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You can get access to the beta program by joining the [https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-beta-testers launchpad-beta-testers] team. There are close to 1,000 beta testers and we encourage enthusiastic users to join that team to get the very latest functionality in Launchpad. Find out [:JoiningLaunchpadBetaTesters :how to join Launchpad beta testers]. You can get access to the beta program by joining the [https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-beta-testers launchpad-beta-testers] team. There are close to 1,000 beta testers and we encourage enthusiastic users to join that team to get the very latest functionality in Launchpad.
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= Become a beta tester! =

Here are step-by-step instructions on [:JoiningLaunchpadBetaTesters :how to join Launchpad beta testers].

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Introduction

The Launchpad team runs a continuous beta program, as well as special beta test campaigns.

You can get access to the beta program by joining the [https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-beta-testers launchpad-beta-testers] team. There are close to 1,000 beta testers and we encourage enthusiastic users to join that team to get the very latest functionality in Launchpad.

Continuous "edge" beta testing

Launchpad's edge environment generally runs the latest daily code from the Launchpad developers against the production database (real live data).

Prefixing standard Launchpad address with "edge." gets you to the edge environment.

For example: bugs.edge.launchpad.net

If you visit an edge URL but you're not a beta tester Launchpad will automatically redirect you to the standard Launchpad servers.

If you're a beta testers and you visit the normal launchpad.net production environment, you'll be redirected to the edge servers, unless you've specifically chosen to temporarily turn off that redirection off for a period of time, using the link at https://launchpad.net/.

So, by and large, the URLs are interchangeable.

The edge servers are production servers in the sense that any modifications or updates made to your data in Launchpad through edge.launchpad.net affects the same production database that everybody else is using on plain launchpad.net. Thanks to Bazaar, the updates to the edge application servers are all automated and happen daily.

Special beta campaigns

We also run regular special beta campaigns where we ask our beta testers to try a specific feature that is in beta, and give us feedback, before we make that feature available to the wider user base. We aim to have one feature in special beta testing in each of our monthly release cycles.

Become a beta tester!

Here are step-by-step instructions on [:JoiningLaunchpadBetaTesters :how to join Launchpad beta testers].

GetInvolved/BetaTesting (last edited 2010-11-11 19:37:26 by 122-63-10-108)