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Barnson</A ></H3 ><DIV -CLASS="AFFILIATION" +CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV -CLASS="ADDRESS" +CLASS="address" ><P -CLASS="ADDRESS" +CLASS="address" >barnboy@trilobyte.net</P ></DIV ></DIV ><SPAN -CLASS="COLLAB" +CLASS="collab" ><SPAN -CLASS="COLLABNAME" +CLASS="collabname" >Zach Lipton</SPAN ><DIV -CLASS="AFFILIATION" +CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV -CLASS="ADDRESS" +CLASS="address" ><P -CLASS="ADDRESS" +CLASS="address" >zach AT zachlipton DOT com</P ></DIV ></DIV ><BR></SPAN ><DIV -CLASS="REVHISTORY" +CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" @@ -181,30 +181,30 @@ COLSPAN="3" ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ABSTRACT" +CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN39" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the Mozilla +> This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the Mozilla bug-tracking system. </P ><P -> Bugzilla is an enterprise-class set of software utilities +> Bugzilla is an enterprise-class set of software utilities that, when used together, power issue-tracking for hundreds of organizations around the world, tracking millions of bugs. - While it is easy to use and quite flexible, it is very + While it is easy to use and quite flexible, it is difficult for a novice to install and maintain. Although we have provided step-by-step directions, Bugzilla is not always easy to get working. Please be sure the person responsible for installing and maintaining this software is a qualified - professional on operating system upon which you install + professional for the operating system upon which you install Bugzilla. </P ><P -> THIS DOCUMENTATION IS MAINTAINED IN DOCBOOK 4.1 SGML FORMAT. +> THIS DOCUMENTATION IS MAINTAINED IN DOCBOOK 4.1.2 XML FORMAT. IF YOU WISH TO MAKE CORRECTIONS, PLEASE MAKE THEM IN PLAIN TEXT OR SGML DIFFS AGAINST THE SOURCE. I CANNOT ACCEPT ADDITIONS TO THE GUIDE WRITTEN IN HTML! @@ -223,107 +223,107 @@ CLASS="TOC" ></DT ><DT >1. <A -HREF="#ABOUT" +HREF="#about" >About This Guide</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A -HREF="#ABOUTTHISGUIDE" +HREF="#aboutthisguide" >Purpose and Scope of this Guide</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A -HREF="#COPYRIGHT" +HREF="#copyright" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A -HREF="#DISCLAIMER" +HREF="#disclaimer" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A -HREF="#NEWVERSIONS" +HREF="#newversions" >New Versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A -HREF="#CREDITS" +HREF="#credits" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A -HREF="#CONTRIBUTORS" +HREF="#contributors" >Contributors</A ></DT ><DT >1.7. <A -HREF="#FEEDBACK" +HREF="#feedback" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.8. <A -HREF="#TRANSLATIONS" +HREF="#translations" >Translations</A ></DT ><DT >1.9. <A -HREF="#CONVENTIONS" +HREF="#conventions" >Document Conventions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A -HREF="#USING" +HREF="#using" >Using Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A -HREF="#WHATIS" +HREF="#whatis" >What is Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A -HREF="#WHY" +HREF="#why" >Why Should We Use Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A -HREF="#HOW" +HREF="#how" >How do I use Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.3.1. <A -HREF="#MYACCOUNT" +HREF="#myaccount" >Create a Bugzilla Account</A ></DT ><DT >2.3.2. <A -HREF="#QUERY" +HREF="#query" >The Bugzilla Query Page</A ></DT ><DT >2.3.3. <A -HREF="#BUGREPORTS" +HREF="#bugreports" >Creating and Managing Bug Reports</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.3.3.1. <A -HREF="#BUG_WRITING" +HREF="#bug-writing" >Writing a Great Bug Report</A ></DT ><DT >2.3.3.2. <A -HREF="#BUG_MANAGE" +HREF="#bug-manage" >Managing your Bug Reports</A ></DT ></DL @@ -332,74 +332,74 @@ HREF="#BUG_MANAGE" ></DD ><DT >2.4. <A -HREF="#INIT4ME" +HREF="#init4me" >Where can I find my user preferences?</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.4.1. <A -HREF="#ACCOUNTSETTINGS" +HREF="#accountsettings" >Account Settings</A ></DT ><DT >2.4.2. <A -HREF="#EMAILSETTINGS" +HREF="#emailsettings" >Email Settings</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.4.2.1. <A -HREF="#NOTIFICATION" +HREF="#notification" >Email Notification</A ></DT ><DT >2.4.2.2. <A -HREF="#NEWEMAILTECH" +HREF="#newemailtech" >New Email Technology</A ></DT ><DT >2.4.2.3. <A -HREF="#WATCHSETTINGS" +HREF="#watchsettings" >"Watching" Users</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2.4.3. <A -HREF="#FOOTERSETTINGS" +HREF="#footersettings" >Page Footer</A ></DT ><DT >2.4.4. <A -HREF="#PERMISSIONSETTINGS" +HREF="#permissionsettings" >Permissions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2.5. <A -HREF="#USINGBZ-CONC" +HREF="#usingbz-conc" >Using Bugzilla-Conclusion</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A -HREF="#INSTALLATION" +HREF="#installation" >Installation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A -HREF="#ERRATA" +HREF="#errata" >ERRATA</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A -HREF="#STEPBYSTEP" +HREF="#stepbystep" >Step-by-step Install</A ></DT ><DD @@ -416,12 +416,12 @@ HREF="#AEN515" ></DT ><DT >3.2.3. <A -HREF="#INSTALL-MYSQL" +HREF="#install-mysql" >Installing MySQL Database</A ></DT ><DT >3.2.4. <A -HREF="#INSTALL-PERL" +HREF="#install-perl" >Perl (5.004 or greater)</A ></DT ><DT @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ HREF="#AEN721" >3.2.15. <A HREF="#AEN768" >Tweaking <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT ></A ></DT @@ -506,17 +506,17 @@ HREF="#AEN839" ></DD ><DT >3.3. <A -HREF="#OSX" +HREF="#osx" >Mac OS X Installation Notes</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A -HREF="#BSDINSTALL" +HREF="#bsdinstall" >BSD Installation Notes</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A -HREF="#GENINSTALL" +HREF="#geninstall" >Installation General Notes</A ></DT ><DD @@ -533,52 +533,52 @@ HREF="#AEN948" ></DT ><DT >3.5.3. <A -HREF="#HTACCESS" +HREF="#htaccess" ><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT > files and security</A ></DT ><DT >3.5.4. <A -HREF="#MOD_THROTTLE" +HREF="#mod-throttle" ><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mod_throttle</TT > and Security</A ></DT ><DT >3.5.5. <A -HREF="#CONTENT_TYPE" +HREF="#content-type" >Preventing untrusted Bugzilla content from executing malicious Javascript code</A ></DT ><DT >3.5.6. <A -HREF="#UNIXHISTORY" +HREF="#unixhistory" >UNIX Installation Instructions History</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3.6. <A -HREF="#WIN32" +HREF="#win32" >Win32 Installation Notes</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.6.1. <A -HREF="#WININSTALL" +HREF="#wininstall" >Win32 Installation: Step-by-step</A ></DT ><DT >3.6.2. <A -HREF="#ADDLWINTIPS" +HREF="#addlwintips" >Additional Windows Tips</A ></DT ><DT >3.6.3. <A -HREF="#BZLDAP" +HREF="#bzldap" >Bugzilla LDAP Integration</A ></DT ></DL @@ -587,53 +587,53 @@ HREF="#BZLDAP" ></DD ><DT >4. <A -HREF="#ADMINISTRATION" +HREF="#administration" >Administering Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A -HREF="#POSTINSTALL-CHECK" +HREF="#postinstall-check" >Post-Installation Checklist</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A -HREF="#USERADMIN" +HREF="#useradmin" >User Administration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.2.1. <A -HREF="#DEFAULTUSER" +HREF="#defaultuser" >Creating the Default User</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.2. <A -HREF="#MANAGEUSERS" +HREF="#manageusers" >Managing Other Users</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.2.2.1. <A -HREF="#LOGIN" +HREF="#login" >Logging In</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.2.2. <A -HREF="#CREATENEWUSERS" +HREF="#createnewusers" >Creating new users</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.2.3. <A -HREF="#DISABLEUSERS" +HREF="#disableusers" >Disabling Users</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.2.4. <A -HREF="#MODIFYUSERS" +HREF="#modifyusers" >Modifying Users</A ></DT ></DL @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ HREF="#MODIFYUSERS" ></DD ><DT >4.3. <A -HREF="#PROGRAMADMIN" +HREF="#programadmin" >Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</A ></DT @@ -650,155 +650,155 @@ HREF="#PROGRAMADMIN" ><DL ><DT >4.3.1. <A -HREF="#PRODUCTS" +HREF="#products" >Products</A ></DT ><DT >4.3.2. <A -HREF="#COMPONENTS" +HREF="#components" >Components</A ></DT ><DT >4.3.3. <A -HREF="#VERSIONS" +HREF="#versions" >Versions</A ></DT ><DT >4.3.4. <A -HREF="#MILESTONES" +HREF="#milestones" >Milestones</A ></DT ><DT >4.3.5. <A -HREF="#VOTING" +HREF="#voting" >Voting</A ></DT ><DT >4.3.6. <A -HREF="#GROUPS" +HREF="#groups" >Groups and Group Security</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4.4. <A -HREF="#SECURITY" +HREF="#security" >Bugzilla Security</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A -HREF="#INTEGRATION" +HREF="#integration" >Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A -HREF="#BONSAI" +HREF="#bonsai" >Bonsai</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A -HREF="#CVS" +HREF="#cvs" >CVS</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A -HREF="#SCM" +HREF="#scm" >Perforce SCM</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A -HREF="#TINDERBOX" +HREF="#tinderbox" >Tinderbox/Tinderbox2</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A -HREF="#FUTURE" +HREF="#future" >The Future of Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A -HREF="#VARIANTS" +HREF="#variants" >Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A -HREF="#RHBUGZILLA" +HREF="#rhbugzilla" >Red Hat Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A -HREF="#VARIANT_FENRIS" +HREF="#variant-fenris" >Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A ></DT ><DT >7.3. <A -HREF="#VARIANT_ISSUEZILLA" +HREF="#variant-issuezilla" >Issuezilla</A ></DT ><DT >7.4. <A -HREF="#VARIANT_SCARAB" +HREF="#variant-scarab" >Scarab</A ></DT ><DT >7.5. <A -HREF="#VARIANT_PERFORCE" +HREF="#variant-perforce" >Perforce SCM</A ></DT ><DT >7.6. <A -HREF="#VARIANT_SOURCEFORGE" +HREF="#variant-sourceforge" >SourceForge</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >A. <A -HREF="#FAQ" +HREF="#faq" >The Bugzilla FAQ</A ></DT ><DT >B. <A -HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" +HREF="#downloadlinks" >Software Download Links</A ></DT ><DT >C. <A -HREF="#DATABASE" +HREF="#database" >The Bugzilla Database</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >C.1. <A -HREF="#DBSCHEMA" +HREF="#dbschema" >Database Schema Chart</A ></DT ><DT >C.2. <A -HREF="#DBDOC" +HREF="#dbdoc" >MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >C.2.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2331" +HREF="#AEN2340" >Bugzilla Database Basics</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >C.2.1.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2360" +HREF="#AEN2369" >Bugzilla Database Tables</A ></DT ></DL @@ -807,56 +807,56 @@ HREF="#AEN2360" ></DD ><DT >C.3. <A -HREF="#GRANTTABLES" +HREF="#granttables" >MySQL Permissions & Grant Tables</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >D. <A -HREF="#PATCHES" +HREF="#patches" >Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >D.1. <A -HREF="#REWRITE" +HREF="#rewrite" >Apache <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mod_rewrite</TT > magic</A ></DT ><DT >D.2. <A -HREF="#SETPERL" +HREF="#setperl" >The setperl.csh Utility</A ></DT ><DT >D.3. <A -HREF="#CMDLINE" +HREF="#cmdline" >Command-line Bugzilla Queries</A ></DT ><DT >D.4. <A -HREF="#QUICKSEARCH" +HREF="#quicksearch" >The Quicksearch Utility</A ></DT ><DT >D.5. <A -HREF="#BZHACKING" +HREF="#bzhacking" >Hacking Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >D.5.