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The source files for the Bugzilla Guide have long been using the XML version of DocBook but still residing in the sgml/ directory with an extension of .sgml.
In an effort to maintain CVS history, the raw files were copied on the CVS server to the xml/ directory and renamed to have .xml for the extension; any checkins before this one did have the .sgml extension.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/en/xml')
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml42
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/about.xml151
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/administration.xml2
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/conventions.xml2
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/gfdl.xml6
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/glossary.xml67
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/index.xml3
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/installation.xml6
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/integration.xml2
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/introduction.xml90
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/patches.xml4
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/requiredsoftware.xml104
-rw-r--r--docs/en/xml/using.xml2
13 files changed, 293 insertions, 188 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml
index a9fcf097a..fd7353e8d 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" [
<!-- Include macros -->
-<!ENTITY about SYSTEM "about.sgml">
-<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.sgml">
-<!ENTITY doc-index SYSTEM "index.sgml">
-<!ENTITY faq SYSTEM "faq.sgml">
-<!ENTITY gfdl SYSTEM "gfdl.sgml">
-<!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.sgml">
-<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.sgml">
-<!ENTITY administration SYSTEM "administration.sgml">
-<!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.sgml">
-<!ENTITY integration SYSTEM "integration.sgml">
-<!ENTITY future SYSTEM "future.sgml">
-<!ENTITY index SYSTEM "index.sgml">
-<!ENTITY database SYSTEM "database.sgml">
-<!ENTITY patches SYSTEM "patches.sgml">
-<!ENTITY variants SYSTEM "variants.sgml">
-<!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.sgml">
-<!ENTITY revhistory SYSTEM "revhistory.sgml">
+<!ENTITY about SYSTEM "about.xml">
+<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.xml">
+<!ENTITY doc-index SYSTEM "index.xml">
+<!ENTITY faq SYSTEM "faq.xml">
+<!ENTITY gfdl SYSTEM "gfdl.xml">
+<!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "glossary.xml">
+<!ENTITY installation SYSTEM "installation.xml">
+<!ENTITY administration SYSTEM "administration.xml">
+<!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.xml">
+<!ENTITY integration SYSTEM "integration.xml">
+<!ENTITY future SYSTEM "future.xml">
+<!ENTITY index SYSTEM "index.xml">
+<!ENTITY database SYSTEM "database.xml">
+<!ENTITY patches SYSTEM "patches.xml">
+<!ENTITY variants SYSTEM "variants.xml">
+<!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.xml">
+<!ENTITY revhistory SYSTEM "revhistory.xml">
<!-- Things to change for a stable release:
* bz-ver to current stable
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
<!-- Coding standards for this document
* Other than the GFDL, please use the "section" tag instead of "sect1", "sect2", etc.
-* Use Entities to include files for new chapters in Bugzilla-Guide.sgml.
+* Use Entities to include files for new chapters in Bugzilla-Guide.xml.
* Try to use Entities for frequently-used passages of text as well.
* Ensure all documents compile cleanly to HTML after modification.
The warning, "DTDDECL catalog types not supported" is normal.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The warning, "DTDDECL catalog types not supported" is normal.
* Follow coding standards at http://www.tldp.org, and
check out the KDE guidelines (they are nice, too)
http://i18n.kde.org/doc/markup.html
-* All tags should be lowercase (needsfix)
+* All tags should be lowercase.
* Please use sensible spacing. The comments at the very end of each
file define reasonable defaults for PSGML mode in EMACS.
Double-indent tags, use double spacing whenever possible, and
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ try to avoid clutter and feel free to waste space in the code to make it more re
<para>
This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format.
- Changes are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached
+ Changes are best submitted as plain text or XML diffs, attached
to a bug filed in the &bzg-bugs; compontent.
</para>
<![%bz-devel;[
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/about.xml b/docs/en/xml/about.xml
index b4349644a..f3a9a1c5f 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/about.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/about.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [
-<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.sgml"> ] > -->
+<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.xml"> ] > -->
<chapter id="about">
<title>About This Guide</title>
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
<section id="copyright">
<title>Copyright Information</title>
<blockquote>
- <attribution>Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Matthew P. Barnson and &bzg-auth;</attribution>
+ <attribution>Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Matthew P. Barnson and &bzg-auth;</attribution>
<para>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the
Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no
Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of
- the license is included below.
+ the license is included in <xref linkend="gfdl"/>.
</para>
</blockquote>
<para>
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form,
please contact &bzg-auth;.
</para>
-
-
- <!-- The GNU Free Documentation License -->
- &gfdl;
-
</section>
<section id="disclaimer">
@@ -79,29 +74,27 @@
<section id="newversions">
<title>New Versions</title>
<para>
- This is the &bzg-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named
- to match the current version of Bugzilla. If you are
+ This is the &bz-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named
+ to match the current version of Bugzilla.
+ <![%bz-devel;[
+ This version of the guide, like its associated Bugzilla version is a
+ development version. Information is subject to change between now and
+ when &bz-nextver; is released.
+ ]]>
+ If you are
reading this from any source other than those below, please
check one of these mirrors to make sure you are reading an
up-to-date version of the Guide.
</para>
<para>
- This document can be found in the following places:
+ The newest version of this guide can always be found at <ulink
+ url="http://www.bugzilla.org">bugzilla.org</ulink>; including
+ documentation for past releases and the current development version.
</para>
<para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org/">bugzilla.org</ulink>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">The Linux
- Documentation Project</ulink>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ The documentation for the most recent stable release of Bugzilla can also
+ be found at
+ <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org">The Linux Documentation Project</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
The latest version of this document can always be checked out via CVS.
@@ -125,43 +118,87 @@
numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent
contribution to the Bugzilla community:
</para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="mailto://mbarnson@sisna.com">Matthew P. Barnson</ulink>
- for the Herculaean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide and
- shepherding it to 2.14.
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="mailto://terry@mozilla.org">Terry Weissman</ulink>
- for initially writing Bugzilla and creating the
- README upon which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based.
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="mailto://tara@tequilarista.org">Tara Hernandez</ulink>
- for keeping Bugzilla development going
- strong after Terry left mozilla.org
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="mailto://dkl@redhat.com">Dave Lawrence</ulink>
- for providing insight into the key differences between Red Hat's
- customized Bugzilla, and being largely responsible for the "Red
- Hat Bugzilla" appendix
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="mailto://endico@mozilla.org">Dawn Endico</ulink> for
- being a hacker extraordinaire and putting up with my incessant
- questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools
- </para>
+
+ <!-- TODO: This is evil... there has to be a valid way to get this look -->
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Matthew P. Barnson <email>mbarnson@sisna.com</email></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for the Herculaean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide
+ and shepherding it to 2.14.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Terry Weissman <email>terry@mozilla.org</email></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for initially writing Bugzilla and creating the README upon
+ which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Tara Hernandez <email>tara@tequilarists.org</email></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for keeping Bugzilla development going strong after Terry left
+ mozilla.org and for running landfill.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Dave Lawrence <email>dkl@redhat.com</email></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for providing insight into the key differences between Red
+ Hat's customized Bugzilla, and being largely responsible for
+ <xref linkend="variant-redhat"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Dawn Endico <email>endico@mozilla.org</email></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for being a hacker extraordinaire and putting up with Matthew's
+ incessant questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Jacob Steenhagen <email>jake@bugzilla.org</email></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>for taking over documentation during the 2.17 development
+ period.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
<para>
Last but not least, all the members of the
- <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools"> netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</ulink> newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened.
+ <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools"/>
+ newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches,
+ this could never have happened.
</para>
<para>
Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions
- to this documentation (in no particular order):
- </para>
- <para>
- Zach Liption, Andrew Pearson, Spencer Smith, Eric Hanson, Kevin Brannen,
- Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins, Gervase Markham.
+ to this documentation (in alphabetical order):
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member>Andrew Pearson</member>
+ <member>Ben FrantzDale</member>
+ <member>Eric Hanson</member>
+ <member>Gervase Markham</member>
+ <member>Joe Robins</member>
+ <member>Kevin Brannen</member>
+ <member>Ron Teitelbaum</member>
+ <member>Spencer Smith</member>
+ <member>Zach Liption</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ .
</para>
</section>
@@ -184,7 +221,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End: -->
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml
index f04e2b5ce..afe50c789 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/conventions.xml b/docs/en/xml/conventions.xml
index 5e761d9f4..7e9eb5b04 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/conventions.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/conventions.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/gfdl.xml b/docs/en/xml/gfdl.xml
index 047646411..ae19501d2 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/gfdl.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/gfdl.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> -->
-<section id="gfdl">
+<appendix id="gfdl">
<title>GNU Free Documentation License</title>
<!-- - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) -->
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit their
use in free software.</para>
</section>
-</section>
+</appendix>
<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml b/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml
index 15b7fe948..807b7e647 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/glossary.xml
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv id="gloss-c">
- <title>
- </title>
+ <title>C</title>
<glossentry id="gloss-cgi">
<glossterm>Common Gateway Interface</glossterm>
@@ -252,14 +251,31 @@
should familiarize yourself with all of the documentation, some high
points are:
</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/r/Privilege_system.html">MySQL
- Privilege System</ulink> - Much more detailed information about
- the suggestions in <xref linkend="security-mysql"/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Backup.html">Backup</ulink></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Methods for backing up your Bugzilla database.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Option_files.html">Option Files</ulink></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Information about how to configure MySQL using
+ <filename>my.cnf</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Privilege_system.html">Privilege System</ulink></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Much more detailed information about the suggestions in
+ <xref linkend="security-mysql"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
@@ -410,13 +426,34 @@
<glossdiv id="gloss-z">
<title>Z</title>
- <glossentry id="zarro-boogs-found" xreflabel="Zarro Boogs Found">
+ <glossentry id="gloss-zarro">
<glossterm>Zarro Boogs Found</glossterm>
<glossdef>
- <para>This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a query
- returned no results. It is just a goofy way of saying "Zero Bugs
- Found".</para>
+ <para>This is just a goofy way of saying that there were no bugs
+ found matching your query. When asked to explain this message,
+ Terry had the following to say:
+ </para>
+
+ <blockquote>
+ <attribution>Terry Weissman</attribution>
+ <para>I've been asked to explain this ... way back when, when
+ Netscape released version 4.0 of its browser, we had a release
+ party. Naturally, there had been a big push to try and fix every
+ known bug before the release. Naturally, that hadn't actually
+ happened. (This is not unique to Netscape or to 4.0; the same thing
+ has happened with every software project I've ever seen.) Anyway,
+ at the release party, T-shirts were handed out that said something
+ like "Netscape 4.0: Zarro Boogs". Just like the software, the
+ T-shirt had no known bugs. Uh-huh.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>So, when you query for a list of bugs, and it gets no results,
+ you can think of this as a friendly reminder. Of *course* there are
+ bugs matching your query, they just aren't in the bugsystem yet...
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
@@ -437,7 +474,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/index.xml b/docs/en/xml/index.xml
index 7ca578cfc..7fc1a4c14 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/index.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/index.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
-->
+
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
index b9fee2cc8..89dfc224c 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ my $webservergid = '8'
<command>look GD</command>.
This should go through the motions of downloading the latest version of
the GD module, then it will open a shell and drop you into the build
- directory. Apply <ulink url="../sgml/gd-makefile.patch">this patch</ulink>
+ directory. Apply <ulink url="../xml/gd-makefile.patch">this patch</ulink>
to the Makefile.PL file (save the
patch into a file and use the command
<command>patch &lt; patchfile</command>.)
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/File/Temp.pm line 233.
<para>Numerous people have reported that upgrading to version 5.6.1
or higher solved the problem for them. A less involved fix is to apply
the patch in <xref linkend="trouble-filetemp-patch"/>. The patch is also
- available as a <ulink url="../sgml/filetemp.patch">patch file</ulink>.
+ available as a <ulink url="../xml/filetemp.patch">patch file</ulink>.
</para>
<figure id="trouble-filetemp-patch">
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/integration.xml b/docs/en/xml/integration.xml
index 1b0489fd9..514064d26 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/integration.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/integration.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-namecase-general:t
sgml-omittag:t
-sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter")
+sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter")
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-tag-region-if-active:t
End:
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/introduction.xml b/docs/en/xml/introduction.xml
index 3968702c6..8b09fe2b5 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/introduction.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/introduction.xml
@@ -1,39 +1,25 @@
<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
- <section id="what-is-bugzilla">
+ <section id="whatis">
<title>What is Bugzilla?</title>
<para>
Bugzilla is a bug- or issue-tracking system. Bug-tracking
systems allow individual or groups of developers effectively to keep track
- of outstanding problems with their products.
+ of outstanding problems with their product.
+ Bugzilla was originally
+ written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called TCL, to
+ replace a rudimentary bug-tracking database used internally by Netscape
+ Communications. Terry later ported Bugzilla to Perl from TCL, and in Perl
+ it remains to this day. Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors
+ at the time charged enormous licensing fees, and Bugzilla quickly became
+ a favorite of the open-source crowd (with its genesis in the open-source
+ browser project, Mozilla). It is now the de-facto standard
+ defect-tracking system against which all others are measured.
</para>
-
- <para><emphasis>Do we need more here?</emphasis></para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="why-tracking">
- <title>Why use a bug-tracking system?</title>
-
- <para>Those who do not use a bug-tracking system tend to rely on
- shared lists, email, spreadsheets and/or Post-It notes to monitor the
- status of defects. This procedure
- is usually error-prone and tends to cause those bugs judged least
- significant by developers to be dropped or ignored.</para>
-
- <para>Integrated defect-tracking systems make sure that nothing gets
- swept under the carpet; they provide a method of creating, storing,
- arranging and processing defect reports and enhancement requests.</para>
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="why-bugzilla">
- <title>Why use Bugzilla?</title>
- <para>Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking
- system. It boasts many advanced features, including:
+ <para>Bugzilla boasts many advanced features. These include:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Powerful searching</para>
@@ -68,12 +54,12 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Completely customizable and/or localizable web user
- interface</para>
+ <para>Web, XML, email and console interfaces</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Additional XML, email and console interfaces</para>
+ <para>Completely customisable and/or localisable web user
+ interface</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -85,7 +71,34 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="why">
+ <title>Why Should We Use Bugzilla?</title>
+
+ <para>For many years, defect-tracking software has remained principally
+ the domain of large software development houses. Even then, most shops
+ never bothered with bug-tracking software, and instead simply relied on
+ shared lists and email to monitor the status of defects. This procedure
+ is error-prone and tends to cause those bugs judged least significant by
+ developers to be dropped or ignored.</para>
+
+ <para>These days, many companies are finding that integrated
+ defect-tracking systems reduce downtime, increase productivity, and raise
+ customer satisfaction with their systems. Along with full disclosure, an
+ open bug-tracker allows manufacturers to keep in touch with their clients
+ and resellers, to communicate about problems effectively throughout the
+ data management chain. Many corporations have also discovered that
+ defect-tracking helps reduce costs by providing IT support
+ accountability, telephone support knowledge bases, and a common,
+ well-understood system for accounting for unusual system or software
+ issues.</para>
+
+ <para>But why should
+ <emphasis>you</emphasis>
+
+ use Bugzilla?</para>
+
<para>Bugzilla is very adaptable to various situations. Known uses
currently include IT support queues, Systems Administration deployment
management, chip design and development problem tracking (both
@@ -95,7 +108,22 @@
<ulink url="http://www.cvshome.org">CVS</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/bonsai.html">Bonsai</ulink>, or
<ulink url="http://www.perforce.com">Perforce SCM</ulink>, Bugzilla
- provides a powerful, easy-to-use configuration management solution.</para>
+ provides a powerful, easy-to-use solution to configuration management and
+ replication problems.</para>
+
+ <para>Bugzilla can dramatically increase the productivity and
+ accountability of individual employees by providing a documented workflow
+ and positive feedback for good performance. How many times do you wake up
+ in the morning, remembering that you were supposed to do
+ <emphasis>something</emphasis>
+ today, but you just can't quite remember? Put it in Bugzilla, and you
+ have a record of it from which you can extrapolate milestones, predict
+ product versions for integration, and follow the discussion trail
+ that led to critical decisions.</para>
+
+ <para>Ultimately, Bugzilla puts the power in your hands to improve your
+ value to your employer or business while providing a usable framework for
+ your natural attention to detail and knowledge store to flourish.</para>
</section>
</chapter>
diff --git a/docs/en/xml/patches.xml b/docs/en/xml/patches.xml
index 43f816758..84d83d333 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/patches.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/patches.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN">
+<!-- <!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> -->
<appendix id="patches" xreflabel="Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla">
<title>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</title>
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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/requiredsoftware.xml b/docs/en/xml/requiredsoftware.xml
index e36b6184a..95988ec83 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/requiredsoftware.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/requiredsoftware.xml
@@ -1,69 +1,70 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> -->
-
<appendix id="downloadlinks">
<title>Software Download Links</title>
- <para>
- All of these sites are current as of April, 2001. Hopefully
- they'll stay current for a while.
- </para>
- <para>
- Apache Web Server: <ulink url="http://www.apache.org/">http://www.apache.org</ulink>
- Optional web server for Bugzilla, but recommended because of broad user base and support.
- </para>
- <para>
- Bugzilla: <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/">
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</ulink>
- </para>
- <para>
- MySQL: <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/">http://www.mysql.com/</ulink>
+
+ <para>All of these sites are current as of April, 2001. Hopefully they'll
+ stay current for a while.</para>
+
+ <para>Apache Web Server:
+ <ulink url="http://www.apache.org/">http://www.apache.org</ulink>
+
+ Optional web server for Bugzilla, but recommended because of broad user
+ base and support.</para>
+
+ <para>Bugzilla:
+ <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org/">
+ http://www.bugzilla.org/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- Perl: <ulink url="http://www.perl.org">http://www.perl.org/</ulink>
+
+ <para>MySQL:
+ <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/">http://www.mysql.com/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- CPAN: <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/">http://www.cpan.org/</ulink>
+
+ <para>Perl:
+ <ulink url="http://www.perl.org">http://www.perl.org/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- DBI Perl module:
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/DBI/">
- ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/DBI/</ulink>
+
+ <para>CPAN:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/">http://www.cpan.org/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- Data::Dumper module:
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Data/">
- ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Data/</ulink>
+
+ <para>DBI Perl module:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBI/">
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBI/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- MySQL related Perl modules:
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Mysql/">
- ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Mysql/</ulink>
+
+ <para>Data::Dumper module:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Data/">
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Data/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- TimeDate Perl module collection:
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Date/">
- ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Date/</ulink>
+
+ <para>MySQL related Perl modules:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Mysql/">
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Mysql/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- GD Perl module:
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/GD/">
- ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/GD/</ulink>
- Alternately, you should be able to find the latest version of
- GD at <ulink url="http://www.boutell.com/gd/">http://www.boutell.com/gd/</ulink>
+
+ <para>TimeDate Perl module collection:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Date/">
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Date/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- Chart::Base module:
- <ulink url="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Chart/">
- ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Chart/</ulink>
+
+ <para>GD Perl module:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/GD/">
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/GD/</ulink>
+
+ Alternately, you should be able to find the latest version of GD at
+ <ulink url="http://www.boutell.com/gd/">http://www.boutell.com/gd/</ulink>
</para>
- <para>
- LinuxDoc Software:
- <ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">http://www.linuxdoc.org/</ulink>
- (for documentation maintenance)
+
+ <para>Chart::Base module:
+ <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Chart/">
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Chart/</ulink>
</para>
+ <para>(But remember, Bundle::Bugzilla will install all the modules for you.)
+ </para>
</appendix>
-
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