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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/about.xml b/docs/en/xml/about.xml index 281b4633a..ccfcdd23e 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/about.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/about.xml @@ -1,30 +1,26 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ -<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.xml"> ] > --> -<!-- $Id: about.xml,v 1.19 2008/04/04 06:48:11 jake%bugzilla.org Exp $ --> +<!ENTITY conventions SYSTEM "conventions.sgml"> ] > --> <chapter id="about"> <title>About This Guide</title> <section id="copyright"> <title>Copyright Information</title> - - <para>This document is copyright (c) 2000-¤t-year; by the various - Bugzilla contributors who wrote it.</para> - <blockquote> + <attribution>Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Matthew P. Barnson and &bzg-auth;</attribution> <para> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation - License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the + 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 + Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in <xref linkend="gfdl"/>. </para> </blockquote> <para> If you have any questions regarding this document, its copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, - please contact the Bugzilla Team. + please contact &bzg-auth;. </para> </section> @@ -32,7 +28,7 @@ <title>Disclaimer</title> <para> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. - Follow the instructions herein at your own risk. + Use the concepts, examples, and other content at your own risk. 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 @@ -40,20 +36,35 @@ war. Proceed with caution. </para> <para> + All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless + specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document + should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any + trademark or service mark. + </para> + <para> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as - endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We - wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux; it is an extremely - versatile, stable, + endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We + wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux in every situation + where it is appropriate. It is an extremely versatile, stable, and robust operating system that offers an ideal operating environment for Bugzilla. </para> <para> + You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system + before installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter. + If you implement any suggestion in this Guide, implement this one! + </para> + <para> Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to - ensure that all exploitable bugs have been fixed, security holes surely - exist in any piece of code. Great care should be taken both in - the installation and usage of this software. The Bugzilla development - team members assume no liability for your use of Bugzilla. You have - the source code, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to ensure + ensure that all easily-exploitable bugs or options are + documented or fixed in the code, security holes surely exist. + Great care should be taken both in the installation and usage of + this software. Carefully consider the implications of installing + other network services with Bugzilla. The Bugzilla development + 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 ensure your security needs are met. </para> </section> @@ -65,41 +76,36 @@ <para> 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.<!-- /BZ-DEVEL --> + <![%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> - The latest version of this guide can always be found at <ulink - url="http://www.bugzilla.org"/>, or checked out via CVS by - following the <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html">Mozilla - CVS</ulink> instructions and check out the - <filename>mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/</filename> - subtree. However, you should read the version - which came with the Bugzilla release you are using. + 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> - The Bugzilla Guide, or a section of it, is also available in - the following languages: - <ulink url="http://bugzilla-de.sourceforge.net/docs/html/">German</ulink>. + 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> - In addition, there are Bugzilla template localisation projects in - the following languages. They may have translated documentation - available: - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-be/">Belarusian</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-br/">Brazilian Portuguese</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-cn/">Chinese</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-fr/">French</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-de/">German</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-kr/">Korean</ulink>, - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-ru/">Russian</ulink> and - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bugzilla-es/">Spanish</ulink>. + <para> + 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> - If you would like to volunteer to translate the Guide into additional - languages, please contact + <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> @@ -146,7 +152,8 @@ <term>Dave Lawrence <email>dkl@redhat.com</email></term> <listitem> <para>for providing insight into the key differences between Red - Hat's customized Bugzilla. + Hat's customized Bugzilla, and being largely responsible for + <xref linkend="variant-redhat"/>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -169,43 +176,29 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term>Dave Miller <email>justdave@bugzilla.org</email></term> - <listitem> - <para>for taking over as project lead when Tara stepped down and - continually pushing for the documentation to be the best it can be. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - + <para> + Last but not least, all the members of the + <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools"/> + newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, + this could never have happened. + </para> <para> Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions - to this documentation: + to this documentation (in alphabetical order): <simplelist type="inline"> - <member>Kevin Brannen</member> - <member>Vlad Dascalu</member> + <member>Andrew Pearson</member> <member>Ben FrantzDale</member> <member>Eric Hanson</member> - <member>Zach Lipton</member> <member>Gervase Markham</member> - <member>Andrew Pearson</member> <member>Joe Robins</member> - <member>Spencer Smith</member> + <member>Kevin Brannen</member> <member>Ron Teitelbaum</member> - <member>Shane Travis</member> - <member>Martin Wulffeld</member> - </simplelist>. - </para> - - <para> - Also, thanks are due to 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. + <member>Spencer Smith</member> + <member>Zach Liption</member> + </simplelist> + . </para> </section> @@ -228,8 +221,7 @@ sgml-local-ecat-files:nil sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-namecase-general:t sgml-omittag:t -sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.xml" "book" "chapter") +sgml-parent-document:("Bugzilla-Guide.sgml" "book" "chapter") sgml-shorttag:t sgml-tag-region-if-active:t End: --> - |