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| author | justdave%bugzilla.org <> | 2008-04-04 13:47:05 +0200 |
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| committer | justdave%bugzilla.org <> | 2008-04-04 13:47:05 +0200 |
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Bug 257534: Require Perl 5.8.1 or later when running on Windows with ActiveState Perl (there is no official CGI ppm build with a new enough version for Bugzilla on any earlier version of ActiveState Perl)
Patch by Byron Jones <bugzilla@glob.com.au>
r=justdave, a=justdave
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/rel_notes.txt | 2700 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/administration.xml | 1814 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/en/xml/installation.xml | 5 |
4 files changed, 824 insertions, 3711 deletions
diff --git a/docs/en/rel_notes.txt b/docs/en/rel_notes.txt index 614fcb5a1..3c53d609d 100644 --- a/docs/en/rel_notes.txt +++ b/docs/en/rel_notes.txt @@ -1,1428 +1,22 @@ -Release Notes for Bugzilla version 3.0 and higher are available in HTML -format, either on the bugzilla.org website, or in your current installation, -linked from the index page. - -bugzilla.org links for release notes ------------------------------------- -3.0.2: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/3.0.2/release-notes.html - *************************************** -*** The Bugzilla 2.22 Release Notes *** +*** The Bugzilla 2.18 Release Notes *** *************************************** -Table of Contents -***************** - -- Introduction -- Important Updates In This Point Release -- Minimum Requirements - * Perl - * For MySQL Users - * For PostgreSQL Users - * Required Perl Modules - * Optional Perl Modules -- What's New? - * Complete PostgreSQL Support - * Parameters In Sections - * One Codebase, Multiple Databases - * UTF-8 for New Installations - * Admins Can Impersonate Users - * Bug Import and Moving Improvements - * Adding Individual Bugs to Saved Searches - * Attach URLs - * Optional "Strict Isolation" for Groups - * "editcomponents" Change - * "shutdownhtml" Change - * Miscellaneous Improvements - * All Changes -- Deprecated Features -- Outstanding Issues (<======================== IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ) -- How to Upgrade From An Older Bugzilla - * Steps for Upgrading -- Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations - * CGI.pl is Gone - * Other Changes -- Security Fixes In 2.22 Releases -- Release Notes for Previous Versions - -Introduction -************ -Bugzilla 2.22 is one of our most polished releases. We did a lot of -small cleanups to make Bugzilla easier to use and more useful in -many, many small ways, in addition to adding some major new features. - -This document contains the release notes for Bugzilla 2.22. -In this document, recently added, changed, and removed features -of Bugzilla are described. If you are upgrading from an older version, -you will definitely want to read these release notes in detail, so that -you have an idea of what has changed. - -If you are upgrading from a version before 2.20, also read the 2.20 -release notes (lower in this file) and any previous release notes. - -If you are installing a new Bugzilla, you will still want to look over -the release notes to see if there is any particularly important -information that affects your installation. - -If you would like to contribute code to Bugzilla, read our -Contributor's Guide at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/contributor.html - - -Important Updates In This Point Release -*************************************** - -This section describes bugs fixed in releases after the original 2.22 -release. - -Version 2.22.2 --------------- - -+ Make Bugzilla compatible with Template Toolkit 2.15 (bug 357374) - -+ Make Bugzilla compatible with versions of MySQL higher than 5.0.25 - (bug 321645) - -+ Sanity Check can now only be run by people with the "admin" privilege. - (bug 91761) - -Version 2.22.1 --------------- - -+ When sending mail, Bugzilla could throw the error "Insecure dependency in - exec while running with -T switch" (bug 340538). - -+ Using the public webdot server (for dependency graphs) should work - again (bug 351243). - -+ The "I'm added to or removed from this capacity" email preference - wasn't working for new bugs (bug 349852). - -+ The original release of 2.22 incorrectly said it required Template-Toolkit - version 2.08. In actual fact, Bugzilla requires version 2.10 (bug 351478). - -+ votes.cgi would crash if your bug was the one confirming a bug (bug 351300). - -+ checksetup.pl now correctly reports if your Template::Plugin::GD module - is missing. If missing, it could lead to charts and graphs not working - (bug 345389). - -+ The "Keyword" field on buglist.cgi was not sorted alphabetically, so - it wasn't very useful for sorting (bug 342828). - -+ Sendmail will no longer complain about there being a newline in the - email address, when Bugzilla sends mail (bug 331365). - -+ contrib/bzdbcopy.pl would try to insert an invalid value into the - database, unnecessarily (bug 335572). - -+ Deleting a bug now correctly deletes its attachments from the database - (bug 339667). - - -Minimum Requirements -******************** - -Perl ----- - - Perl v5.6.1 (Non-Windows platforms) - ActiveState Perl v5.8.1 (Windows only) - - Note that this is the last release of Bugzilla to support perl 5.6.x-- - future versions will require perl 5.8. - -For MySQL Users ---------------- - - MySQL v4.0.14 (changed from 2.20) - perl module: DBD::mysql v2.9003 (changed from 2.18) - -For PostgreSQL Users --------------------- - - PostgreSQL 7.3.x - perl module: DBD::Pg 1.31 (1.41 required for PostgreSQL 8+) - - WARNING: DBD::Pg 1.43 has a bug which causes checksetup.pl to fail - and corrupt the database. If you are using DBD::Pg 1.43, either downgrade - to 1.41 or upgrade to 1.45 (1.42 and 1.44 seem broken somehow too). - - Note that this is the last release of Bugzilla to support PostgreSQL 7.x. - Future versions will require PostgreSQL 8.0 and DBD::Pg 1.45. - -Required Perl Modules ---------------------- - - AppConfig v1.52 - CGI v2.93 - Data::Dumper (any) - Date::Format v2.21 - DBI v1.38 - File::Spec v0.84 - File::Temp (any) - Template Toolkit v2.10 (changed from 2.20) - Text::Wrap v2001.0131 - Mail::Mailer v1.67 (changed from 2.20) - MIME::Base64 v3.01 (new in 2.22) - MIME::Parser v5.406 (new in 2.22) - Storable (any) - - Note: The SMTP support in Mail::Mailer 1.73 (the most recent version) - is broken. The last known working version is 1.67. - -Optional Perl Modules ---------------------- - - Chart::Base v1.0 - GD v1.20 - GD::Graph (any) - GD::Text::Align (any) - Net::LDAP (any) - PatchReader v0.9.4 - XML::Twig (any) (new in 2.22) - Image::Magick (new in 2.22) - - -What's New? -*********** - -Complete PostgreSQL Support ---------------------------- -Bugzilla 2.20 contained experimental support for PostgreSQL. -In Bugzilla 2.22, PostgreSQL support is fully complete and stable. Using -PostgreSQL with Bugzilla should be as stable as using MySQL, and if -you experience any problems they will be taken as seriously as if you -were running MySQL. - -There are no known remaining major problems with Bugzilla on PostgreSQL. -All features of Bugzilla have been tested and work. - - -Parameters In Sections ----------------------- -Long-time users of Bugzilla know that over time the parameter list has -grown quite large. It has now been split into sections to make it easier -to use. - - -One Codebase, Multiple Databases --------------------------------- -There is now limited support for having multiple projects use the -same Bugzilla codebase, but all have separate databases. - -The different projects can have their own templates and their own -bug database, but all use the same set of Bugzilla code in the same -directory. - -To enable this, set an environment variable called PROJECT when -calling the Bugzilla CGIs. Then for each project, you can have -a localconfig.PROJECT (where "PROJECT" is the value of the PROJECT -environment variable) file for the database parameters, and a -template/en/PROJECT directory (where "PROJECT" is the value of the -PROJECT environment variable) - -This feature isn't documented yet, but we hope to have documentation for -it soon. - - -UTF-8 For New Installations ---------------------------- -If this is the first time you're installing Bugzilla, it will now use -UTF-8 encoding for all pages, automatically. It will also send emails -in UTF-8. This eliminates most of the internationalization problems -users have experienced, as one Bugzilla page may now contain any number -of languages simultaneously. - -If you are upgrading and you want to use UTF-8, just turn on the "utf8" -Parameter. However, realize that if you have non-UTF-8 data in your -Bugzilla, it will appear unreadable. (If you just have ASCII in your -database, you're safe to turn on the "utf8" parameter, definitely.) - - -Admins Can Impersonate Users ----------------------------- -User impersonation (think of the su/sudo command on Unix) allows you -to view pages and perform actions as if you are logged in as someone else, -without having to know their password. - -A user in the new "bz_sudoers" group has the option of "becoming" -any user in Bugzilla. Once they "become" that user, they *are* that user -for the rest of the session, until they decide to switch back to being -themselves. - -However, they cannot "become" any user in the "bz_sudo_protect" group. -This group includes everybody in the "admin" and "bz_sudoers" groups by -default. - -Any time a user is impersonated, they will get an email notifying them -who has impersonated them. - - -Bug Import and Moving Improvements ----------------------------------- -The XML Import script, importxml.pl, has been completely re-written. - -It now: - - * Correctly imports the "priority" field - * Understands when the "Reporter" or "CC List" security boxes - are unchecked on the bug. - * Places bugs in the appropriate groups - * Allows attachments to be imported - * Is much more forgiving about small problems in the XML - - -Adding Individual Bugs to Saved Searches (Tagging) --------------------------------------------------- -Users now have the option of adding an individual bug to any -particular Saved Search. Individual users that disagree with the site -default can add or remove this feature (which appears as an entry box -visible in the footer) by changing the General Preferences setting -called "Enable tags for bugs". - - -Attach URLs ------------ -Instead of attaching a file, you can now also attach a URL to a bug. -This will show up just like an attachment on show_bug.cgi, but when -you click on it, it will take you to the URL. - -To enable this, turn on the "allow_attach_url" parameter. - - -Optional "Strict Isolation" for Groups --------------------------------------- -If you turn on the "strict_isolation" parameter in Bugzilla, you -will *not* be able to add any user to the CC field (or set them -as an Assignee or QA Contact) unless that user could normally see -the bug. That is, you will no longer be able to "accidentally" -(or intentionally) give somebody access to a bug that they -otherwise couldn't see. - - -"editcomponents" Change ------------------------ -Previously, all users who had "editcomponents" could see every Product, -using the editcomponents.cgi script. Now, users with "editcomponents" -can only see Products that they normally have access to. - -This restriction also affects editversions.cgi, editmilestones.cgi and -editproducts.cgi. - - -"shutdownhtml" Change ---------------------- -All of Bugzilla is now affected by the "shutdownhtml" parameter, -including command-line scripts. checksetup.pl is exempt. Many scripts -(such as collectstats.pl and whine.pl) will just exit silently when -"shutdownhtml" is turned on. - - -Miscellaneous Improvements --------------------------- - -- Added a frequently-requested user preference for whether or not to go - to the next bug in your list after submitting changes to a bug. - -- The ability to do relative date searches (like "1d" for "1 day" or "1w" - for "1 week") by hour now, in addition to days and other units of time. - -- "Alias" added to the New Bug form, for users with editbugs. - -- Users can now actually see the descriptions of flags that you enter - in editflagtypes.cgi. The description will appear as a tooltip - when a user places their mouse over the flag name on show_bug.cgi. - -- Bugzilla will optionally convert BMP attachments into PNGs for you. - See the "convert_uncompressed_images" in the "Attachments" section - of the Parameters. - -- You can now edit the Status Whiteboard when you are changing multiple - bugs at once. - -- The way that groups work in the database has changed, and large-scale - Bugzilla use with many concurrent users should be much faster, as a - result. (Technical Details: The need for Bugzilla to "derive groups" - has gone away pretty much entirely.) - -- Performance improvements on searching attachment information that's not - the actual content of the attachment (such as searching the Attachment - Description or the Attachment MIME Type) - -- You can now specify multiple email addresses, comma-separated, when - setting the requestee of a flag, and it will set the flag once for each - of those email addresses - -- "Bug Creation Time" is now searchable in the Boolean Charts. - -- When you mark a comment on a bug as private, the background color - of the comment will change immediately. However, in order for - Bugzilla to register that the comment is now private, you still - have to "submit" the changes. - -- Emails sent from Bugzilla now have "X-Bugzilla-Keywords" and - "X-Bugzilla-Severity" by default, containing the information - from the related Bugzilla fields. - -- You can now change the assignee and QA contact on multiple bugs at - once even when those bugs are in different products. - -- contrib/merge-users.pl allows you to merge two user accounts. This is - particulary useful when a user opened several accounts and only one should - be kept. It also lets you merge a deleted account with an existing one. - -All Changes ------------ - -If you'd like to see all the changes between Bugzilla 2.20 and Bugzilla -2.22, see: - -http://tinyurl.com/9p2tm - - -Deprecated Features -******************* - -- This is the last release of Bugzilla to support perl 5.6.x. All future - versions of Bugzilla will require at least perl 5.8. - - This is the last release of Bugzilla to support PostgreSQL 7.x. Future - releases using PostgreSQL will require PostgreSQL 8.0 and DBD::Pg 1.45. - -Outstanding Issues -****************** - -- bug 305836: PostgreSQL users: do not use DBD::Pg version 1.43 with - Bugzilla. It has a bug which can corrupt the database. Version 1.41 - is fine. Version 1.45 or higher is fine too. - -- (No Bug Number) VERY IMPORTANT: If you have customized the values in - your Status/Resolution field, you must edit checksetup.pl BEFORE YOU - RUN IT. Find the line that starts like this: - - bug_status => ["UNCONFIRMED", - - That's where you set the values for the Status field. - - resolution => ["","FIXED", - - And that's where you set values for the Resolution field. - - Those are both near line 1826 in checksetup.pl. - - If you forget to do this, you will have to manually edit the "bug_status" - and "resolution" tables in the database to contain the correct values. - -- bug 276230: The support for restricting access to particular Categories of - New Charts is not complete. You should treat the 'chartgroup' Param as the - only access mechanism available. However, additionally, charts migrated from - Old Charts will be restricted to the groups that are marked MANDATORY for - the corresponding Product. There is currently no way to change this - restriction, and the groupings will not be updated if the group configuration - for the Product changes. - -- bug 37765: If you use the "sendmail" support of Bugzilla, - and you use an MTA which is *not* Sendmail (such as Postfix, Exim, etc.) - make sure the "sendmailnow" parameter is ON or Bugzilla will not send - e-mail correctly. - -- bug 69621: If you rename or remove a keyword that is in use on bugs, you will - need to rebuild the "keyword cache" by running sanitycheck.cgi and choosing - the option to rebuild the cache when it asks. Otherwise keywords may not show - up properly in search results. - -- (No Bug Number) If you have a lot of non-ASCII data in your Bugzilla (for - example, if you use a translation of Bugzilla), don't enable the XS::Stash - option when you install the Template Toolkit, or your Bugzilla installation - may become slow. This problem is fixed in a not-yet-released version of the - Template Toolkit (after 2.14). - -- Bug 99215: Flags are not protected by "mid-air collision" detection. - Nor are any attachment changes. - -- Bug 89822: When changing multiple bugs at the same time, there is no - "mid-air collision" protection. - -- bug 322955: The email interface (bug_mail.pl) in the contrib/ directory - has not been maintained (as it has no maintainer), and does not work - properly. We hope to have this fixed in our next major release of - Bugzilla; however, any help or contributions in this area are very - welcome. - - -How to Upgrade From An Older Bugzilla -************************************* - -NOTE: Upgrading from a large installation (over 10,000 bugs) running 2.18 - or before may take a significant amount of time. checksetup will - try to let you know how long it will take, but expect downtime - of an hour or more if you have many bugs, many attachments, - or many users. - -Steps for Upgrading -------------------- - -1) Read these entire Release Notes, particularly the "Outstanding Issues" - and "Security Fixes" sections. - -2) View the Sanity Check (sanitycheck.cgi) page on your installation before - upgrading. Attempt to fix all warnings that the page produces before - you go any further, or you may experience problems during your upgrade. - -3) Make a backup of the Bugzilla database before you upgrade, perhaps - by using mysqldump. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. If anything goes wrong - during the upgrade, your installation can be corrupted beyond - recovery. Having a backup keeps you safe. - - Example: - - mysqldump -u root -p bugs > bugs-db.sql - -4) Replace the files in your installation with the new version of Bugzilla, - or you can try to use CVS to upgrade. The bugzilla.org website has - instructions on how to do the actual installation. - - You can also use a brand-new Bugzilla directory, as long as you - copy over the old data/ directory and the "localconfig" file to the - new installation. - -5) Run checksetup.pl after you install the new version. - -7) View the Sanity Check page again after you run checksetup.pl. - -8) It is recommended that, if possible, you fix any problems you find - immediately. Failure to do this may mean that Bugzilla will not work - correctly. Be aware that if the sanity check page contains more errors after - an upgrade, it doesn't necessarily mean there are more errors in your - database, as additional tests are added to the sanity check over time, and - it is possible that those errors weren't being checked for in the old - version. - -9) This version of Bugzilla contains improvements to the email that - Bugzilla sends when a bug is changed. The template for that email - is contained in the "newchangedmail" parameter. If you would like - to take advantage of the email enhancements in this version of - Bugzilla, reset that parameter to its default. (You can customize - it after that again, if you want.) - - -Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations -******************************************** - -CGI.pl is Gone --------------- -The CGI.pl file, which used to contain many global functions, and which -also contained initialization code for every CGI, is gone. The functions -have been moved to various places and sometimes renamed. - -The initialization code that used to happen inside CGI.pl is now inside -of Bugzilla.pm. All CGIs must "use Bugzilla" in one way or another. (Some -CGIs "use Bugzilla" by doing "require globals.pl".) - - -Deriving Groups No Longer Happens ---------------------------------- -Bugzilla no longer needs to "derive groups" in advance. That is, previously -Bugzilla used to flatten the group heirarchy into the user_group_map -table. (That is, show that a user was in every group they were in, -even if they were only in that group because they belonged to *another* -group.) Now the table only contains groups that the user is in directly, -and groups that they are in because of a regexp. - -Instead, The Bugzilla::User->group function determines the groups a user -is in when called. - -We did this because the group derivation was causing a lot of complexity -in the code, and also deriving the groups was a slow process that -frequently had to happen inside of a database lock while sending mail -or viewing a bug list. - -See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304583 for details. - - -Other Changes -------------- - -- The move.pl script's functionality has been merged into process_bug.cgi. - -- $::template and $::vars are gone from globals.pl. Instead of $::template, - use Bugzilla->template. Every script creates the $vars variable by itself - instead of using a global $::vars variable. - -- $::userid is gone. Instead use Bugzilla->user->id. - -- QuickSearch is now in perl instead of in JavaScript. The code is in - Bugzilla/Search/QuickSearch.pm. This makes it much easier to customize, - and it also fixes some long-standing issues that QuickSearch had. - -- Attachment data is now in the attach_data table. Other information - about attachments is still in the "attachments" table. - -- Much like the 2.20 release, many functions have been removed from - globals.pl and CGI.pl. They were moved elsewhere and renamed. - Search RESOLVED bugs in bugzilla.mozilla.org for the old - version of the function name, and that will usually show you - the bug where we moved the function, allowing you to find out - what the new name and location is. - -- This is the last release that contains the deprecated - SendSQL, SqlQuote, FetchSqlData, MoreSqlData, and FetchOneColumn - functions. Instead, you should use DBI functions. For a very brief - example, see: - - http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#sql-sendreceive - - -Security Fixes in 2.22 Releases -******************************* - -A long-standing, well-known security issue is finally resolved in Bugzilla -2.22: Previously, the "Session ID" of each user could be easily guessed, -given enough time. This could have allowed an attacker to take over a -user's account, in certain circumstances. Now, the "Session ID" is totally -random, resolving this issue. See bug 119524 in bugzilla.mozilla.org for -details. - -If you are very concerned about the security of your Bugzilla installation, -it would be a very good idea to run the following command on your -database immediately after upgrading: - -TRUNCATE TABLE logincookies; - -This is actually safe to do at any time--it just forces a logout of -every single user, even those with saved sessions. (It invalidates -every login cookie Bugzilla has ever given out.) - -Version 2.22.2 --------------- - -A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability is fixed in Bugzilla 2.22.2. You can -read the details of the fix at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.3/ - -Version 2.22.1 --------------- - -The Bugzilla team fixed two Information Leaks and three Cross-Site -Scripting vulnerabilities that existed in versions of Bugzilla -prior to 2.22.1. We strongly recommend that you update any 2.22 -installation to 2.22.1, to be protected from these vulnerabilities. - -In addition, we have made an enhancement to security in this version -of Bugzilla. In previous versions, it was possible for malicious -users to exploit administrators in certain ways. Although this has -never happened (to our knowledge) in the real world, we thought it -was important that we protect administrators from this sort of attack. - -You can see details on all the vulnerabilities and enhancements at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.5/ - - -Release Notes For Previous Versions -************************************ - -*************************************** -*** The Bugzilla 2.20 Release Notes *** -*************************************** - -Table of Contents -***************** - -- Introduction -- Important Updates in this Point Release - * Version 2.20.1 - * Version 2.20.2 -- Minimum Requirements - * Perl - * For MySQL Users - * For PostgreSQL Users - * Required Perl Modules - * Optional Perl Modules -- What's New? - * Experimental PostgreSQL Support - * New User-Interface Color/Style - * Higher-Level Categorization of Bugs (above "Product") - * Regular Reports by Email of Complex Queries ("Whining") - * "Environment Variable" Authentication Method - * User-List Drop-Down Menus - * Server-Side Comment Wrapping - * UI for Editing Priority, OS, Platform, and Severity - * Bugzilla Queries as RSS - * Choice of E-Mail Sending Methods - * "User Preferences" - * "Large Attachment" Storage - * "User Visibility" Controls - * Miscellaneous Improvements - * All Changes -- Deprecated Features -- Outstanding Issues (<======================== IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ) -- How to Upgrade From An Older Bugzilla - * Steps for Upgrading -- Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations - * The New Database-Compatibility Layer - * If You Customize Your Database... - * Many Functions Renamed - * User Preferences - * Other Changes -- Security Fixes In 2.20 Releases -- Release Notes for Previous Versions - - -Introduction -************ - -This document contains the release notes for Bugzilla 2.20. -In this document, recently added, changed, and removed features -of Bugzilla are described. If you are upgrading from an older version, -you will definitely want to read these release notes in detail, so that -you have an idea of what has changed. - -If you are upgrading from a version before 2.18, also read the 2.18 release -notes (lower in this file) and any previous release notes. - -If you are installing a new Bugzilla, you will still want to look over -the release notes to see if there is any particularly important information -that affects your installation. - -The 2.20 release has had about nine months of development since 2.18, but -they were nearly the most active nine months in Bugzilla's history. We hope -that users will appreciate our many external changes, and that Bugzilla -administators will find that our internal changes make their lives easier. - -If you would like to contribute code to Bugzilla, read our -Contributor's Guide at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/contributor.html - - -Important Updates In This Point Release -*************************************** - -Version 2.20.1 --------------- - -+ Many PostgreSQL fixes, including fixing whine.pl on Pg 8 - (bug 301062) and fixing the --regenerate option of collectstats.pl - for all versions of Pg (bug 316971). However, users who want full - PostgreSQL support are encouraged to use the 2.22 series, as - certain PostgreSQL bugs were discovered that will not be fixed - in 2.20 (their fixes were too complex). - -+ In Bugzilla 2.20, the "administrator" user created by checksetup.pl - would not ever be sent email, because their email preferences were - left blank. This has been fixed for 2.20.1. However, if you created - this administrative user with Bugzilla 2.20, make sure to go back - and enable their Email Preferences. (bug 317489) - -+ The bzdbcopy.pl script mentioned in these release notes - has now actually been checked-in to the 2.20 branch, and so - it's included in this release. (bug 291776) - -+ When there's only one Classification, you now won't be required - to pick a Classification on bug entry. (bug 311489) - -+ You can no longer add dependencies on bugs you can't see. - (bug 141593) - -+ The CC list is included in "New" bug emails, again. (bug 313661) - -+ In the original 2.20, certain scripts were not correctly using - the "shadow database," if it was specified. This has been fixed - in 2.20.1. (bug 313695) - -+ "Saved Searches" that were saved before Bugzilla 2.20, would throw - an error if they contained "Days Since Bug Changed." as part of their - criteria. This has been fixed in Bugzilla 2.20.1. (bug 302599) - -+ You can now successfully delete a product even when Target Milestones - are turned off. (bug 317025) - -+ checksetup.pl now correctly pre-compiles templates for languages other - than English. (bug 304417) - -+ The "All Closed" chart that is created by default in New Charts - now actually represents all closed bugs, and not all bugs in the - product. (bug 300473) - -+ CSV bug lists with more than 1000 dates now work properly. (bug 257813) - -+ Various bugs with upgrading from previous versions of Bugzilla - have been fixed. (bug 307662, bug 311047, bug 310108) - -+ Many, many other bug fixes. See http://www.bugzilla.org/status/changes.html - for details on what was fixed between 2.20 and 2.20.1. - - -Version 2.20.2 --------------- - -+ Adding a new attachment and taking the bug at the same time does not - create a referential integrity problem anymore if the bug was marked as - a duplicate (bug 332705). - -+ Some additional admin links have been added to the sidebar (bug 282613). - -+ A new test has been added to our test suite, named 012throwables.t. - It will now make sure that all tags used in ThrowUserError() and - ThrowCodeError() are defined, and that there are no unused tags (bug 312042). - -+ whine.pl now works correctly on MySQL 4.0. MySQL 4.1 is not affected - (bug 327348). - -+ contrib/merge-users.pl allows you to merge two user accounts. This is - especially useful when a user opened several accounts and only one - should be kept (bug 188264). - -+ The login form on index.cgi again works correctly on a fresh installation - (bug 328108). - -+ Email preferences are now set correctly when creating a new user account - using the ENV method (bug 327355). - - -Minimum Requirements -******************** - -Perl ----- - - Perl v5.6.1 (changed from 2.18) (Non-Windows platforms) - ActiveState Perl v5.8.1 (Windows only) - -For MySQL Users ---------------- - - MySQL v3.23.41 (Note: 2.22 will require MySQL 4.x) - perl module: DBD::mysql v2.9003 (changed from 2.18) - -For PostgreSQL Users (new in 2.20) --------------------- - - PostgreSQL 7.3.x (8.x has received less testing) - perl module: DBD::Pg 1.31 (1.41 required for PostgreSQL 8+) - -Required Perl Modules ---------------------- - - AppConfig v1.52 - CGI v2.93 - Data::Dumper (any) - Date::Format v2.21 - DBI v1.38 (changed from 2.18) - File::Spec v0.84 (changed from 2.18) - File::Temp (any) - Template Toolkit v2.08 - Text::Wrap v2001.0131 - Mail::Mailer 1.65 (new in 2.20) - Storable (any) (new in 2.20) - -Optional Perl Modules ---------------------- - - Chart::Base v1.0 - GD v1.20 - GD::Graph (any) - GD::Text::Align (any) - Net::LDAP (any) - PatchReader v0.9.4 - XML::Parser (any) - - -What's New? -*********** - -Experimental PostgreSQL Support -------------------------------- - -In addition to MySQL, Bugzilla now also supports PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL -support is still somewhat experimental. Although most major features of -Bugzilla work on PostgreSQL in 2.20, there are probably still a few bugs -that need to be worked out. - -PostgreSQL support in 2.20 is acceptable for smaller production -environments that don't mind running into a bug or two now and then. - - -New User-Interface Color/Style ------------------------------- - -You'll notice that Bugzilla looks a bit nicer, now! We've made a few -color and style changes to update the overall "feel" of Bugzilla's -User Inteface. We plan to do even more work on the UI for 2.22. - - -Higher-Level Categorization of Bugs (above "Product") ------------------------------------------------------ - -Previous Bugzillas had "Products" that you could file bugs in, -and "Components" for those products. Now, "Products" can be grouped -into "Classifications." - -To enable this, a Bugzilla administrator can turn on the -"useclassification" parameter, using editparams.cgi. - - -Regular Reports by Email of Complex Queries ("Whining") -------------------------------------------------------- - -You can now tell Bugzilla to do a specific query (or set of queries) -every X minutes/hours/days, and send you the results by email. This is -great for keeping track on a daily basis of what's going on in -your Bugzilla. - - -"Environment Variable" Authentication Method --------------------------------------------- - -You can now tell Bugzilla to accept a certain value passed in from -Apache as authentication for Bugzilla users. This means that Bugzilla -now "supports" any type of authentication that Apache supports. - -To use this, set the "user_info_class" parameter to "ENV" and, at a -minimum, set the "auth_env_email" parameter to the name of the -Environment variable that passes the authenticated user (usually -"REMOTE_USER"). If your webserver knows users' real names as well, also -set the "auth_env_realname" parameter. If you are using a true -single-signon system that assigns an identifier uniquely to an -individual, even across changes of email address, then set -"auth_env_id" to the name of that variable. - - -User-List Drop-Down Menus -------------------------- - -Now, anywhere in Bugzilla where you previously had to type in an -email address by hand, you have the choice of having Bugzilla instead -display a drop-down menu of users to pick from. - -This feature is best for small installations with few users, because -on large installations the list grows too large to be useful. - -To enable the feature, turn on the "usemenuforusers" parameter in -editparams.cgi. - - -Server-Side Comment Wrapping ----------------------------- - -In older Bugzillas, comments were wrapped to 80 characters by the -user's web browser, and then stored in the database that way. This caused -problems because some browsers did not wrap comments properly. - -Now, Bugzilla stores comments unwrapped and wraps them at display time, so -all new comments should be properly wrapped. Also, when you upgrade, Bugzilla -will look for old "mis-wrapped" comments and attempt to wrap them properly. - -Lines beginning with the ">" character are assumed to be quotes, and are -*not* wrapped. - - -UI for Editing Priority, OS, Platform, and Severity ---------------------------------------------------- - -Bugzilla now has a User Interface for adding and removing values -from the OS, Platform, Priority, and Severity fields. You can also -rename values. Any user in the "editcomponents" group can click -on the "Field Values" link in their page footer to edit these fields. - -Also, the default list of choices for OS and Platform for new -installations is now much smaller. Old installations will keep -the same list they have now. - - -Bugzilla Queries as RSS ------------------------ - -You can now view a Bugzilla query as valid RSS 1.0. This means that you -could add a particular query to your RSS aggregator, if you wanted, to -keep track of changes in Bugzilla. - -To see a query as RSS, just click on the "RSS" link on the bottom of -your query results. Your query must return at least 1 result in order -for you to see the link. - - -Choice of E-Mail Sending Methods --------------------------------- - -Bugzilla now uses perl's Mail::Mailer to send e-mail. This means that -you have several choices of how Bugzilla can send email. By default, it -still uses sendmail, but it can also use SMTP, qmail, or send all email -to a file instead of out to users. - -A Bugzilla administrator can change which method is used by setting the -"mail_delivery_method" parameter in editparams.cgi. - - -"User Preferences" ------------------- - -Bugzilla users will now notice a section in their Preferences called -"General Preferences." Administrators will notice a new link called -"User Preferences." - -The Preferences system allows Bugzilla developers to specify arbitrary -"user preferences" that change the behavior of certain parts of Bugzilla. -Administrators can control whether or not users are allowed to use these -preferences, and what the default settings are for a user who is not -logged in. - -The first two preferences that we have implemented are: - + "Show a quip at the top of each bug list" - + "When viewing a bug, show comments in this order..." - -We plan to implement more preferences in the future. - - -"Large Attachment" Storage --------------------------- - -Bugzilla can now store very large attachments on disk instead of in the -database. These attachments can't be searched with Boolean Charts, but -they also don't take up database space, and they can be deleted individually -by the admin. - -When uploading an attachment, a user chooses if it's a "Big File." If so, -it's stored on the disk instead of in the database. - -To enable this feature, set the "maxlocalattachmentsize" parameter to -a non-zero value, in editparams.cgi. - - -"User Visibility" Controls --------------------------- - -It is now possible to prevent users from encountering all other users when -using user-matching or drop-down userlists. To enable this restriction, -enable the "usevisibilitygroups" parameter. Once this is enabled, each -group's permissions will include a new column for "visible." The members -of any group for which the group being edited is visible will be -able to user-match this groups's users or see them in dropdown lists. - -This does not control who a user can CC on a bug, only who they can -see in the user-matching lists or drop-downs. - -Miscellaneous Improvements --------------------------- - -- Marking an attachment as obsolete will now cancel all pending flag - requests for that attachment. That is, any flag that was set to "?" - on that attachment will be cleared. - -- You can now see which users are "watching" you, on the email - preferences page. - -- You can tell Bugzilla to mark certain comments in a different - color by adding "&mark=1,2,3,5-7" to the end of the show_bug.cgi URL, - where "1,2,3,5-7" means "highlight comment 1, comment 2, comment 3, and - comments 5 through 7." - -- "QA Contact" now also appears on the New Bug page, if QA Contacts are - enabled on your installation. - -- Bugzilla email now has the "In-Reply-To" header added to it, so if - you use an email client that supports threads, you can view your - Bugzilla email in threads. If you are upgrading to a new version of - Bugzilla, and you want this support, please see the instructions at: - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=172267 - -- The email preferences system has been slightly updated. You will notice - the changes on your Email Preferences page. - -- You can now negate individual "boolean charts" (in the - "Advanced Searching" section at the bottom of the "Advanced - Search" page). That is, you can add "NOT" to the front of them. - -- You can add the words %assignee%, %reporter%, %user% (yourself), or - %qacontact% on the right-hand side of a Boolean Chart. For example, you - could make a Boolean Chart which said "Reporter" "does not equal" - "%assignee%". That would give you all bugs where the Reporter was not - the same as the Assignee. - -- You can now search Boolean Charts by "commenter." - -- If you have a group with no name, it will be re-named to "group_#" where - "#" is the numeric Bugzilla Group ID for that group. - -- If you are using time-tracking, you can now see a report of time spent - on bugs using summarize_time.cgi. - -- If you are using time-tracking, bugzilla will now set "hours remaining" - to "0" automatically if you RESOLVE a bug, whether you are in the - time-tracking group or not. - - -Deprecated Features -******************* - -- Bugzilla 2.20 is the last Bugzilla version to support MySQL 3.23.x. - Starting with Bugzilla 2.22, Bugzilla will require MySQL 4.0.x. This will - allow Bugzilla to take advantage of the advanced features of MySQL 4. - - -Outstanding Issues -****************** - -- (No Bug Number) VERY IMPORTANT: If you have customized the values in - your Status/Resolution field, you must edit checksetup.pl BEFORE YOU - RUN IT. Find the line that starts like this: - - bug_status => ["UNCONFIRMED", - - That's where you set the values for the Status field. - - resolution => ["","FIXED", - - And that's where you set values for the Resolution field. - - Those are both near line 1826 in checksetup.pl. - - If you forget to do this, you will have to manually edit the "bug_status" - and "resolution" tables in the database to contain the correct values. - -- bug 37765: VERY IMPORTANT: If you use the "sendmail" support of Bugzilla, - and you use an MTA which is *not* Sendmail (such as Postfix, Exim, etc.) - you MUST turn on the "sendmailnow" parameter or Bugzilla will not send - e-mail correctly. - -- (No Bug Number) If you close your web browser while the process_bug.cgi - or post_bug.cgi screen is running, not all emails will be sent, and - the next time that that bug is updated, there will be two updates. This - is because of a behavior of Apache that is beyond our control. - -- bug 276230: The support for restricting access to particular Categories of - New Charts is not complete. You should treat the 'chartgroup' Param as the - only access mechanism available. However, additionally, charts migrated from - Old Charts will be restricted to the groups that are marked MANDATORY for - the corresponding Product. There is currently no way to change this - restriction, and the groupings will not be updated if the group configuration - for the Product changes. This will not be fixed in the 2.20 branch. - -- bug 69621: If you rename or remove a keyword that is in use on bugs, you will - need to rebuild the "keyword cache" by running sanitycheck.cgi and choosing - the option to rebuild the cache when it asks. Otherwise keywords may not show - up properly in search results. - -- (No Bug Number) If you have a lot of non-ASCII data in your Bugzilla (for - example, if you use a translation of Bugzilla), don't enable the XS::Stash - option when you install the Template Toolkit, or your Bugzilla installation - may become slow. This problem is fixed in a not-yet-released version of the - Template Toolkit (after 2.14). - -- If at any time you upgraded from a version of Bugzilla between 2.17.4 - - 2.17.7 to either 2.18rc3 or 2.19.1, you must manually fix your New Charts in - order for them to work. See the following link for instructions on how to do - this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276237#c18 - If you are using 2.18rc3, but did not upgrade from version 2.17.4 or newer, - then you don't need to do this. - -- (No Bug Number) If your DBI is really, really old, Bugzilla might fail - with a strange error message when you try to run checksetup.pl. Try - upgrading your DBI using: perl -MCPAN -e'install DBI' - -- Bug 126266: Bugzilla does not use UTF-8 to display pages. This means - that if you enter non-ASCII characters into Bugzilla, they may - display strangely, or Bugzilla may have other problems. For a workaround, - see: http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/tip/html/security-bugzilla.html - This has been fixed in the 2.22 series. - -- Bug 99215: Flags are not protected by "mid-air collision" detection. - Nor are any attachment changes. - -- Bug 89822: When changing multiple bugs at the same time, there is no - "mid-air collision" protection. - -- Bug 285614: importxml.pl may be broken in many different ways. - It has been fixed and completely re-written in the 2.22 series. - -- (No Bug Number) Note that the email interface (bug_mail.pl) in the - contrib/ directory has not been maintained (as it has no maintainer), - and so may not be working properly. Contributions are welcome, if - anybody would like to work on it. - - -Upgrading From An Older Bugzilla -************************************ - -NOTE: Running checksetup.pl to upgrade a large installation (over 10,000 bugs) - may take a significant amount of time. checksetup will try to let - you know how long it will take, but expect downtime of an hour or - more if you have many bugs, many attachments, or many users. - -Steps for Upgrading -------------------- - -1) View the Sanity Check (sanitycheck.cgi) page on your installation before - upgrading. Attempt to fix all warnings that the page produces before - you go any further, or you may experience problems during your upgrade. - -2) Make a backup of the Bugzilla database before you upgrade, perhaps - by using mysqldump. - - Example: - - mysqldump -u root -p --databases bugs > bugs.db.backup - -3) Replace the files in your installation with the new version of Bugzilla, - or you can try to use CVS to upgrade. The Bugzilla.org website has - instructions on how to do the actual installation. - -4) Make sure that you run checksetup.pl after you install the new version. - -5) View the Sanity Check page again after you run checksetup.pl. - -6) It is recommended that, if possible, you fix any problems you find - immediately. Failure to do this may mean that Bugzilla will not work - correctly. Be aware that if the sanity check page contains more errors after - an upgrade, it doesn't necessarily mean there are more errors in your - database, as additional tests are added to the sanity check over time, and - it is possible that those errors weren't being checked for in the old - version. - -7) If you want threading support on your Bugzilla email (see the - "Miscellaneous Improvements" section above for a description), - you need to follow the instructions at: - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=172267 - - -Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations -******************************************** - -The New Database-Compatibility Layer ------------------------------------- - -For most customizations, this should have no effect. However, you should -be aware that Bugzilla->dbh is now an instance of "Bugzilla::DB" instead -of being a DBI object directly. In fact, it's actually a -Bugzilla::DB::Mysql for MySQL users, and a Bugzilla::DB::Pg for -PostgreSQL users. - -Anything called from $dbh (like $dbh->bz_last_key) that starts with -"bz_" or "sql_" is a custom Bugzilla function. Anything *not* starting -with those two prefixes is a normal DBI function. - -Methods whose names start with "sql_" generate a piece of a SQL statement. -They generate the correct version of the statement for whichever database -you are using. - -Methods