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width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="&quot; background: #2a2929; font-weight: bold; color: #f6bc05; &quot;"><p class="line862">I want to...</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><p class="line891"><strong><big><a href="/Bugs/YourProject">Track my project's bugs</a></big></strong> </td> <td><p class="line862"> <strong><big><a href="/Code/QuickStart">Host my project's code</a></big></strong> </td> <td><p class="line862"> <strong><big><a href="/Translations/YourProject">Translate my project</a></big></strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><p class="line891"><strong><big><a href="/Packaging/PPA">Distribute Ubuntu software</a></big></strong></td> <td><p class="line891"><strong><big><a href="/Teams/MailingLists">Run a mailing list</a></big></strong></td> <td><p class="line891"><strong><big><a href="/Translations/StartingToTranslate">Help translate a project</a></big></strong> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><div><table style="&quot; width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="&quot; background: #2a2929; font-weight: bold; color: #f6bc05; &quot;"><p class="line862">Talk to us — we're here to help</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><p class="line862"> <strong>In IRC chatrooms</strong> </td> <td><p class="line862"> <tt class="backtick">#launchpad</tt> channel for user questions, <tt class="backtick">#launchpad-dev</tt> for development. Both are on irc.libera.chat. (If you don't know about IRC, <a class="http" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Started-with-IRC-(Internet-Relay-Chat)">try this guide</a>). </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><p class="line862"> <strong>On our mailing lists</strong> </td> <td><p class="line862"> <a class="http" href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users">launchpad-users</a> for user questions, <a class="https" href="https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev">launchpad-dev</a> for development. </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><p class="line862"> <strong>Via the web</strong> </td> <td><p class="line862"> <a class="https" href="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion">Launchpad Answers</a>. </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span><div><table style="&quot; width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="&quot; background: #2a2929; font-weight: bold; color: #f6bc05; &quot;"><p class="line862">New to Launchpad</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span><p class="line891"><big><strong><a href="/PrivacyConfidentialityAndDisclosure">Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure</a> in Launchpad</strong></big> </td> <td><p class="line862"> The types of information that Launchpad recognises, how to change information types, and how to share them with people. </td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="user-guide"></span> <span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><div><table style="&quot; width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="&quot; background: #2a2929; font-weight: bold; color: #f6bc05; &quot;"><p class="line862">User guide</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/YourAccount">Your account</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line862">Create a <a href="/YourAccount/NewAccount">new account</a>, learn about <a href="/YourAccount/Karma">karma</a>, log into other websites with <a href="/YourAccount/OpenID">OpenID</a>, <a href="/YourAccount/ContactingPeople">contact people and teams</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Teams">Teams</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line891"><a href="/Teams/Joining">Join</a> a team, <a href="/Teams/CreatingAndRunning">create and run</a> a team, set up a team <a href="/Teams/MailingLists">mailing list</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Projects">Projects</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line862"> <a href="/Projects/Registering">Register a project</a>, learn about <a href="/Projects/SeriesMilestonesReleases">releases</a>, publish your <a href="/Projects/FileDownloads">project files</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Bugs">Bug tracker</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line862"> <a href="/Bugs/YourProject">Bug tracking for your project</a>, <a href="/Bugs/MultiProjectBugs">track one bug across many projects</a>, Launchpad's <a href="/Bugs/Statuses">bug statuses</a>, <a href="/Bugs/Subscriptions">subscribe to bugs</a> by email and Atom feed, learn the bug tracker's <a href="/Bugs/EmailInterface">email interface</a>, <a href="/Bugs/BugzillaPlugin">Bugzilla</a> and <a href="/Bugs/TracPlugin">Trac</a> plugins.