News and announcements
Launchpad 2.2.3 released
Written for Launchpad Suite by Matthew Revell on 2009-04-01
The Launchpad team is proud to announce the release of Launchpad 2.2.3!
Here are the highlights of what's new in this release:
* Additional Personal Package Archives for yourself and your teams
* Translation template imports directly from your project's Bazaar
branches
Read on for more!
Additional Personal Package Archives
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You can now create multiple PPAs both for yourself and your teams.
This is ideal if you're publishing different versions of the same
application to different audiences. For example: you may have one
archive for alpha versions and another that's used by your beta testers.
Visit your profile page -- or that of one of your teams -- to add more
PPAs.
See Julian's blog post for further details:
http://
Translation template imports from Bazaar branches
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Host your project's code using Launchpad and Bazaar? Also translate your
software using Launchpad?
Launchpad can now automatically find and import your translation
templates from your project's Bazaar branches.
Once you've activated automatic imports, Launchpad will monitor the
official branch for each of your series and pull in any new template
versions that you commit.
Read Henning's blog post to get the full story:
http://
Also new in this release
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There's more to Launchpad 2.2.3, including:
* teams can now have +junk branches
* releases are now directly linked to milestones -- see Curtis' blog
post for more: http://
* projects' owners and bug supervisors can now set official bug tags
* uploading packages to Launchpad, whether directly for Ubuntu or to a
PPA, now earns you karma!
For full details of the bugs and blueprints that make up Launchpad 2.2.3
visit its milestone page:
https:/
If you come across a bug, please report it here:
https:/
See you at the end of the month
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Our second release for April -- 2.2.4 -- is due on the 29th of April.
In the meantime, stay up to date with Launchpad news and views through
our blog:
And as always, you can join us in #launchpad on Freenode and on the
launchpad-users mailing list:
https:/
Launchpad 2.2.2 released!
Written for Launchpad Suite by Matthew Revell on 2009-02-26
The Launchpad team is proud to announce the release of Launchpad 2.2.2!
Let's look at what's new this month.
Now easier to add upstream links to bug reports
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If you're using Launchpad to track a bug that you think may also be
reported elsewhere -- such as in a project's Bugzilla -- it's now easier
to find that bug report.
Launchpad developer Graham Binns explains:
Launchpad will now give you direct links to the bug search and filing
forms in a project's external tracker, so long as Launchpad knows the
tracker's location.
To find the links, all you have to do is click "Also affects project"
on the bug report and select the project you want to link to.
There's more in Graham's blog post:
http://
Also in Launchpad 2.2.2
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February saw the Launchpad team dedicate a week to tackling
slower-loading pages. Read our write-up of what happened in Launchpad
Performance Week:
http://
You can find full details of Launchpad 2.2.2 on its milestone page,
here:
https:/
If you come across a bug, please report it here:
https:/
See you next month!
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We'll be releasing Launchpad 2.2.3 at the start of April. In the mean
time, stay up to date with Launchpad news and views through our blog:
And as always, you can join us in #launchpad on Freenode and on the
launchpad-users mailing list:
Launchpad 2.2.1 released!
Written for Launchpad Suite by Matthew Revell on 2009-01-29
The Launchpad team are proud to announce Launchpad 2.2.1, our first
release of 2009!
In 2.2.1 we've introduced:
* a unique signature for each Personal Package Archive
* a way to introduce new translators to your team's way of working
* an easier way for projects to export translations made in Launchpad.
Read on for details of what's new!
Signed PPAs
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If you've recently installed software from a Personal Package Archive,
your package manager may have told you it doesn't recognise the PPA's
public key.
That's because we've added a key to each PPA in Launchpad, allowing you
to verify you're downloading from the archive you expect.
Our screencast shows how to add a PPA's key to your system:
http://
Help new translators find their way
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The ease with which newcomers can make translations is one of the
reasons many projects choose Launchpad.
If you're in a translation team, you can help new translators pick up
the style and rules of the project(s) you're working on by linking to
your translation style guide directly from the relevant translation
pages.
Take a look at our blog post for details:
http://
Upstream projects: easily integrate translations made in Launchpad
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Thousands of people use Launchpad to help translate Ubuntu. Many
projects whose software is in Ubuntu also have their own translation
efforts outside Launchpad.
In the past, translations made in Launchpad weren't always easy for
upstream projects to integrate back into their own translations.
We've added a new translation export option that provides only those
strings that have changed since we last imported the project's own
translations. This should make it much easier for projects to take and
use translations made in Launchpad.
See our help page for more:
https:/
Full details of 2.2.1
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To get the full details of the Launchpad 2.2.11 release, visit its
milestone page:
https:/
If you come across a bug, please report it here:
https:/
See you next month
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We'll be back in February with Launchpad 2.2.2 on the 25th.
Don't forget the Launchpad News blog:
And as always, you can join us in #launchpad on Freenode and on the
launchpad-users mailing list:
https:/
Launchpad 2.1.12 released!
Written for Launchpad itself by Matthew Revell on 2008-12-18
We're proud to announce the release of Launchpad 2.1.12 and two
exciting new ways for other services to use data in Launchpad.
Create a Launchpad plugin for your bug tracker
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Launchpad can already import the status of a bug report that's in
another tracker, such as Debian's BTS or Sourceforge.
Recently, we also announced two plugins -- for Bugzilla and
Trac -- that enable two-way communication, starting off with
sharing a bug's comment history between those trackers and
Launchpad.
Now anyone can create their own plugins to enable other bug
trackers to communicate directly with Launchpad. We've published
our bug plugin API on the help wiki:
https:/
Graham has more in his blog post:
http://
Launchpad modules for Drupal 5.x
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Building on Launchpad's OpenID support, we've produced two Drupal
5.x modules that let you:
* use Launchpad to authenticate your Drupal site's visitors
* assign Drupal roles based on someone's Launchpad team
memberships.
We're working on support for Drupal 6.x right now.
Read more in our blog post:
http://
Full details of 2.1.12
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If you filter Launchpad bug mail, look out for a new header:
X-Launchpad-
It lists, alphabetically, everyone who has commented on the bug,
including the original poster, with each name separated by
spaces.
To get the full details of the Launchpad 2.1.12 release, have a
look at its milestone page:
https:/
If you come across a bug, please report it here:
https:/
See you next year!
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We'll be back in the new year with Launchpad 2.2.1 on the 28th
January.
There are two new ways to get Launchpad news, via Twitter and
identi.ca:
* http://
* http://
And don't forget the Launchpad News blog:
As always, you can join us in #launchpad on Freenode and at the
new home of the launchpad-users mailing list:
Launchpad 2.1.11: OpenID and easier to contact other people
Written for Launchpad Suite by Matthew Revell on 2008-11-24
The Launchpad team is proud to announce the release of Launchpad
2.1.11, which includes two major new features:
* OpenID: log into other websites using your Launchpad profile URL
* Contact people and teams: now easier to contact other Launchpad users.