whose names start with "bz_" do something directly. - -You can see more documentation about this at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/2.20/pod/Bugzilla/DB.pm - - -If You Customize Your Database... ---------------------------------- - -In order to support multiple databases, we had to do something sort of -tricky. Bugzilla now stores what it *thinks* the current database schema -is, in a table called bz_schema. - -This means that when checksetup changes the database, it updates the -bz_schema table. When *you* update the database, without using -checksetup to do it, the bz_schema table is *not* updated. - -So, if you're going to add/remove a new column/table to Bugzilla, or if you're -going to change the definition of a column, try to do it by adding code to -checksetup in the correct place. (It's one of the places where you find -the word "--TABLE--".) - -You can see the documentation on the $dbh functions used to do this at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/2.20/pod/Bugzilla/DB.pm#schema_modification_methods - - -Many Functions Renamed ----------------------- - -We are reorganizing the Bugzilla code so that it can support mod_perl. As -part of this, we are moving all functions out of globals.pl and CGI.pl, and -into modules in the Bugzilla/ directory. - -Sometimes when we moved them, we also renamed them. The new Bugzilla standard -is to have functions_named_like_this, instead of FunctionsNamedLikeThis. - -So if you were using a FunctionNamedLikeThis that no longer works, try just -using it as function_named_like_this. If that doesn't work, you may have to -search for where we put it, and what we renamed it to. Most of the functions -moved to logical places. - -If you really can't find it, search bugzilla.mozilla.org using the name -of the old function. We usually moved one function per bug, so the new -name will be somewhere in a bug report. - - -User Preferences ----------------- - -Bugzilla now has a "User Preferences" system! These preferences are stored -in the database, and specified by a Bugzilla developer. The Bugzilla -developers actually call these "settings," but we called them "User -Preferences" in the UI to make things clearer. - -You access a user's settings differently depending on if you are in a -.cgi file or in a template file: - -CGI: Bugzilla->user->settings->{'setting_name'}->value -Template: Bugzilla.user.settings.setting_name.value - -Where "setting_name" is the name of the setting. You can see the current -setting names in the "setting" table in the database. - -Remember that sometimes you may want to check a user's settings when -making a customization. - -To see how to add new settings, search for "add_setting" in checksetup.pl. -Also see the template: template/en/default/global/setting-descs.none.tmpl. - -Other Changes -------------- - -- The $::unconfirmedstate variable has been replaced by the actual string - "UNCONFIRMED" everywhere in Bugzilla code. - -- The %::FORM and %::MFORM variables are no longer used to access form - data. Instead, use $cgi->param(). There are many examples of how to do - this, all over the Bugzilla code. - -- SendSQL() and related calls are deprecated, and the various $dbh methods - should be used instead, such as $dbh->prepare() and $dbh->execute(). - Bugzilla->dbh is the $dbh handle to use. For more information on how - to use the $dbh methods, see: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBI/DBI.pm - -- The $::userid variable will be going away. Use Bugzilla->user->id instead. - -- All global variables (any that start with $::, @::, or %::) will - be entirely gone by Bugzilla 2.24. - - -Security Fixes in 2.20 Releases -******************************* - -2.20.1 ------- - -There were three security issues discovered after the release of -Bugzilla 2.20 that we resolved for Bugzilla 2.20.1. One SQL Injection -(from an administrator only), one Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability -(that mostly affects only the user who can exploit it), and one minor, -extremely specific information leak. - -To see details on the vulnerabilities that were fixed, see the -Security Advisory at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.16.10/ - - -Release Notes for Previous Versions -*********************************** - -***************************************** -*** The Bugzilla 2.18.x Release Notes *** -***************************************** - -Table of Contents -***************** - -- Introduction -- Important Updates In This Point Release - * Version 2.18.1 - * Version 2.18.2 -- Requirements - * Dependency Requirements -- What's New? - * Generic Reporting - * Generic Charting - * Request System - * Enterprise Group Support - * User Wildcard Matching - * Support for "Insiders" - * Time Tracking - * Authentication module/LDAP improvements - * Improved localization support - * Patch Viewer - * Comment Reply Links - * Full-Text Search - * Email Address Munging - * Simple Search - * Miscellaneous Improvements - * All Changes -- What's Changed? - * Flag Names - * New Saved Search User Interface - * Rules for changing fields -- Removed Features -- Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations -- Recommended Practice for the Upgrade - * Note About Upgrading From MySQL With ISAM Tables - * Steps for Upgrading -- Outstanding Issues (<======================== IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ) -- Security Fixes In 2.18 Releases -- Detailed Version-To-Version Release Notes - - Introduction ************ -This document contains the release notes for Bugzilla 2.18 and -the bugfix releases after 2.18. In this document, recently added, -changed, and removed features of Bugzilla are described. - -The 2.18 release is our current stable series, containing the results -of over two years of hard and dedicated work by volunteers all over -the world under the lead of Dave Miller. - - -Important Updates In This Point Release -*************************************** - -There are usually many other bug fixes than those listed below, -but the below fixes are the ones that we thought System Administrators -would like to specifically know about. - -To see a listing of all changes in this release, you can use the -table available at: - -http://www.bugzilla.org/status/changes.html - -Version 2.18.1 --------------- +This document contains the release notes for Bugzilla 2.18. In this document +recently added, changed, and removed features of Bugzilla are described. -+ You can now enter a negative time for "Hours Worked" - in the time-tracking area. (Bug 271276) +The 2.18 release is the first in a new stable series, containing the results +of over two years of hard and dedicated work by volunteers all over the world +under the lead of Dave Miller. -+ The BugMail.pm customization required for Windows (as - described in the Bugzilla Guide) now actually works. (Bug 280911) +This is a preliminary document detailing how we expect things to be in the +final 2.18 release. The contents of this document are subject to change up +until the final release. Please file bugs in Bugzilla for any additions or +corrections needed in this document. -+ Users who were using Bugzilla 2.8 can now successfully upgrade - to 2.18.1 (they couldn't upgrade to 2.18). (Bug 283403) - -+ Dependency mails are now properly sent during a mass-change of bugs. - (Bug 178157) - - -Version 2.18.2 --------------- - -+ You can now create accounts with createaccount.cgi even - when the "requirelogin" parameter is turned on. (Bug 294778) - -+ Bugs that are in disabled groups may not show a padlock - on the bug list, or may otherwise behave strangely. You - can now fix this using sanitycheck.cgi. (Bug 277454) - -+ If sendmail dies while you are marking a bug - as a duplicate, the duplicates table will no longer become - corrupted. (Bug 225042) - - -Requirements -************ Dependency Requirements ----------------------- @@ -1477,31 +71,6 @@ way. These views may be more appropriate for particular data types, and are suitable for saving and then putting into presentations or web pages. -Generic Charting ----------------- - -Bugzilla has a new mechanism for generating charts (graphs over time) of any -arbitrary search. This is known as "New Charts." Legacy data from the previous -charting mechanism ("Old Charts") is migrated into the "New Charts" when you -upgrade. The Old Charts mechanism remains, but is deprecated and will be -removed in a future version of Bugzilla. - -Individual users can see/create charts as long as they are a member of the -group specified in the Param 'chartgroup'. Data can be collected for -personal charts every seven days (or a longer period, as set by the user). -Charts created by an administrator can be made public (visible to all). Data -is collected for administrator charts every day (or a longer period, as set -by the admin). - -The data is collected by the collectstats.pl script, which an administrator -will need to arrange to be run once every day (see the manual). Chart data can -be plotted in a number of different ways, and different data sets can be -plotted on the same graph for comparison. - -Please see the Known Bugs section for some important limitations relating to -access controls on charts. - - Request System --------------- @@ -1642,11 +211,11 @@ Bugzilla's buglists. This change adds HTML obfuscation of email addresses as they appear in the Bugzilla web pages. -Google-like Bug Search ----------------------- +Generic Charting +---------------- -Bugzilla now includes a very simple, Google-like "Find a Specific Bug" page, -in addition to its advanced search page. +Bugzilla's new charting feature allows you to display flexible summary charts, +based on configurable data sets (bug 16009). Miscellaneous Improvements @@ -1691,56 +260,10 @@ Miscellaneous Improvements - Mail handling is now between 125% to 175% faster. -- Guided Bug Entry: You can see a sample enter_bug.cgi template at - enter_bug.cgi?format=guided that "guides" users through the process of - filing a "good" bug. It needs to be modified before use in your organization. - -- There is now a "Give me some help" link on the Advanced Search page that will - enable pop-up help for every field on the page. - -- The Bugzilla administrator can now forbid users from marking bugs RESOLVED - when there are unresolved dependencies. - - -All Changes ------------ - -To see a list of EVERY bug that was fixed between 2.16 and 2.18 (over 1000), -see: http://tinyurl.com/6m3e4 - What's Changed? *************** - -Flag names ----------- - -Prerelease versions of Bugzilla 2.17 and 2.18 inadvertantly allowed -commas and spaces in the names of flags, which due to the way they're -processed, caused lots of internal havoc if you named flags to have -any commas or spaces in them. Having commas or spaces in the names -can cause errors in the notification emails and in the bug activity -log. The ability to create new flags with these characters has been -removed. If you have any existing flags that you named that way, -running checksetup will attempt to automatically rename them by -replacing commas and spaces with underscores. - - -New Saved Search User Interface -------------------------------- - -In previous Bugzilla versions, you could specify on the search page that you -wanted to save a search and store it as a link in your footer. This option has -now moved to the search results page (buglist.cgi), where you will see a -"Remember search" button with a box next to it to enter the name of the search. - -You can manage your saved searches on the Preferences page. - - -Rules for changing fields -------------------------- - There have been some changes to the rules governing who can change which fields of a bug report. The rules for Bugzilla version 2.16 and 2.18, along with differences between them, are listed below. Bear in mind that there are other @@ -1814,19 +337,6 @@ The effective differences in the rules: to the 'everconfirmed' flag. -Removed Features -**************** - -- Please note that Bugzilla no longer supports MySQL 3.22. The minimum required - version is now 3.23.41. - -- The "shadow database" mechanism is no longer used. Instead, use MySQL's - built-in replication feature. - -- If you have placed any comments in the localconfig file, they may be removed - by checksetup.pl. - - Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations ******************************************** @@ -1853,1176 +363,32 @@ Code Changes Which May Affect Customizations - Use Bugzilla->user->login in place of $::COOKIE{Bugzilla_login} -- You can tell if there's a user logged in or not by using - Bugzilla->user rather than looking for $::userid==0. - In new 2.18 code, use defined(Bugzilla->user) && (Bugzilla->user->id) - In 2.20, this will become just (Bugzilla->user->id) - In templates, always test [% IF user.id %] rather than [% IF user %] - -- SendSQL() and related calls are deprecated, and the various $dbh methods - should be used instead, such as $dbh->prepare() and $dbh->execute(). - Bugzilla->dbh is the $dbh handle to use. +- You can tell if there's a user logged in or not by checking if + Bugzilla->user->id != 0 rather than looking for $::userid != 0 Recommended Practice for the Upgrade ************************************ -Note About Upgrading From MySQL With ISAM Tables ------------------------------------------------- -As previously noted in the Dependency Requirements MySQL is now required -to be at least version 3.23.41. This implies that all tables of type ISAM will -be converted by the checksetup.pl script to MyISAM. - - -Steps for Upgrading -------------------- - -1) View the Sanity Check (sanitycheck.cgi) page on your installation before - upgrading. - -2) As with any upgrade it is recommended that you make a backup of the - Bugzilla database before you upgrade, perhaps by using mysqldump. - - Example: - - mysqldump -u root -p --databases bugs > bugs.db.backup - -3) Replace the files in your installation, or you can try to use CVS to upgrade. - The Bugzilla.org website has instructions on how to do the actual - installation. +As always, please ensure you have run checksetup.pl after replacing the +files in your installation. -4) Make sure that you run checksetup.pl after you install the new version. +It is recommended that you view the sanity check page (sanitycheck.cgi) both +before the upgrade and after running checksetup.pl after the upgrade, to see +if there are any problems with your installation. -5) View the Sanity Check page again after you run checksetup.pl. +It is also recommended that, if possible, you fix any problems you find +immediately. Failure to do this may mean that Bugzilla will not work correctly. +Be aware that if the sanity check page contains more errors after an upgrade, +it doesn't necessarily mean there are more errors in your database, as +additional tests are added to the sanity check over time, and it is possible +that those errors weren't being checked for in the old version. -6) It is recommended that, if possible, you fix any problems you find - immediately. Failure to do this may mean that Bugzilla will not work - correctly. Be aware that if the sanity check page contains more errors after - an upgrade, it doesn't necessarily mean there are more errors in your - database, as additional tests are added to the sanity check over time, and - it is possible that those errors weren't being checked for in the old - version. - - -Outstanding Issues -****************** - -These are known problems with the release that we think you should know about. -They each have a bug number for http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ - -- If at any time you upgraded from a version of Bugzilla between 2.17.4 - - 2.17.7 to either 2.18rc3 or 2.19.1, you must manually fix your New Charts in - order for them to work. See the following link for instructions on how to do - this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276237#c18 - If you are using 2.18rc3, but did not upgrade from version 2.17.4 or newer, - then you don't need to do this. - -- bug 37765: If you use an MTA other than sendmail (such as Postfix, Exim, - etc.) you MUST turn on the "sendmailnow" parameter or Bugzilla will not send - e-mail correctly. - -- bug 276230: The support for restricting access to particular Categories of - New Charts is not complete. You should treat the 'chartgroup' Param as the - only access mechanism available. However, additionally, charts migrated from - Old Charts will be restricted to the groups that are marked MANDATORY for - the corresponding Product. There is currently no way to change this - restriction, and the groupings will not be updated if the group configuration - for the Product changes. - -- bug 69621: If you rename or remove a keyword that is in use on bugs, you will - need to rebuild the "keyword cache" by running sanitycheck.cgi and choosing - the option to rebuild the cache when it asks. Otherwise keywords may not show - up properly in search results. - -- (No Bug Number) If you have a lot of non-ASCII data in your Bugzilla (for - example, if you use a translation of Bugzilla), don't enable the XS::Stash - option when you install the Template Toolkit, or your Bugzilla installation - may become slow. This problem is fixed in a not-yet-released version of the - Template Toolkit (after 2.14). - -- bug 266579: Users may be able to circumvent not having "canconfirm" privileges - in some circumstances. This is fixed starting with 2.19.3, but will not - be fixed in any 2.18 release, as the changes required to fix it are quite - large. - -- bug 99215: Attachment changes have no mid-air collision detection, unlike bug - changes. - -- bug 57350: Searching using the "commenter is" option may be VERY slow. Note - that searching for "field: comment, changed by: user@domain.com" is fast, - though. - -- bug 151509: Using the boolean chart option "contains the string" with the - "flag name" field or certain other fields will cause Bugzilla to emit an - error. This is fixed in 2.20rc1, but will not be fixed in the 2.18 series. - -- bug 234159: Bugzilla may sometimes send multiple notices in one email. - -- bug 237107: If you search for attachment information using the Boolean Charts - at the bottom of the Advanced Query page, bugs without attachments will not - show up in the result list. - - -Security Fixes In 2.18 Releases -******************************* - -Version 2.18 ------------- - -Summary: XSS in Internal Error messages in Bugzilla 2.16.7 and 2.18rc3 -CVE Name: CAN-2004-1061 -Reference: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272620 -Details: - It is possible to send a carefully crafted URL to Bugzilla designed to -trigger an error message. The Internal Error message includes javascript code -which displays the URL the user is visiting. The javascript code does not -escape the URL before displaying it, allowing scripts contained in the URL to -be executed by the browser. Many browsers do not allow unescaped URLs to be -sent to a webserver (thus complying with RFC 2616 section 2.3.1 and RFC 2396 -section 2.4.3), and are thus immune to this issue. - Browsers which are known to be immune: Firefox 1.0, Mozilla 1.7.5, -Camino 0.8.2, Netscape 7.2, Safari 1.2.4 - Browsers known to be susceptible: Internet Explorer 6 SP2, -Konqueror 3.2 - Browsers not listed here have not been tested. - - -Version 2.18.1 --------------- - -Two security issues were fixed in Bugzilla 2.18.1, neither of them -critical. - -See http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.16.8/ for details. - - -Version 2.18.2 --------------- - -Two security issues were fixed in Bugzilla 2.18.2. One of them -is a major Information Leak/Unauthorized Bug Change. The other -is a minor Information Leak. - -See http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.1/ for details. - - -Detailed Version-To-Version Release Notes -***************************************** - -********************************************************* -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM ALL VERSIONS PRIOR TO 2.16.7 *** -********************************************************* - -*** Security fixes *** - -- It is possible to send a carefully crafted HTTP POST message to - process_bug.cgi which will remove keywords from a bug even if you don't have - permissions to edit all bug fields (the "editbugs" permission). Such changes - are reported in "bug changed" email notifications, so they are easily - detected and reversed if someone abuses it. Users are now prevented from - making changes to keywords if they do not have editbugs privileges. (bug - 252638) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- Enforce a minimum of 10 minutes between attempts to reset a password, so - we don't mailbomb the user if someone submits the form many times in a - row. (bug 250897) - -- Put products in alphabetical order on the create attachment status page. - (bug 251427) - -- Specify MyISAM as the table type when creating new tables. MySQL 4.1 and - up default to InnoDB, which doesn't support some of the indexing methods - that we use. (bug 263165) - -********************************************************* -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM ALL VERSIONS PRIOR TO 2.16.6 *** -********************************************************* - -*** Security fixes *** - -- If Bugzilla is configured to hide entire products from some users, both - duplicates.cgi and the form for mass-editing a list of bugs in buglist.cgi - can disclose the names of those hidden products to such users. - (bugs 234825 and 234855) - -- Several administration CGIs echo invalid data back to the user without - escaping it. (bug 235265) - -- A user with privileges to grant membership to any group (i.e. usually an - administrator) can trick editusers.cgi into executing arbitrary SQL. - (bug 244272) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- Allow XML import to function when there are regexp metacharacters in product - names (bug 237591) - -- Allow the bug_email.pl contrib script to work with useqacontact (bug 239912) - -- Improve the error message used by checksetup.pl when the MySQL requirements - are not met (bug 240228) - -- Elimnate the warning in checksetup.pl about the minimum sendmail version (bug - 240060) - -- $webservergroup now defaults to group 'apache' in new installations (bug - 224477) - -- Correct a situation where a bugmail message could be sent twice to a user - being added to the CC list if the address was entered in a different case - than the user registered with. (bug 117297) - -- Various documentation updates - -********************************************************* -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM ALL VERSIONS PRIOR TO 2.16.4 *** -********************************************************* - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- Fix a "used only once" warning that ocurred only in perl 5.00503 - (bug 2321691) - -- When a user is creating a new account and enters an invalid email - address, the error page sent the "Content-type" header twice, causing - the second one to be visible at the top of the page. - (bug 137121) - -- An HTML encoding issue which only affected Internet Explorer was - corrected in the "Change several bugs at once" page. - (bug 181106) - -- During initial setup, using invalid characters in the administrator - password would present an