adding mirrored/imported branches is hard because location validity checks are done server side

[Jelmer Vernooij]

I've seen quite a few users create mirrorred branches when instead they actually wanted to create foreign branch imports.

It would be nice if launchpad could give the user immediate feedback when they enter an invalid URL. E.g. Ohloh does this using some JavaScript magic and it seems to work quite well for them.

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

On 24 March 2010 21:07, Jelmer Vernooij <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I've seen quite a few users create mirrorred branches when instead they
> actually wanted to create foreign branch imports.

Does the ui actually need to make a distinction between imports and
mirrors? They give us a URL; we pull from it; precisely what is at
the other end is a detail that can be left to bzr and determined on
the first pull...

--
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

On 25 March 2010 10:56, Martin Pool <email address hidden> wrote:
> On 24 March 2010 21:07, Jelmer Vernooij <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Public bug reported:
>>
>> I've seen quite a few users create mirrorred branches when instead they
>> actually wanted to create foreign branch imports.
>
> Does the ui actually need to make a distinction between imports and
> mirrors?  They give us a URL; we pull from it; precisely what is at
> the other end is a detail that can be left to bzr and determined on
> the first pull...

... js immediate feedback would still be cool and useful though.

--
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>

[Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson)]

No, the UI for mirroring and imports is completely different :(

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

This relates to bug 611837 and bug 418932, which should probably be fixed at the same time.