![]() ![]() With the addition of private PPAs and package branches, we have probably the best combination of centralised repos and software from elsewhere that I’ve seen in any operating system.”ĭave Walker (Daviey) – Engineering Manager, Ubuntu Server Infrastructure “However, PPAs have helped bring greater diversity to Ubuntu by allowing anyone to build and publish their own packages in their own apt repository. I love that I can trust the Ubuntu archive to give me what I need in a reliable form. Someone once said that the cool thing about apt isn’t so much apt, but actually the software archive behind it. However, PPAs stick out as something of a game-changer. “There’s so much in Launchpad that it’s almost impossible to settle on a particular highlight. Matthew Revell – Launchpad Product Manager “Last year, we introduced derived distributions which is now being used to synchronize with Debian development versions.” Finally, more recent milestones of this sort were when we introduced source package branches and Ubuntu started importing all of their packages in bzr: This opened the door for other big communities to join Launchpad: drizzle and then OpenStack. Then in 2008, when Launchpad started using Launchpad for code reviews! Other significant milestones were when MySQL joined Launchpad and bzr also in 2008. “Other important milestones were when bzr and Launchpad code hosting were fast enough to host the huge Launchpad source tree itself (back in 2007). Thus, the first milestone was in the very earliest days, when the Ubuntu community switched from Bugzilla to Launchpad for tracking Ubuntu bugs! But to me, the most important ones are the ones that enabled a community to use Launchpad for new activities. The significant milestones reached could be quite varied. We’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences too, so please add a comment at the end if you have a story to share. Today’s post is made up of contributions from some of the people who’ve worked with Launchpad and on developing Launchpad itself, right from the very start, up until fairly recently, like myself. This is a huge milestone for everyone that uses and contributes to Launchpad and serves as a great witness to all the achievements, trials and challenges we’ve faced over the past 7 years. Today at some time around 3am UTC, the one millionth (1,000,000th) bug was filed in Launchpad: ![]()
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