error message stating your password was - too long or too short instead of telling you it had invalid - characters. - (bug 166755) - -- When a user reset their own password via an emailed token, the new - password in the first field would be accepted if the second password - field was left blank. - (bug 123077) - -- Reopening bugs from the "change several bugs at once" page now works. - (bug 95430) - -- Fix a regression in xml.cgi caused by the previous bugfix for MySQL - SUM() changes. The original fix didn't work properly either. - (bug 225474) - -- No longer use server push with the "Safari" browser, which claims to - use the Mozilla layout engine but doesn't. - (bug 188712) - -- Creating a shadow database no longer fails with taint mode errors. - (bug 227510) - -- If you change your cookiepath setting at some stage (because you have - moved the directory Bugzilla resides on your webserver), users can - have login cookies with the old cookiepath, and their browsers will - send multiple logincookies. Bugzilla now uses the first rather than - the last in order to get the most specific cookie which will be the - correct one. - (bug 121419) - -- Fixed a regression caused by the previous DBD::mysql fixes, that - caused older versions of DBD::mysql to break due to not supporting - the new DBI syntax. - (bug 224815) - -- Bugzilla no longer sends out invalid dates for cookie expiry. This - bug had no known user visible ramifications. - (bug 228706) - -- Update the shadow database parameters description to tell the user - about permissions requirements for creating a shadow database. - (bug 227513) - -- Various documentation updates. - -********************************************************* -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM ALL VERSIONS PRIOR TO 2.16.3 *** -********************************************************* - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- A user with 'editproducts' privileges (i.e. usually an administrator) - can select arbitrary SQL to be run by the nightly statistics cron job - (collectstats.pl), by giving a product a special name. - (bug 214290) - -- A user with 'editkeywords' privileges (i.e. usually an administrator) - can inject arbitrary SQL via the URL used to edit an existing keyword. - (bug 219044) - -- When deleting products and the 'usebuggroups' parameter is on, the - privilege which allows someone to add people to the group which is - being deleted does not get removed, allowing people with that - privilege to get that privilege for the next group that is created - which reuses that group ID. Note that this only allows someone who - had been granted privileges in the past to retain them. - (bug 219690) - -- If you know the email address of someone who has voted on a secure - bug, you can access the summary of that bug even if you do not have - sufficient permissions to view the bug itself. - (bug 209376) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -Perl 5.8.0 Compatibility fixes: - -- Two taint errors were fixed, one in process_bug.cgi, and - another in post_bug.cgi. - (bugs 220332 and 177828) - -MySQL 4.0 Compatibility fixes: - -- A cosmetic fix was applied to votes.cgi (if there were no - votes, the "0" was not displayed) due to a change in semantics - in SUM() in MySQL 4.0. - (bug 217422) - -DBD::mysql > 2.1026 Compatibility fixes: - -- DBD::mysql versions after 2.1026 return the table list quoted, which - broke the existing "table exists" check in checksetup.pl, which caused - the second and subsequent attempts to run checksetup.pl to fail. - (bug 212095) - -Miscellaneous bug fixes: - -- A Mozilla-specific reference was removed from one of the report - templates. - (bug 221626) - -- It was possible to enter a situation where you were unable to get to - editparams.cgi to turn the shutdownhtml param back off after you - turned it on when Apache was configured to run Bugzilla in suexec - mode. - (bug 213384) - -- The processmail rescanall task would not send e-mails about more than - one bug to the same address. - (bug 219508) - -- If Bugzilla hadn't been accessed in the last hour when the - collectstats.pl or whineatnews.pl cron jobs ran, the versioncache - would get recreated with the file owner being the user the cron job - was running as (usually not the webserver user), causing subsequent - access to Bugzilla by the webserver to fail until the permissions were - fixed. Now if versioncache isn't readable when accessing from the - webserver, we pretend it doesn't exist and recreate it again. - (bug 160422) - -- The 'sendmailnow' param is now on by default in new installations - (this does not affect existing installations). - (bug 146087) - -- The 008filter.t test would fail if you had multiple language packs - installed. It now properly tests all of the installed language packs. - (bug 203318) - -- A few minor documentation changes were committed. - -********************************************************* -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM ALL VERSIONS PRIOR TO 2.16.2 *** -********************************************************* - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed in which bug - summaries were not properly filtered when a user viewed a dependency graph - allowing JavaScript to be embedded on that page. - (bug 192661) - -- Several XSS vulnerabilities were fixed in which user - input was not escaped when being displayed. A new - test has been added to warn about unfiltered data in template - files (t/008filter.t). - (bug 192677) - -- An issue was fixed in which the QA contact was still treated as the QA - contact even after the 'useqacontact' setting was turned off. This also - allowed the QA contact to edit the security groups and view secured bugs that - he/she was allowed to access prior to the 'useqacontact' setting being - deactivated. - (bug 194394) - -- Fixed a situation where an attacker (with local access to the webserver) - could overwrite any file on the webserver to which the webserver user - has write access by creating appropriately named symbolic links in the - data and webdot directories (world-writable in many configurations). - Bugzilla now uses File::Temp to create secure temporary files. File::Temp - is part of the Perl distribution for Perl 5.6.1 and later, but if you're - using an older version of Perl you'll need to install it with CPAN. - (bug 197153) - -** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** - -- New module requirement: File::Temp, as mentioned above. - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- An issue was fixed in which administrator rights could be removed from an - administrator who deleted a product while the 'usebuggroups' setting is - activated. - (bug 157704) - -- Fixed an issue in which importxml.pl would fail the test suite when running - under perl 5.8.0 with the optional XML::Parse module. - (bug 172331) - -- There was previously a bug in CGI.pl in which the following warning - would be given under certain conditions: - "Character in "c" format wrapped at CGI.pl..." - This is now fixed. In some cases the warning was filling up web server log - files. - (bug 194125) - -- Fixed a bug in which long component names (in excess of 50 characters) would - be accepted when creating the component but would cause problems when trying - to use that component on a bug because it would get truncated. It is now no - longer possible to create components with names in excess of 50 characters. - (bug 197180) - -- Fixed a bug in checksetup.pl in which permissions were not being fixed - on the 'data/comments' file, the quip file. - (bug 160279) - -***************************************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.16.1 OR EARLIER, 2.14.4 OR EARLIER *** -***************************************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- Fixed a cross site scriptability issue in quips. This is only a problem - if quips with HTML could have been inserted into your quips files. Bugzilla - has not allowed this since 2.12. - (bug 179329) -- checksetup.pl will now attempt to prevent access to "editor backups" of - localconfig. - (bug 186383) -- collectstats.pl no longer makes data/mining (which contains graphing - information) world writeable. - (bug 183188) - -*********************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.16.0 OR EARLIER *** -*********************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- Apostrophes were not properly handled in email addresses. This was a - regression introduced in 2.16. It is not known whether this was - exploitable. - (bug 165221) - -See also next major section. - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- The VERSION cookie which allowed the previously entered version of a product - to be remembered was not correctly set. It was only set as a session - cookie, and under some circumstances could interfere with other cookies - (such as the login information) send at the same time. - (bug 160227) - -- importxml.pl would fail if the versioncache needed to be updated. - (bug 164464) - -- Bug changes going through intermediate pages would munge fields with - multiple fields, such as CCs. - (bug 161203) - -- On failure in template->new, Bugzilla will now die rather than futilely - attempt to use an error template. - (bug 166023) - -- Fixed a problem where checksetup had problems converting old installations - that didn't have a duplicates table. - (bug 151619) - -- Fixed a problem that caused taint errors when viewing or editing user - preferences with Perl 5.005 and Template 2.08. - (bug 160710) - -See also next section. - -****************************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.16.0, 2.14.3 OR EARLIER *** -****************************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- When a new product is added to an installation with 47 groups or more and - "usebuggroups" is enabled, the new group will be assigned a groupset bit - using Perl math that is not exact beyond 2^48. This results in the new - group being defined with a "bit" that has several bits set. As users are - given access to the new group, those users will also gain access to - spurious lower group privileges. Also, group bits were not always reused - when groups were deleted. - (bug 167485) - -- The email interface had another insecure single parameter system call. This - could potentially allow arbitrary shell commands to be run. This file is - not supported at this time, but as long as we knew about the problem, we - couldn't overlook it. - (bug 163024) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- The email interface was broken. This was a 2.14.3 regression. This file - is not supported at this time, but as long as we knew about the problem, we - couldn't overlook it. - (bug 160631) - -*********************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.5 OR EARLIER *** -*********************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- The bug reporter could set the priority even when - 'letsubmitterchoosepriority' was off. - (bug 63018) - -- Most CGIs are now templatized. This helps to make it - easier to remember to HTML filter values and easier to spot - when they are not, preventing cross site scripting attacks. - (bug 86168) - -- Most CGIs now run in taint mode. This helps to prevent - failure to validate errors. - (bug 108982) - -*** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** - -- 2.16 introduces "templatization", a new feature that allows - administrators to easily customize the HTML output (the "look and feel") - of Bugzilla without altering Perl code. Bugzilla uses the - "Template Toolkit" for this. Please see the "Template Customization" - section of the Bugzilla Guide for more details. - - Administrators who ran the 2.15 development version with custom - templates should check the templates are still valid, as file names - and file paths have changed. - - Most output is now templatized. This process will be complete next - milestone. - - For speed, compiled templates are cached on disk. If you modify the - templates, the toolkit will normally detect the changes, and recompile the - changed templates. - - Adding new directories anywhere inside the template directory may cause - permission errors if you don't have a webservergroup specified in - localconfig. If you see these, rerun checksetup.pl as root. If you do not - have root access, or cannot get someone who does to do this for you, you can - rename the data/template directory to data/template.old (or any other name - Bugzilla doesn't use). Then rerun checksetup.pl to regenerate the compiled - templates. - (bug 86168, 97832) - -- Administrators can now configure maximum attachment sizes. These - should remain below the maximum size for your MySQL server, or you - will get obscure MySQL errors if you attach a bigger attachment. - - To find out the current size attachment that MySQL can accept, type - the command 'mysqladmin variables' and find out the value of the - 'max_allowed_packet' varible in bytes. - - To change the maximum size that MySQL can accept you can alter this - variable in your 'my.cnf' file. - (bug 91664) - -- Perl 5.004 is no longer supported because the Template Toolkit - requires 5.005. - (bug 97721) - -- New module requirements: Text::Wrap, Template [requires AppConfig], - File::Spec. - (bugs 97784, 84338, 103778) - -- The index page is now a CGI instead of an HTML page. You should remove - any existing index.html file and make sure your web server allows index.cgi - to be the default page in a directory. If you are not able to do that you - can instead set index_html in the 'localconfig' file to 1 and checksetup.pl - will create a redirect page for you. - (bug 80183) - -- It is now recommended that administrators run "processmail rescanall" - after upgrading to 2.16 or beyond. - - This will send out notification emails for changes that were - made but not emailed, due to Bugzilla bugs. All known - causes of this have been fixed in this version (bug 104589 and 99519). - - It is also recommended that this be run nightly to avoid - lengthy delays in future if this problem reoccurs. - (bug 106377) - -- In parallel with templatization, a lot of changes have been made to the HTML - output of the Bugzilla CGIs. This could break code that attempts to parse - such code. For example, this breaks mozbot. - (no bug number) - -- The "HTML template" parameters (headerhtml, bodyhtml, footerhtml, - errorhtml, bannerhtml, blurbhtml, mostfreqhtml, entryheaderhtml) have now - been moved to Template Toolkit templates. If you have modified these - parameters you will need to make corresponding changes to the corresponding - templates. Your old parameter values will be moved to a file called - old-params.txt by checksetup.pl. - - The old parameters correspond to files in template/en/default as follows: - - headerhtml: global/header.html.tmpl - footerhtml: global/footer.html.tmpl - bannerhtml: global/banner.html.tmpl - blurbhtml: global/banner.html.tmpl - mostfreqhtml: reports/duplicates*.html.tmpl - entryheaderhtml: bug/create/user-message.html.tmpl - - (bug 140437) - -*** Other changes of note *** - -- The query page has been redesigned for better user friendliness. - (bug 98707) -- Users can now change their email account. - (bug 23067) -- "Dependent Bug Changed" notification emails now contain the - dependent bug's summary and URL. - (bug 28736, 113383) -- Bugs with severity "critical", "blocker", and "enhancement" are - visually differentiated on bug lists for browsers with sufficient - CSS support. - (bug 28884) -- Bugzilla now has a sidebar for the Mozilla browser. - (bug 37339) -- A link to just created attachments now appears in notification - email. - (bug 66651) -- Comments now have numbers and can be referenced with - autohyperlinkifying similar to bugs. - (bug 71840) -- The attachment system has been rewritten, supporting new - "attachment statuses" (like keywords, but for attachments), - the ability to obsolete attachments, edit attachment MIME type, - and edit whether the attachment is a patch. - (bugs 84338, 75176) -- syncshadowdb now supports a configurable temp file location, - and properly shuts down Bugzilla while running. - (bug 75840) -- Dependency tree now lets you exclude resolved bugs and bugs - below a specified depth. - (bugs 83058) -- The "strictvaluechecks" parameter has gone away. These checks - are now always done. - (bug 119715) -- The midair collision page now shows all changes since the bug - page was loaded, not just the last one. - (bug 108312) -- Added support for making dependency graphs with 'dot', which - is better at creating complex graphs than 'webdot'. - (bug 120537) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- Bugzilla scripts are now usually not terminated when the browser - window they are running in is closed. This caused hard to - reproduce bugs. - (bug 104589) -- On browsers that "reflow" the page, large component / milestone / - version fields were extremely slow to reflow when you altered - the product field. - (bug 96534) -- The selection in the component / milestone / version fields is - no longer lost when you change the selection in the product - field or use the back/forward buttons in your browser to return - to the page. - (bug 97966) -- You could not reverse dependencies in one step. - (bug 82143) -- Mass reassignment of non-open bugs will no longer reopen them. - (bug 30731) -- Attempting to bulk change no bugs will now give a user-friendly - error message. - (bug 90333) -- If you make a change to a bug where you only add yourself to CC, - email notifications are now properly sent out for MySQL 3.23. - (bug 99519) -- Bug entry now properly validates the data it has been sent. - (bug 107743) -- Midair collision checks will now properly work in all situations - where dependencies have changed. - (bug 73502) -- Browsers can no longer corrupt the params file if they use the "wrong" - end-of-line markers. - (bug 92500) -- The MySQL port defined in localconfig is now properly honoured. - (bug 98368) -- Apostrophes in component/milestone/version names no longer cause - a problem on the query page. - (bug 30689/42810) -- File attachment comments will now wrap. - (bug 52060) -- Saved queries are no longer mangled if you need to log in again, - for example if you had cookies off. - (bug 38835) -- Bug counts (on reports.cgi) were very slow if you had to - count a lot of bugs. - (bug 63249) -- 2.14 introduced options to let people see a bug when their name - is on it but who aren't in the groups the bug is restricted - to. These only allowed the people to view the bugs directly, - and not see them on buglists and receive email about them. - (bugs 95024, 97469) -- A new 'cookiepath' parameter on editparams.cgi allows multiple - Bugzilla installations to exist on one host without problems. - (bug 19910) -- whineatnews.pl now respects the 'sendmailnow' parameter. - (bug 52782) -- The query page came up even when Bugzilla was shut down. - (bug 121747) -- Quicksearch gave a weird error message when Bugzilla was - shut down. - (bug 121741) -- Operating system detection fixes. - (bugs 92763, 135666) -- QA contacts now receive emails when a new bug is created and - their only email preference was being added or removed from QA. - (bug 143091) - -*********************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.4 OR EARLIER *** -*********************************************** - -See section above about users upgrading from 2.16.1 or earlier, -2.14.4 or earlier. - -*********************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.3 OR EARLIER *** -*********************************************** - -See section above about users upgrading from 2.16.0 or earlier. - -*********************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.2 OR EARLIER *** -*********************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- Basic maintenance on contrib/bug_email.pl and - contrib/bugzilla_email_append.pl which also fixes a - possible security hole with a misuse of a system() call. - These files are not supported at this time, but as long - as we knew about the problem, we couldn't overlook it. - (bug 154008) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- The fix for bug 130821 in 2.14.2 broke being able to sort - bug lists on more than one field. buglist.cgi now allows - you to sort on more than one field again. - (bug 152138) - -*********************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14.1 OR EARLIER *** -*********************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- queryhelp.cgi no longer shows confidential products to - people it shouldn't. - (bug 126801) - -- It was possible for a user to bypass the IP check by - setting up a fake reverse DNS, if the Bugzilla web server - was configured to do reverse DNS lookups. Apache is not - configured as such by default. This is not a complete - exploit, as the user's login cookie would also need to - be divulged for this to be a problem. - (bug 129466) - -- In some situations the data directory became world writeable. - (bug 134575) - -- Any user with access to editusers.cgi could delete a user - regardless of whether 'allowuserdeletion' is on. - (bug 141557) - -- Real names were not HTML filtered, causing possible cross - site scripting attacks. - (bug 146447, 147486) - -- Mass change would set the groupset of every bug to be the - groupset of the first bug. - (bug 107718) - -- Some browsers (eg NetPositive) interacted with Bugzilla - badly and could have various form problems, including - removing group restrictions on bugs. - (bug 148674) - -- It was possible for random confidential information to be - divulged, if the shadow database was in use and became - corrupted. - (bug 92263) - -- The bug list sort order is now stricter about the SQL it will accept, - ensuring you use correct column name syntax. Before this, there were - some syntax checks, so it is not known whether this problem was - exploitable. - (bug 130821) - -******************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.14 OR EARLIER *** -******************************************** - -The 2.14.1 release fixes several security issues that became -known to us after the Bugzilla 2.14 release. - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- If LDAP Authentication was being used, Bugzilla would allow - you to log in as anyone if you left the password blank. - (bug 54901) - -- It was possible to add comments or file a bug as someone else - by editing the HTML on the appropriate submission page before - submitting the form. User identity is checked now, and the - form values suggesting the user are now ignored. - (bug 108385, 108516) - -- The Product popup menu on the show_bug form listed all - products, even if the user didn't have access to all of them. - It now only shows products the user has access to (and the - product the bug is in, if the user is viewing it because of - some other override). - (bug 102141) - -- If a user had any blessgroupset privileges (the ability to - change only specific privileges for other users), it was - possible to change your own groupset (privileges) by - altering the page HTML before submitting on editusers.cgi. - (bug 108821) - -- An untrusted variable was echoed back to user in the HTML - output if there was a login error while editing votes. - (bug 