Reference

Launchpad contributors are expected to follow certain coding standards. You’ll also need technical reference material for services that make up the Launchpad platform when making contributions.

Code conventions

Launchpad follows established conventions for Python, CSS, tests, and bug tagging. These standards are enforced during code review.

• Python style guide

• Tests style guide

• CSS style guide

• Tagging bugs about Launchpad

Services

Launchpad is composed of many services that handle builds, code hosting, signing, translations, mirroring, and more.

Build-related

• Build farm

• Signing service

• Fetch service

• Buildbot

Email

• Launchpad and email

Git-related

• Git hosting

• Code import

Translation

• Automatic translations tarball exports

Ubuntu-related

• Mirror prober

• Ubuntu mirrors index

Mailing lists (archived)

Launchpad mailing lists are no longer active, but the archives remain accessible.

• Launchpad public mailing lists archives