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Launchpad has been a key tool used in developing Novacut. I use Launchpad for code hosting, bug tracking, daily builds, and more. For almost two years I’ve been doing monthly stable releases on Launchpad, and Novacut now spans six separate Launchpad projects. To say the …
After the success of the Launchpad clinics at the last UDS-Q we’ve decided to run some more! This time removed the sterile name of clinic and called them workshops. If you want to get involved, scratch that itch, learn how to fix that irksome bug that has been bugging …
One of the projects the Launchpad Squads (yellow) have been working on has been the Parallel Testing during the last cycle, this has now been completed and is now in operation. WebOps have today finished setting up parallel testing in buildbot. Buildbot-poll has been updated to …
We have recovered some of the affected builders, more will be coming back on later this week with the remainder to come in a few weeks when we have new hardware. Until then launchpad builders will be at a reduced build capacity. l We apologise for the inconvenience and …
The Launchpad builders are currently operating at reduced build capacity. We are aware of the issue and have raised this with IS who are investigating the situation. If you are having any issues with your builds please ask for help in #launchpad. We apologise for the …
Launchpad services will be affected by scheduled maintenance from 22:00 UTC Friday 17th August until 02:00 UTC Saturday 18th August. During this time, you’ll be unable to upload or build PPA packages. However, packages will remain available for download from PPAs just like …
Launchpad PPA build services will be affected by an emergency maintenance between 07.00UTC and 19.00 UTC on Thursday 16th August. During this time there will be significantly reduced capacity in the PPA build farm. Official Ubuntu distribution builders will be largely unaffected …
Some of us on the Launchpad team have been working on Ubuntu’s MAAS (Metal as a Service) over the past few months. MAAS is all about giving your physical servers the flexibility and ease of deployment you’ve come to expect from the cloud. With MAAS your cluster of …
We’re offering a unique opportunity to take part in one of the most exciting changes to affect the technology industry: the move to the cloud. As Technical Writer in Canonical’s Launchpad team you’ll find the best way to ensure that users and developers of our …
Location: Flexible. If home based, reliable broadband connectivity required. Role Summary Do you want to be one of the engineers building the infrastructure at the heart of the cloud revolution? At Canonical we’re developing technologies that are key to the transition to …
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