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Launchpad Logo Contest Winner Announced

Published by Joey Stanford May 16th, 2008 in General. 2 Comments

We’re very pleased to announce the results of the Launchpad Logo Contest!
(See https://help.launchpad.net/logo)

The number and quality of submissions took all of us by surprise. We are
immensely pleased with the results and are in awe at what the community
has done. We had so many interesting designs that it was very difficult for
us to declare a single winner.

However, there was one design that we felt embodied what Launchpad is all
about. We were impressed by how it summarised so much about Launchpad and
yet remained beautifully simple.

So, we’re delighted to say that the winner is Eugene Tretyak!

You can view his design here: https://help.launchpad.net/logo/winning-entry

The center of the design represents how Launchpad makes it easy for
people to collaborate and connect with one another, while the surrounding
facets represent the different services that Launchpad provides.

Above all, it shows that all projects are themselves a gem and, when
combined with other gems, can turn into something brilliant.

Eugene is both an Ubuntu member and Kubuntu developer and will receive
an official Ubuntu Messenger Bag.

There are also two runners-up whose designs made the selection process very
challenging for us. Mariana Ravicole and Ambroise Coutand will each receive
a 25 GBP gift certificate to the Canonical Store in recognition of their
highly competitive and very popular designs.

Additionally, we would also like to give an honourable mention to Donn
Ingle for his contributions. Donn’s varied designs were a popular
favourite.

Finally, the Launchpad Team would like to thank everyone who participated
in the contest. We are humbled by the response and are deeply thankful to
all the participants.

Joey Stanford

Launchpad Configuration Migration

Published by Joey Stanford April 18th, 2008 in General. 0 Comments

Hi,

Since the last Launchpad release you may have noticed a few emails and blog
posts referring to unexpected issues with Launchpad. I thought you might
like to know more about what was causing them, and how we are addressing them.

Launchpad’s operational environment is hosted on several machines in order to
provide adequate response times given our user load. Previously, we had to
maintain separate, and complex, configuration settings for each of the servers.
This was not very conducive to developing and deploying new features, nor
supporting the existing infrastructure. The situation was becoming
unmaintainable, and we had made careful plans to resolve these problems.

To address this limitation, we migrated the existing configuration settings
over to a standard, site-wide, hierarchical system. We’re confident that this
new configuration system will also provide us with a much more robust, stable
and maintainable operational environment. However, the rollout of this new
system has resulted in an undesirable level of shake-out due to the
complexities of the Launchpad services involved and the complexities of the
old configuration system.

On behalf of the entire Launchpad Development Team, I’d like to offer our
sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We ask you
for your continued understanding as we seek to improve the Launchpad service.

Joey Stanford
Launchpad Releases Team Manager

Mailing List Notifications have bad URLs

Published by Joey Stanford April 16th, 2008 in Notifications. 0 Comments

Hi Gang,

Just a quick heads up that we uncovered a problem today with Launchpad Mailing List notifications. You may have received a mailing list notification from Launchpad with a funny URL that looks like

https://xmlrpc.lp.internal/~rinchen/+editemails

These courtesy emails are normally sent out (with correct URLs) when a team you are a member of creates a new Launchpad Mailing List. The email is still valid despite the incorrect URL.

You should visit your Launchpad person page and view your email settings. At the bottom you will see “Mailing list subscriptions”. From here you can manage your Launchpad mailing list subscriptions.

Here’s a short cut to that page: https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editemails

Sorry for the inconvenience. We should have this fixed by tomorrow.

Joey Stanford

Help design the new Launchpad logo!

Published by Joey Stanford January 9th, 2008 in General. 2 Comments

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

Launchpad Downtime on 2007-09-21

Published by Joey Stanford September 22nd, 2007 in Notifications. 0 Comments

Earlier today we had intended to roll out some bug fixes following the Launchpad release yesterday. We do this from time to time following a release as needed to ensure the most stable environment for our users. These normally take only a few minutes to implement.

Tonight during the roll-out process we encountered an unexpected error that did not present itself during our normal QA checks. The solution to this problem requires some additional research on our part. We believe we will need to update data in Launchpad early next week in order to resolve this issue. This should not involve any further downtime.

Unfortunately this issue affects the feature in bug #50663 - “There should be a report to show Needs Info bugs that have had a response”. That feature will not work until we resolve the current situation.

We apologize for the disruption in service.

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