Providing translation work back upstream is now greatly simplified! There is a lot of translation work going on in Launchpad, for Ubuntu as well as for other projects. There is also a lot of translation work going on for the projects, that is not done in Launchpad. This is …
Today we’re releasing Launchpad 2.2.1. While we roll-out the code, Launchpad will be unavailable. Going offline: 22.00 UTC 28th January 2009 Expected back: 22.30 UTC 28th January 2009. See this blog for a release announcement! (Subscribe to the ultra-low traffic …
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Last month I mentioned that we were generating a unique key for each Personal Package Archive. Well, that’s complete meaning each PPA now has its own key that’s used to sign its packages. And if you create a new PPA, Launchpad will generate a new key for it within a …
It’s Ubuntu Developer Week time again! During this week, you can find a whole bunch of IRC sessions where members of the Ubuntu developer community introduce a topic — and take questions — that is of use to anyone wanting to get more deeply involved in Ubuntu development. …
Back in November we in the Launchpad team made our contribution to the sartorial health of the free software world: the Launchpad t-shirt! As someone with a clue about fashion might say, the understated charcoal grey of the shirt provides the perfect background to the bright …
Recently we announced that we’re open sourcing Launchpad, with a self-imposed deadline of 21 July 2009. (22 June 2009 ed. note: we may push the date a bit, for testing purposes; it could be in August instead.) Behind that announcement is a lot of activity. Obviously …
Fergus Ross Ferrier tells us about his project, Pidge. Matthew: What is the Pidge project? Fergus: The goal is to have an open web platform — code and data — that students can use as a robust, trusted online community for sharing relevant information across their campus: events, …
The frequency of these posts has fallen off recently because I’ve been working on a Javascript client for the Launchpad web service, which we’ll be using to add some Ajax functionality to Launchpad. But it’s time for another one, featuring progress that’s …
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Launchpod: the Launchpad team podcast! Host: Matthew Revell. Theme: Obscurity by Barry Warsaw. Launchpad will be open source on the 21st July this year! (22 June 2009 ed. note: we may push the date a bit, for testing purposes; it could be in August instead.) Karl Fogel joined the …
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Welcome to the last of our Twelve days of Launchpad series. For our final spin, we’ll take a look at an open source project that not only forms an important part of Launchpad but that you can also install locally or on your own server: Loggerhead! Loggerhead gives you a web …