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2495" +HREF="#AEN2504" >Things that have caused problems and should be avoided</A ></DT ><DT >D.5.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2509" +HREF="#AEN2518" >Coding Style for Bugzilla</A ></DT ></DL @@ -865,76 +865,76 @@ HREF="#AEN2509" ></DD ><DT >E. <A -HREF="#GFDL" +HREF="#gfdl" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >0. <A -HREF="#GFDL_0" +HREF="#gfdl-0" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >1. <A -HREF="#GFDL_1" +HREF="#gfdl-1" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A -HREF="#GFDL_2" +HREF="#gfdl-2" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A -HREF="#GFDL_3" +HREF="#gfdl-3" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A -HREF="#GFDL_4" +HREF="#gfdl-4" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A -HREF="#GFDL_5" +HREF="#gfdl-5" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A -HREF="#GFDL_6" +HREF="#gfdl-6" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A -HREF="#GFDL_7" +HREF="#gfdl-7" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A -HREF="#GFDL_8" +HREF="#gfdl-8" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A -HREF="#GFDL_9" +HREF="#gfdl-9" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A -HREF="#GFDL_10" +HREF="#gfdl-10" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT ><A -HREF="#GFDL_HOWTO" +HREF="#gfdl-howto" >How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT ><A -HREF="#GLOSSARY" +HREF="#glossary" >Glossary</A ></DT ></DL @@ -969,92 +969,92 @@ HREF="#AEN799" ></DT ><DT >3-3. <A -HREF="#AEN1038" +HREF="#AEN1048" >Installing ActivePerl ppd Modules on Microsoft Windows</A ></DT ><DT >3-4. <A -HREF="#AEN1224" +HREF="#AEN1233" >Removing encrypt() for Windows NT Bugzilla version 2.12 or earlier</A ></DT ><DT >4-1. <A -HREF="#AEN1461" +HREF="#AEN1470" >Creating some Components</A ></DT ><DT >4-2. <A -HREF="#AEN1490" +HREF="#AEN1499" >Common Use of Versions</A ></DT ><DT >4-3. <A -HREF="#AEN1494" +HREF="#AEN1503" >A Different Use of Versions</A ></DT ><DT >4-4. <A -HREF="#AEN1522" +HREF="#AEN1531" >Using SortKey with Target Milestone</A ></DT ><DT >4-5. <A -HREF="#AEN1558" +HREF="#AEN1567" >When to Use Group Security</A ></DT ><DT >4-6. <A -HREF="#AEN1575" +HREF="#AEN1584" >Creating a New Group</A ></DT ><DT >4-7. <A -HREF="#AEN1592" +HREF="#AEN1601" >Bugzilla Groups</A ></DT ><DT >D-1. <A -HREF="#AEN2439" +HREF="#AEN2448" >Using Setperl to set your perl path</A ></DT ><DT >1. <A -HREF="#AEN2736" +HREF="#AEN2769" >A Sample Product</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="ABOUT" +NAME="about" >Chapter 1. About This Guide</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="ABOUTTHISGUIDE" +NAME="aboutthisguide" >1.1. Purpose and Scope of this Guide</A ></H1 ><P -> This document was started on September 17, 2000 by Matthew P. +> This document was started on September 17, 2000 by Matthew P. Barnson after a great deal of procrastination updating the Bugzilla FAQ, which I left untouched for nearly half a year. After numerous complete rewrites and reformatting, it is the document you see today. </P ><P -> Bugzilla is simply the best piece of bug-tracking software the +> 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. </P ><P -> This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the +> This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the <EM >2.14</EM > release. It is so named that it @@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ NAME="ABOUTTHISGUIDE" developers, and those who enjoy a lot of pain. </P ><P -> Newer revisions of the Bugzilla Guide follow the numbering +> Newer revisions of the Bugzilla Guide follow the numbering conventions of the main-tree Bugzilla releases, available at <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla" @@ -1090,13 +1090,13 @@ TARGET="_top" Got it? Good. </P ><P -> I wrote this in response to the enormous demand for decent +> I wrote this in response to the enormous demand for decent Bugzilla documentation. I have incorporated instructions from the Bugzilla README, Frequently Asked Questions, Database Schema Document, and various mailing lists to create it. Chances are, there are glaring errors in this documentation; please contact <TT -CLASS="EMAIL" +CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:barnboy@trilobyte.net" >barnboy@trilobyte.net</A @@ -1105,11 +1105,11 @@ HREF="mailto:barnboy@trilobyte.net" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="COPYRIGHT" +NAME="copyright" >1.2. Copyright Information</A ></H1 ><A @@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +> 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 Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no @@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP" >--<SPAN -CLASS="ATTRIBUTION" +CLASS="attribution" >Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Matthew P. Barnson</SPAN ></TD ><TD @@ -1159,21 +1159,21 @@ WIDTH="10%" ></TR ></TABLE ><P -> If you have any questions regarding this document, its +> If you have any questions regarding this document, its copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, please contact Matthew P. Barnson. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="DISCLAIMER" +NAME="disclaimer" >1.3. Disclaimer</A ></H1 ><P -> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. +> 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 @@ -1183,13 +1183,13 @@ NAME="DISCLAIMER" war. Proceed with caution. </P ><P -> All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless +> 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. </P ><P -> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as +> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". I wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux in every situation where it is appropriate. It is an extremely versatile, stable, @@ -1197,13 +1197,13 @@ NAME="DISCLAIMER" environment for Bugzilla. </P ><P -> You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system +> You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system before installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter. Heaven knows it's saved my bacon time after time; if you implement any suggestion in this Guide, implement this one! </P ><P -> Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to +> Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to 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 @@ -1217,29 +1217,29 @@ NAME="DISCLAIMER" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="NEWVERSIONS" +NAME="newversions" >1.4. New Versions</A ></H1 ><P -> This is the 2.14 version of The Bugzilla Guide. If you are +> This is the 2.14 version of The Bugzilla Guide. 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. </P ><P -> This document can be found in the following places: +> This document can be found in the following places: </P ><P -> <P +> <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons/" TARGET="_top" >TriloBYTE</A @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" TARGET="_top" >Mozilla.org</A @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/" TARGET="_top" >The Linux @@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ TARGET="_top" > </P ><P -> The latest version of this document can be checked out via CVS. +> The latest version of this document can be checked out via CVS. Please follow the instructions available at <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html" TARGET="_top" @@ -1278,21 +1278,21 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CREDITS" +NAME="credits" >1.5. Credits</A ></H1 ><P -> The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the +> The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the creation of this Guide, through their dedicated hacking efforts, numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent contribution to the Bugzilla community: </P ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="mailto://terry@mozilla.org" TARGET="_top" >Terry Weissman</A @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ TARGET="_top" README upon which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based. </P ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="mailto://tara@tequilarista.org" TARGET="_top" >Tara @@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ TARGET="_top" strong after Terry left Mozilla.org </P ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="mailto://dkl@redhat.com" TARGET="_top" >Dave Lawrence</A @@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ TARGET="_top" Hat Bugzilla" appendix </P ><P -> <A +> <A HREF="mailto://endico@mozilla.org" TARGET="_top" >Dawn Endico</A @@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ TARGET="_top" questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools </P ><P -> Last but not least, all the members of the <A +> Last but not least, all the members of the <A HREF="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape/public/mozilla/webtools" TARGET="_top" > netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</A @@ -1337,43 +1337,43 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CONTRIBUTORS" +NAME="contributors" >1.6. Contributors</A ></H1 ><P -> Thanks go to these people for significant contributions to this +> Thanks go to these people for significant contributions to this documentation (in no particular order): </P ><P -> Andrew Pearson, Spencer Smith, Eric Hanson, Kevin Brannen, Ron +> Andrew Pearson, Spencer Smith, Eric Hanson, Kevin Brannen, Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="FEEDBACK" +NAME="feedback" >1.7. Feedback</A ></H1 ><P -> I welcome feedback on this document. Without your submissions +> I welcome feedback on this document. Without your submissions and input, this Guide cannot continue to exist. Please mail additions, comments, criticisms, etc. to <TT -CLASS="EMAIL" +CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:barnboy@trilobyte.net" >barnboy@trilobyte.net</A >></TT >. Please send flames to <TT -CLASS="EMAIL" +CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:devnull@localhost" >devnull@localhost</A @@ -1382,20 +1382,20 @@ HREF="mailto:devnull@localhost" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="TRANSLATIONS" +NAME="translations" >1.8. Translations</A ></H1 ><P -> The Bugzilla Guide needs translators! Please volunteer your +> 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 <TT -CLASS="EMAIL" +CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org" >mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org</A @@ -1405,18 +1405,18 @@ HREF="mailto:mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CONVENTIONS" +NAME="conventions" >1.9. Document Conventions</A ></H1 ><P -> This document uses the following conventions +> This document uses the following conventions </P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALTABLE" +CLASS="informaltable" ><A NAME="AEN129" ></A @@ -1429,11 +1429,11 @@ CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Descriptions</TH ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Appearance</TH ></TR ></THEAD @@ -1441,17 +1441,17 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Warnings</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><DIV -CLASS="CAUTION" +CLASS="caution" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="CAUTION" +CLASS="caution" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -1477,17 +1477,17 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Hint</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -1513,17 +1513,17 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Notes</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -1549,17 +1549,17 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Information requiring special attention</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -1585,115 +1585,115 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >File Names</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >file.extension</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Directory Names</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >directory</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Commands to be typed</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >command</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Applications Names</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><SPAN -CLASS="APPLICATION" +CLASS="application" >application</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><I -CLASS="FOREIGNPHRASE" +CLASS="foreignphrase" >Prompt</I > of users command under bash shell</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >bash$</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><I -CLASS="FOREIGNPHRASE" +CLASS="foreignphrase" >Prompt</I > of root users command under bash shell</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >bash#</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><I -CLASS="FOREIGNPHRASE" +CLASS="foreignphrase" >Prompt</I > of user command under tcsh shell</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >tcsh$</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Environment Variables</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><TT -CLASS="ENVAR" +CLASS="envar" >VARIABLE</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Emphasized word</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><EM >word</EM ></TD @@ -1701,11 +1701,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" >Code Example</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" +VALIGN="MIDDLE" ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" @@ -1715,12 +1715,12 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +CLASS="programlisting" ><TT -CLASS="SGMLTAG" +CLASS="sgmltag" ><para></TT >Beginning and end of paragraph<TT -CLASS="SGMLTAG" +CLASS="sgmltag" ></para></TT ></PRE ></FONT @@ -1737,10 +1737,10 @@ CLASS="SGMLTAG" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="USING" +NAME="using" >Chapter 2. Using Bugzilla</A ></H1 ><TABLE @@ -1767,15 +1767,15 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="WHATIS" +NAME="whatis" >2.1. What is Bugzilla?</A ></H1 ><P -> Bugzilla is one example of a class of programs called "Defect +> Bugzilla is one example of a class of programs called "Defect Tracking Systems", or, more commonly, "Bug-Tracking Systems". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Bugzilla was @@ -1790,48 +1790,48 @@ project, Mozilla). It is now the de-facto standard defect-tracking system against which all others are measured. </P ><P -> Bugzilla has matured immensely, and now boasts many advanced features. These include: +> Bugzilla has matured immensely, and now boasts many advanced features. These include: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P -> integrated, product-based granular security schema +> integrated, product-based granular security schema </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> inter-bug dependencies and dependency graphing +> inter-bug dependencies and dependency graphing </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> advanced reporting capabilities +> advanced reporting capabilities </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> a robust, stable RDBMS back-end +> a robust, stable RDBMS back-end </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> extensive configurability +> extensive configurability </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> a very well-understood and well-thought-out natural bug resolution protocol +> a very well-understood and well-thought-out natural bug resolution protocol </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> email, XML, console, and HTTP APIs +> email, XML, console, and HTTP APIs </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> available integration with automated software +> available integration with automated software configuration management systems, including Perforce and CVS (through the Bugzilla email interface and checkin/checkout scripts) @@ -1839,14 +1839,14 @@ system against which all others are measured. ></LI ><LI ><P -> too many more features to list +> too many more features to list </P ></LI ></UL > </P ><P -> Despite its current robustness and popularity, Bugzilla faces +> Despite its current robustness and popularity, Bugzilla faces some near-term challenges, such as reliance on a single database, a lack of abstraction of the user interface and program logic, verbose email bug notifications, a powerful but @@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ system against which all others are measured. some nonstandard libraries. </P ><P -> Some recent headway has been made on the query front, however. +> Some recent headway has been made on the query front, however. If you are using the latest version of Bugzilla, you should see a <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" available as "queryhelp.cgi". </P ><P -> Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It +> Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It is under <EM >very</EM > active development to address @@ -1876,11 +1876,11 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="WHY" +NAME="why" >2.2. Why Should We Use Bugzilla?</A ></H1 ><TABLE @@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><P -> For many years, defect-tracking software has remained +> For many years, defect-tracking software has remained principally the domain of large software development houses. Even then, most shops never bothered with bug-tracking software, and instead simply relied on shared lists and email to monitor @@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" dropped or ignored. </P ><P -> These days, many companies are finding that integrated +> These days, many companies are finding that integrated defect-tracking systems reduce downtime, increase productivity, and raise customer satisfaction with their systems. Along with full disclosure, an open bug-tracker allows manufacturers to @@ -1928,12 +1928,12 @@ VALIGN="TOP" system for accounting for unusual system or software issues. </P ><P -> But why should <EM +> But why should <EM >you</EM > use Bugzilla? </P ><P -> Bugzilla is very adaptable to various situations. Known uses +> Bugzilla is very adaptable to various situations. Known uses currently include IT support queues, Systems Administration deployment management, chip design and development problem tracking (both pre-and-post fabrication), and software and @@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" replication problems </P ><P -> Bugzilla can dramatically increase the productivity and +> Bugzilla can dramatically increase the productivity and accountability of individual employees by providing a documented workflow and positive feedback for good performance. How many times do you wake up in the morning, remembering that you were @@ -1958,18 +1958,18 @@ VALIGN="TOP" led to critical decisions. </P ><P -> Ultimately, Bugzilla puts the power in your hands to improve +> Ultimately, Bugzilla puts the power in your hands to improve your value to your employer or business while providing a usable framework for your natural attention to detail and knowledge store to flourish. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="HOW" +NAME="how" >2.3. How do I use Bugzilla?</A ></H1 ><TABLE @@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><P -> Bugzilla is a large, complex system. Describing how to use it +> Bugzilla is a large, complex system. Describing how to use it requires some time. If you are only interested in installing or administering a Bugzilla installation, please consult the Installing and Administering Bugzilla portions of this Guide. @@ -2006,19 +2006,19 @@ VALIGN="TOP" software. </P ><P -> Throughout this portion of the Guide, we will refer to user +> Throughout this portion of the Guide, we will refer to user account options available at the Bugzilla test installation, <A HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/" TARGET="_top" -> landfill.tequilarista.org</A +> landfill.tequilarista.org</A >. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Some people have run into difficulties completing this +> Some people have run into difficulties completing this tutorial. If you run into problems, please check the updated online documentation available at <A HREF="http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons/" @@ -2059,15 +2059,15 @@ TARGET="_top" mentioned here. </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="MYACCOUNT" +NAME="myaccount" >2.3.1. Create a Bugzilla Account</A ></H2 ><P -> First things first! If you want to use Bugzilla, first you +> First things first! If you want to use Bugzilla, first you need to create an account. Consult with the administrator responsible for your installation of Bugzilla for the URL you should use to access it. If you're test-driving the end-user @@ -2083,19 +2083,19 @@ TARGET="_top" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Click the "Open a new Bugzilla account" link. +> Click the "Open a new Bugzilla account" link. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Enter your "E-mail address" and "Real Name" (or whatever +> Enter your "E-mail address" and "Real Name" (or whatever name you want to call yourself) in the spaces provided, then select the "Create Account" button. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Within moments, you should receive an email to the address +> Within moments, you should receive an email to the address you provided above, which contains your login name (generally the same as the email address), and a password you can use to access your account. This password is @@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Click the <SPAN +> Click the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Log In"</SPAN > link in the yellow area at @@ -2123,12 +2123,12 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >"Login"</SPAN >. