Comment 3 for bug 115965

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Andrew Bennetts (spiv) wrote : Re: [Bug 115965] Re: "Register branch" should work with remote CVS/SVN

David Allouche wrote:
> There's an interesting aspect in this bug. Some people DO use "Register
> branch" form to request imports in the past. For example:
>
[...]
>
> I do not think we can sanely fix that until CodeImports are separated
> from ProductSeries. But even when it's done, I am not sure how we could
> avoid the confusion.

Why not just have the one form, and then when the user enters a URL quickly
inspect the URL and figure out if it's a bzr branch or not. If not, walk the
user through the more complex registration for CVS/SVN imports. If it is a bzr
branch, then you're done.