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 …
Today we unleashed Launchpad 1.2.1, our first release of 2008! Highlights include: Delete PPA packages in the web UI: no more sysadmin requests to delete a package from your PPA. To delete packages from your PPA visit: https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+archive/+delete-packages …
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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 …
On Thursday 24th January we’re making the first Launchpad release of 2008! Launchpad will be offline while we roll-out the new code. Offline at: 05.00 UTC 2008-01-24 Expected back online at: 06.30 UTC 2008-01-24 Thanks for bearing with us while we release Launchpad 1.2.1!
The next Ubuntu release - Hardy Heron - is now open for translation! If you want to help ensure it’s accurately translated into your language, you can get going at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+translations If you’re new to translating Ubuntu and …
Seen some of the bling and functionality in KDE 4 and thought, “I want some of that”? If you’re running Kubuntu or Ubuntu, no problem! Thanks to Launchpad’s Personal Package Archives, upgrading is as simple as adding a new repository. Jonathan Riddell - …
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
Welcome to the last Launchpad release of 2007! The highlights of Launchpad 1.1.12 include: Project announcements: get the latest news from a project or distribution directly on its Launchpad overview page. Or subscribe to its Atom feed. Bug feeds: subscribe to an Atom feed of all …
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 …