Reference

Launchpad is composed of a monolith plus different services with distinct functions such as handling builds, code hosting, signing, translations, mirroring, and more. As a contributor working on any part of Launchpad, you are expected to follow certain conventions and standards in your work.

Build-related services

Build-related services descriptions and resources.

• Build farm

• Signing service

• Fetch service

• Buildbot

Code imports and hosting

Code hosting and code import resources.

• Git hosting

• Code import

Translation

Schedule of automatic translations tarball exports from Launchpad.

• Automatic translations tarball exports

Interactive testing of Email processing

Email processing configuration options and testing.

• Launchpad and email

Ubuntu-related services

Scanning for Ubuntu mirrors and checking their health.

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Launchpad mailing lists are no longer active, but the archives remain accessible.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

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