98146) - -- buglist.cgi had an undocumented parameter that allowed you - to pass arbitrary SQL for the "WHERE" part of a query. - This has been disabled. - (bug 108812) - -- It was possible for a user to send arbitrary SQL by inserting - single quotes in the "mybugslink" field in the user - preferences. - (bug 108822) - -- buglist.cgi was not validating that the field names being - passed from the "boolean chart" query form were valid field - names, thus allowing arbitrary SQL to be inserted if you - edited the HTML by hand before submitting the form. - (bug 109679) - -- long_list.cgi was not validating that the bug ID parameter - was actually a number, allowing arbitrary SQL to be inserted - if you edited the HTML by hand. - (bug 109690) - -******************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.12 OR EARLIER *** -******************************************** - -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- Multiple instances of unauthorized access to confidential - bugs have been fixed. - (bug 39524, 39526, 39527, 39531, 39533, 70189, 82781) - -- Multiple instances of untrusted parameters not being - checked/escaped was fixed. These included definite security - holes. - (bug 38854, 38855, 38859, 39536, 87701, 95235) - -- After logging in passwords no longer appear in the URL. - (bug 15980) - -- Procedures to prevent unauthorized access to confidential - files are now simpler. In particular the shadow directory - no longer exists and the data/comments file no longer needs - to be directly accessible, so the entire data directory can - be blocked. However, no changes are required here if you - have a properly secured 2.12 installation as no new files - must be protected. - (bug 71552, 73191) - -- If they do not already exist, checksetup.pl will attempt to - write Apache .htaccess files by default, to prevent - unauthorized access to confidential files. You can turn this - off in the localconfig file. - (bug 76154) - -- Sanity check can now only be run by people in the 'editbugs' - group. Although it would be better to have a separate - group, this is not possible until the limitation on the - number of groups allowed has been removed. - (bug 54556) - -- The password is no longer stored in plaintext form. It will - be eradicated next time you run checksetup.pl. A user must - now change their password via a password change request that - gets validated at their e-mail account, rather than have it - mailed to them. - (bug 74032) - -- When you are using product groups and you move a bug between - products (single or mass change), the bug will no longer be - restricted to the old product's group (if it was) and will - be restricted to the new product's group. - (bug 66235) - -- There are now options on a bug to choose whether the - reporter, and CCs can access a bug even if they aren't in - groups the bug it is restricted to. - (bug 39816) - -- You can no longer mark a bug as a duplicate of a bug you - can't see, and if you mark a bug a duplicate of a bug - the reporter cannot see you will be given options as to - what to do regarding adding the reporter of the resolved - bug to the CC of the open bug. - (bug 96085) - -*** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** - -- Bugzilla 2.14 no longer supports old email tech. Upon - upgrading, all users will be moved over to new email tech. - This should speed up upgrading for installations with - a large number of bugs. - (bug 71552) - -- There is new functionality for people to see why they are - receiving notification mails. - - Previously, some people filtered old email tech - notifications depending on whether they were in the To or the - CC header, in order to get a limited way of determining why - they were receiving the notification for filtering purposes. - - Existing installations will need to make changes to support - this feature. The receive reasons can be added to the - notifications as a header and/or in the body. To add these - you will need to modify your newchangedmail parameter on - editparams.cgi, either by resetting it or appropriately - modifying it. The header value is specified by - %reasonsheader% and the body by %reasonsbody%. For example, - the new default parameter is: - - -------------------------------------------------- - From: bugzilla-daemon - To: %to% - Subject: [Bug %bugid%] %neworchanged%%summary% - X-Bugzilla-Reason: %reasonsheader% - - %urlbase%show_bug.cgi?id=%bugid% - - %diffs% - - - - %reasonsbody% - -------------------------------------------------- - - (bug 26194) - -- Very long fields (especially multi-valued fields like keywords, - CCs, dependencies) on bug activity and notifications previously - could get truncated, resulting in useless notifications and data - loss on bug activity. Now the multi-valued fields only show - changes, and very big changes are split into multiple lines. - Where data loss has already occurred on bug activity, it is - indicated using question marks. - (bug 55161, 92266) - -- Previously, when a product's voting preferences changed all - votes were removed from all the bugs in the product. Also, - when a bug was moved to another product, all of its votes - were removed. This no longer occurs. - - Instead, if the action would leave one or more bugs with - greater than the maximum number of votes per person per bug, - the number of votes will be reduced to the maximum. The - person will still be notified of this as before. - - If the action would leave a user with more votes in a product - than is allowed, the limit will be breached so as to not lose - votes. However the user will not be able to update their - votes except to fix this situation. No further action is taken - in this version to make sure that the user does this. - (bug 28882, 92593) - -*** Other changes of note *** - -- Groups can now be marked inactive, so you can't add a new - restriction on that group to a bug, while leaving bugs that - were previously restricted on that group alone. - (bug 75482) -- backdoor.cgi has been removed from the installation. It was - old code that was Netscape-specific and its name was scaring - people. - (bug 87983) -- You can now add or remove from CC on the bulk change page. - (bug 12819) -- New users created by administrators are now automatically - inserted into groups according to the group's regular - expression. Administrators must edit the user in a second - step to override these choices. Previously the - administrator specified these explicitly which could lead - to incorrect settings. - (bug 45164) -- The userregexp of system groups can now be edited without - resorting to direct database access. - (bug 65290) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- The bug list page was sometimes bringing up a not logged in - footer when the user was logged in and the installation was - using a shadow database. - (bug 47914) -- You can now view the bug summary in your browser title for - a group-restricted bug if you have proper permissions. - (bug 71767) -- Quick search for search terms did not work in IE5. - This has been worked around. - (bug 77699) -- Quick search for search terms crashed NN4.76/4.77 for Unix. - This has been worked around. - (bug 83619) -- Queries on bugs you have commented on using the "added - comment" feature should be a lot faster and not time out - on large installations due to the addition of an index. - (bug 57350) -- You can now alter group settings on bulk change for groups - that aren't on for all bugs or off for all bugs. - (bug 84714) -- New bug notifications now include the CC and QA fields. - (bug 28458) -- Bugzilla is now more Windows friendly, although it is still - not an official platform. - (bug 88179, 29064) -- Passwords are now encrypted using Perl's encrypt function. - This makes Bugzilla more portable to more operating systems. - (bug 77473) -- Bugzilla didn't properly shut down when told to - some - queries could still be sent to the database. - (bug 95082) - -******************************************** -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.10 OR EARLIER *** -******************************************** +As previously noted in the Dependency Requirements MySQL is now required to be +at least version 3.23.41. This implies that all tables of type ISAM will be +converted by the checksetup.pl script to MyISAM. As with any upgrade it is +recommended to make a backup of the database, perhaps by using mysqldump. -*** SECURITY ISSUES RESOLVED *** - -- Some security holes have been fixed where shell escape characters - could be passed to Bugzilla, allowing remote users to execute - system commands on the web server. - -*** IMPORTANT CHANGES *** - -- There is now a facility for users to choose the sort of - notifications they wish to receive. This facility will - probably be improved in future versions. - (bug 17464) - -- "Changed" will no longer appear on the subject line of - change notification emails. Because of this, you should - change the subject line in your 'changedmail' and - 'newchangedmail' params on editparams.cgi. The subject - line needs to be changed from - - Subject: [Bug %bugid%] %neworchanged% - %summary% - - to: - - Subject: [Bug %bugid%] %neworchanged%%summary% - - or whatever is appropriate for the subject you are using - on your system. Note the removal of the " - " in the - middle. - (bug 29820) - -*** Other changes of note *** - -- Bug titles now appear in the page title, and will hence - display in the user's browser's bookmarks and history. - (bug 22041) -- Edit groups functionality (editgroups.cgi). - (bug 25010) -- Support for moving bugs to other Bugzilla databases. - (bug 36133) -- Bugzilla now can generate a frequently reported bugs list - based on what duplicates you receive. - (bug 25693) -- When installing Bugzilla fresh, the administrator account is - now created in checksetup.pl. - (bug 17773) -- Stored queries now show their name above the bug list, which - helps the user when they have multiple bug lists in multiple - browser windows. It also appears in the page title, and will - hence display in the user's browser's bookmarks and history. - (bug 52228) -- All states and resolutions can now be collected for charting. - (bug 6682) -- A new search-engine-like "quick search" feature appears on - the front page to try and making searching easier. - (bug 69793) -- Querying on dependencies now works in the advanced query - section of the query page. - (bug 30823) -- When a bug is marked as a duplicate, the reporter of the - resolved bug is automatically added to the CC list of the - open bug. - (bug 28676) - -*** Bug fixes of note *** - -- Notification emails will now always be sent to QA contacts. - Previously they wouldn't if you were using new email tech. - (bug 30826) -- When marking a bug as a duplicate, the duplicate stamp marked - on the open bug will no longer be written too early (such as - on mid-air collisions). - (bug 7873) -- Various bug fixes were made to the initial assignee and QA - of a component. It is no longer possible to enter an - invalid address. They will also now properly update when - a user's email address is changed. Sanity check will now - check these. - (bug 66876) -- Administrators can no longer create an email accounts that do - not match the global email regular expression parameter. - Previously this could occur and would cause sanity check - errors. - (bug 32971) -- The resolution field can no longer become empty when the - bug is resolved. This occurred because of midair collisions. - (bug 49306) - -******************************************* -*** USERS UPGRADING FROM 2.8 OR EARLIER *** -******************************************* - -Release notes were not compiled for versions of Bugzilla before -2.12. - -The file 'UPGRADING-pre-2.8' contains instructions you may -need to perform in addition to running 'checksetup.pl' if you -are running a pre 2.8 version. +Example: + mysqldump -u root -p --databases bugs > bugs.db.backup diff --git a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml index 0175caec1..9b848e9be 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml @@ -30,19 +30,21 @@ For a devel release, simple bump bz-ver and bz-date --> -<!ENTITY bz-ver "2.17.7"> -<!ENTITY bz-nextver "2.18"> -<!ENTITY bz-date "2004-01-24"> +<!ENTITY bz-ver "2.19"> +<!ENTITY bz-nextver "2.20"> +<!ENTITY bz-date "2004-07-10"> <!ENTITY % bz-devel "INCLUDE"> +<!ENTITY landfillbase "http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/"> <!ENTITY bz "http://www.bugzilla.org/"> <!ENTITY bzg-bugs "<ulink url='http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation'>Bugzilla Documentation</ulink>"> <!ENTITY mysql "http://www.mysql.com/"> -<!ENTITY newest-perl-ver "5.8.2"> +<!ENTITY newest-perl-ver "5.8.3"> <!-- For minimum versions --> <!ENTITY min-mysql-ver "3.23.41"> <!ENTITY min-perl-ver "5.6.0"> +<!ENTITY min-perl-ver-win "5.8.1"> <!ENTITY min-template-ver "2.08"> <!ENTITY min-file-temp-ver "any"> <!ENTITY min-appconfig-ver "1.52"> @@ -50,17 +52,17 @@ <!ENTITY min-file-spec-ver "0.82"> <!ENTITY min-data-dumper-ver "any"> <!ENTITY min-dbd-mysql-ver "2.1010"> -<!ENTITY min-dbi-ver "1.32"> +<!ENTITY min-dbi-ver "1.36"> <!ENTITY min-date-format-ver "2.21"> <!ENTITY min-cgi-ver "2.93"> <!-- Optional modules --> <!ENTITY min-gd-ver "1.20"> <!ENTITY min-gd-graph-ver "any"> <!ENTITY min-gd-text-align-ver "any"> -<!ENTITY min-chart-base-ver "0.99c"> +<!ENTITY min-chart-base-ver "1.0"> <!ENTITY min-xml-parser-ver "any"> <!ENTITY min-mime-parser-ver "any"> -<!ENTITY min-patchreader-ver "0.9.1"> +<!ENTITY min-patchreader-ver "0.9.4"> ]> diff --git a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml index cf52999e4..12c72dd84 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml @@ -2,28 +2,13 @@ <chapter id="administration"> <title>Administering Bugzilla</title> - <subtitle>Or, I just got this cool thing installed. Now what the heck do I - do with it?</subtitle> + <section id="parameters"> + <title>Bugzilla Configuration</title> - <para>So you followed - <quote> - <xref linkend="installation" /> - </quote> - - to the letter, and logged into Bugzilla for the very first time with your - super-duper god account. You sit, contentedly staring at the Bugzilla Query - Screen, the worst of the whole mad business of installing this terrific - program behind you. It seems, though, you have nothing yet to query! Your - first act of business should be to setup the operating parameters for - Bugzilla so you can get busy getting data into your bug tracker.</para> - - <section id="postinstall-check"> - <title>Post-Installation Checklist</title> - - <para>After installation, follow the checklist below to help ensure that - you have a successful installation. If you do not see a recommended - setting for a parameter, consider leaving it at the default while you - perform your initial tests on your Bugzilla setup.</para> + <para>Bugzilla is configured by changing various parameters, accessed + from the "Edit parameters" link in the page footer. Here are + some of the key parameters on that page. You should run down this + list and set them appropriately after installing Bugzilla.</para> <indexterm> <primary>checklist</primary> @@ -31,185 +16,102 @@ <procedure> <step> - <para>Bring up - <filename>editparams.cgi</filename> - - in your web browser. This should be available as the - <quote>edit parameters</quote> - - link from any Bugzilla screen once you have logged in.</para> - </step> - - <step> - <para>The - <quote>maintainer</quote> - - is the email address of the person responsible for maintaining this - Bugzilla installation. The maintainer need not be a valid Bugzilla - user. Error pages, error emails, and administrative mail will be sent - with the maintainer as the return email address.</para> - - <para>Set - <quote>maintainer</quote> - - to - <emphasis>your</emphasis> - - email address. This allows Bugzilla's error messages to display your - email address and allow people to contact you for help.</para> + <para> + <command>maintainer</command>: + The maintainer parameter is the email address of the person + responsible for maintaining this + Bugzilla installation. The address need not be that of a valid Bugzilla + account.</para> </step> <step> - <para>The - <quote>urlbase</quote> - - parameter defines the fully qualified domain name and web server path - to your Bugzilla installation.</para> - - <para>For example, if your bugzilla query page is - http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/query.cgi, set your - <quote>urlbase</quote> - - is http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/.</para> + <para> + <command>urlbase</command>: + This parameter defines the fully qualified domain name and web + server path to your Bugzilla installation.</para> + + <para>For example, if your Bugzilla query page is + <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/query.cgi</filename>, + set your <quote>urlbase</quote> + to <filename>http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/</filename>.</para> </step> <step> <para> - <quote>usebuggroups</quote> - - dictates whether or not to implement group-based security for - Bugzilla. If set, Bugzilla bugs can have an associated groupmask - defining which groups of users are allowed to see and edit the - bug.</para> - - <para>Set "usebuggroups" to "on" - <emphasis>only</emphasis> - - if you may wish to restrict access to products. I suggest leaving - this parameter - <emphasis>off</emphasis> - - while initially testing your Bugzilla.</para> + <command>makeproductgroups</command>: + This dictates whether or not to automatically create groups + when new products are created. + </para> </step> <step> <para> - <quote>usebuggroupsentry</quote> - - , when set to - <quote>on</quote> - - , requires that all bugs have an associated groupmask when submitted. - This parameter is made for those installations where product - isolation is a necessity.</para> - - <para>Set "usebuggroupsentry" to "on" if you absolutely need to - restrict access to bugs from the moment they are submitted through - resolution. Once again, if you are simply testing your installation, - I suggest against turning this parameter on; the strict security - checking may stop you from being able to modify your new - entries.</para> + <command>useentrygroupdefault</command>: + Bugzilla products can have a group associated with them, so that + certain users can only see bugs in certain products. When this + parameter is set to <quote>on</quote>, this + causes the initial group controls on newly created products + to place all newly-created bugs in the group + having the same name as the product immediately. + After a product is initially created, the group controls + can be further adjusted without interference by + this mechanism.</para> </step> <step> - <para>You run into an interesting problem when Bugzilla reaches a + <para> + <command>shadowdb</command>: + You run into an interesting problem when Bugzilla reaches a high level of continuous activity. MySQL supports only table-level write locking. What this means is that if someone needs to make a change to a bug, they will lock the entire table until the operation is complete. Locking for write also blocks reads until the write is - complete. The - <quote>shadowdb</quote> - + complete. Note that more recent versions of mysql support row level + locking using different table types. These types are slower than the + standard type, and Bugzilla does not yet take advantage of features + such as transactions which would justify this speed decrease. The + Bugzilla team are, however, happy to hear about any experiences with + row level locking and Bugzilla.</para> + + <para>The <quote>shadowdb</quote> parameter was designed to get around this limitation. While only a single user is allowed to write to a table at a time, reads can continue unimpeded on a read-only shadow copy of the database. Although your database size will double, a shadow database can cause an enormous performance improvement when implemented on extremely high-traffic Bugzilla databases.</para> - - <para>Set "shadowdb" to "bug_shadowdb" if you will be running a - *very* large installation of Bugzilla. The shadow database enables - many simultaneous users to read and write to the database without - interfering with one another. - <note> - <para>Enabling "shadowdb" can adversely affect the stability of - your installation of Bugzilla. You should regularly check that your - database is in sync. It is often advisable to force a shadow - database sync nightly via - <quote>cron</quote> - - .</para> - </note> - - Once again, in testing you should avoid this option -- use it if or - when you - <emphasis>need</emphasis> - - to use it, and have repeatedly run into the problem it was designed - to solve -- very long wait times while attempting to commit a change - to the database. Mozilla.org began needing + + <para> + As a guide, on reasonably old hardware, mozilla.org began needing <quote>shadowdb</quote> - when they reached around 40,000 Bugzilla users with several hundred Bugzilla bug changes and comments per day.</para> - <para>If you use the "shadowdb" option, it is only natural that you - should turn the "queryagainstshadowdb" option "On" as well. Otherwise - you are replicating data into a shadow database for no reason!</para> + <para>The value of the parameter defines the name of the + shadow bug database. You will need to set the host and port settings + from the params page, and set up replication in your database server + so that updates reach this readonly mirror. Consult your database + documentation for more detail.</para> </step> <step> <para> - <quote>headerhtml</quote> - - , - <quote>footerhtml</quote> - - , - <quote>errorhtml</quote> - - , - <quote>bannerhtml</quote> - - , and - <quote>blurbhtml</quote> - - are all templates which control display of headers, footers, errors, - banners, and additional data. We could go into some detail regarding - the usage of these, but it is really best just to monkey around with - them a bit to see what they do. I strongly recommend you copy your - <filename>data/params</filename> - - file somewhere safe before playing with these values, though. If they - are changed dramatically, it may make it impossible for you to - display Bugzilla pages to fix the problem until you have restored - your - <filename>data/params</filename> - - file.</para> - - <para>If you have custom logos or HTML you must put in place to fit - within your site design guidelines, place the code in the - "headerhtml", "footerhtml", "errorhtml", "bannerhtml", or "blurbhtml" - text boxes. - <note> - <para>The "headerhtml" text box is the HTML printed out - <emphasis>before</emphasis> + <command>shutdownhtml</command>: - any other code on the page, except the CONTENT-TYPE header sent by - the Bugzilla engine. If you have a special banner, put the code for - it in "bannerhtml". You may want to leave these settings at the - defaults initially.</para> - </note> + If you need to shut down Bugzilla to perform administration, enter + some descriptive HTML here and anyone who tries to use Bugzilla will + receive a page to that effect. Obviously, editparams.cgi will + still be accessible so you can remove the HTML and re-enable Bugzilla. + :-) </para> </step> <step> <para> - <quote>passwordmail</quote> + <command>passwordmail</command>: - is rather simple. Every time a user creates an account, the text of - this parameter is read as the text to send to the new user along with + Every time a user creates an account, the text of + this parameter (with substitutions) is sent to the new user along with their password message.