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We’re releasing Launchpad 1.2.4 in the early hours of 1st May 2008. To roll out the new code, we need to take Launchpad offline. Going offline: 00.00 UTC 1st May 2008. Coming back: 02.00 UTC 1st May 2008. We’re sorry if you want to use Launchpad at that time.
If you’re involved in a project that uses Launchpad’s bug tracker, you’ll know that one of the most important roles is the bug contact. Next week, when we release Launchpad 1.2.4, we’re changing the name of project and distribution bug contact to bug …
We’re proud to announce a much requested new feature as part of Launchpad 1.2.3: mailing lists in Launchpad! If you run a team in Launchpad, you can request a mailing list straight away on your team’s overview page. Once the list is active, each team member will have …
Up until this release (1.2.3), Launchpad Translations has supported only four plural forms. This works for many languages but has been a problem for Arabic, in particular, as it has six different plural forms. I’m pleased to say that Launchpad now supports up to six plural …
Mailing lists are one of the main ways we communicate in the free software world. They’re crucial to the day to day work, as well as the planning and debate, of most projects. Now, each Launchpad team can have its own mailing list hosted and managed by Launchpad. If you run …
After all the work that’s gone into a release, you want to get your software out to users. One way is to use Launchpad to make your release files available for download. Now, Launchpad makes it even easier for users to get the files from your latest release, by listing them …
We’ve given branch listing pages a major overhaul, giving you more information about each commit. In particular, the start of the commit message is quoted in the Last commit column, with the full thing available when you hover your mouse over it. If the author’s email …
We’re releasing Launchpad 1.2.3 in the early hours, UTC, of the 28th March 2008. Offline from: 00.00 UTC Expected back: 02.00 UTC
This past few weeks, we’ve had a whole load of high quality entries to our logo competition. We’re heading fast towards the 31st March deadline, so if you want to take part you’d best fire up Inkscape pretty sharpish! Back in January I shared a couple of the …
Here on the Launchpad team we work pretty closely with the Bazaar community. This week, Canonical’s London HQ has been host to a Bazaar sprint. It’s been great to meet up with members of the Bazaar community from Australia, the USA, Argentina, France, the Netherlands, …