Published by Matthew Revell August 23rd, 2007
in Releases.
Earlier this morning, we unleashed Launchpad 1.1.8, our release for August 2007.
1.1.8 sees a great deal of activity in the Bug Tracker, an important new feature in Code, an exciting development in the Personal Package Archives beta and improvements right across every other part of Launchpad.
Highlights include:
- The Personal Package Archives beta is now ready to start running in Launchpad’s production environment (launchpad.net) and will be available to Launchpad beta testers a day or two after this release.
- Branch owners can now specify which branch, if any, they intend to merge their code into. This will make it easier for other Launchpad users to understand the original branch owner’s intentions for their code.
- People, projects and distribution series (e.g. Ubuntu Feisty) have pages showing their own translation import queues.
- Branches with no subscribers, links or mirrors can be deleted.
- Emails from the Bug Tracker now state the bug’s milestone in the header.
- Setting a bug’s tag is now possible using the email interface.
- The bug view page is easier to use following several interface improvements.
There’s a whole load more, too! Read the full release notes to find out more.
Published by Matthew Revell August 13th, 2007
in Podcast.
With gigabytes of live data and thousands of users, I was keen to know how Launchpad’s development team work together to produce a new release each month.
I chatted with one of my Launchpad colleagues, Joey Stanford, at Canonical’s London offices to find out more about:
- Launchpad’s four weekly release cycles.
- How a features makes it from idea to release.
- The importance of the Launchpad Beta Testers team.
You can download our conversation as:
Published by Matthew Revell August 10th, 2007
in General.
Come and chat to some of the Launchpad team on August 15th at 16.00 UTC in #launchpad.
If you have any burning Launchpad questions, want to make a suggestion or otherwise want to chat with some of the team behind Launchpad, we’d love to meet you.
Add your question or comment to the agenda at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaunchpadUserMeeting/2007-08-15
Published by Matthew Revell August 2nd, 2007
in Notifications.
On Sunday 5th August, we’re taking Launchpad offline for roughly five hours.
The downtime between 4am and 9am UTC will allow us to carry out routine database maintenance.
We’re sorry for the inconvenience this will cause. If you want to find out about future maintenance periods or major changes to Launchpad, subscribe to our Notifications feed or check our Maintenance page.
