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[Mike Rooney <mrooney@xxxxxxxxxx>]

These are all really awesome and useful things, great job everyone! I
am sure the enhanced tagging will be especially invaluable to bug
triagers / QA.

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Matthew
Revell<matthew.revell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Launchpad team is proud to announce Launchpad 2.2.6!
>
> In this release we have:
>
>  * enhanced bug tag search
>  * project timeline graphs
>  * series dashboards: one page with all you need to track a series' progress.
>
> Read on for more!
>
>
> Enhanced bug tag search
> ------------------------
>
> Bug tags just became more useful: we've enhanced bug tag search so you can
> search for the absence of tags.
>
> Let's say you're spending one week working on bugs tagged "ui" and the next
> week on bugs tagged "help-text". Some of bugs may have both the "ui" and
> "help-text" tags. If you'd prefer to stick to pure user interface issues, you
> can search for those bugs that have a "ui" tag but not a "help-text" tag.
>
> See Gavin's blog post for more:
>
> http://blog.launchpad.net/bug-tracking/searching-bugs-with-tags-now-with-wings
>
>
> Project timelines
> -------------------
>
> Getting a feel for a project's level of activity can mean trawling through
> commit messages, mailing lists and bug reports. If all you want is a quick
> overview, take a look at the new timeline on project overview pages.
>
> With one glance, you can see how many series, milestones and releases the
> project has.
>
> See our blog post for more:
>
> http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/project-timelines
>
>
> Series dashboards
> ------------------
>
> If you need more detailed information on a project's status, you'll want to
> use the new series overview pages. They work just like a dashboard for that
> series, showing you:
>
>  * the status of bugs and blueprints for each milestone in the series
>  * where to find the main code branch for the series
>  * if and where the software is packaged.
>
> Take a look at our blog post on series dashboards:
>
> http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/series-dashboards
>
>
> Trac migration tool
> --------------------
>
> Earlier this year, the Elisa project migrated from Trac to Launchpad. They
> wrote a tool to help them move. Since then, Launchpad developer Graham has
> done further work on the tool and now it's available under the GPLv3.
>
> Read Graham's blog post:
>
> http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/my-migrator-let-me-show-you-it
>
>
> How to get your translations and templates into Launchpad
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> If you're considering using Launchpad to translate your project, take a look
> at our newly updated guide to getting your templates (.pot file) and
> translations (.po files) into Launchpad.
>
> https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/ImportPolicy
>
>
> Also in this release
> ---------------------
>
> For full details of the bugs and blueprints that make up
> Launchpad 2.2.6 visit its milestone page:
>
> https://launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+milestone/2.2.6
>
> If you come across a bug, please report it here:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad
>
>
> See you next time
> ------------------
>
> Launchpad 2.2.7 is due on the 21st of July.
>
> In the meantime, stay up to date with Launchpad news and views
> through our blog:
>
> http://blog.launchpad.net
>
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>
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>
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Michael Rooney
mrooney@xxxxxxxxx