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Translations">Translations</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line891"><a href="/Translations/StartingToTranslate">Help for translators</a>, <a href="/Translations/YourProject">translation help for projects</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Code">Code Hosting</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line862"> <a href="/Code/FindingAndDownloading">Finding and downloading code</a>, <a href="/Code/UploadingABranch">uploading code to Launchpad</a>, <a href="/Code/TeamBranches">team branches</a>, <a href="/Code/Review">code reviews</a>, <a href="/Code/BugAndBlueprintLinks">linking branches to bugs</a>, <a href="/Code/PersonalBranches">non-project branches</a>, <a href="/Code/Imports">importing code from other sites into Bazaar branches or Git repositories on Launchpad</a>. Learn how to use <a href="/Code/ContinuousIntegration">Continuous Integration</a> with Launchpad.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Answers">Answers</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line891"><a href="/Answers/AskingForHelp">Ask for help with free software</a>, <a href="/Answers/OfferingHelp">offer help</a>, use Answers for <a href="/Answers#your-project">your project</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Blueprint">Blueprint</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line862">Track specifications and chunks of work.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/Packaging">Packaging</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line891"><a href="/Packaging/PPA">Personal package archives</a> — build and publish Ubuntu packages in your own apt repository. <a href="/Packaging/SourceBuilds">Source package recipes</a> — create daily builds from a Bazaar or Git branch. <a href="/Packaging/UploadErrors">Common package upload errors</a>. </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="&quot; background:#F1F1ED; &quot;"><span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/API">API</a></strong></td> <td><p class="line862"> Use the <a class="https" href="https://help.launchpad.net/API/launchpadlib">Python library</a>, use the <a class="https" href="https://help.launchpad.net/API/Hacking">API without Python</a>, read the <a class="https" href="https://launchpad.net/+apidoc/devel.html">reference documentation</a> and more.</td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Get_involved">Get involved</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><p class="line874">Launchpad is free software. You can get involved in a number of ways: <span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><strong><a class="https" href="https://dev.launchpad.net">Join the development community</a>:</strong> learn about and participate in Launchpad development. <span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/GetInvolved/BetaTesting">Beta testing</a>:</strong> be the first to try new features and help shape them before launch. <span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong><a href="/DocTeam">Documentation team</a>:</strong> help others to use Launchpad with user guides, screencasts and more. <span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="Other_stuff">Other stuff</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Found spam in Launchpad? <a class="https" href="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion">Report it</a> to the Launchpad team. <span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://blog.launchpad.net/">The Launchpad blog</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span></li><li><p class="line862">See <a class="https" href="https://dev.launchpad.net/Maintenance">planned downtime</a> and subscribe to our <a class="http" href="http://blog.launchpad.net/category/notifications/feed">notification feed</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Look up unfamiliar terms in our <a href="/Glossary">glossary</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">Please also take a look at our <a href="/Legal">legal information</a>, which includes terms of use and our privacy policy. <span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">FrontPage (last edited 2024-07-04 07:13:17 by <span title="jugmac00 @ p200300d30f1d3c0066008dd8781c6932.dip0.t-ipconnect.de[2003:d3:f1d:3c00:6600:8dd8:781c:6932]"><a class="interwiki" href="https://launchpad.net/~jugmac00" title="jugmac00 @ p200300d30f1d3c0066008dd8781c6932.dip0.t-ipconnect.de[2003:d3:f1d:3c00:6600:8dd8:781c:6932]">jugmac00</a></span>)</p> <div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p class="menu"> <a href="https://help.launchpad.net/Legal">Terms of use</a> | <a href="https://launchpad.net/feedback">Help improve Launchpad</a> | <a href="https://launchpad.net/faq">FAQ</a> | <a href="/RecentChanges">Recent Changes</a></p> <p> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/"> <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title" rel="dc:type">Launchpad Help</span> by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="https://canonical.com/" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Canonical Ltd</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License</a>. <img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0;vertical-align:middle;" src="https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/2.0/uk/80x15.png" /></a> </p> <p>© 2004-2019 <a href="https://canonical.com/" target="_blank">Canonical Limited.</a></p> </div> </body> </html>