Launchpad update May 2010: Bigger PPAs and automatic translation templates

[Matthew Revell]

The Launchpad team is proud to announce Launchpad 10.04, released on May
4th 2010!

In this release you'll find the following new features:

 * Personal Package Archives have twice the disk space
 * Launchpad can automatically generate your project's translation
   templates
 * Project pages now make it easier to specify the project's Ubuntu
   package.


Standard PPA size now 2 GiB
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We've doubled the standard size of Personal Package Archives to 2 GiB!

You don't need to do anything to start using the increased space: all new
and existing PPAs are now at least 2 GiB in size.

As you'd expect, this doesn't affect PPAs that are already larger than
2 GiB.


Automatic translation template generation
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Launchpad can now help prepare your project for translation by
automatically producing template files from the English language strings in
your source code.

Danilo's blog post explains how to set up your project so you no longer
have to manually generate, and then commit, your translation templates:

  http://blog.launchpad.net/translations/automatic-template-generation


Ubuntu package suggestions on project overview pages
-----------------------------------------------------

Launchpad's project directory helps you to find out more about a project,
such as where it tracks its bugs, where it hosts its code and, in many
cases, which are its related Ubuntu packages.

Now, if Launchpad doesn't know which Ubuntu package is related to a
project, it will suggest likely candidates. If you're logged into
Launchpad, visit the project's overview page and you can accept one of
those suggestions, specify another package or mark the project as not
packaged in Ubuntu.

For more, read Curtis' blog post:

  http://blog.launchpad.net/general/ubuntu-package-suggestions


Also in Launchpad 10.04
------------------------

You can find full details of the 10.04 release here:

  https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/10.04


See you next time
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Launchpad 10.05 is due on the 2nd of June 2010.

You can see our full release calendar here:

  https://dev.launchpad.net/Releases/2010Calendar

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blog:

  http://blog.launchpad.net

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Launchpad:

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