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If you upload source packages to Launchpad — either to be built and distributed in a PPA or for Ubuntu’s primary archive — you’ve probably spotted the term “build score” and wondered what it represents. A build score is the priority that Launchpad has …
We’re releasing a new version of Launchpad on the 29th April at 22.00 UTC. While we roll-out the new code, Launchpad will remain online but will be read-only. Going read-only: 22.00 UTC 29th April 2009 Expected return of read-write Launchpad: 23.30 UTC 29th April 2009 …
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Launchpod: the Launchpad team podcast! Hosts: Matthew Revell and Graham Binns. Theme: Obscurity by Barry Warsaw. 01.35: Launchpad 2.2.3 — official bug tags, new bug activity log and multiple PPAs per person/team. 10.15: Henning Eggers talks about Launchpad Translations’ new …
Recently I spent a day with Julian Edwards, one of the developers working on Launchpad’s Personal Package Archives feature. We wanted to come up with a plan for improving the help materials we have for PPAs, including: documentation on the Launchpad help wiki the PPA page …
We’re back on the Meet the devs trail and this time we’re heading for Launchpad’s most easterly UK-based developer! Let’s meet Gavin Panella. Matthew: What do you do on the Launchpad team? Gavin: I work on the Bugs team, adding useful new features and …
The Launchpad team is proud to announce the release of Launchpad 2.2.3! Here are the highlights of what’s new in this release: Additional Personal Package Archives for yourself and your teams Translation template imports directly from your project’s Bazaar branches …
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We have some planned maintenance and the release of a new version of Launchpad coming up, both of which will mean a short period of down-time. PPAs offline for 30 minutes on the 27th of March Important update: We originally announced the PPA down-time as happening on the 26th …
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Image no longer available: The Shutter logo Screenshots are screenshots, right? If whacking the “Print Screen” button doesn’t offer enough refinement, then surely firing up The Gimp, gnome-screenshot or knsapshot would give you what you need, wouldn’t it? …
Perhaps shutting out the distractions of the physical world is no longer enough. PyRoom is a simple text editor that shuts out all the distractions you might find in a more complex editor or word processor, giving you nothing but a black screen that you can type into. Bruno Bord …
I’m in Buenos Aires this week with the Launchpad Translations team — Danilo, Jeroen and Henning — along with Launchpad UI guy Martin Albisetti. We’re working on making Launchpad cleverer at giving people the information they need where they need it. Each day …