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E-mail notification in bugs.launchpad.net shows everyone's e-mail address.  
Written by Jarige the 30 Apr 10 at 11:37. New
e-mail addresses are private information. If you've subscribed to a bug report in Launchpad, and someone replies to that bug, you'll get that person's e-mail address. Large bug reports with a lot of subscribers and replying persons might feed spambots.
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Solution #1: Do not show e-mail addresses
Written by Jarige the 30 Apr 10 at 11:37.
Instead, show the normal bug e-mail address as sender, which is unique to that bug report (445852@bugs.launchpad.net for instance). Those e-mail addresses already exist, the only thing that needs to be done is removing the private e-mail adresses from the notification mail.

See the 6 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 6 Mar 11 at 14:15) >>

Finding PPAs of a Launchpad project is often a headache  
Written by Shnatsel the 20 Dec 09 at 20:11. New
Finding the appropriate PPAs for some project in Launchpad often takes lots of time, and you're never sure you've found them all.
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Solution #1: Add "Related PPAs" field to project page
Written by Shnatsel the 20 Dec 09 at 20:11.
The title says it all.
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Solution #2: Integrate PPAs with the existing downloads system
Written by Shnatsel the 20 Dec 09 at 20:15.
Make PPAs an alternative way of distributing release packages, so developers could be able to post only the source code to releases and link packages from PPAs to the release to make them easy to download and save Launchpad's disk space.
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Solution #3: Integrate PPA search in Synaptic Package Manager
Written by _khAttAm_ the 21 Dec 09 at 10:28.
In Repo options in Synaptic, add a new tab which will allow searching for PPAs by package name.
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Solution #4: implement Click install for PPA's
Written by MetalHellsAngel the 26 Dec 09 at 10:32.
I propose making it simple to add the PPA's on launchpad by making authentication keys clickable for import similar to apturl. as well as click import for the PPA address.
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Solution #5: easy ppa adding when selectin them
Written by tommis the 7 Jan 10 at 01:18.
When you paint url in any program and click rigth mouse putton there should be a "add to the reposities" putton.

See the 4 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 18 Jan 10 at 19:52) >>

No karma for contributions on forums  
Written by grofaty the 14 Dec 09 at 16:27. New
On Launchpad there is Karma, some kind of points for users that are contributing to the FLOSS community for code writing, bug reporting, translating etc. But there is no karma for helping other people on forums.
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Solution #1: Add karma for forum contributions
Written by grofaty the 14 Dec 09 at 16:27.
I suggest to add karma points for forum contributions. There was some months ago button on forum to set "thank you" post. The number of "thank you" from other users could add some karma points to Launchpad. There are a lot of users that are contributing to FLOSS to help other users in forum. I think they deserve some "thank you" word.
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Solution #2: What about Karma for Ideas?
Written by Rodrigo the 14 Dec 09 at 23:17.
Maybe based on the ideas, or on the votes an idea gets (I don't know what formula to actually use) you could be given Karma. After all you are helping the KARMA!!!

See the 3 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 15 Dec 09 at 16:20) >>

Launchpad is missing the concept of hardware  
Written by cyberix the 13 Jul 09 at 16:51. New
Launchpad has currently no understanding about the concept of hardware. This makes it hard to form an overall picture about how well some piece of hardware is working. People use all kinds of different tricks to work around the issue. The workarounds include prefixing bug titles with some hardware model number or adding some cryptic tags to the related bugs.
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Solution #1: hardware component views
Written by cyberix the 13 Jul 09 at 16:51.
Provide one page for each hardware component. Allow users to link bugs to pieces of hardware. Having an overview page for a piece of hardware is useful for multiple interest groups. Some of these include: developers working on related bugs, users experiencing the bugs, and consumers choosing hardware to buy. Companies manufacturing the devices may also have an interest in pages related to their products.

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brainstorm participation adds karma to launchpad  
Written by rdesfo the 3 Mar 09 at 03:41. New
presently, brainstorm participation does not affect the launchpad karma
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Solution #1: brainstorm participation adds karma to launchpad
Written by rdesfo the 3 Mar 09 at 03:41.
brainstorm participation adds karma to launchpad
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Solution #2: universal account
Written by sf_007 the 4 Mar 09 at 14:42.
How about an account to all Ubuntu sites in addition to that?
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Solution #3: use open-ID for #2 and #1
Written by wouter215 the 4 Mar 09 at 20:29.
use open-ID(openid.net) or similar for (all)the ubuntu accounts.

See the 1 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 3 Mar 09 at 08:38) >>

Priorized translations of applications in Launchpad  
Written by diegoj the 20 Nov 08 at 13:08. New
Translations should have got an associated priority proportional to the popularity of the application.

For example, is more importante to have all descriptions of applications in Add/Remove menu that an obscure package of a not-so-much-popular library.

To sum up, most used applications should be translated early.
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Solution #1: Allow translations groups to priorize translations project
Written by diegoj the 20 Nov 08 at 13:08.
Allow translations groups to order translations of projects by its own opinion.
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Solution #2: popcon data integration
Written by Nazo the 26 Jan 09 at 08:43.
Ubuntu Popularity Contest has good data. integration with launchpad would be good.
http://popcon.ubuntu.com/

See the 1 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 29 Nov 08 at 14:00) >>

easier porting/forking open-source to Linux/Ubuntu  
Written by nitrofurano the 6 Sep 08 at 20:03. New
Maybe lots of you realized so many very good open-source projects exists on non-Linux, and are very missing and welcome.

Tools like ModPlugTracker, VirtualDub, Pixen, Reptile, WinSCP, etc... - people may point similar tools like AviDemux and so on, but there's no comparison possible anyway...

The idea is where can exist room for an effort of how bringing so interesting non-Linux open source to Linux can be possible, and how possible can coders could help on these portings and forkings on helping us Linux users.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #12873
Written by nitrofurano the 6 Sep 08 at 20:03.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12873 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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