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      • Getting started
        • Get the source code
        • Setting up and running Launchpad (quickstart)
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        • Supported operating systems
        • Why use LXD containers?
        • Create a LXD container
        • Getting Launchpad
        • Installing the pre-commit hook
        • Building
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        • How to develop with Buildd
        • How to use Soyuz locally
      • Common development tasks
        • Fixing bugs
        • Contributing changes
        • Using an updated dependency
        • Database schema changes process
        • Applying database schema changes
        • Importing an Ubuntu package
      • Launchpad development tips
        • Updating the global configuration for tests
        • Using breakpoints
        • Handling security policies
        • Testing CLI scripts
        • Handling exceptions
        • Preserving query count
        • Running Launchpad with Chameleon template engine
        • Debug tests with Visual Studio Code
        • Debug build farm on qastaging
        • Debug stories/pagetests
        • Launchpad API docs generation
        • How to use codehosting locally
        • Renaming a database table
      • MockIo library
      • Operating Launchpad
        • Getting an overview of Launchpad’s build farm
        • Checking availability of Launchpad frontends
        • Manage users and teams in development environments
        • Create job to publish artifact
        • Triaging Launchpad project bugs
        • Deploying configuration changes to production
        • Landing updates for Loggerhead
        • Transferring ownership of a Launchpad project
        • Porting builders to newer Ubuntu versions
        • Applying a cowboy to qastaging
        • Building and publishing Launchpad development LXD images
        • How to use lp-shell
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      • Tagging bugs about Launchpad
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      • Launchpad public mailing lists archives
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    • Explanation
      • The ideas behind Launchpad
        • What is Launchpad?
        • The story of a bug
        • Distinctive traits
        • Scope
        • New world
        • Glossary
        • References
        • Launchpad strategy
        • Launchpad values
        • About Launchpad security
      • Setting up and understanding Launchpad
        • Launchpad installation details
        • Application framework
        • Navigating the tree
        • Launchpad pip integration
        • The Launchpad PPA
        • Testing
        • Code concepts
        • Building live filesystems in Launchpad
      • Best practices for development
        • Architectural guide
        • Assertions in Launchpad
        • Bug triage process background
        • Charm development
        • Code import in depth
        • Page tests
        • How to write testbrowser tests
        • About Launchpad performance
        • Template reuse
        • Launchpad permissions
      • Developing the Launchpad project
        • About Launchpad branches
        • Pre merge reviews
        • Error explanations
        • Hacking
        • Feature flags
        • Datetime usage guide
        • XXX policy
      • Deploying Launchpad changes
        • The journey of a Launchpad change from a developer’s branch to production
      • Parts of Launchpad
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        • URL traversal
        • About Malone
        • Launchpad registry
        • Engineering overview: translations
        • Launchpad code hosting
        • Publisher
          • Ubuntu package publishing
          • Ubuntu archive publisher
      • JavaScript
        • Integration testing in JavaScript
        • Developing with YUI.Test
        • The Launchpad JavaScript build system
      • Static assets
        • CSS
        • Using CSS sprites
        • Images
        • Favicons: Why so many files and what do they do?
      • Database
        • PostgreSQL and Launchpad
        • Working with db-devel
        • Live database patching
        • Storm migration guide
        • Database performance
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The ideas behind Launchpad¶

  • What is Launchpad?
  • The story of a bug
  • Distinctive traits
  • Scope
  • New world
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Launchpad strategy
  • Launchpad values
  • About Launchpad security
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Last updated on Feb 27, 2026
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