Overview

This page contains many mini-specs for new guides for help.launchpad.net.

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what-is-launchpad

Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/launchpad-documentation/+spec/what-is-launchpad

• Overview: A high level overview of Launchpad and its applications, intended as a jumping-off point for other documentation.
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net and a corresponding link on the help home page.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: bug-tracker-overview, code-hosting-overview, translations-overview, blueprint-tracker-overview, answer-tracker-overview

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• an overview description of Launchpad and its role in the lifecycle of the projects that use it
• a description of how Launchpad handles collaboration and its suitability for the free software development process and community
• an overview of each of Launchpad's generally available applications (i.e. not Soyuz)

• a high-level description of how Launchpad interacts with Bazaar.

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bug-tracker-overview

• Overview: A high level introduction to the Launchpad Bug Tracker.

• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net and a corresponding link in the WhatIsLaunchpad page.

• Full spec: none
• Depends on: n/a

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• high level description of the Launchpad bug tracker
• introduction to multi-project bugs
• introduction to external bug watches
• overview of the email interface
• introduction to integration with Code Hosting

• examples of projects using the Launchpad Bug Tracker.

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code-hosting-overview

• Overview: A high level introduction to Launchpad Code Hosting.

• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net and a corresponding link in the WhatIsLaunchpad page.

• Full spec: none
• Depends on: n/a

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• high level description of managing revision history using Bazaar
• explanation of why projects and individuals might want to host/mirror code on Launchpad
• introduction to CVS/SVN import and an explanation of how people can access that code with Bzr and why

• overview of the branch directory, mentioning links to blueprints and bugs.

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translations-overview

• Overview: A high level introduction to Launchpad Translations.

• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net and a corresponding link in the WhatIsLaunchpad page.

• Full spec: none
• Depends on: n/a

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• high level description of the need for a simple way for translators to translate, without touching .po files directly
• explanation of the collaborative nature of Launchpad Translations and the benefits therein
• mention of: suggestions, translation team policies, standards compatible file export and import

• links to some of the projects using Launchpad Translations.

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blueprint-overview

• Overview: A high level introduction to Launchpad's Blueprint Tracker.

• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net and a corresponding link in the WhatIsLaunchpad page.

• Full spec: none
• Depends on: n/a

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• high level description of what blueprints are
• explanation of: priority, definition status, delivery, assignee, targeting
• introduction to dependencies and road maps
• introduction to meetings/sprints
• mention of use of existing wiki

• mention of ability for anyone to create a blueprint but project drivers to decide what is implemented.

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answers-overview

• Overview: A high level introduction to Launchpad's Answer Tracker.

• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net and a corresponding link in the WhatIsLaunchpad page.

• Full spec: none
• Depends on: n/a

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• problem of community knowledge being spread amongst various resources
• need to make that knowledge searchable and discoverable
• karma as a motivator
• answer tracking - make sure questions stand a better chance of getting answers
• answer contacts - as above and chance for good community involvement.

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file-downloads-qsg

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief explanation of file downloads as a way to serve Windows, Mac and non-Ubuntu Linux users
• explanation of link between releases and file downloads
• step by step guide to go from knowing nothing of file downloads to having your first file available to download.

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register-your-project-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to registering a project in Launchpad.
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on:

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief overview of how projects work in Launchpad, project groups and how they relate to the Launchpad applications
• step by step guide to registering a project in Launchpad.

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bug-tracker-for-new-project-qsg

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief overview of Bug Tracker benefits
• step by step guide to configuring Launchpad for use as the bug tracker for a new project (i.e. without existing bug history) or for a project that doesn't want to preserve an existing bug history.

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bug-tracker-for-existing-project-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to preparing the Launchpad Bug Tracker for an existing project
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: bug-tracker-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief overview of Bug Tracker benefits
• explanation of the options available to projects who want to import an existing bug history

• step by step guide to configuring Launchpad for use as the bug tracker for a project with an existing bug history that is to be preserved.

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translations-for-project-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to preparing Launchpad Translations for use with a project
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: translations-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief introduction to Launchpad Translations as a web interface to work with GNU GetText files and the collaborative nature of translating software

• step by step guide to setting up your project to translation with Launchpad, at the Launchpad side

• links to information on using GetText in a project.

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project-code-hosting-with-bzr-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to hosting Bazaar branches for a project
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: code-hosting-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief introduction to Code Hosting for a project
• links to further information on Bazaar
• introduction to team branches and the different models of Bazaar version control

• step by step guide to setting up Code Hosting for a project in Launchpad.

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individual-code-hosting-with-bzr-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to hosting Bazaar branches for an individual.
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: code-hosting-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• brief introduction to Code Hosting for an individual developer
• brief explanation of how they can use the in conjunction with a project or team
• links to further information on Bazaar

• step by step guide to setting uploading or mirroring a branch, branching an existing hosted branch, associating a with a project.

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registering-a-blueprint-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to registering a blueprint
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: blueprint-tracker-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• step by step guide to registering a blueprint against a project
• explanation of the need to use an external wiki, or other place to store wiki body
• link to info on writing a good blueprint

• explanation of the different roles.

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using-answer-track-for-project-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to using the Answer Tracker for a project
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: answer-tracker-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• a step by step guide that shows a project owner how to start using the Answer Tracker for their project
• brief explanation of answer contacts
• introduction to linking to bugs
• info about question subscribers

• explanation of question statuses.

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becoming-an-answer-contact-qsg

• Overview: Step by step guide to answering questions in the Answer Tracker and becoming a project's answer contact.
• Goal/Deliverables: An article at help.launchpad.net.
• Full spec: none
• Depends on: answer-tracker-overview, register-a-project

This guide will be ready for review when it has:

• step by step guide to finding and answering a question, subscribing and becoming an answer contact.

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asking-a-question-qsg

This guide will be ready for review when it has a step by step guide to finding to asking a support question.