Private projects for beta testers
If you are part of Launchpad’s beta testers team, you can now start trialing private projects on Launchpad. The private projects feature builds on the great sharing work that Launchpad’s Purple Squad has done, allowing Launchpad users to create true private projects now. A commercial subscription is required to use private projects, but any user who creates a private project on Launchpad will receive a 30 day trial commercial subscription.
When creating a new project on Launchpad, beta testers will have the option to create “Proprietary” or “Embargoed” projects. Embargoed exists for projects that intend to start private but later be revealed publicly. All other private projects should be proprietary. Milestones and series are proprietary or embargoed based on the project setting. To make them public, you will need to make the project itself public.
Be warned, this is a large change to Launchpad and there are certainly bugs in our handling of privacy. You can check out our list of known issues, if you’d like. We, as the Launchpad Orange Squad, are committed to fixing all of those before we leave beta. So don’t worry, we’re still actively working on this feature. We did, however, want users to begin using this feature to get early feedback on the work. Don’t trial your super secret project with this feature just yet, but if you have something safe to try out private projects, now is a good time for beta testers to get going with the feature.
Enjoy private projects on Launchpad now, beta testers! And please file any bugs you find.
