Here are some things we're currently working on, or soon hope to be working on, to improve [[DistributedDevelopment]].  If something is missing, please talk to us on the [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-distributed-devel|ubuntu-distributed-devel]] list.

(we=james_w, poolie, jam, vila, spiv, rockstar, thumper, jelmer and more)

== draft/braindump ==

=== General process ===

* [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-distributed-devel/2010-January/000373.html|scottk's post on current problems]]

=== merging in bzr ===
* conflicts when merging debian/changelog ([[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr-builddeb/+bug/516060|bug 516060]], [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr-builddeb/+bug/516056]])

=== general bzr workflow ===
* bzr commit should default or provide a template that does something similar to debcommit (or suggest using debcommit?)
* obvious way to diff is against the remote branch, which is slow [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-distributed-devel/2010-January/000373.html|1]]

=== bzr builddeb ===

* inconsistent exposure of -S vs other flags [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-distributed-devel/2010-January/000373.html|1]]
* needs dput, mark-uploaded and push vs just one [[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-distributed-devel/2010-January/000373.html|1]]

=== foreign branch support ===
* git submodule support is commonly requested
* general robustness of bzr-git

=== launchpad ui ===

* not clear how to add missing registry data, eg missing upstream links?

=== soyuz ===
* needs more buildds, or better use of the existing ones, for daily builds to be useful