Bazaar and Launchpad

Launchpad appears to be popular among the Python crowd; it's a Github for "Bazaar", which is a Python VCS. Fortunately, there's a TortoiseBZR so my previous work with TortoiseSVN has prepared me somewhat for this.

I'm going through the usual conniptions getting everything set up with yet another VCS. I swear - a universal VCS configurator wouldn't be amiss! One nice thing is that Bazaar uses Putty under Windows for its ssh, so it's pretty easy to work with. Of course, it also means the keypair generated for git or SVN won't work; you've got to generate another with Putty's tools. Sigh.

Ah, no, after some wrestling, I found out that if you have both Putty and Cygwin's OpenSSH, Bazaar uses the Cygwin one. So you should ignore the instructions at Launchpad and just use your RSA key from c:\cygwin\home\.ssh (or wherever Cygwin put your home directory). Works like a charm; it just takes a little pushing and swearing.