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-rw-r--r--docs/xml/using.xml20
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/xml/installation.xml b/docs/xml/installation.xml
index 8c7fd136e..ec30713f3 100644
--- a/docs/xml/installation.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/installation.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.99 2005/07/09 22:37:26 mozilla%colinogilvie.co.uk Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.100 2005/07/12 10:56:52 mozilla%colinogilvie.co.uk Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
<title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
@@ -651,6 +651,14 @@
'max_allowed_packet' or 'maxattachmentsize' value will not be
accepted by Bugzilla.
</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ This does not affect Big Files, attachments that are stored directly
+ on disk instead of in the database. Their maximum size is
+ controlled using the 'maxlocalattachment' parameter.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</section>
@@ -707,6 +715,13 @@
to make a temporary copy of your entire table to do this. Ideally,
you should do this when your attachments table is still small.
</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ This does not affect Big Files, attachments that are stored directly
+ on disk instead of in the database.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</section>
<section id="install-setupdatabase-adduser">
diff --git a/docs/xml/using.xml b/docs/xml/using.xml
index d6c14dbd1..720f461e9 100644
--- a/docs/xml/using.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/using.xml
@@ -234,8 +234,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Attachments:</emphasis>
- You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there
- are any attachments, they are listed in this section.</para>
+ You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there
+ are any attachments, they are listed in this section. Attachments are
+ normally stored in the Bugzilla database, unless they are marked as
+ Big Files, which are stored directly on disk and (unlike attachments
+ kept in the database) may be deleted at some future time.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -774,7 +778,17 @@
Content-Type (e.g. application/xhtml+xml), you can override this
using a 'content-type' parameter on the URL, e.g.
<filename>&amp;content-type=text/plain</filename>.
- </para>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you have a really large attachment, something that does not need to
+ be recorded forever (as most attachments are), you can mark your
+ attachment as a Big File, Assuming the administrator of the
+ installation has enabled this feature. Big Files are stored directly on
+ disk instead of in the database, and can be deleted when it is no longer
+ needed. The maximum size of a Big File is normally larger than the
+ maximum size of a regular attachment.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>