</para> <para>Add any text you wish to the "passwordmail" parameter box. For @@ -217,47 +119,44 @@ blurb about how to use Bugzilla at your site.</para> </step> + <step> <para> - <quote>useqacontact</quote> - - allows you to define an email address for each component, in addition - to that of the default owner, who will be sent carbon copies of - incoming bugs. The critical difference between a QA Contact and an - Owner is that the QA Contact follows the component. If you reassign a - bug from component A to component B, the QA Contact for that bug will - change with the reassignment, regardless of owner.</para> + <command>movebugs</command>: + + This option is an undocumented feature to allow moving bugs + between separate Bugzilla installations. You will need to understand + the source code in order to use this feature. Please consult + <filename>movebugs.pl</filename> in your Bugzilla source tree for + further documentation, such as it is. + </para> + </step> + <step> <para> - <quote>usestatuswhiteboard</quote> + <command>useqacontact</command>: - defines whether you wish to have a free-form, overwritable field + This allows you to define an email address for each component, in + addition + to that of the default owner, who will be sent carbon copies of + incoming bugs.</para> + </step> + <step> + <para> + <command>usestatuswhiteboard</command>: + This defines whether you wish to have a free-form, overwritable field associated with each bug. The advantage of the Status Whiteboard is that it can be deleted or modified with ease, and provides an easily-searchable field for indexing some bugs that have some trait - in common. Many people will put - <quote>help wanted</quote> - - , - <quote>stalled</quote> - - , or - <quote>waiting on reply from somebody</quote> - - messages into the Status Whiteboard field so those who peruse the - bugs are aware of their status even more than that which can be - indicated by the Resolution fields.</para> - - <para>Do you want to use the QA Contact ("useqacontact") and status - whiteboard ("usestatuswhiteboard") fields? These fields are useful - because they allow for more flexibility, particularly when you have - an existing Quality Assurance and/or Release Engineering team, but - they may not be needed for many smaller installations.</para> + in common. + </para> </step> <step> - <para>Set "whinedays" to the amount of days you want to let bugs go - in the "New" or "Reopened" state before notifying people they have + <para> + <command>whinedays</command>: + Set this to the number of days you want to let bugs go + in the NEW or REOPENED state before notifying people they have untouched new bugs. If you do not plan to use this feature, simply do not set up the whining cron job described in the installation instructions, or set this value to "0" (never whine).</para> @@ -265,8 +164,8 @@ <step> <para> - <quote>commenton</quote> - + <command>commenton*</command>: + All these fields allow you to dictate what changes can pass without comment, and which must have a comment from the person who changed them. Often, administrators will allow users to add themselves to the CC @@ -288,30 +187,17 @@ </step> <step> - <para>The - <quote>supportwatchers</quote> + <para> + <command>supportwatchers</command>: - option can be an exceptionally powerful tool in the hands of a power - Bugzilla user. By enabling this option, you allow users to receive - email updates whenever other users receive email updates. This is, of + Turning on this option allows users to ask to receive copies of + all a particular other user's bug email. This is, of course, subject to the groupset restrictions on the bug; if the <quote>watcher</quote> - would not normally be allowed to view a bug, the watcher cannot get around the system by setting herself up to watch the bugs of someone - with bugs outside her privileges. She would still only receive email - updates for those bugs she could normally view.</para> - - <para>For Bugzilla sites which require strong inter-Product security - to prevent snooping, watchers are not a good idea.</para> - - <para>However, for most sites you should set - <quote>supportwatchers</quote> - - to "On". This feature is helpful for team leads to monitor progress - in their respective areas, and can offer many other benefits, such as - allowing a developer to pick up a former engineer's bugs without - requiring her to change all the information in the bug.</para> + with bugs outside her privileges. They would still only receive email + updates for those bugs she could normally view.</para> </step> </procedure> </section> @@ -319,120 +205,45 @@ <section id="useradmin"> <title>User Administration</title> - <para>User administration is one of the easiest parts of Bugzilla. - Keeping it from getting out of hand, however, can become a - challenge.</para> - <section id="defaultuser"> <title>Creating the Default User</title> <para>When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it will prompt you for the administrative username (email address) and - password for this "super user". If for some reason you were to delete + password for this "super user". If for some reason you delete the "super user" account, re-running checksetup.pl will again prompt you for this username and password.</para> <tip> - <para>If you wish to add more administrative users, you must use the - MySQL interface. Run "mysql" from the command line, and use these - commands ("mysql>" denotes the mysql prompt, not something you - should type in): - <command> - <prompt>mysql></prompt> - - use bugs;</command> - - <command> - <prompt>mysql></prompt> - - update profiles set groupset=0x7ffffffffffffff where login_name = - "(user's login name)";</command> + <para>If you wish to add more administrative users, add them to + the "admin" group and, optionally, add edit the tweakparams, editusers, + creategroups, editcomponents, and editkeywords groups to add the + entire admin group to those groups. </para> - - <para>Yes, that is - <emphasis>fourteen</emphasis> - - <quote>f</quote> - - 's. A whole lot of f-ing going on if you want to create a new - administator.</para> </tip> </section> <section id="manageusers"> <title>Managing Other Users</title> - <section id="login"> - <title>Logging In</title> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Open the index.html page for your Bugzilla installation in - your browser window.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Click the "Query Existing Bug Reports" link.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Click the "Log In" link at the foot of the page.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Type your email address, and the password which was emailed - to you when you created your Bugzilla account, into the spaces - provided.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - <para>Congratulations, you are logged in!</para> - </section> - <section id="createnewusers"> <title>Creating new users</title> <para>Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the - "New Account" link at the bottom of each page. However, should you + "New Account" link at the bottom of each page (assuming they + aren't logged in as someone else already.) However, should you desire to create user accounts ahead of time, here is how you do it.</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> <para>After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of - the query page.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>To see a specific user, type a portion of their login name - in the box provided and click "submit". To see all users, simply - click the "submit" button. You must click "submit" here to be - able to add a new user.</para> - - <tip> - <para>More functionality is available via the list on the - right-hand side of the text entry box. You can match what you - type as a case-insensitive substring (the default) of all users - on your system, a case-sensitive regular expression (please see - the - <command>man regexp</command> - - manual page for details on regular expression syntax), or a - <emphasis>reverse</emphasis> - - regular expression match, where every user name which does NOT - match the regular expression is selected.</para> - </tip> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Click the "Add New User" link at the bottom of the user - list</para> + the query page, and then click "Add a new user".</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. - When done, click "submit".</para> + When done, click "Submit".</para> <note> <para>Adding a user this way will @@ -453,84 +264,71 @@ </orderedlist> </section> - <section id="disableusers"> - <title>Disabling Users</title> - - <para>I bet you noticed that big "Disabled Text" entry box available - from the "Add New User" screen, when you edit an account? By entering - any text in this box and selecting "submit", you have prevented the - user from using Bugzilla via the web interface. Your explanation, - written in this text box, will be presented to the user the next time - she attempts to use the system. - <warning> - <para>Don't disable your own administrative account, or you will - hate life!</para> - - <para>At this time, - <quote>Disabled Text</quote> - - does not prevent a user from using the email interface. If you have - the email interface enabled, they can still continue to submit bugs - and comments that way. We need a patch to fix this.</para> - </warning> - </para> - </section> - <section id="modifyusers"> <title>Modifying Users</title> - <para>Here I will attempt to describe the function of each option on - the Edit User screen.</para> + <para>To see a specific user, search for their login name + in the box provided on the "Edit Users" page. To see all users, + leave the box blank.</para> + + <para>You can search in different ways the listbox to the right + of the text entry box. You can match by + case-insensitive substring (the default), + regular expression, or a + <emphasis>reverse</emphasis> + regular expression match, which finds every user name which does NOT + match the regular expression. (Please see + the <command>man regexp</command> + manual page for details on regular expression syntax.) + </para> + + <para>Once you have found your user, you can change the following + fields:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Login Name</emphasis> - - : This is generally the user's email address. However, if you - have edited your system parameters, this may just be the user's - login name or some other identifier. - <tip> - <para>For compatability reasons, you should probably stick with - email addresses as user login names. It will make your life - easier.</para> - </tip> + <emphasis>Login Name</emphasis>: + This is generally the user's full email address. However, if you + have are using the emailsuffix Param, this may just be the user's + login name. Note that users can now change their login names + themselves (to any valid email address.) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Real Name</emphasis> - - : Duh!</para> + <emphasis>Real Name</emphasis>: The user's real name. Note that + Bugzilla does not require this to create an account.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Password</emphasis> - - : You can change the user password here. It is normal to only see - asterisks.</para> + <emphasis>Password</emphasis>: + You can change the user's password here. Users can automatically + request a new password, so you shouldn't need to do this often. + If you want to disable an account, see Disable Text below. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Disable Text</emphasis> - - : If you type anything in this box, including just a space, the - user account is disabled from making any changes to bugs via the - web interface, and what you type in this box is presented as the - reason. + <emphasis>Disable Text</emphasis>: + If you type anything in this box, including just a space, the + user is prevented from logging in, or making any changes to + bugs via the web interface. + The HTML you type in this box is presented to the user when + they attempt to perform these actions, and should explain + why the account was disabled. <warning> - <para>Don't disable the administrator account!</para> + <para>Don't disable all the administrator accounts!</para> </warning> <note> - <para>As of this writing, the user can still submit bugs via - the e-mail gateway, if you set it up, despite the disabled text - field. The e-mail gateway should + <para>The user can still submit bugs via + the e-mail gateway, if you set it up, even if the disabled text + field is filled in. The e-mail gateway should <emphasis>not</emphasis> - be enabled for secure installations of Bugzilla.</para> </note> </para> @@ -538,830 +336,776 @@ <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>CanConfirm</emphasis> - - : This field is only used if you have enabled "unconfirmed" - status in your parameters screen. If you enable this for a user, - that user can then move bugs from "Unconfirmed" to "Confirmed" - status (e.g.: "New" status). Be judicious about allowing users to - turn this bit on for other users.</para> + <emphasis><groupname></emphasis>: + If you have created some groups, e.g. "securitysensitive", then + checkboxes will appear here to allow you to add users to, or + remove them from, these groups. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Creategroups</emphasis> - - : This option will allow a user to create and destroy groups in - Bugzilla. Unless you are using the Bugzilla GroupSentry security - option "usebuggroupsentry" in your parameters, this setting has - no effect.</para> + <emphasis>canconfirm</emphasis>: + This field is only used if you have enabled the "unconfirmed" + status. If you enable this for a user, + that user can then move bugs from "Unconfirmed" to a "Confirmed" + status (e.g.: "New" status).</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Editbugs</emphasis> + <emphasis>creategroups</emphasis>: + This option will allow a user to create and destroy groups in + Bugzilla.</para> + </listitem> - : Unless a user has this bit set, they can only edit those bugs - for which they are the assignee or the reporter. - <note> - <para>Leaving this option unchecked does not prevent users from - adding comments to a bug! They simply cannot change a bug - priority, severity, etc. unless they are the assignee or - reporter.</para> - </note> + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>editbugs</emphasis>: + Unless a user has this bit set, they can only edit those bugs + for which they are the assignee or the reporter. Even if this + option is unchecked, users can still add comments to bugs. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Editcomponents</emphasis> - - : This flag allows a user to create new products and components, + <emphasis>editcomponents</emphasis>: + This flag allows a user to create new products and components, as well as modify and destroy those that have no bugs associated with them. If a product or component has bugs associated with it, those bugs must be moved to a different product or component - before Bugzilla will allow them to be destroyed. The name of a - product or component can be changed without affecting the - associated bugs, but it tends to annoy the hell out of your users - when these change a lot.</para> + before Bugzilla will allow them to be destroyed. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Editkeywords</emphasis> - - : If you use Bugzilla's keyword functionality, enabling this - feature allows a user can create and destroy keywords. As always, + <emphasis>editkeywords</emphasis>: + If you use Bugzilla's keyword functionality, enabling this + feature allows a user to create and destroy keywords. As always, the keywords for existing bugs containing the keyword the user wishes to destroy must be changed before Bugzilla will allow it - to die. You must be very careful about creating too many new - keywords if you run a very large Bugzilla installation; keywords - are global variables across products, and you can often run into - a phenomenon called "keyword bloat". This confuses users, and - then the feature goes unused.</para> + to die.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>Editusers</emphasis> - - : This flag allows a user do what you're doing right now: edit + <emphasis>editusers</emphasis>: + This flag allows a user to do what you're doing right now: edit other users. This will allow those with the right to do so to remove administrator privileges from other users or grant them to themselves. Enable with care.</para> </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>tweakparams</emphasis>: + This flag allows a user to change Bugzilla's Params + (using <filename>editparams.cgi</filename>.)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>PRODUCT</emphasis> - - : PRODUCT bugs access. This allows an administrator, with - product-level granularity, to specify in which products a user - can edit bugs. The user must still have the "editbugs" privelege - to edit bugs in this area; this simply restricts them from even - seeing bugs outside these boundaries if the administrator has - enabled the group sentry parameter "usebuggroupsentry". Unless - you are using bug groups, this option has no effect.</para> + <emphasis><productname></emphasis>: + This allows an administrator to specify the products in which + a user can see bugs. The user must still have the + "editbugs" privilege to edit bugs in these products.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> </section> </section> - <section id="programadmin"> - <title>Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</title> + <section id="products"> + <title>Products</title> - <epigraph> - <para>Dear Lord, we have to get our users to do WHAT?</para> - </epigraph> + <para> + <glossterm linkend="gloss-product" baseform="product"> + Products</glossterm> - <section id="products"> - <title>Products</title> + are the broadest category in Bugzilla, and tend to represent real-world + shipping products. E.g. if your company makes computer games, + you should have one product per game, perhaps a "Common" product for + units of technology used in multiple games, and maybe a few special + products (Website, Administration...)</para> - <subtitle>Formerly, and in some spots still, called - "Programs"</subtitle> + <para>Many of Bugzilla's settings are configurable on a per-product + basis. The number of "votes" available to users is set per-product, + as is the number of votes + required to move a bug automatically from the UNCONFIRMED status to the + NEW status.</para> - <para> - <glossterm linkend="gloss-product" baseform="product"> - Products</glossterm> + <para>To create a new product:</para> - are the broadest category in Bugzilla, and you should have the least of - these. If your company makes computer games, you should have one - product per game, and possibly a few special products (website, - meetings...)</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Select "products" from the footer</para> - <para>A Product (formerly called "Program", and still referred to that - way in some portions of the source code) controls some very important - functions. The number of "votes" available for users to vote for the - most important bugs is set per-product, as is the number of votes - required to move a bug automatically from the UNCONFIRMED status to the - NEW status. One can close a Product for further bug entry and define - various Versions available from the Edit product screen.</para> + </listitem> - <para>To create a new product:</para> + <listitem> + <para>Select the "Add" link in the bottom right</para> + </listitem> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Select "components" from the yellow footer</para> + <listitem> + <para>Enter the name of the product and a description. The + Description field may contain HTML.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> - <tip> - <para>It may seem counterintuitive to click "components" when you - want to edit the properties associated with Products. This is one - of a long list of things we want in Bugzilla 3.0...</para> - </tip> - </listitem> + <para>Don't worry about the "Closed for bug entry", "Maximum Votes + per person", "Maximum votes a person can put on a single bug", + "Number of votes a bug in this Product needs to automatically get out + of the UNCOMFIRMED state", and "Version" options yet. We'll cover + those in a few moments. + </para> + </section> - <listitem> - <para>Select the "Add" link to the right of "Add a new - product".</para> - </listitem> + <section id="components"> + <title>Components</title> + + <para>Components are subsections of a Product. E.g. the computer game + you are designing may have a "UI" + component, an "API" component, a "Sound System" component, and a + "Plugins" component, each overseen by a different programmer. It + often makes sense to divide Components in Bugzilla according to the + natural divisions of responsibility within your Product or + company.</para> + + <para> + Each component has a owner and (if you turned it on in the parameters), + a QA Contact. The owner should be the primary person who fixes bugs in + that component. The QA Contact should be the person who will ensure + these bugs are completely fixed. The Owner, QA Contact, and Reporter + will get email when new bugs are created in this Component and when + these bugs change. Default Owner and Default QA Contact fields only + dictate the + <emphasis>default assignments</emphasis>; + these can be changed on bug submission, or at any later point in + a bug's life.</para> + + <para>To create a new Component:</para> - <listitem> - <para>Enter the name of the product and a description. The - Description field is free-form.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Select the "Edit components" link from the "Edit product" + page</para> + </listitem> - <tip> - <para>Don't worry about the "Closed for bug entry", "Maximum Votes - per person", "Maximum votes a person can put on a single bug", - "Number of votes a bug in this Product needs to automatically get out - of the UNCOMFIRMED state", and "Version" options yet. We'll cover - those in a few moments.</para> - </tip> - </section> + <listitem> + <para>Select the "Add" link in the bottom right.</para> + </listitem> - <section id="components"> - <title>Components</title> - - <para>Components are subsections of a Product. - <example> - <title>Creating some Components</title> - - <informalexample> - <para>The computer game you are designing may have a "UI" - component, an "API" component, a "Sound System" component, and a - "Plugins" component, each overseen by a different programmer. It - often makes sense to divide Components in Bugzilla according to the - natural divisions of responsibility within your Product or - company.