem, I understand there is little
> workable communication between Launchpad, Rosetta and e. g. Schooltool,
> that I happen to have contributed to.
> 
> Judging from ongoing discussions in e. g. the gnome-i18n list, this is
> no small problem.
> 
> Quoting one message there:
> "The real problem here is simple. Launchpad keeps its users helpless.
> They have to depend on the mercy of the developers. If only the users
> had the ability to scratch their itch, it would have long gone."
> 
> Surely, this doesn't have to be this way. Leaving things the way they
> are would be to squander the good potential in Launchpad.

You are right, of course.  Part of the problem is that we must divide 
our limited time between development and operation of the application. 
We are working on addressing that by separating the roles more, as well 
as automating more of the time-consuming work.


Jeroen