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you ever forget your password, you can come back to +> If you ever forget your password, you can come back to this page, enter your <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"E-mail address"</SPAN @@ -2161,12 +2161,12 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DIV > <DIV -CLASS="CAUTION" +CLASS="caution" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="CAUTION" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="caution" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ ALT="Caution"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Many modern browsers include an +> Many modern browsers include an <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Auto-Complete"</SPAN @@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ></OL ><P -> Congratulations! If you followed these directions, you now +> Congratulations! If you followed these directions, you now are the proud owner of a user account on landfill.tequilarista.org (Landfill) or your local Bugzilla install. You should now see in your browser a page called the @@ -2218,46 +2218,46 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="QUERY" +NAME="query" >2.3.2. The Bugzilla Query Page</A ></H2 ><P -> The Bugzilla Query Page is the heart and soul of the Bugzilla +> The Bugzilla Query Page is the heart and soul of the Bugzilla user experience. It is the master interface where you can find any bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. We'll go into how to create your own bug report later on. </P ><P -> There are efforts underway to simplify query usage. If you +> There are efforts underway to simplify query usage. If you have a local installation of Bugzilla 2.12 or higher, you should have <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >quicksearch.html</TT > available to use and simplify your searches. There is also a helper for the query interface, called <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >queryhelp.cgi</TT >. Landfill tends to run the latest code, so these two utilities should be available there for your perusal. </P ><P -> At this point, please visit the main Bugzilla site, +> At this point, let's visit the query page. <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi" +HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi" TARGET="_top" -> bugzilla.mozilla.org</A ->, to see a more fleshed-out query page. +> landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi</A +> </P ><P -> The first thing you need to notice about the Bugzilla Query +> The first thing you need to notice about the Bugzilla Query Page is that nearly every box you see on your screen has a hyperlink nearby, explaining what it is or what it does. Near the upper-left-hand corner of your browser window you should @@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" > underlined. Select it. </P ><P -> Notice the page that popped up? Every underlined word you see +> Notice the page that popped up? Every underlined word you see on your screen is a hyperlink that will take you to context-sensitive help. Click around for a while, and learn what everything here does. To return to the query interface @@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" button in your browser. </P ><P -> I'm sure that after checking out the online help, you are now +> I'm sure that after checking out the online help, you are now an expert on the Bugzilla Query Page. If, however, you feel you haven't mastered it yet, let me walk you through making a few successful queries to find out what there are in the @@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Ensure you are back on the <SPAN +> Ensure you are back on the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Bugzilla Query Page"</SPAN @@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" figured out. </P ><P -> Basically, selecting <EM +> Basically, selecting <EM >anything</EM > on the query page narrows your search down. Leaving stuff @@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> You see the box immediately below the top six boxes that +> You see the box immediately below the top six boxes that contains an "Email" text box, with the words "matching as", a drop-down selection box, then some checkboxes with "Assigned To" checked by default? This allows you to @@ -2323,12 +2323,12 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" put my email address in there, and see what happens. </P ><P -> Type "barnboy@trilobyte.net" in the top Email text box. +> Type "barnboy@trilobyte.net" in the top Email text box. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Let's narrow the search some more. Scroll down until you +> Let's narrow the search some more. Scroll down until you find the box with the word "Program" over the top of it. This is where we can narrow our search down to only specific products (software programs or product lines) in @@ -2342,13 +2342,13 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Did you notice that some of the boxes to the right changed +> Did you notice that some of the boxes to the right changed when you selected "Bugzilla"? Every Program (or Product) has different Versions, Components, and Target Milestones associated with it. A "Version" is the number of a software program. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN307" ></A @@ -2357,14 +2357,14 @@ NAME="AEN307" >Example 2-1. Some Famous Software Versions</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A NAME="AEN309" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> Do you remember the hype in 1995 when Microsoft +> Do you remember the hype in 1995 when Microsoft Windows 95(r) was released? It may have been several years ago, but Microsoft(tm) spent over $300 Million advertising this new Version of their software. @@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ NAME="AEN309" ME(Millenium Edition)(r). </P ><P -> Software "Versions" help a manufacturer +> Software "Versions" help a manufacturer differentiate their current product from their previous products. Most do not identify their products by the year they were released. Instead, @@ -2391,7 +2391,7 @@ NAME="AEN309" version than 1.1.1. </P ><P -> In general, a "Version" in Bugzilla should refer to +> In general, a "Version" in Bugzilla should refer to <EM >released</EM > products, not products @@ -2406,13 +2406,13 @@ NAME="AEN309" > </P ><P -> A "Component" is a piece of a Product. +> A "Component" is a piece of a Product. It may be a standalone program, or some other logical division of a Product or Program. Normally, a Component has a single Owner, who is responsible for overseeing efforts to improve that Component. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN317" ></A @@ -2421,14 +2421,14 @@ NAME="AEN317" >Example 2-2. Mozilla's Bugzilla Components</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A NAME="AEN319" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> Mozilla's "Bugzilla" Product is composed of several pieces (Components): +> Mozilla's "Bugzilla" Product is composed of several pieces (Components): <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -2441,35 +2441,35 @@ BORDER="0" >, Administration of a bugzilla installation, including <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editcomponents.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editgroups.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editkeywords.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editparams.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editproducts.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editusers.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editversions.cgi,</TT > and <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >sanitycheck.cgi</TT >. </TD @@ -2490,19 +2490,19 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, Creating, changing, and viewing bugs. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >enter_bug.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >post_bug.cgi</TT >, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >show_bug.cgi</TT > and <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >process_bug.cgi</TT >. </TD @@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, The bugzilla documentation, including anything in the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >docs/</TT > directory and The Bugzilla Guide (This document :) @@ -2527,7 +2527,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, Anything to do with email sent by Bugzilla. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >processmail</TT > </TD @@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, The installation process of Bugzilla. This includes <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > and whatever else it evolves into. </TD @@ -2551,11 +2551,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, Anything to do with searching for bugs and viewing the buglists. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >query.cgi</TT > and <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >buglist.cgi</TT > </TD @@ -2567,11 +2567,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, Getting reports from Bugzilla. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >reports.cgi</TT > and <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >duplicates.cgi</TT > </TD @@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" >, Anything about managing a user account from the user's perspective. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >userprefs.cgi</TT >, saved queries, creating accounts, changing passwords, logging in, etc. @@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" > </P ><P -> A "Milestone", or "Target Milestone" is a often a planned +> A "Milestone", or "Target Milestone" is a often a planned future "Version" of a product. In many cases, though, Milestones simply represent significant dates for a developer. Having certain features in your Product is @@ -2626,7 +2626,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" of reach by the time the important day arrives. </P ><P -> The Bugzilla Project has set up Milestones for future +> The Bugzilla Project has set up Milestones for future Bugzilla versions 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 3.0, etc. However, a Target Milestone can just as easily be a specific date, code name, or weird alphanumeric combination, like "M19". @@ -2634,19 +2634,19 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></LI ><LI ><P -> OK, now let's select the "Bugzilla" component from its scrollbox. +> OK, now let's select the "Bugzilla" component from its scrollbox. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Skip down the page a bit -- do you see the "submit query" button? +> Skip down the page a bit -- do you see the "submit query" button? Select it, and let's run this query! </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Congratulations! You've completed your first Query, and +> Congratulations! You've completed your first Query, and have before you the Bug List of the author of this Guide, Matthew P. Barnson (barnboy@trilobyte.net). If I'm doing well, you'll have a cryptic "Zarro Boogs Found" message on @@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></LI ></OL ><P -> I encourage you to click the bug numbers in the left-hand +> I encourage you to click the bug numbers in the left-hand column and examine my bugs. Also notice that if you click the underlined links near the top of this page, they do not take you to context-sensitive help here, but instead sort the @@ -2667,7 +2667,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" this is a tremendous timesaver. </P ><P -> A couple more interesting things about the Bug List page: +> A couple more interesting things about the Bug List page: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -2716,11 +2716,11 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> There are many more options to the Bugzilla Query Page and +> There are many more options to the Bugzilla Query Page and the Bug List than I have shown you. But this should be enough for you to learn to get around. I encourage you to check out the <A @@ -2751,11 +2751,11 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BUGREPORTS" +NAME="bugreports" >2.3.3. Creating and Managing Bug Reports</A ></H2 ><TABLE @@ -2784,15 +2784,15 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BUG_WRITING" +NAME="bug-writing" >2.3.3.1. Writing a Great Bug Report</A ></H3 ><P -> Before we plunge into writing your first bug report, I +> Before we plunge into writing your first bug report, I encourage you to read some bug-writing guidelines. If you are reading this document as part of a Bugzilla CVS checkout or un-tarred Bugzilla distribution, you should be able to @@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >. While some of the advice is Mozilla-specific, the basic principles of reporting Reproducible, Specific bugs, isolating the Product you are using, the Version of the Product, the Component which failed, the Hardware Platform, and Operating System you were using at the time of the failure go a long way toward ensuring accurate, responsible fixes for the bug that bit you. </P ><P -> While you are at it, why not learn how to find previously +> While you are at it, why not learn how to find previously reported bugs? Mozilla.org has published a great tutorial on finding duplicate bugs, available at <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/beginning-duplicate-finding.html" @@ -2816,7 +2816,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >. </P ><P -> I realize this was a lot to read. However, understanding +> I realize this was a lot to read. However, understanding the mentality of writing great bug reports will help us on the next part! </P @@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ TARGET="_top" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Go back to <A +> Go back to <A HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/" TARGET="_top" > http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/</A @@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select the <A +> Select the <A HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/enter_bug.cgi" TARGET="_top" > Enter a new bug report</A @@ -2844,12 +2844,12 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select a product. +> Select a product. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Now you should be at the "Enter Bug" form. The +> Now you should be at the "Enter Bug" form. The "reporter" should have been automatically filled out for you (or else Bugzilla prompted you to Log In again -- you did keep the email with your username and password, @@ -2858,12 +2858,12 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select a Component in the scrollbox. +> Select a Component in the scrollbox. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Bugzilla should have made reasonable guesses, based upon +> Bugzilla should have made reasonable guesses, based upon your browser, for the "Platform" and "OS" drop-down boxes. If those are wrong, change them -- if you're on an SGI box running IRIX, we want to know! @@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Fill in the "Assigned To" box with the email address you +> Fill in the "Assigned To" box with the email address you provided earlier. This way you don't end up sending copies of your bug to lots of other people, since it's just a test bug. @@ -2879,33 +2879,33 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Leave the "CC" text box blank. Fill in the "URL" box +> Leave the "CC" text box blank. Fill in the "URL" box with "http://www.mozilla.org". </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Enter "The Bugzilla Guide" in the Summary text box, and +> Enter "The Bugzilla Guide" in the Summary text box, and place any comments you have on this tutorial, or the Guide in general, into the Description box. </P ></LI ></OL ><P -> Voila! Select "Commit" and send in your bug report! Next +> Voila! Select "Commit" and send in your bug report! Next we'll look at resolving bugs. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BUG_MANAGE" +NAME="bug-manage" >2.3.3.2. Managing your Bug Reports</A ></H3 ><P -> OK, you should have a link to the bug you just created near +> OK, you should have a link to the bug you just created near the top of your page. It should say "Bug XXXX posted", with a link to the right saying "Back to BUG# XXXX". Select this link. @@ -2916,7 +2916,7 @@ NAME="BUG_MANAGE" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Scroll down a bit on the subsequent page, until you see +> Scroll down a bit on the subsequent page, until you see the "Resolve bug, changing resolution to (dropdown box). Normally, you would "Accept bug (change status to ASSIGNED)", fix it, and then resolve. But in this case, @@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Hey! It said it couldn't take the change in a big red +> Hey! It said it couldn't take the change in a big red box! That's right, you must specify a Comment in order to make this change. Select the "Back" button in your browser, add a Comment, then try Resolving the bug with @@ -2937,40 +2937,40 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ></OL ><P -> You have now learned the basics of Bugzilla navigation, +> You have now learned the basics of Bugzilla navigation, entering a bug, and bug maintenance. I encourage you to explore these features, and see what you can do with them! We'll spend no more time on individual Bugs or Queries from this point on, so you are on your own there. </P ><P -> But I'll give a few last hints! +> But I'll give a few last hints! </P ><P -> There is a <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/help.html" +> There is a <A +HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/help.html" TARGET="_top" >CLUE</A > on the Query page that will teach you more how to use the form. </P ><P -> If you click the hyperlink on the <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/describecomponents.cgi" +> If you click the hyperlink on the <A +HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/describecomponents.cgi" TARGET="_top" >Component</A > box of the Query page, you will be presented a form that will describe what all the components are. </P ><P -> Possibly the most powerful feature of the Query page is the +> Possibly the most powerful feature of the Query page is the <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/booleanchart.html" +HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/booleanchart.html" TARGET="_top" >Boolean Chart</A > section. It's a bit confusing to use the first time, but can provide unparalleled flexibility in your queries, allowing you to build extremely powerful requests. </P ><P -> Finally, you can build some nifty <A -HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/reports.cgi" +> Finally, you can build some nifty <A +HREF="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/bugzilla-tip/reports.cgi" TARGET="_top" >Reports</A > using the "Bug Reports" link near the bottom of the query page, and also available via the "Reports" link at the footer of each page. @@ -2979,11 +2979,11 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="INIT4ME" +NAME="init4me" >2.4. Where can I find my user preferences?</A ></H1 ><TABLE @@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><P -> Customized User Preferences offer tremendous versatility to your +> Customized User Preferences offer tremendous versatility to your individual Bugzilla experience. Let's plunge into what you can do! The first step is to click the "Edit prefs" link at the footer of each page once you have logged in to <A @@ -3024,15 +3024,15 @@ TARGET="_top" >. </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="ACCOUNTSETTINGS" +NAME="accountsettings" >2.4.1. Account Settings</A ></H2 ><P -> On this page, you can change your basic Account Settings, +> On this page, you can change your basic Account Settings, including your password and full name. For security reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your <EM @@ -3059,23 +3059,23 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="EMAILSETTINGS" +NAME="emailsettings" >2.4.2. Email Settings</A ></H2 ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="NOTIFICATION" +NAME="notification" >2.4.2.1. Email Notification</A ></H3 ><P -> Here you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you +> Here you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from Bugzilla. Although this is referred to as <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -3090,10 +3090,10 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" onto a quality assurance platform for inspection. Other people set up email gateways to <A -HREF="#BONSAI" +HREF="#bonsai" >Bonsai, the Mozilla automated CVS management system</A > or <A -HREF="#TINDERBOX" +HREF="#tinderbox" >Tinderbox, the Mozilla automated build management system</A >, and restrict which types of Bugzilla information are fed to @@ -3101,19 +3101,19 @@ HREF="#TINDERBOX" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="NEWEMAILTECH" +NAME="newemailtech" >2.4.2.2. New Email Technology</A ></H3 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This option may not be available in all Bugzilla +> This option may not be available in all Bugzilla installations, depending upon the preferences of the systems administrator responsible for the setup of your Bugzilla. However, if you really want this functionality, @@ -3142,13 +3142,13 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> Disregard the warnings about "experimental and bleeding +> Disregard the warnings about "experimental and bleeding edge"; the code to handle email in a cleaner manner than that historically used for Bugzilla is quite robust and well-tested now. </P ><P -> I recommend you enable the option, "Click here to sign up +> I recommend you enable the option, "Click here to sign up (and risk any bugs)". Your email-box will thank you for it. The fundamental shift in "newemailtech" is away from standard UNIX "diff" output, which is quite ugly, to a @@ -3156,19 +3156,19 @@ VALIGN="TOP" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="WATCHSETTINGS" +NAME="watchsettings" >2.4.2.3. "Watching" Users</A ></H3 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3184,7 +3184,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This option may not be available in all Bugzilla +> This option may not be available in all Bugzilla installations, depending upon the preferences of the systems administrator responsible for the setup of your Bugzilla. However, if you really want this functionality, @@ -3195,7 +3195,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> By entering user email names into the "Users to watch" text +> By entering user email names into the "Users to watch" text entry box, delineated by commas, you can watch bugs of other users. This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions as developers change projects, managers wish to @@ -3207,19 +3207,19 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="FOOTERSETTINGS" +NAME="footersettings" >2.4.3. Page Footer</A ></H2 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3235,7 +3235,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> By default, this page is quite barren. However, go explore +> By default, this page is quite barren. However, go explore the Query Page some more; you will find that you can store numerous queries on the server, so if you regularly run a particular query it is just a drop-down menu away. On this @@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> If you have many stored queries on the server, here you will +> If you have many stored queries on the server, here you will find individual drop-downs for each stored query. Each drop-down gives you the option of that query appearing on the footer of every page in Bugzilla! This gives you powerful @@ -3255,11 +3255,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" is an excellent way to impress your boss... </P ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3293,15 +3293,15 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="PERMISSIONSETTINGS" +NAME="permissionsettings" >2.4.4. Permissions</A ></H2 ><P -> This is a purely informative page which outlines your current +> This is a purely informative page which outlines your current permissions on this installation of Bugzilla. If you have permissions to grant certain permissions to other users, the "other users" link appears on this page as well as the footer. @@ -3311,15 +3311,15 @@ NAME="PERMISSIONSETTINGS" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="USINGBZ-CONC" +NAME="usingbz-conc" >2.5. Using Bugzilla-Conclusion</A ></H1 ><P -> Thank you for reading through this portion of the Bugzilla +> Thank you for reading through this portion of the Bugzilla Guide. I anticipate it may not yet meet the needs of all readers. If you