</para> - </informalexample> - </example> - - Each component has a owner and (if you turned it on in the parameters), - a QA Contact. The owner should be the primary person who fixes bugs in - that component. The QA Contact should be the person who will ensure - these bugs are completely fixed. The Owner, QA Contact, and Reporter - will get email when new bugs are created in this Component and when - these bugs change. Default Owner and Default QA Contact fields only - dictate the - <emphasis>default assignments</emphasis> - - ; the Owner and QA Contact fields in a bug are otherwise unrelated to - the Component.</para> - - <para>To create a new Component:</para> + <listitem> + <para>Fill out the "Component" field, a short "Description", + the "Initial Owner" and "Initial QA Contact" (if enabled.) + The Component and Description fields may contain HTML; + the "Initial Owner" field must be a login name + already existing in the database. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Select the "Edit components" link from the "Edit product" - page</para> - </listitem> + <section id="versions"> + <title>Versions</title> - <listitem> - <para>Select the "Add" link to the right of the "Add a new - component" text on the "Select Component" page.</para> - </listitem> + <para>Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders + 3.1", "Flinders 95", and "Flinders 2000". Version is not a multi-select + field; the usual practice is to select the earliest version known to have + the bug. + </para> - <listitem> - <para>Fill out the "Component" field, a short "Description", and - the "Initial Owner". The Component and Description fields are - free-form; the "Initial Owner" field must be that of a user ID - already existing in the database. If the initial owner does not - exist, Bugzilla will refuse to create the component. - <tip> - <para>Is your "Default Owner" a user who is not yet in the - database? No problem. - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Select the "Log out" link on the footer of the - page.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Select the "New Account" link on the footer of the - "Relogin" page</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Type in the email address of the default owner you want - to create in the "E-mail address" field, and her full name in - the "Real name" field, then select the "Submit Query" - button.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Now select "Log in" again, type in your login - information, and you can modify the product to use the - Default Owner information you require.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> - </tip> - </para> - </listitem> + <para>To create and edit Versions:</para> - <listitem> - <para>Either Edit more components or return to the Bugzilla Query - Page. To return to the Product you were editing, you must select - the Components link as before.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>From the "Edit product" screen, select "Edit Versions"</para> + </listitem> - <section id="versions"> - <title>Versions</title> - - <para>Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders - 3.1", "Flinders 95", and "Flinders 2000". Using Versions helps you - isolate code changes and are an aid in reporting. - <example> - <title>Common Use of Versions</title> - - <informalexample> - <para>A user reports a bug against Version "Beta 2.0" of your - product. The current Version of your software is "Release Candidate - 1", and no longer has the bug. This will help you triage and - classify bugs according to their relevance. It is also possible - people may report bugs against bleeding-edge beta versions that are - not evident in older versions of the software. This can help - isolate code changes that caused the bug</para> - </informalexample> - </example> - - <example> - <title>A Different Use of Versions</title> - - <informalexample> - <para>This field has been used to good effect by an online service - provider in a slightly different way. They had three versions of - the product: "Production", "QA", and "Dev". Although it may be the - same product, a bug in the development environment is not normally - as critical as a Production bug, nor does it need to be reported - publicly. When used in conjunction with Target Milestones, one can - easily specify the environment where a bug can be reproduced, and - the Milestone by which it will be fixed.</para> - </informalexample> - </example> + <listitem> + <para>You will notice that the product already has the default + version "undefined". Click the "Add" link in the bottom right.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Enter the name of the Version. This field takes text only. + Then click the "Add" button.</para> + </listitem> + + </orderedlist> + </section> + + <section id="milestones"> + <title>Milestones</title> + + <para>Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. For + example, you have a bug that you plan to fix for your 3.0 release, it + would be assigned the milestone of 3.0.</para> + + <note> + <para>Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned + on the "usetargetmilestone" Param in the "Edit Parameters" screen. </para> + </note> - <para>To create and edit Versions:</para> + <para>To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set + Milestone URL:</para> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>From the "Edit product" screen, select "Edit Versions"</para> - </listitem> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Select "Edit milestones" from the "Edit product" page.</para> + </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>You will notice that the product already has the default - version "undefined". If your product doesn't use version numbers, - you may want to leave this as it is or edit it so that it is "---". - You can then go back to the edit versions page and add new versions - to your product.</para> - - <para>Otherwise, click the "Add" button to the right of the "Add a - new version" text.</para> - </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Select "Add" in the bottom right corner. + text</para> + </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Enter the name of the Version. This can be free-form - characters up to the limit of the text box. Then select the "Add" - button.</para> - </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Enter the name of the Milestone in the "Milestone" field. You + can optionally set the "sortkey", which is a positive or negative + number (-255 to 255) that defines where in the list this particular + milestone appears. This is because milestones often do not + occur in alphanumeric order For example, "Future" might be + after "Release 1.2". Select "Add".</para> + </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>At this point you can select "Edit" to edit more Versions, or - return to the "Query" page, from which you can navigate back to the - product through the "components" link at the foot of the Query - page.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> + <listitem> + <para>From the Edit product screen, you can enter the URL of a + page which gives information about your milestones and what + they mean. </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + + <section id="voting"> + <title>Voting</title> - <section id="milestones"> - <title>Milestones</title> + <para>Voting allows users to be given a pot of votes which they can allocate + to bugs, to indicate that they'd like them fixed. + This allows developers to gauge + user need for a particular enhancement or bugfix. By allowing bugs with + a certain number of votes to automatically move from "UNCONFIRMED" to + "NEW", users of the bug system can help high-priority bugs garner + attention so they don't sit for a long time awaiting triage.</para> - <para>Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. For - example, you have a bug that you plan to fix for your 3.0 release, it - would be assigned the milestone of 3.0. Or, you have a bug that you - plan to fix for 2.8, this would have a milestone of 2.8.</para> + <para>To modify Voting settings:</para> - <note> - <para>Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned - the "usetargetmilestone" field in the "Edit Parameters" screen - "On".</para> - </note> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Navigate to the "Edit product" screen for the Product you + wish to modify</para> + </listitem> - <para>To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set - Milestone URL:</para> + <listitem> + <para><emphasis>Maximum Votes per person</emphasis>: + Setting this field to "0" disables voting.</para> + </listitem> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Select "edit milestones"</para> - </listitem> + <listitem> + <para><emphasis>Maximum Votes a person can put on a single + bug</emphasis>: + It should probably be some number lower than the + "Maximum votes per person". Don't set this field to "0" if + "Maximum votes per person" is non-zero; that doesn't make + any sense.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para><emphasis>Number of votes a bug in this product needs to + automatically get out of the UNCONFIRMED state</emphasis>: + Setting this field to "0" disables the automatic move of + bugs from UNCONFIRMED to NEW. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Once you have adjusted the values to your preference, click + "Update".</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + + <section id="quips"> + <title>Quips</title> + + <para> + Quips are small text messages that can be configured to appear + next to search results. A Bugzilla installation can have its own specific + quips. Whenever a quip needs to be displayed, a random selection + is made from the pool of already existing quips. + </para> + + <para> + Quips are controlled by the <emphasis>enablequips</emphasis> parameter. + It has several possible values: on, approved, frozen or off. + In order to enable quips approval you need to set this parameter + to "approved". In this way, users are free to submit quips for + addition but an administrator must explicitly approve them before + they are actually used. + </para> + + <para> + In order to see the user interface for the quips, it is enough to click + on a quip when it is displayed together with the search results. Or + it can be seen directly in the browser by visiting the quips.cgi URL + (prefixed with the usual web location of the Bugzilla installation). + Once the quip interface is displayed, it is enough to click the + "view and edit the whole quip list" in order to see the administration + page. A page with all the quips available in the database will + be displayed. + </para> + + <para> + Next to each tip there is a checkbox, under the + "Approved" column. Quips who have this checkbox checked are + already approved and will appear next to the search results. + The ones that have it unchecked are still preserved in the + database but they will not appear on search results pages. + User submitted quips have initially the checkbox unchecked. + </para> + + <para> + Also, there is a delete link next to each quip, + which can be used in order to permanently delete a quip. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="groups"> + <title>Groups and Group Security</title> + + <para>Groups allow the administrator + to isolate bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people. + The association between products and groups is controlled from + the product edit page under <quote>Edit Group Controls.</quote> + </para> + + <para> + If the makeproductgroups param is on, a new group will be automatically + created for every new product. It is primarily available for backward + compatibility with older sites. + </para> + <para> + Note that group permissions are such that you need to be a member + of <emphasis>all</emphasis> the groups a bug is in, for whatever + reason, to see that bug. Similarly, you must be a member + of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the entry groups for a product + to add bugs to a product and you must be a member + of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the canedit groups for a product + in order to make <emphasis>any</emphasis> change to bugs in that + product. + </para> + <section> + <title>Creating Groups</title> + <para>To create Groups:</para> + + <orderedlist> <listitem> - <para>Select "Add" to the right of the "Add a new milestone" - text</para> + <para>Select the <quote>groups</quote> + link in the footer.</para> </listitem> - + <listitem> - <para>Enter the name of the Milestone in the "Milestone" field. You - can optionally set the "Sortkey", which is a positive or negative - number (-255 to 255) that defines where in the list this particular - milestone appears. Select "Add".</para> - - <example> - <title>Using SortKey with Target Milestone</title> - - <informalexample> - <para>Let's say you create a target milestone called "Release - 1.0", with Sortkey set to "0". Later, you realize that you will - have a public beta, called "Beta1". You can create a Milestone - called "Beta1", with a Sortkey of "-1" in order to ensure - people will see the Target Milestone of "Beta1" earlier on the - list than "Release 1.0"</para> - </informalexample> - </example> + <para>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the <quote>Edit + Groups</quote> screen, then select the <quote>Add Group</quote> link.</para> </listitem> - + <listitem> - <para>If you want to add more milestones, select the "Edit" link. - If you don't, well shoot, you have to go back to the "query" page - and select "components" again, and make your way back to the - Product you were editing. - <note> - <para>This is another in the list of unusual user interface - decisions that we'd like to get cleaned up. Shouldn't there be a - link to the effect of "edit the Product I was editing when I - ended up here"? In any case, clicking "components" in the footer - takes you back to the "Select product" screen, from which you can - begin editing your product again.</para> - </note> - </para> + <para>Fill out the <quote>Group</quote>, <quote>Description</quote>, + and <quote>User RegExp</quote> fields. + <quote>User RegExp</quote> allows you to automatically + place all users who fulfill the Regular Expression into the new group. + When you have finished, click <quote>Add</quote>.</para> + <para>Users whose email addresses match the regular expression + will automatically be members of the group as long as their + email addresses continue to match the regular expression.</para> + <note> + <para>This is a change from 2.16 where the regular expression + resulted in a user acquiring permanent membership in a group. + To remove a user from a group the user was in due to a regular + expression in version 2.16 or earlier, the user must be explicitly + removed from the group.</para> + </note> + <warning> + <para>If specifying a domain in the regexp, make sure you end + the regexp with a $. Otherwise, when granting access to + "@mycompany\.com", you will allow access to + 'badperson@mycompany.com.cracker.net'. You need to use + '@mycompany\.com$' as the regexp.</para> + </warning> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>From the Edit product screen again (once you've made your way - back), enter the URL for a description of what your milestones are - for this product in the "Milestone URL" field. It should be of the - format "http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/product_milestones.html"</para> - - <para>Some common uses of this field include product descriptions, - product roadmaps, and of course a simple description of the meaning - of each milestone.</para> + <para>If you plan to use this group to directly control + access to bugs, check the "use for bugs" box. Groups + not used for bugs are still useful because other groups + can include the group as a whole.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>If you're using Target Milestones, the "Default Milestone" - field must have some kind of entry. If you really don't care if - people set coherent Target Milestones, simply leave this at the - default, "---". However, controlling and regularly updating the - Default Milestone field is a powerful tool when reporting the - status of projects.</para> - - <para>Select the "Update" button when you are done.</para> + <para>After you add your new group, edit the new group. On the + edit page, you can specify other groups that should be included + in this group and which groups should be permitted to add and delete + users from this group.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> + </section> - - <section id="voting"> - <title>Voting</title> - - <para>The concept of "voting" is a poorly understood, yet powerful - feature for the management of open-source projects. Each user is - assigned so many Votes per product, which they can freely reassign (or - assign multiple votes to a single bug). This allows developers to gauge - user need for a particular enhancement or bugfix. By allowing bugs with - a certain number of votes to automatically move from "UNCONFIRMED" to - "NEW", users of the bug system can help high-priority bugs garner - attention so they don't sit for a long time awaiting triage.</para> - - <para>The daunting challenge of Votes is deciding where you draw the - line for a "vocal majority". If you only have a user base of 100 users, - setting a low threshold for bugs to move from UNCONFIRMED to NEW makes - sense. As the Bugzilla user base expands, however, these thresholds - must be re-evaluated. You should gauge whether this feature is worth - the time and close monitoring involved, and perhaps forego - implementation until you have a critical mass of users who demand - it.</para> - - <para>To modify Voting settings:</para> - + <section> + <title>Assigning Users to Groups</title> + <para>Users can become a member of a group in several ways.</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> - <para>Navigate to the "Edit product" screen for the Product you - wish to modify</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Set "Maximum Votes per person" to your calculated value. - Setting this field to "0" disables voting.</para> + <para>The user can be explicitly placed in the group by editing + the user's own profile</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Set "Maximum Votes a person can put on a single bug" to your - calculated value. It should probably be some number lower than the - "Maximum votes per person". Setting this field to "0" disables - voting, but leaves the voting options open to the user. This is - confusing.</para> + <para>The group can include another group of which the user is + a member.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Set "Number of votes a bug in this product needs to - automatically get out of the UNCONFIRMED state" to your calculated - number. Setting this field to "0" disables the automatic move of - bugs from UNCONFIRMED to NEW. Some people advocate leaving this at - "0", but of what use are Votes if your Bugzilla user base is unable - to affect which bugs appear on Development radar? - <tip> - <para>You should probably set this number to higher than a small - coalition of Bugzilla users can influence it. Most sites use this - as a "referendum" mechanism -- if users are able to vote a bug - out of UNCONFIRMED, it is a - <emphasis>really</emphasis> - - bad bug!</para> - </tip> - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Once you have adjusted the values to your preference, select - the "Update" button.</para> + <para>The user's email address can match a regular expression + that the group specifies to automatically grant membership to + the group.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </section> - - <section id="groups"> - <title>Groups and Group Security</title> - - <para>Groups can be very useful in bugzilla, because they allow users - to isolate bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people. - Groups can also be a complicated minefield of interdependencies and - weirdness if mismanaged. - <example> - <title>When to Use Group Security</title> - - <informalexample> - <para>Many Bugzilla sites isolate "Security-related" bugs from all - other bugs. This way, they can have a fix ready before the security - vulnerability is announced to the world. You can create a - "Security" product which, by default, has no members, and only add - members to the group (in their individual User page, as described - under User Administration) who should have priveleged access to - "Security" bugs. Alternately, you may create a Group independently - of any Product, and change the Group mask on individual bugs to - restrict access to members only of certain Groups.</para> - </informalexample> - </example> - - Groups only work if you enable the "usebuggroups" paramater. In - addition, if the "usebuggroupsentry" parameter is "On", one can - restrict access to products by groups, so that only members of a - product group are able to view bugs within that product. Group security - in Bugzilla can be divided into two categories: Generic and - Product-Based.</para> - - <note> - <para>Groups in Bugzilla are a complicated beast that evolved out of - very simple user permission bitmasks, apparently itself derived from - common concepts in UNIX access controls. A "bitmask" is a - fixed-length number whose value can describe one, and only one, set - of states. For instance, UNIX file permissions are assigned bitmask - values: "execute" has a value of 1, "write" has a value of 2, and - "read" has a value of 4. Add them together, and a file can be read, - written to, and executed if it has a bitmask of "7". (This is a - simplified example -- anybody who knows UNIX security knows there is - much more to it than this. Please bear with me for the purpose of - this note.) The only way a bitmask scheme can work is by doubling the - bit count for each value. Thus if UNIX wanted to offer another file - permission, the next would have to be a value of 8, then the next 16, - the next 32, etc.</para> - - <para>Similarly, Bugzilla offers a bitmask to define group - permissions, with an internal limit of 64. Several are already - occupied by built-in permissions. The way around this limitation is - to avoid assigning groups to products if you have many products, - avoid bloating of group lists, and religiously prune irrelevant - groups. In reality, most installations of Bugzilla support far fewer - than 64 groups, so this limitation has not hit for most sites, but it - is on the table to be revised for Bugzilla 3.0 because it interferes - with the security schemes of some administrators.</para> - </note> - - <para>To enable Generic Group Security ("usebuggroups"):</para> - + + <section> + <title>Assigning Group Controls to Products</title> + <para> + On the product edit page, there is a page to edit the + <quote>Group Controls</quote> + for a product. This allows you to + configure how a group relates to the product. + Groups may be applicable, default, + and mandatory as well as used to control entry + or used to make bugs in the product + totally read-only unless the group restrictions are met. + </para> + + <para> + For each group, it is possible to specify if membership in that + group is... + </para> <orderedlist> <listitem> - <para>Turn "On" "usebuggroups" in the "Edit Parameters" - screen.</para> + <para> + required for bug entry, + </para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>You will generally have no groups set up. Select the "groups" - link in the footer.