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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml index 015aed327..a76d2c090 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/Bugzilla-Guide.xml @@ -19,12 +19,25 @@ <!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.sgml"> <!ENTITY revhistory SYSTEM "revhistory.sgml"> +<!-- Things to change for a stable release: + * bz-ver to current stable + * bz-nexver to next stable + * bz-date to the release date + * bz-devel to "IGNORE" + - COMPILE DOCS AND CHECKIN - + Also, tag and tarball at before completing + * bz-ver to devel version + * bz-devel to "INCLUDE" + + For a devel release, simple bump bz-ver and bz-date +--> + +<!ENTITY bz-ver "2.17.3"> +<!ENTITY bz-nextver "2.18"> +<!ENTITY bz-date "2003-01-02"> +<!ENTITY % bz-devel "INCLUDE"> + <!ENTITY bz "http://www.bugzilla.org/"> -<!ENTITY bz-ver "2.16"> -<!ENTITY bz-cvs-ver "2.17"> -<!ENTITY bzg-date "April 2nd, 2002"> -<!ENTITY bzg-ver "2.16"> -<!ENTITY bzg-cvs-ver "2.17.0"> <!ENTITY bzg-auth "The Bugzilla Team"> <!ENTITY bzg-bugs "<ulink url='http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation'>Bugzilla</ulink>"> <!ENTITY mysql "http://www.mysql.com/"> @@ -63,7 +76,7 @@ The warning, "DTDDECL catalog types not supported" is normal. * Try to index important terms wherever possible. * Use "glossterm" whenever you introduce a new term. -* Follow coding standards at http://www.linuxdoc.org, and +* Follow coding standards at http://www.tldp.org, and check out the KDE guidelines (they are nice, too) http://i18n.kde.org/doc/markup.html * All tags should be lowercase (needsfix) @@ -94,6 +107,8 @@ try to avoid clutter and feel free to waste space in the code to make it more re </author> </authorgroup> + <pubdate>&bz-date;</pubdate> + <abstract> <para> This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the mozilla.org @@ -109,6 +124,12 @@ try to avoid clutter and feel free to waste space in the code to make it more re to a bug filed in <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation">mozilla.org's Bugzilla</ulink>. </para> + <![%bz-devel;[ + <para>This is a development version of this guide. Information in it + is subject to change before the &bz-nextver; release of this guide + (which will correspond with the &bz-nextver; release of Bugzilla). + </para> + ]]> </abstract> <keywordset> diff --git a/docs/en/xml/about.xml b/docs/en/xml/about.xml index 62e486573..219d529e1 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/about.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/about.xml @@ -4,40 +4,6 @@ <chapter id="about"> <title>About This Guide</title> - <section id="aboutthisguide"> - <title>Purpose and Scope of this Guide</title> - <para> - Bugzilla is simply the best piece of bug-tracking software the - world has ever seen. This document is intended to be the - comprehensive guide to the installation, administration, - maintenance, and use of the Bugzilla bug-tracking system. - </para> - <para> - This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the - <emphasis>&bzg-ver;</emphasis> release. It is so named that it - may match the current version of Bugzilla. The numbering - tradition stems from that used for many free software projects, - in which <emphasis>even-numbered</emphasis> point releases (1.2, - 1.14, etc.) are considered "stable releases", intended for - public consumption; on the other hand, - <emphasis>odd-numbered</emphasis> point releases (1.3, 2.09, - etc.) are considered unstable <emphasis>development</emphasis> - releases intended for advanced users, systems administrators, - developers, and those who enjoy a lot of pain. - </para> - <para> - Newer revisions of the Bugzilla Guide follow the numbering - conventions of the main-tree Bugzilla releases, available at - <ulink url="&bz;">&bz;</ulink>. Intermediate releases will have - a minor revision number following a period. The current version - of Bugzilla, as of this writing (&bzg-date;) is &bz-ver;; if - something were seriously wrong with that edition of the Guide, - subsequent releases would receive an additional dotted-decimal - digit to indicate the update (&bzg-ver;.1, &bzg-ver;.2, etc.). - Got it? Good. - </para> - </section> - <section id="copyright"> <title>Copyright Information</title> <blockquote> @@ -48,8 +14,7 @@ License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of - the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free - Documentation License". + the license is included below. </para> </blockquote> <para> @@ -57,6 +22,11 @@ copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, please contact &bzg-auth;. </para> + + + <!-- The GNU Free Documentation License --> + &gfdl; + </section> <section id="disclaimer"> @@ -64,12 +34,11 @@ <para> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples, and other content at your own risk. - As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors - and inaccuracies that may damage your system. Use of this - document may cause your girlfriend to leave you, your cats to - pee on your furniture and clothing, your computer to cease - functioning, your boss to fire you, and global thermonuclear - war. Proceed with caution. + This document may contain errors + and inaccuracies that may damage your system, cause your partner + to leave you, your boss to fire you, your cats to + pee on your furniture and clothing, and global thermonuclear + war. Proceed with caution. </para> <para> All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless @@ -100,7 +69,7 @@ team members, Netscape Communications, America Online Inc., and any affiliated developers or sponsors assume no liability for your use of this product. You have the source code to this - product, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to insure + product, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to ensure your security needs are met. </para> </section> @@ -110,33 +79,39 @@ <section id="newversions"> <title>New Versions</title> <para> - This is the &bzg-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. If you are + This is the &bz-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named + to match the current version of Bugzilla. + <![%bz-devel;[ + This version of the guide, like its associated Bugzilla version is a + development version. Information is subject to change between now and + when &bz-nextver; is released. + ]]> + If you are reading this from any source other than those below, please check one of these mirrors to make sure you are reading an up-to-date version of the Guide. </para> <para> - This document can be found in the following places: + The newest version of this guide can always be found at <ulink + url="http://www.bugzilla.org">bugzilla.org</ulink>; including + documentation for past releases and the current development version. </para> <para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org/">bugzilla.org</ulink> - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - <ulink url="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">The Linux - Documentation Project</ulink> - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + The documentation for the most recent stable release of Bugzilla can also + be found at + <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org">The Linux Documentation Project</ulink>. </para> <para> - The latest version of this document can be checked out via CVS. - Please follow the instructions available at <ulink - url="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html">the Mozilla CVS page</ulink>, and check out the <filename>mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/</filename> branch. + The latest version of this document can always be checked out via CVS. + Please follow the instructions available at + <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html">the Mozilla CVS page</ulink>, + and check out the <filename>mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/</filename> + subtree. + </para> + <para> + The Bugzilla Guide is currently only available in English. + If you would like to volunteer to translate it, please contact + <ulink url="mailto:justdave@syndicomm.com">Dave Miller</ulink>. </para> </section> @@ -144,13 +119,14 @@ <title>Credits</title> <para> The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the - creation of this Guide, through their dedicated hacking efforts, + creation of this Guide, through their writing, dedicated hacking efforts, numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent contribution to the Bugzilla community: </para> <para> <ulink url="mailto://mbarnson@sisna.com">Matthew P. Barnson</ulink> - for pulling together the Bugzilla Guide and shepherding it to 2.14. + for the Herculaean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide and + shepherding it to 2.14. </para> <para> <ulink url="mailto://terry@mozilla.org">Terry Weissman</ulink> @@ -158,13 +134,13 @@ README upon which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based. </para> <para> - <ulink url="mailto://tara@tequilarista.org">Tara - Hernandez</ulink> for keeping Bugzilla development going - strong after Terry left Mozilla.org + <ulink url="mailto://tara@tequilarista.org">Tara Hernandez</ulink> + for keeping Bugzilla development going + strong after Terry left mozilla.org </para> <para> - <ulink url="mailto://dkl@redhat.com">Dave Lawrence</ulink> for - providing insight into the key differences between Red Hat's + <ulink url="mailto://dkl@redhat.com">Dave Lawrence</ulink> + for providing insight into the key differences between Red Hat's customized Bugzilla, and being largely responsible for the "Red Hat Bugzilla" appendix </para> @@ -174,8 +150,8 @@ questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools </para> <para> - Last but not least, all the members of the <ulink - url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools"> netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</ulink> newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened. + Last but not least, all the members of the + <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools"> netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</ulink> newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened. </para> <para> Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions @@ -183,19 +159,7 @@ </para> <para> Zach Liption, Andrew Pearson, Spencer Smith, Eric Hanson, Kevin Brannen, - Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins. - </para> - </section> - - <section id="translations"> - <title>Translations</title> - <para> - The Bugzilla Guide needs translators! Please volunteer your - translation into the language of your choice. If you will - translate this Guide, please notify the members of the - mozilla-webtools mailing list at - <email>mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org</email>, and arrange with - &bzg-auth; to check it into CVS. + Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins, Gervase Markham. </para> </section> |