Adding a PPA to Ubuntu — the GUI way
On Monday I posted a video showing how to add a PPA to Ubuntu using a terminal. And here’s a video showing how to do it using Ubuntu’s Software Centre.
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Automatic bug expiry working again
Back in February, Martin wrote that we’d re-enabled Launchpad’s bug expiry feature. This meant that, if a project had enabled bug expiry, Incomplete bugs that appeared to be abandoned would be automatically marked Expired after 60 days. This worked for a while and …
Tomdroid: Tomboy notes for Android
I like to use Tomboy for just about any time I need to make a note. Shopping lists, a GTD collection bucket, notes from a phone call: Tomboy’s ideal. Actually, up until recently I didn’t use Tomboy for shopping lists all that often. Making the list was fine but …
What you said: faster pages or more accurate bug counts
Last week I asked what you’d prefer: faster loading pages that may have slightly inaccurate bug counts or slower loading pages where the bug counts were guaranteed to be accurate always. Well, here’s the result: 85.9% of the people who responded to the question said …
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How to add a PPA to Ubuntu
I noticed over the weekend that the search term bringing most visitors to this blog was “how to add a PPA to Ubuntu” and variants. So, here’s a screencast showing you how. For more, see our help guide. Update: here’s a video showing how to do it with the …
Launchpad is on Facebook
Have you seen that Launchpad is on Facebook? If you want to get Launchpad feature and development news through Facebook, like our page. There are also our Twitter and identi.ca accounts, if you prefer those.
Why does Launchpad have 300 critical bugs?
What does “critical” mean? And how is it that the number of critical Launchpad bugs has leapt up to almost 300? Until January, we reserved the critical importance for near-disastrous issues such as data loss; stuff that just about never happens. This was fine except …
Survey: faster pages or accurate bug counts
Photo by Windell Oskay. Licence: CC-BY Rob asked on the launchpad-dev list whether people would mind seeing slightly inaccurate bug counts on some pages in Launchpad, if it meant the page would load faster. So, if a project had 503 bugs its bug overview page might report that it …
What should be in our featured project list?
Back in September, I asked for suggestions for featured projects for Launchpad’s front page. As it’s been more than six months, and we have so many exciting projects in Launchpad, I think it’s time for a refresh. While all the projects featured on …
Meet Raphaël Badin
Earlier this year, Raphaël Badin joined the Launchpad team as a developer. Matthew: What do you do on the Launchpad team? Raphaël: I’m a member of the Red Squad reporting to Julian Edwards and I’m currently working on the derived distributions feature. Matthew: Can we …