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About this page

This page is a rough guide on what we're doing over the next few months as part of our current development cycle.

Using the page

Use this page to keep track of what we are planning on doing, and when. If you think "I'd like to know what to expect of Launchpad over the coming months", then this is the page to follow.

We intend to maintain this page for future planning cycles of Launchpad, so if you are at all interested in having a say in Launchpad development subscribe now.

We've crammed as many links as we could find into the page. These links themselves often link to other things. Follow these links and explore the dark and dangerous world of Launchpad development.

The dates

"Dec 2009" means "targeted to the rollout at the end of December 2009". Each month is linked to the Launchpad release milestone for that date, so you can see what we're actually doing.

Note that the dates here aren't actually commitments, they are just our best guesses.

How complete is it?

Sometimes we'll do cool stuff and won't note it down here. Follow our blog for things like that.

Also, this is mostly about Canonical-sponsored development. Community contributors are welcome to join in, but are just as welcome to scratch whatever itches them.

Questions?

This page is maintained by the Launchpad Product Strategist. If you have any questions, contact the strategist, or begin a discussion on the Launchpad users mailing list.

This page is, and probably always will be a work-in-progress. If our plans change, we'll try to make sure you hear about it. If you have any ideas on how we can do that better — or make the roadmap more useful — contact the strategist or make a note on the page itself.

Roadmap

Month	Reliable Bug Syncing	Bug heat	Patch tracking	Translations	Daily Builds	Code imports	Supporting features
Dec 2009	Planning Bug fixing	Algorithm design	Patches separate from attachments on bug page	Infrastructure work	Refactoring of build system Recipe schema Recipe UI design	bzr-svn imports	Bug-free package / project linking experience
Jan 2010	Improved through-put Job-based system Better error handling	Bug heat initial feature-complete UI	Badge for bugs with patches in listings		End-to-end recipe building	bzr-hg imports	Remove legacy "link project to source package" page Consolidate linking code
Feb 2010	Convert to twisted, other cleanup	Solid delivery & polish of bug heat	List of bugs with patches Polish based on user feedback		Once-off recipe build UI Scalability work on build farm, more builds per day	Scaling work for code imports bug 236973, bug 487357 and bug 497645	Portlet & page on distro page showing most important unlinked packages Easier linking from source packages
Mar 2010	Complete work on updating bugs, syncing comments, etc.	DONE	DONE	Beta delivery of Gnome direct import	Daily build UI Polish of existing build UI	Incremental code imports (import the kernel!)	Q&A workflow for source package linking (Is it this project?) Update permissions logic to allow for better project bug tracker & branch gardening
Apr 2010	Add UI for bug syncing to LP, feature is done	bug-heat	patch-tracking	KDE direct import ability Final delivery of GNOME direct import	Polish of daily build UI	code-imports	Drive-through project creation User-visible indication of project completeness (bugs 204119 and 490593)
May 2010	Polish feature based on user feedback	bug-heat	patch-tracking	Translation import crowdsourcing Automatic use of upstream translation imports	daily-builds	code-imports	supporting-features

Bug Q&A (also a story) has been postponed, due to the higher urgency of getting reliable upstream bug syncing. First question for bug Q&A (does this affect you?) is done.

You might also be interested in more general information on the current Launchpad development cycle.

Things that need to go onto the roadmap, somehow

Many of these things don't fit into our themes, but we have to do to satisfy external obligations.

Supporting infrastructure

UI for selecting an archive
Crowd-sourcing
- code import maintenance
- bug import maintenance

Software Centre support

Other

Archive snapshots
Online documentation for recipes
Building a community around daily builds
ARM support for PPAs
Branch privacy for distributions

