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Want to make it easy for newcomers to learn the ropes of your project? Launchpad’s mentoring helps you connect experienced project contributors with people looking to get involved. Visit any bug or blueprint that’s registered for your project and follow the Offer …
Bug-branch links are a quick and easy way to show that a branch of code contains a fix for a certain bug. Perhaps the coolest aspect of bug-branch links is that you can mark a bug as Fix Committed right at the moment you make the commit in Bazaar. It’s simple: $ bzr commit …
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On the second day of Launchpad — and at this time of year when people tend to get together — we’re going to look at how Launchpad can help you organise sprints and meetings. First off, let’s take a look at the list of all meetings tracked in Launchpad. You get an …
Welcome to the Twelve Days of Launchpad! From now through to January 6th we’ll look at a different Launchpad feature each day, concentrating on those that aren’t so well known. Let’s start with announcements! Your project’s Launchpad overview page is a …
Image no longer available: Exaile logoThe Exaile media player has been attracting fans over the past couple of years. I asked the project’s founder, Adam Olsen, about the project and their use of Launchpad. Matthew: It seems as though music players are a bit like mail …
We’re proud to announce the release of Launchpad 2.1.12 and two exciting new ways for other services to use data in Launchpad. Create a Launchpad plugin for your bug tracker Launchpad can already import the status of a bug report that’s in another tracker, such as …
Since we introduced PPAs, we’ve had a number of requests for signed packages in archives. Up until now, when installing a package from a PPA Ubuntu has warned that it is unsigned. So, if you want to sign packages in a PPA, what do you sign them with? We dismissed two of the …
Image no longer available: OpenTeacher logoMilan Boers runs the OpenTeacher project. I asked him about the project and his use of Launchpad. Matthew: Tell us about OpenTeacher and what you’re hoping to achieve. Milan: OpenTeacher is an application that helps you learning a …
Launchpod: the Launchpad team podcast! Host: Matthew Revell. Theme: Obscurity by Barry Warsaw. Stuart Metcalfe talks about the Launchpad Drupal modules. See our original announcement for help and download links! Download ogg vorbis file. Podcast feed.
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Image no longer availableJonathan Lange’s the next subject in our series of Launchpad developer interviews! Matthew: What do you do on the Launchpad team? Jonathan: I’m on the Launchpad Code team. Most of the time I work on the SSH server and the systems that live …