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Are there Launchpad packages available?

No, Launchpad is not packaged and there are no plans to do so. Launchpad deployment is done straight from Bazaar branches and is quite complex.

Why PostgreSQL?

PostgreSQL was chosen in 2004 because it supported most of the features we thought we would need; MySQL did not. The other contender was Oracle, and for a while we made sure we would be able to switch to Oracle if necessary but PostgreSQL has worked great.

How integrated is the database in the code?

Highly. We make use of PostgreSQL specific features, such as:

What version of Python is required?

Currently, Python 2.4 but we're working hard on getting us on at least Python 2.5 if not Python 2.6. This isn't hard to do, it's just a lot of work, but it will happen in time for Karmic at the latest.