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-|| Month || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-1.6|Bug Q&A]]''' || '''Bug heat''' || '''Patch tracking''' || '''[[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#Translations|Translations]]''' || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2a|Daily Builds]]''' || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|Code imports]]''' || '''Supporting features''' ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/3.1.12|Dec 2009]] || First question for bug Q&A (does this affect you?) || ''Algorithm design'' || Patches separate from attachments on bug page<<BR>> || ''Infrastructure work'' || Refactoring of build system<<BR>> Recipe schema<<BR>> Recipe UI design || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|bzr-svn imports]] || Bug-free package / project linking experience ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.01|Jan 2010]] || Q&A UI widget<<BR>> Second bug Q&A question (steps to reproduce?) || Bug heat initial feature-complete UI || List of bugs with patches<<BR>> Badge for bugs with patches in listings<<BR>> || Beta delivery of Gnome [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] || End-to-end recipe building<<BR>> || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|bzr-hg imports]] || [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/487793|Portlet & page on distro page showing most important unlinked packages]]<<BR>>Initial Q&A workflow for source package linking (Is it this project?)<<BR>>[[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+spec/ubuntu-link-to-upstream|Easier linking from source packages]] ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.02|Feb 2010]] || Full delivery of Q&A on bug pages<<BR>> Initial cut of exposing bug readiness in listings || Solid delivery & polish of bug heat || '''DONE''' || KDE [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] ability<<BR>> Final delivery of GNOME [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] || Recipe workflow UI<<BR>> || Scaling work for code imports<<BR>>[[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/236973|bug 236973]] and [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/487357|bug 487357]] || Q&A for source package linking ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.03|Mar 2010]] || Full delivery of bug readiness in listings || '''DONE''' || '''DONE''' || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.0|Translation import crowdsourcing]]<<BR>> [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.2|Automatic use of upstream translation imports]] || Building from recipes with private branches || || [[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+spec/upstream-link-to-ubuntu|Drive-through project creation]]<<BR>>User-visible indication of project completeness (bugs [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/204119|204119]] and [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/490593|490593]]) ||
+|| Month || '''[[Bugs/ReliableBugSyncing|Reliable Bug Syncing]]''' || '''[[Bugs/BugHeat|Bug heat]]''' || '''[[Bugs/PatchTracking|Patch tracking]]''' || '''[[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#Translations|Translations]]''' || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2a|Daily Builds]]''' || '''[[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|Code imports]]''' || '''Supporting features''' ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/3.1.12|Dec 2009]] || ''Planning''<<BR>>[[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/malone/+bugs?field.milestone:list=22619&field.tag=story-reliable-bug-syncing|Bug fixing]] || ''Algorithm design'' || Patches separate from attachments on bug page<<BR>> || ''Infrastructure work'' || Refactoring of build system<<BR>> Recipe schema<<BR>> Recipe UI design || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|bzr-svn imports]] || Bug-free package / project linking experience ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.01|Jan 2010]] || [[https://lpstats.canonical.com/graphs/BugWatchUncheckedOutdated/|Improved through-put]]<<BR>>''Job-based system''<<BR>>''Better error handling'' || Bug heat initial feature-complete UI || Badge for bugs with patches in listings ||  || [[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.3|End-to-end recipe building]]<<BR>> || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.1|bzr-hg imports]] || Remove legacy "link project to source package" page<<BR>>''Consolidate linking code'' ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.02|Feb 2010]] || Convert to twisted, other cleanup || Solid delivery & polish of bug heat || List of bugs with patches<<BR>> Polish based on user feedback ||  || [[VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-2.11|Once-off recipe build UI]]<<BR>>''Scalability work on build farm, more builds per day'' || Scaling work for code imports<<BR>>[[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/236973|bug 236973]], [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/487357|bug 487357]] and [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/497645|bug 497645]] || [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/487793|Portlet & page on distro page showing most important unlinked packages]]<<BR>>[[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+spec/ubuntu-link-to-upstream|Easier linking from source packages]] ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.03|Mar 2010]] || Complete work on updating bugs, syncing comments, etc. || '''DONE''' || '''DONE''' || Beta delivery of Gnome [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] || Daily build UI<<BR>>Polish of existing build UI || Incremental code imports (import the kernel!) || Q&A workflow for source package linking (Is it this project?)<<BR>>Update permissions logic to allow for better project bug tracker & branch gardening ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.04|Apr 2010]] || Add UI for bug syncing to LP, feature is done || bug-heat || patch-tracking || KDE [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] ability<<BR>> Final delivery of GNOME [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.1|direct import]] || Polish of daily build UI || code-imports || [[https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+spec/upstream-link-to-ubuntu|Drive-through project creation]]<<BR>>User-visible indication of project completeness (bugs [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/204119|204119]] and [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-registry/+bug/490593|490593]]) ||
|| [[https://edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.05|May 2010]] || Polish feature based on user feedback || bug-heat || patch-tracking || [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.0|Translation import crowdsourcing]]<<BR>> [[https://dev.launchpad.net/VersionFourDotO/Stories#story-4.2.2|Automatic use of upstream translation imports]] || daily-builds || code-imports || supporting-features ||
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