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Launchpad is kinda hard to describe. When I’m asked what it is, I normally use three or more of the words “open source free software support project Q&A code registration bugs management listing bazaar planning hosting”. Most people make comparisons to …
You could argue that the free software world isn’t short of a text editor or two. With some people already pretty attached to their preferred choice, you might wonder if we really need another. Some time ago, I read a newspaper article complaining that today’s …
30th January 17.00 UTC in #launchpad Launchpad isn’t just about source code, bugs, or translations. Nor packages, specifications, community support or file downloads. Launchpad’s about people. Okay, that sounds a bit cheesy but it’s true: every new feature or …
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been accepting entries to our Launchpad logo competition. Rather than store up the entries until the deadline (31st March, by the way), I thought I’d share a couple of those we’ve had so far. Of course, you don’t have to …
Announcing the Launchpad Logo Community Design Contest. What: Design a new logo for Launchpad When: Now through 31 March 2008 How: See http://help.launchpad.net/logo for more details and official rules Prize: Winner will receive an Ubuntu Messenger Bag
Another part of the Zope project - the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF) - has joined both Zope 2 and Zope 3 in using Launchpad to track bugs, making it much easier for all three to work together on common bugs. Similarly, Soren Hansen is now using Launchpad to track bugs …
Image no longer available: Inkscape logo The community behind Inkscape - the free software vector drawing tool - have chosen Launchpad as their new bug tracker! Bryce Harrington, one of the project’s founders, explained why: “The Inkscape project is gearing up for our …
If you’re new to Launchpad, next week is a great time to find out more! My Launchpad colleagues and I will be leading a number of IRC tutorial sessions designed to give an introduction to Launchpad and its applications. Here’s what’s on and when: Introduction to …
If you’re a web developer, you’ve almost certainly heard of Zope. If you’re not familiar with Zope, here’s a quick overview. It’s a free software web application framework that comes in two flavours: Zope 2 and Zope3. The Plone and Silva content …
This past week’s Bug Janitor thread has made it clear that we need better descriptions of what our bug statuses actually mean. While it’s true that many project teams have organically grown their own semantics for Launchpad’s bug statuses, it’s important …