have additional comments or corrections to make, please submit your contributions to the <A @@ -3331,25 +3331,25 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="INSTALLATION" +NAME="installation" >Chapter 3. Installation</A ></H1 ><P -> These installation instructions are presented assuming you are +> These installation instructions are presented assuming you are installing on a UNIX or completely POSIX-compliant system. If you are installing on Microsoft Windows or another oddball operating system, please consult the appropriate sections in this installation guide for notes on how to be successful. </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="ERRATA" +NAME="errata" >3.1. ERRATA</A ></H1 ><P @@ -3364,29 +3364,29 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> If you are installing Bugzilla on S.u.S.e. Linux, or some +> If you are installing Bugzilla on S.u.S.e. Linux, or some other distributions with <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"paranoid"</SPAN > security options, it is possible that the checksetup.pl script may fail with the error: <SPAN -CLASS="ERRORNAME" +CLASS="errorname" >cannot chdir(/var/spool/mqueue): Permission denied</SPAN > This is because your <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >/var/spool/mqueue</TT > directory has a mode of <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"drwx------"</SPAN >. Type <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >chmod 755 <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >/var/spool/mqueue</TT ></B > as root to @@ -3395,7 +3395,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> Bugzilla may be installed on Macintosh OS X (10), which is a +> Bugzilla may be installed on Macintosh OS X (10), which is a unix-based (BSD) operating system. Everything required for Bugzilla on OS X will install cleanly, but the optional GD perl module which is used for bug charting requires some @@ -3405,9 +3405,9 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> Release Notes for Bugzilla 2.14 are available at +> Release Notes for Bugzilla 2.14 are available at <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >docs/rel_notes.txt</TT > in your Bugzilla source distribution. @@ -3415,7 +3415,7 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> The preferred documentation for Bugzilla is available in +> The preferred documentation for Bugzilla is available in docs/, with a variety of document types available. Please refer to these documents when installing, configuring, and maintaining your Bugzilla installation. @@ -3426,11 +3426,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><P ></P ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3446,7 +3446,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Bugzilla is not a package where you can just plop it in a directory, +> Bugzilla is not a package where you can just plop it in a directory, twiddle a few things, and you're off. Installing Bugzilla assumes you know your variant of UNIX or Microsoft Windows well, are familiar with the command line, and are comfortable compiling and installing a plethora @@ -3460,11 +3460,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Bugzilla has not undergone a complete security review. Security holes +> Bugzilla has not undergone a complete security review. Security holes may exist in the code. 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. @@ -3491,58 +3491,58 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="STEPBYSTEP" +NAME="stepbystep" >3.2. Step-by-step Install</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN509" >3.2.1. Introduction</A ></H2 ><P -> Installation of bugzilla is pretty straightforward, particularly if your +> Installation of bugzilla is pretty straightforward, particularly if your machine already has MySQL and the MySQL-related perl packages installed. If those aren't installed yet, then that's the first order of business. The other necessary ingredient is a web server set up to run cgi scripts. While using Apache for your webserver is not required, it is recommended. </P ><P -> Bugzilla has been successfully installed under Solaris, Linux, +> Bugzilla has been successfully installed under Solaris, Linux, and Win32. The peculiarities of installing on Win32 (Microsoft Windows) are not included in this section of the Guide; please check out the <A -HREF="#WIN32" +HREF="#win32" >Win32 Installation Notes</A > for further advice on getting Bugzilla to work on Microsoft Windows. </P ><P -> The Bugzilla Guide is contained in the "docs/" folder in your +> The Bugzilla Guide is contained in the "docs/" folder in your Bugzilla distribution. It is available in plain text (docs/txt), HTML (docs/html), or SGML source (docs/sgml). </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN515" >3.2.2. Installing the Prerequisites</A ></H2 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" most recent version of Perl and MySQL (both the executables and development libraries) on your system, check out Bundle::Bugzilla in <A -HREF="#BUNDLEBUGZILLA" +HREF="#bundlebugzilla" >Using Bundle::Bugzilla instead of manually installing Perl modules</A ></P ></TD @@ -3571,76 +3571,76 @@ HREF="#BUNDLEBUGZILLA" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> The software packages necessary for the proper running of bugzilla are: +> The software packages necessary for the proper running of bugzilla are: <P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> MySQL database server and the mysql client (3.22.5 or greater) +> MySQL database server and the mysql client (3.22.5 or greater) </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Perl (5.004 or greater, 5.6.1 is recommended if you wish +> Perl (5.004 or greater, 5.6.1 is recommended if you wish to use Bundle::Bugzilla) </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> DBI Perl module +> DBI Perl module </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Data::Dumper Perl module +> Data::Dumper Perl module </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Bundle::Mysql Perl module collection +> Bundle::Mysql Perl module collection </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> TimeDate Perl module collection +> TimeDate Perl module collection </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> GD perl module (1.8.3) (optional, for bug charting) +> GD perl module (1.8.3) (optional, for bug charting) </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Chart::Base Perl module (0.99c) (optional, for bug charting) +> Chart::Base Perl module (0.99c) (optional, for bug charting) </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> DB_File Perl module (optional, for bug charting) +> DB_File Perl module (optional, for bug charting) </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> The web server of your choice. Apache is recommended. +> The web server of your choice. Apache is recommended. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> MIME::Parser Perl module (optional, for contrib/bug_email.pl interface) +> MIME::Parser Perl module (optional, for contrib/bug_email.pl interface) </P ></LI ></OL > <DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3656,7 +3656,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> It is a good idea, while installing Bugzilla, to ensure it +> It is a good idea, while installing Bugzilla, to ensure it is not <EM >accessible</EM > by other machines @@ -3674,11 +3674,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV > <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3698,12 +3698,12 @@ VALIGN="TOP" every required and optional library for Bugzilla. The easiest way to install them is by using the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >urpmi</TT > utility. If you follow these commands, you should have everything you need for Bugzilla, and <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > should not complain about any missing libraries. You may already @@ -3716,10 +3716,10 @@ BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" > urpmi perl-mysql</B ></TD @@ -3727,10 +3727,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><TR ><TD ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" > urpmi perl-chart</B ></TD @@ -3738,10 +3738,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><TR ><TD ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" > urpmi perl-gd</B ></TD @@ -3749,10 +3749,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><TR ><TD ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" > urpmi perl-MailTools</B > (for Bugzilla email @@ -3761,10 +3761,10 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ><TR ><TD ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" > urpmi apache-modules</B ></TD @@ -3782,42 +3782,42 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="INSTALL-MYSQL" +NAME="install-mysql" >3.2.3. Installing MySQL Database</A ></H2 ><P -> Visit MySQL homepage at <A +> Visit MySQL homepage at <A HREF="http://www.mysql.com" TARGET="_top" >www.mysql.com</A > and grab the latest stable release of the server. Many of the binary versions of MySQL store their data files in <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >/var</TT > which is often part of a smaller root partition. If you decide to build from sources you can easily set the dataDir as an option to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >configure</TT >. </P ><P -> If you install from source or non-package (RPM, deb, etc.) +> If you install from source or non-package (RPM, deb, etc.) binaries you need to add <I -CLASS="FIRSTTERM" +CLASS="firstterm" >mysqld</I > to your init scripts so the server daemon will come back up whenever your machine reboots. Further discussion of UNIX init sequences are beyond the scope of this guide. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3835,25 +3835,25 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ><P >You should have your init script start <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >mysqld</I > with the ability to accept large packets. By default, <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mysqld</TT > only accepts packets up to 64K long. This limits the size of attachments you may put on bugs. If you add <TT -CLASS="OPTION" +CLASS="option" >-O max_allowed_packet=1M</TT > to the command that starts <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mysqld</TT > (or <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >safe_mysqld</TT >), then you will be able to have attachments up to about 1 megabyte.