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= Launchpad Registry =

The registry is a core domain that most all Launchpad applications require.
The code is primarily located in lp.registry and lp.services.mailman.


== Pillars ==

Pillars are distributions, projects and project groups. They share a
common set of features.

    * Name Blacklist: The rules that prevent names for being used either
    because of application restrictions or organisational ownership.
    * Announcements: They appear on pages and in RSS.
    * Application Configuration: The pages that allow owners to set where
    services are hosted and configure Launchpad usage.


=== Projects ===

Projects commonly produce software, art, or some work that can be used.
Projects have maintainers, and drivers, but are shared by communities who
make contributions according to their own interests.

    * Licenses: The terms that govern the use, distribution and modification
    of the work produced by the project. <<BR>>
    * Commercial subscriptions: The rules that permits proprietary projects
    to use Launchpad.
    * Project groups: A grouping of projects that provides aggregated views
    of bugs, blueprints, and answers. The group drivers are drivers of the
    projects.


=== Distributions ===

Ubuntu's releases are mirrored by other sites.

    * Mirrors: CD and archive mirrors of distribution releases.
    * Distribution mirror prober: The process that checks the freshness of
    mirrors.


== Series, Milestones, and releases ==

Projects and distributions have series of milestones that mark progress
toward a goal (releases). Project releases are often associated with
tarballs or installers.

    * Series: A sequence or grouping of goals that constitute an planned
    effort to produce a finished work.
    * Milestones: time-bases or feature-based goals.
    * Releases: A completed goal that culminated in a release of files that
    may by finished or be in an alpha or beta state.
    * Product release finder: A process to locates release files on remote
    sites and uploads them to Launchpad, possibly creating milestone and
    releases on series.
    * timelines: A representation of series, releases, and timelines.


== Source Packages ==

Distribution and distro series source packages summarise current and
historical uploads of packages.

    * Source package names
    * Distribution source package
    * (Distro series) source package
    * Packaging links


== Persons ==

Persons are users or teams registered either by a human or an import
process. Person may own, manage, or interact with Launchpad artefacts.


=== Users ===

Users represent a person. Most are registered by processes. Some users
are active, meaning that a human may authenticate to assume the identity of
a person.

    * GPG
    * SSH
    * IRC
    * Jabber
    * Wiki name
    * Code of Conduct
    * Location
    * Karma


=== Teams ===

Teams represents a group of users that discuss common issues or may control
Launchpad artefacts. Teams are mostly registered by users, though some may be
registered by an import process.

    * Team membership
    * Team participation
    * Mailing Lists
    * Polls
    * Privacy