#format wiki #language en #pragma section-numbers off #acl launchpadTeamACL:read,write All:read = Welcome to Launchpad Help = Launchpad is an open source suite of tools that help people and teams to work together on software projects. [[https://launchpad.net/+tour|See the tour]] for an introduction to what you can do with Launchpad. ||I want to...|| ||'''~+[[Bugs/YourProject|Track my project's bugs]]+~''' || '''~+[[Code/QuickStart|Host my project's code]]+~''' || '''~+[[Translations/YourProject|Translate my project]]+~''' || ||'''~+[[Packaging/PPA|Distribute Ubuntu software]]+~'''||'''~+[[Teams/MailingLists|Run a mailing list]]+~'''||'''~+[[Translations/StartingToTranslate|Help translate a project]]+~''' || ||Talk to us — we're here to help|| || '''In IRC chatrooms''' || `#launchpad` channel for user questions, `#launchpad-dev` for development. Both are on irc.libera.chat. (If you don't know about IRC, [[http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Started-with-IRC-(Internet-Relay-Chat)|try this guide]]). || || '''On our mailing lists''' || [[http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users|launchpad-users]] for user questions, [[https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev|launchpad-dev]] for development. || || '''Via the web''' || [[https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion|Launchpad Answers]]. || ||New to Launchpad|| ||~+'''[[PrivacyConfidentialityAndDisclosure | Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure]] in Launchpad'''+~ || The types of information that Launchpad recognises, how to change information types, and how to share them with people. || <> ||User guide|| ||'''[[YourAccount|Your account]]'''||Create a [[YourAccount/NewAccount|new account]], learn about [[YourAccount/Karma|karma]], log into other websites with [[YourAccount/OpenID|OpenID]], [[YourAccount/ContactingPeople|contact people and teams]].|| ||'''[[Teams]]'''||[[Teams/Joining|Join]] a team, [[Teams/CreatingAndRunning|create and run]] a team, set up a team [[Teams/MailingLists|mailing list]].|| ||'''[[Projects]]'''|| [[Projects/Registering|Register a project]], learn about [[Projects/SeriesMilestonesReleases|releases]], publish your [[Projects/FileDownloads|project files]].|| ||'''[[Bugs|Bug tracker]]'''|| [[Bugs/YourProject|Bug tracking for your project]], [[Bugs/MultiProjectBugs|track one bug across many projects]], Launchpad's [[Bugs/Statuses|bug statuses]], [[Bugs/Subscriptions|subscribe to bugs]] by email and Atom feed, learn the bug tracker's [[Bugs/EmailInterface|email interface]], [[Bugs/BugzillaPlugin|Bugzilla]] and [[Bugs/TracPlugin|Trac]] plugins.|| ||'''[[Translations]]'''||[[Translations/StartingToTranslate|Help for translators]], [[Translations/YourProject|translation help for projects]].|| ||'''[[Code|Code Hosting]]'''|| [[Code/FindingAndDownloading|Finding and downloading code]], [[Code/UploadingABranch|uploading code to Launchpad]], [[Code/TeamBranches|team branches]], [[Code/Review|code reviews]], [[Code/BugAndBlueprintLinks|linking branches to bugs]], [[Code/PersonalBranches|non-project branches]], [[Code/Imports|importing code from other sites into Bazaar branches or Git repositories on Launchpad]]. Learn how to use [[Code/ContinuousIntegration|Continuous Integration]] with Launchpad.|| ||'''[[Answers]]'''||[[Answers/AskingForHelp|Ask for help with free software]], [[Answers/OfferingHelp|offer help]], use Answers for [[Answers#your-project|your project]].|| ||'''[[Blueprint]]'''||Track specifications and chunks of work.|| ||'''[[Packaging]]'''||[[Packaging/PPA|Personal package archives]] — build and publish Ubuntu packages in your own apt repository. [[Packaging/SourceBuilds|Source package recipes]] — create daily builds from a Bazaar or Git branch. [[Packaging/UploadErrors|Common package upload errors]]. || ||'''[[API]]'''|| Use the [[https://help.launchpad.net/API/launchpadlib|Python library]], use the [[https://help.launchpad.net/API/Hacking|API without Python]], read the [[http://launchpad.net/+apidoc|reference documentation]] and more.|| == Get involved == Launchpad is free software. You can get involved in a number of ways: * '''[[https://dev.launchpad.net|Join the development community]]:''' learn about and participate in Launchpad development. * '''[[GetInvolved/BetaTesting|Beta testing]]:''' be the first to try new features and help shape them before launch. * '''[[DocTeam|Documentation team]]:''' help others to use Launchpad with user guides, screencasts and more. == Other stuff == * Found spam in Launchpad? [[https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion|Report it]] to the Launchpad team. * [[http://blog.launchpad.net/|The Launchpad blog]]. * See [[https://dev.launchpad.net/Maintenance|planned downtime]] and subscribe to our [[http://blog.launchpad.net/category/notifications/feed|notification feed]]. * Look up unfamiliar terms in our [[Glossary|glossary]]. Please also take a look at our [[Legal|legal information]], which includes terms of use and our privacy policy.