> what is the problem with signing in to "a service called Launchpad" before
> submitting your data? I am asking, of course, because you just did
> something quite similar by posting here.
Not speaking for the person you are quoting, but the common concern about Launchpad is that it is not open source. That is not the case with Smolt (or any other Fedora web service.)
Here's an opportunity to poke Corbet about open sourcing the LWN.net code: