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authorgerv%gerv.net <>2002-07-28 07:03:53 +0200
committergerv%gerv.net <>2002-07-28 07:03:53 +0200
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Merging from 2.16 branch.
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-rw-r--r--docs/xml/gd-makefile.patch22
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diff --git a/docs/xml/gd-makefile.patch b/docs/xml/gd-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ec35a23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/xml/gd-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- GD-1.33/Makefile.PL Fri Aug 4 16:59:22 2000
++++ GD-1.33-darwin/Makefile.PL Tue Jun 26 01:29:32 2001
+@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
+ warn "NOTICE: This module requires libgd 1.8.3 or higher (shared library version 4.X).\n";
+
+ # =====> PATHS: CHECK AND ADJUST <=====
+-my @INC = qw(-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/gd);
+-my @LIBPATH = qw(-L/usr/lib/X11 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11/lib -L/usr/local/lib );
++my @INC = qw(-I/sw/include -I/sw/include/gd -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/gd);
++my @LIBPATH = qw(-L/usr/lib/X11 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/X11/lib -L/sw/lib -L/usr/local/lib);
+ my @LIBS = qw(-lgd -lpng -lz);
+
+ # FEATURE FLAGS
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+
+ push @LIBS,'-lttf' if $TTF;
+ push @LIBS,'-ljpeg' if $JPEG;
+-push @LIBS, '-lm' unless $^O eq 'MSWin32';
++push @LIBS, '-lm' unless ($^O =~ /^MSWin32|darwin$/);
+
+ # FreeBSD 3.3 with libgd built from ports croaks if -lXpm is specified
+ if ($^O ne 'freebsd' && $^O ne 'MSWin32') {
diff --git a/docs/xml/introduction.xml b/docs/xml/introduction.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33907552b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/xml/introduction.xml
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+<chapter id="introduction">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <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 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>Bugzilla boasts many advanced features. These include:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Powerful searching</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>User-configurable email notifications of bug changes</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Full change history</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Inter-bug dependency tracking and graphing</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Excellent attachment management</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Integrated, product-based, granular security schema</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Fully security-audited, and runs under Perl's taint mode</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>A robust, stable RDBMS back-end</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Web, XML, email and console interfaces</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Completely customisable and/or localisable web user
+ interface</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Extensive configurability</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Smooth upgrade pathway between versions</para>
+ </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
+ pre-and-post fabrication), and software and hardware bug tracking for
+ luminaries such as Redhat, NASA, Linux-Mandrake, and VA Systems.
+ Combined with systems such as
+ <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 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>
+
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