</para> + <para> + Not applicable to this product(NA), + a possible restriction for a member of the + group to place on a bug in this product(Shown), + a default restriction for a member of the + group to place on a bug in this product(Default), + or a mandatory restriction to be placed on bugs + in this product(Mandatory). + </para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the "Edit - Groups" screen. Once you feel confident you understand what is - expected of you, select the "Add Group" link.</para> + <para> + Not applicable by non-members to this product(NA), + a possible restriction for a non-member of the + group to place on a bug in this product(Shown), + a default restriction for a non-member of the + group to place on a bug in this product(Default), + or a mandatory restriction to be placed on bugs + in this product when entered by a non-member(Mandatory). + </para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Fill out the "New Name" (remember, no spaces!), "New - Description", and "New User RegExp" fields. "New User RegExp" - allows you to automatically place all users who fulfill the Regular - Expression into the new group. - <example> - <title>Creating a New Group</title> - - <informalexample> - <para>I created a group called DefaultGroup with a description - of - <quote>This is simply a group to play with</quote> - - , and a New User RegExp of - <quote>.*@mydomain.tld</quote> - - . This new group automatically includes all Bugzilla users with - "@mydomain.tld" at the end of their user id. When I finished, - my new group was assigned bit #128.</para> - </informalexample> - </example> - - When you have finished, select the Add button.</para> + <para> + required in order to make <emphasis>any</emphasis> change + to bugs in this product <emphasis>including comments.</emphasis> + </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> - - <para>To enable Product-Based Group Security - (usebuggroupsentry):</para> - - <warning> - <para>Don't forget that you only have 64 groups masks available, - total, for your installation of Bugzilla! If you plan on having more - than 50 products in your individual Bugzilla installation, and - require group security for your products, you should consider either - running multiple Bugzillas or using Generic Group Security instead of - Product-Based ("usebuggroupsentry") Group Security.</para> - </warning> - + <para>These controls are often described in this order, so a + product that requires a user to be a member of group "foo" + to enter a bug and then requires that the bug stay resticted + to group "foo" at all times and that only members of group "foo" + can edit the bug even if they otherwise could see the bug would + have its controls summarized by...</para> + <programlisting> +foo: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY, CANEDIT + </programlisting> + + </section> + <section> + <title>Common Applications of Group Controls</title> + <section> + <title>General User Access With Security Group</title> + <para>To permit any user to file bugs in each product (A, B, C...) + and to permit any user to submit those bugs into a security + group....</para> + <programlisting> +Product A... +security: SHOWN/SHOWN +Product B... +security: SHOWN/SHOWN +Product C... +security: SHOWN/SHOWN + </programlisting> + </section> + <section> + <title>General User Access With A Security Product</title> + <para>To permit any user to file bugs in a Security product + while keeping those bugs from becoming visible to anyone + outside the securityworkers group unless a member of the + securityworkers group removes that restriction....</para> + <programlisting> +Product Security... +securityworkers: DEFAULT/MANDATORY + </programlisting> + </section> + <section> + <title>Product Isolation With Common Group</title> + <para>To permit users of product A to access the bugs for + product A, users of product B to access product B, and support + staff to access both, 3 groups are needed</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> - <para>Turn "On" "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit - Parameters" screen.</para> - - <warning> - <para>"usebuggroupsentry" has the capacity to prevent the - administrative user from directly altering bugs because of - conflicting group permissions. If you plan on using - "usebuggroupsentry", you should plan on restricting - administrative account usage to administrative duties only. In - other words, manage bugs with an unpriveleged user account, and - manage users, groups, Products, etc. with the administrative - account.</para> - </warning> + <para>Support: Contains members of the support staff.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>You will generally have no Groups set up, unless you enabled - "usebuggroupsentry" prior to creating any Products. To create - "Generic Group Security" groups, follow the instructions given - above. To create Product-Based Group security, simply follow the - instructions for creating a new Product. If you need to add users - to these new groups as you create them, you will find the option to - add them to the group available under the "Edit User" - screens.</para> + <para>AccessA: Contains users of product A and the Support group.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>AccessB: Contains users of product B and the Support group.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> - - <para>You may find this example illustrative for how bug groups work. - <example> - <title>Bugzilla Groups</title> - - <literallayout>Bugzilla Groups example ----------------------- For - this example, let us suppose we have four groups, call them Group1, - Group2, Group3, and Group4. We have 5 users, User1, User2, User3, - User4, User5. We have 8 bugs, Bug1, ..., Bug8. Group membership is - defined by this chart: (X denotes that user is in that group.) (I - apologize for the nasty formatting of this table. Try viewing it in a - text-based browser or something for now. -MPB) G G G G r r r r o o o - o u u u u p p p p 1 2 3 4 +-+-+-+-+ User1|X| | | | +-+-+-+-+ User2| - |X| | | +-+-+-+-+ User3|X| |X| | +-+-+-+-+ User4|X|X|X| | +-+-+-+-+ - User5| | | | | +-+-+-+-+ Bug restrictions are defined by this chart: - (X denotes that bug is restricted to that group.) G G G G r r r r o o - o o u u u u p p p p 1 2 3 4 +-+-+-+-+ Bug1| | | | | +-+-+-+-+ Bug2| - |X| | | +-+-+-+-+ Bug3| | |X| | +-+-+-+-+ Bug4| | | |X| +-+-+-+-+ - Bug5|X|X| | | +-+-+-+-+ Bug6|X| |X| | +-+-+-+-+ Bug7|X|X|X| | - +-+-+-+-+ Bug8|X|X|X|X| +-+-+-+-+ Who can see each bug? Bug1 has no - group restrictions. Therefore, Bug1 can be seen by any user, whatever - their group membership. This is going to be the only bug that User5 - can see, because User5 isn't in any groups. Bug2 can be seen by - anyone in Group2, that is User2 and User4. Bug3 can be seen by anyone - in Group3, that is User3 and User4. Bug4 can be seen by anyone in - Group4. Nobody is in Group4, so none of these users can see Bug4. - Bug5 can be seen by anyone who is in _both_ Group1 and Group2. This - is only User4. User1 cannot see it because he is not in Group2, and - User2 cannot see it because she is not in Group1. Bug6 can be seen by - anyone who is in both Group1 and Group3. This would include User3 and - User4. Similar to Bug5, User1 cannot see Bug6 because he is not in - Group3. Bug7 can be seen by anyone who is in Group1, Group2, and - Group3. This is only User4. All of the others are missing at least - one of those group privileges, and thus cannot see the bug. Bug8 can - be seen by anyone who is in Group1, Group2, Group3, and Group4. There - is nobody in all four of these groups, so nobody can see Bug8. It - doesn't matter that User4 is in Group1, Group2, and Group3, since he - isn't in Group4.</literallayout> - </example> - </para> + <para>Once these 3 groups are defined, the products group controls + can be set to..</para> + <programlisting> +Product A... +AccessA: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY +Product B... +AccessB: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY + </programlisting> + <para>Optionally, the support group could be permitted to make + bugs inaccessible to the users and could be permitted to publish + bugs relevant to all users in a common product that is read-only + to anyone outside the support group. That configuration could + be...</para> + <programlisting> +Product A... +AccessA: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY +Support: SHOWN/NA +Product B... +AccessB: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY +Support: SHOWN/NA +Product Common... +Support: ENTRY, DEFAULT/MANDATORY, CANEDIT + </programlisting> + </section> </section> </section> - <section id="security"> - <title>Bugzilla Security</title> + <section id="upgrading"> + <title>Upgrading to New Releases</title> - <epigraph> - <para>Putting your money in a wall safe is better protection than - depending on the fact that no one knows that you hide your money in a - mayonnaise jar in your fridge.</para> - </epigraph> + <warning> + <para>Upgrading is a one-way process. You should backup your database + and current Bugzilla directory before attempting the upgrade. If you wish + to revert to the old Bugzilla version for any reason, you will have to + restore from these backups. + </para> + </warning> - <note> - <para>Poorly-configured MySQL, Bugzilla, and FTP installations have - given attackers full access to systems in the past. Please take these - guidelines seriously, even for Bugzilla machines hidden away behind - your firewall. 80% of all computer trespassers are insiders, not - anonymous crackers.</para> - </note> + <para>Upgrading Bugzilla is something we all want to do from time to time, + be it to get new features or pick up the latest security fix. How easy + it is to update depends on a few factors. + </para> - <para>Secure your installation. - <note> - <para>These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague since - Bugzilla runs on so many different platforms. If you have refinements - of these directions for specific platforms, please submit them to - <ulink url="mailto://mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org"> - mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org</ulink> - </para> - </note> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>If the new version is a revision or a new point release</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>How many, if any, local changes have been made</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>There are also three different methods to upgrade your installation. + </para> <orderedlist> <listitem> - <para>Ensure you are running at least MysQL version 3.22.32 or newer. - Earlier versions had notable security holes and poorly secured - default configuration choices.</para> + <para>Using CVS (<xref linkend="upgrade-cvs"/>)</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>There is no substitute for understanding the tools on your - system!</emphasis> - - Read - <ulink - url="http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Privilege_system.html"> - The MySQL Privilege System</ulink> - - until you can recite it from memory!</para> - - <para>At the very least, ensure you password the "mysql -u root" - account and the "bugs" account, establish grant table rights (consult - the Keystone guide in Appendix C: The Bugzilla Database for some - easy-to-use details) that do not allow CREATE, DROP, RELOAD, - SHUTDOWN, and PROCESS for user "bugs". I wrote up the Keystone advice - back when I knew far less about security than I do now : )</para> + <para>Downloading a new tarball (<xref linkend="upgrade-tarball"/>)</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Lock down /etc/inetd.conf. Heck, disable inet entirely on this - box. It should only listen to port 25 for Sendmail and port 80 for - Apache.</para> + <para>Applying the relevant patches (<xref linkend="upgrade-patches"/>)</para> </listitem> + </orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Do not run Apache as - <quote>nobody</quote> + <para>Which options are available to you may depend on how large a jump + you are making and/or your network configuration. + </para> - . This will require very lax permissions in your Bugzilla - directories. Run it, instead, as a user with a name, set via your - httpd.conf file. - <note> - <para> - <quote>nobody</quote> + <para>Revisions are normally released to fix security vulnerabilities + and are distinguished by an increase in the third number. For example, + when 2.16.6 was released, it was a revision to 2.16.5. + </para> - is a real user on UNIX systems. Having a process run as user id - <quote>nobody</quote> + <para>Point releases are normally released when the Bugzilla team feels + that there has been a significant amount of progress made between the + last point release and the current time. These are often proceeded by a + stabilization period and release candidates, however the use of + development versions or release candidates is beyond the scope of this + document. Point releases can be distinguished by an increase in the + second number, or minor version. For example, 2.18.0 is a newer point + release than 2.16.5. + </para> - is absolutely no protection against system crackers versus using - any other user account. As a general security measure, I recommend - you create unique user ID's for each daemon running on your system - and, if possible, use "chroot" to jail that process away from the - rest of your system.</para> - </note> - </para> - </listitem> + <para>The examples in this section are written as if you were updating + to version 2.18.1. The procedures are the same regardless if you are + updating to a new point release or a new revision. However, the chance + of running into trouble increases when upgrading to a new point release, + escpecially if you've made local changes. + </para> - <listitem> - <para>Ensure you have adequate access controls for the - $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/ and $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow/ directories, as well - as the $BUGZILLA_HOME/localconfig and $BUGZILLA_HOME/globals.pl - files. The localconfig file stores your "bugs" user password, which - would be terrible to have in the hands of a criminal, while the - "globals.pl" stores some default information regarding your - installation which could aid a system cracker. In addition, some - files under $BUGZILLA_HOME/data/ store sensitive information, and - $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow/ stores bug information for faster retrieval. - If you fail to secure these directories and this file, you will - expose bug information to those who may not be allowed to see - it.</para> + <para>These examples also assume that your Bugzilla installation is at + <filename>/var/www/html/bugzilla</filename>. If that is not the case, + simply substitute the proper paths where appropriate. + </para> - <note> - <para>Bugzilla provides default .htaccess files to protect the most - common Apache installations. However, you should verify these are - adequate according to the site-wide security policy of your web - server, and ensure that the .htaccess files are allowed to - "override" default permissions set in your Apache configuration - files. Covering Apache security is beyond the scope of this Guide; - please consult the Apache documentation for details.</para> - - <para>If you are using a web server that does not support the - .htaccess control method, - <emphasis>you are at risk!</emphasis> - - After installing, check to see if you can view the file - "localconfig" in your web browser (e.g.: - <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig"> - http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/localconfig</ulink> - - ). If you can read the contents of this file, your web server has - not secured your bugzilla directory properly and you must fix this - problem before deploying Bugzilla. If, however, it gives you a - "Forbidden" error, then it probably respects the .htaccess - conventions and you are good to go.</para> - </note> + <example id="upgrade-cvs"> + <title>Upgrading using CVS</title> - <para>When you run checksetup.pl, the script will attempt to modify - various permissions on files which Bugzilla uses. If you do not have - a webservergroup set in the localconfig file, then Bugzilla will have - to make certain files world readable and/or writable. - <emphasis>THIS IS INSECURE!</emphasis> + <para>Every release of Bugzilla, whether it is a revision or a point + release, is tagged in CVS. Also, every tarball we have distributed + since version 2.12 has been primed for using CVS. This does, however, + require that you are able to access cvs-mirror.mozilla.org on port + 2401. - . This means that anyone who can get access to your system can do - whatever they want to your Bugzilla installation.</para> + <tip> + <para>If you can do this, updating using CVS is probably the most + painless method, especially if you have a lot of local changes. + </para> + </tip> + </para> + + <programlisting> +bash$ <command>cd /var/www/html/bugzilla</command> +bash$ <command>cvs login</command> +Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@cvs-mirror.mozilla.org:2401/cvsroot +CVS password: <command>anonymous</command> +bash$ <command>cvs -q update -r BUGZILLA-2_18_1 -dP</command> +P checksetup.pl +P collectstats.pl +P globals.pl +P docs/rel_notes.txt +P template/en/default/list/quips.html.tmpl + </programlisting> + + <para> + <caution> + <para>If a line in the output from <command>cvs update</command> + begins with a <computeroutput>C</computeroutput> that represents a + file with local changes that CVS was unable to properly merge. You + need to resolve these conflicts manually before Bugzilla (or at + least the portion using that file) will be usable. + </para> + </caution> <note> - <para>This also means that if your webserver runs all cgi scripts - as the same user/group, anyone on the system who can run cgi - scripts will be able to take control of your Bugzilla - installation.</para> + <para>You also need to run <command>./checksetup.pl</command> + before your Bugzilla upgrade will be complete. + </para> </note> + </para> + </example> - <para>On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access to - these directories, as outlined in - <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161">Bug - 57161</ulink> + <example id="upgrade-tarball"> + <title>Upgrading using the tarball</title> - for the localconfig file, and - <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572">Bug - 65572</ulink> + <para>If you are unable or unwilling to use CVS, another option that's + always available is to download the latest tarball. This is the most + difficult option to use, especially if you have local changes. + </para> - for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories.</para> + <programlisting> +bash$ <command>cd /var/www/html</command> +bash$ <command>wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-2.18.1.tar.gz</command> +<emphasis>Output omitted</emphasis> +bash$ <command>tar xzvf bugzilla-2.18.1.tar.gz</command> +bugzilla-2.18.1/ +bugzilla-2.18.1/.cvsignore +bugzilla-2.18.1/1x1.gif +<emphasis>Output truncated</emphasis> +bash$ <command>cd bugzilla-2.18.1</command> +bash$ <command>cp ../bugzilla/localconfig* .</command> +bash$ <command>cp -r ../bugzilla/data .</command> +bash$ <command>cd ..</command> +bash$ <command>mv bugzilla bugzilla.old</command> +bash$ <command>mv bugzilla-2.18.1 bugzilla</command> +bash$ <command>cd bugzilla</command> +bash$ <command>./checksetup.pl</command> +<emphasis>Output omitted</emphasis> + </programlisting> - <para>Note the instructions which follow are Apache-specific. If you - use IIS, Netscape, or other non-Apache web servers, please consult - your system documentation for how to secure these files from being - transmitted to curious users.</para> + <para> + <warning> + <para>The <command>cp</command> commands both end with periods which + is a very important detail, it tells the shell that the destination + directory is the current working directory. Also, the period at the + beginning of the <command>./checksetup.pl</command> is important and + can not be omitted. + </para> + </warning> - <para>Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", - readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/data directory. - <literallayout><Files comments> allow from all </Files> - deny from all</literallayout> - </para> + <note> + <para>You will now have to reapply any changes you have made to your + local installation manually. + </para> + </note> + </para> + </example> + + <example id="upgrade-patches"> + <title>Upgrading using patches</title> + + <para>The Bugzilla team will normally make a patch file available for + revisions to go from the most recent revision to the new one. You could + also read the release notes and grab the patches attached to the + mentioned bug, but it is safer to use the released patch file as + sometimes patches get changed before they get checked in. + It is also theoretically possible to + scour the fixed bug list and pick and choose which patches to apply + from a point release, but this is not recommended either as what you'll + end up with is a hodge podge Bugzilla that isn't really any version. + This would also make it more difficult to upgrade in the future. + </para> - <para>Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", - readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/ directory. - <literallayout><Files localconfig> deny from all </Files> - allow from all</literallayout> - </para> + <programlisting> +bash$ <command>cd /var/www/html/bugzilla</command> +bash$ <command>wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/bugzilla-2.18.0-to-2.18.1.diff.gz</command> +<emphasis>Output omitted</emphasis> +bash$ <command>gunzip bugzilla-2.18.0-to-2.18.1.diff.gz</command> +bash$ <command>patch -p1 < bugzilla-2.18.0-to-2.18.1.diff</command> +patching file checksetup.pl +patching file collectstats.pl +patching file globals.pl + </programlisting> + + <para> + <caution> + <para>If you do this, beware that this doesn't change the entires in + your <filename id="dir">CVS</filename> directory so it may make + updates using CVS (<xref linkend="upgrade-cvs"/>) more difficult in the + future. + </para> + </caution> + </para> + </example> - <para>Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", - readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow directory. - - <literallayout>deny from all</literallayout> - </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </para> </section> </chapter> @@ -1380,7 +1124,7 @@ 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/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml index f46c0111f..397dc359e 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.74 2008/04/04 06:47:04 bugreport%peshkin.net Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.75 2008/04/04 06:47:05 justdave%bugzilla.org Exp $ --> <chapter id="installing-bugzilla"> <title>Installing Bugzilla</title> @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ <procedure> <step> <para><link linkend="install-perl">Install Perl</link> - (&min-perl-ver; or above) + (&min-perl-ver; or above for non-Windows platforms; &min-perl-ver-win; + for Windows) </para> </step> <step> |