</P @@ -3865,11 +3865,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3885,9 +3885,9 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you plan on running Bugzilla and MySQL on the same +> If you plan on running Bugzilla and MySQL on the same machine, consider using the <TT -CLASS="OPTION" +CLASS="option" >--skip-networking</TT > option in the init script. This enhances security by @@ -3899,15 +3899,15 @@ CLASS="OPTION" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="INSTALL-PERL" +NAME="install-perl" >3.2.4. Perl (5.004 or greater)</A ></H2 ><P -> Any machine that doesn't have perl on it is a sad machine +> Any machine that doesn't have perl on it is a sad machine indeed. Perl for *nix systems can be gotten in source form from http://www.perl.com. Although Bugzilla runs with most post-5.004 versions of Perl, it's a good idea to be up to the @@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@ NAME="INSTALL-PERL" this writing, that is perl version 5.6.1. </P ><P -> Perl is now a far cry from the the single compiler/interpreter +> Perl is now a far cry from the the single compiler/interpreter binary it once was. It includes a great many required modules and quite a few other support files. If you're not up to or not inclined to build perl from source, you'll want to install @@ -3926,11 +3926,11 @@ NAME="INSTALL-PERL" isn't up to snuff. </P ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3968,14 +3968,14 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><A -NAME="BUNDLEBUGZILLA" +NAME="bundlebugzilla" ></A ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -3991,15 +3991,15 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> You can skip the following Perl module installation steps by +> You can skip the following Perl module installation steps by installing <SPAN -CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" +CLASS="productname" >Bundle::Bugzilla</SPAN > from <A -HREF="#GLOSS_CPAN" +HREF="#gloss-cpan" ><I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >CPAN</I ></A >, which @@ -4009,13 +4009,13 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" version of Perl (at this writing, version 5.6.1) </P ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >perl -MCPAN -e 'install "Bundle::Bugzilla"'</B > @@ -4023,7 +4023,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > </P ><P -> Bundle::Bugzilla doesn't include GD, Chart::Base, or +> Bundle::Bugzilla doesn't include GD, Chart::Base, or MIME::Parser, which are not essential to a basic Bugzilla install. If installing this bundle fails, you should install each module individually to isolate the problem. @@ -4034,62 +4034,62 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN602" >3.2.5. DBI Perl Module</A ></H2 ><P -> The DBI module is a generic Perl module used by other database related +> The DBI module is a generic Perl module used by other database related Perl modules. For our purposes it's required by the MySQL-related modules. As long as your Perl installation was done correctly the DBI module should be a breeze. It's a mixed Perl/C module, but Perl's MakeMaker system simplifies the C compilation greatly. </P ><P -> Like almost all Perl modules DBI can be found on the Comprehensive Perl +> Like almost all Perl modules DBI can be found on the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) at http://www.cpan.org. The CPAN servers have a real tendency to bog down, so please use mirrors. The current location at the time of this writing can be found in <A -HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" +HREF="#downloadlinks" >Appendix B</A >. </P ><P -> Quality, general Perl module installation instructions can be found on +> Quality, general Perl module installation instructions can be found on the CPAN website, but the easy thing to do is to just use the CPAN shell which does all the hard work for you. </P ><P -> To use the CPAN shell to install DBI: +> To use the CPAN shell to install DBI: <DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A NAME="AEN609" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >perl -MCPAN -e 'install "DBI"'</B > </TT > <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4119,31 +4119,31 @@ VALIGN="TOP" > To do it the hard way: <DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A NAME="AEN616" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> Untar the module tarball -- it should create its own directory +> Untar the module tarball -- it should create its own directory </P ><P -> CD to the directory just created, and enter the following commands: +> CD to the directory just created, and enter the following commands: <P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >perl Makefile.PL</B > </TT @@ -4152,14 +4152,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >make</B > </TT @@ -4168,14 +4168,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >make test</B > </TT @@ -4184,14 +4184,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >make install</B > </TT @@ -4210,23 +4210,23 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN640" >3.2.6. Data::Dumper Perl Module</A ></H2 ><P -> The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl +> The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl (similar to Java's serialization). It comes with later sub-releases of Perl 5.004, but a re-installation just to be sure it's available won't hurt anything. </P ><P -> Data::Dumper is used by the MySQL-related Perl modules. It +> Data::Dumper is used by the MySQL-related Perl modules. It can be found on CPAN (see <A -HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" +HREF="#downloadlinks" >Appendix B</A >) and can be @@ -4235,45 +4235,45 @@ HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN645" >3.2.7. MySQL related Perl Module Collection</A ></H2 ><P -> The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent perl +> The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent perl modules. These modules are grouped together into the the Msql-Mysql-modules package. This package can be found at CPAN. After the archive file has been downloaded it should be untarred. </P ><P -> The MySQL modules are all built using one make file which is generated +> The MySQL modules are all built using one make file which is generated by running: <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >perl Makefile.pl</B > </P ><P -> The MakeMaker process will ask you a few questions about the desired +> The MakeMaker process will ask you a few questions about the desired compilation target and your MySQL installation. For many of the questions the provided default will be adequate. </P ><P -> When asked if your desired target is the MySQL or mSQL packages, +> When asked if your desired target is the MySQL or mSQL packages, select the MySQL related ones. Later you will be asked if you wish to provide backwards compatibility with the older MySQL packages; you should answer YES to this question. The default is NO. </P ><P -> A host of 'localhost' should be fine and a testing user of 'test' and +> A host of 'localhost' should be fine and a testing user of 'test' and a null password should find itself with sufficient access to run tests on the 'test' database which MySQL created upon installation. If 'make test' and 'make install' go through without errors you should be ready @@ -4281,19 +4281,19 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN654" >3.2.8. TimeDate Perl Module Collection</A ></H2 ><P -> Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl +> Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl modules have been grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL modules bundle. This bundle is stored on the CPAN under the name TimeDate (see link: <A -HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" +HREF="#downloadlinks" >Appendix B</A >). The component module we're most interested in is the Date::Format @@ -4303,15 +4303,15 @@ HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN658" >3.2.9. GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</A ></H2 ><P -> The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while +> The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while ago to programatically generate images in C. Since then it's become the defacto standard for programatic image construction. The Perl bindings to it found in the GD library @@ -4320,20 +4320,20 @@ NAME="AEN658" install it if you want any of the graphing to work. </P ><P -> Actually bugzilla uses the Graph module which relies on GD +> Actually bugzilla uses the Graph module which relies on GD itself. Isn't that always the way with object-oriented programming? At any rate, you can find the GD library on CPAN in <A -HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" +HREF="#downloadlinks" >Appendix B</A >. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4349,14 +4349,14 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may +> The Perl GD library requires some other libraries that may or may not be installed on your system, including <TT -CLASS="CLASSNAME" +CLASS="classname" >libpng</TT > and <TT -CLASS="CLASSNAME" +CLASS="classname" >libgd</TT >. The full requirements are listed in the Perl GD library README. Just realize that if @@ -4369,19 +4369,19 @@ CLASS="CLASSNAME" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN667" >3.2.10. Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</A ></H2 ><P -> The Chart module provides bugzilla with on-the-fly charting +> The Chart module provides bugzilla with on-the-fly charting abilities. It can be installed in the usual fashion after it has been fetched from CPAN where it is found as the Chart-x.x... tarball, linked in <A -HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" +HREF="#downloadlinks" >Appendix B</A >. Note that as with the GD perl module, only the version listed above, or @@ -4390,15 +4390,15 @@ HREF="#DOWNLOADLINKS" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN671" >3.2.11. DB_File Perl Module</A ></H2 ><P -> DB_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use +> DB_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the facilities provided by Berkeley DB version 1.x. This module is required by collectstats.pl which is used for bug charting. If you plan to make use of bug charting, you must @@ -4406,15 +4406,15 @@ NAME="AEN671" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN674" >3.2.12. HTTP Server</A ></H2 ><P -> You have a freedom of choice here - Apache, Netscape or any +> You have a freedom of choice here - Apache, Netscape or any other server on UNIX would do. You can easily run the web server on a different machine than MySQL, but need to adjust the MySQL <SPAN @@ -4422,11 +4422,11 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs"</SPAN > user permissions accordingly. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4455,7 +4455,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" > </P ><P -> You'll want to make sure that your web server will run any +> You'll want to make sure that your web server will run any file with the .cgi extension as a cgi and not just display it. If you're using apache that means uncommenting the following line in the srm.conf file: @@ -4468,8 +4468,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->AddHandler cgi-script .cgi +CLASS="programlisting" +> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -4478,7 +4478,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > </P ><P -> With apache you'll also want to make sure that within the +> With apache you'll also want to make sure that within the access.conf file the line: <TABLE BORDER="0" @@ -4489,8 +4489,9 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->Options ExecCGI</PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> Options ExecCGI +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR @@ -4500,11 +4501,11 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" you intend to put the bugzilla .html and .cgi files. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4520,7 +4521,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Users of newer versions of Apache will generally find both +> Users of newer versions of Apache will generally find both of the above lines will be in the httpd.conf file, rather than srm.conf or access.conf. </P @@ -4529,11 +4530,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4549,7 +4550,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> There are important files and directories that should not +> There are important files and directories that should not be a served by the HTTP server. These are most files in the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -4565,7 +4566,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" configure your HTTP server to not serve content from these files. Failure to do so will expose critical passwords and other data. Please see <A -HREF="#HTACCESS" +HREF="#htaccess" >.htaccess files and security</A > for details on how to do this for Apache. I appreciate notes on how to @@ -4577,15 +4578,15 @@ HREF="#HTACCESS" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN692" >3.2.13. Installing the Bugzilla Files</A ></H2 ><P -> You should untar the Bugzilla files into a directory that +> You should untar the Bugzilla files into a directory that you're willing to make writable by the default web server user (probably <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -4593,7 +4594,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >). You may decide to put the files off of the main web space for your web server or perhaps off of <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >/usr/local</TT > with a symbolic link in the web space that points to the Bugzilla directory. At any @@ -4602,11 +4603,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" server. </P ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4622,10 +4623,10 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you symlink the bugzilla directory into your Apache's +> If you symlink the bugzilla directory into your Apache's HTML heirarchy, you may receive <SPAN -CLASS="ERRORNAME" +CLASS="errorname" >Forbidden</SPAN > errors unless you add the <SPAN @@ -4639,38 +4640,38 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> Once all the files are in a web accessible directory, make +> Once all the files are in a web accessible directory, make that directory writable by your webserver's user. This is a temporary step until you run the post-install <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > script, which locks down your installation. </P ><P -> Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link to +> Lastly, you'll need to set up a symbolic link to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT > for the correct location of your perl executable (probably <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >/usr/bin/perl</TT >). Otherwise you must hack all the .cgi files to change where they look for perl, or use <A -HREF="#SETPERL" +HREF="#setperl" >The setperl.csh Utility</A >, found in <A -HREF="#PATCHES" +HREF="#patches" >Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A >. I suggest using the symlink approach for future release compatability. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN708" ></A @@ -4679,7 +4680,7 @@ NAME="AEN708" >Example 3-1. Setting up bonsaitools symlink</B ></P ><P -> Here's how you set up the Perl symlink on Linux to make +> Here's how you set up the Perl symlink on Linux to make Bugzilla work. Your mileage may vary. For some UNIX operating systems, you probably need to subsitute <SPAN @@ -4704,8 +4705,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->bash# mkdir /usr/bonsaitools +CLASS="programlisting" +> bash# mkdir /usr/bonsaitools bash# mkdir /usr/bonsaitools/bin bash# ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl </PRE @@ -4716,7 +4717,7 @@ bash# ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl > </P ><P -> Alternately, you can simply run this perl one-liner to +> Alternately, you can simply run this perl one-liner to change your path to perl in all the files in your Bugzilla installation: <TABLE @@ -4728,8 +4729,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->perl -pi -e 's@#!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm +CLASS="programlisting" +> perl -pi -e 's@#!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -4741,11 +4742,11 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ></DIV > <DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4761,13 +4762,13 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you don't have root access to set this symlink up, +> If you don't have root access to set this symlink up, check out the <A -HREF="#SETPERL" +HREF="#setperl" >The setperl.csh Utility</A >, listed in <A -HREF="#PATCHES" +HREF="#patches" >Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A >. It will change the path to perl in all your Bugzilla files for you. </P @@ -4779,20 +4780,20 @@ HREF="#PATCHES" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN721" >3.2.14. Setting Up the MySQL Database</A ></H2 ><P -> After you've gotten all the software installed and working you're ready +> After you've gotten all the software installed and working you're ready to start preparing the database for its life as a the back end to a high quality bug tracker. </P ><P -> First, you'll want to fix MySQL permissions to allow access +> First, you'll want to fix MySQL permissions to allow access from Bugzilla. For the purpose of this Installation section, the Bugzilla username will be <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -4801,11 +4802,11 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" have minimal permissions. <DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -4821,10 +4822,10 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Bugzilla has not undergone a thorough security audit. It +> Bugzilla has not undergone a thorough security audit. It may be possible for a system cracker to somehow trick Bugzilla into executing a command such as <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >DROP DATABASE mysql</B >. @@ -4838,7 +4839,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > </P ><P -> Give the MySQL root user a password. MySQL passwords are +> Give the MySQL root user a password. MySQL passwords are limited to 16 characters. <P ></P @@ -4847,13 +4848,13 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >mysql -u root mysql</B > </TT @@ -4862,14 +4863,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD ('new_password') +CLASS="command" +> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD ('new_password') WHERE user='root'; </B > </TT > @@ -4877,13 +4878,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</B > </TT @@ -4897,14 +4898,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > From this point on, if you need to access MySQL as the MySQL root user, you will need to use <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >mysql -u root -p</B > and enter your new_password. Remember that MySQL user names have nothing to do with Unix user names (login names). </P ><P -> Next, we create the <SPAN +> Next, we create the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs"</SPAN > user, and grant @@ -4926,7 +4927,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" as a different user. </P ><P -> Remember to set bugs_password to some unique password. +> Remember to set bugs_password to some unique password. <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -4934,14 +4935,14 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,INDEX, ALTER,CREATE,DROP,REFERENCES ON bugs.* TO bugs@localhost @@ -4953,16 +4954,16 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" -> mysql> +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" +> mysql> </TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; +CLASS="command" +> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; </B > </TT @@ -4976,12 +4977,12 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > </P ><P -> Next, run the magic checksetup.pl script. (Many thanks to +> Next, run the magic checksetup.pl script. (Many thanks to Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@nikocity.de> for writing this script!) It will make sure Bugzilla files and directories have reasonable permissions, set up the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >data</TT > directory, and create all the MySQL tables. @@ -4992,14 +4993,14 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >./checksetup.pl</B > </TT > @@ -5011,35 +5012,35 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></P > The first time you run it, it will create a file called <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT >. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN768" >3.2.15. Tweaking <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT ></A ></H2 ><P -> This file contains a variety of settings you may need to tweak including +> This file contains a variety of settings you may need to tweak including how Bugzilla should connect to the MySQL database. </P ><P -> The connection settings include: +> The connection settings include: <P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> server's host: just use <SPAN +> server's host: just use <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"localhost"</SPAN > if the @@ -5048,7 +5049,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> database name: <SPAN +> database name: <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs"</SPAN > if you're following @@ -5057,7 +5058,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> MySQL username: <SPAN +> MySQL username: <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs"</SPAN > if you're following @@ -5066,7 +5067,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Password for the <SPAN +> Password for the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs"</SPAN > MySQL account above @@ -5076,24 +5077,24 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" > </P ><P -> You should also install .htaccess files that the Apache +> You should also install .htaccess files that the Apache webserver will use to restrict access to Bugzilla data files. See <A -HREF="#HTACCESS" +HREF="#htaccess" >.htaccess files and security</A >. </P ><P -> Once you are happy with the settings, re-run +> Once you are happy with the settings, re-run <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT >. On this second run, it will create the database and an administrator account for which you will be prompted to provide information. </P ><P -> When logged into an administrator account once Bugzilla is +> When logged into an administrator account once Bugzilla is running, if you go to the query page (off of the Bugzilla main menu), you'll find an <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -5102,20 +5103,20 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" that is filled with editable treats. </P ><P -> Should everything work, you will have a nearly empty Bugzilla +> Should everything work, you will have a nearly empty Bugzilla database and a newly-created <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT > file in your Bugzilla root directory. </P ><P -> <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +> <DIV +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -5131,7 +5132,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> The second time you run checksetup.pl, you should become +> The second time you run checksetup.pl, you should become the user your web server runs as, and that you ensure that you set the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -5145,7 +5146,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" > parameter in localconfig as well. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN799" ></A @@ -5154,7 +5155,7 @@ NAME="AEN799" >Example 3-2. Running checksetup.pl as the web user</B ></P ><P -> Assuming your web server runs as user "apache", and +> Assuming your web server runs as user "apache", and Bugzilla is installed in "/usr/local/bugzilla", here's one way to run checksetup.pl as the web server user. As root, for the <EM @@ -5170,7 +5171,7 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +CLASS="programlisting" > bash# chown -R apache:apache /usr/local/bugzilla bash# su - apache @@ -5193,11 +5194,11 @@ bash# ./checksetup.pl > </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -5213,7 +5214,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> The checksetup.pl script is designed so that you can run +> The checksetup.pl script is designed so that you can run it at any time without causing harm. You should run it after any upgrade to Bugzilla. </P @@ -5223,18 +5224,18 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN806" >3.2.16. