Published by Matthew Revell October 25th, 2007
in Releases.
Today we’ve made Launchpad’s October 2007 release, 1.1.10!
Let’s take a look at some of the highlights:
- Faster translations imports: more efficient import process to avoid queues at busy times.
- New badges in branch listings: highlight mirroring errors and branches that have blueprint links.
- Create FAQs from solved as well as open questions.
- Easier sprint admin: meeting organisers can now download a CSV file of attendee details.
- Adding a bug watch now checks for dupes: Launchpad will show all bugs that share a bug watch. Ideal for finding duplicate reports.
- File downloads: product and series owners can now add downloadable files to a project.
- PPA packages are now overridden to the main component and can be built against all Ubuntu components.
Ubuntu bug triagers will be pleased to hear that the “Source package” panel has returned to distribution package bug pages.
Also this month we’re pleased to welcome Zope 2, Exaile and the Mobile and Internet Linux project who are now using Launchpad to track their bugs!
For a detailed view of what’s new in each part of Launchpad, read the full 1.1.10 release notes.
Published by Matthew Revell October 18th, 2007
in General.
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 Launchpad: Monday 22nd 17.00 UTC and Thursday 25th 16.00 UTC.
- Launchpad Q&A: Tuesday 23rd 18.00 UTC and Thursday 25th 19.00 UTC.
- Troubleshooting with Launchpad Answers: Tuesday 23rd 20.00 UTC.
- Managing bugs in Launchpad: Thursday 25th 17.00 UTC.
- Hosting code with Launchpad: Thursday 25th 18.00 UTC.
- Launchpad Personal Package Archives: Friday 26th 15.00 UTC.
- Translating with Launchpad: Friday 26th 16.00 UTC.
- Planning features and sprints in Launchpad: Friday 26th 17.00 UTC.
These sessions are as part of Ubuntu Open Week and so will be in Freenode’s #ubuntu-classroom channel.
If you have any particular requests or suggestions for any of these suggestions, please leave a comment!
Published by Matthew Revell October 8th, 2007
in Coming changes.
Welcome to the Coming Changes report for Launchpad 1.1.10 (which is due for release 24th October).
Here you can find information on changes that we’re planning for the next Launchpad release. These are changes that may affect the way you use Launchpad, rather than a full list of new features that will appear in 1.1.10.
Giving us your feedback
We welcome your feedback and invite you to join us on the launchpad-users mailing list.
You can also come and speak directly with the Launchpad team in the Launchpad Users Meeting on Wednesday 10th October at 16.00 UTC.
We’ll publish an updated version of this report on the 17th October.
Launchpad general
- A new “Request information” option will be added to the “Proposed member” page, alongside “Approve” and “Decline”. This will help team administrators to contact prospective members who hide their email addresses. (Bug 66105)
- When someone registers a new project in Launchpad, they will need to specify that project’s licence. (Bug 117276)
- Team membership change notifications will have shorter subject lines. (Bug 144540)
Bug Tracker
Code
- The code browse (Loggerhead) pages will have an improved design. (Bug 144744)
- The “user@” portion of ssh code-hosting URLs will be removed and the user identified by their public key. (Bug 137910)
- Editing bug-branch links will be restricted to the branch owner and the project’s bug contact. (Bug 138805)
Soyuz
- Ubuntu releases that are no longer support (Warty, Hoary and Breezy) will be removed from Launchpad’s archive. (Bug 66631)
Further information
You can find full details of what we have planned for Launchpad 1.1.10 at:
https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/1.1.10
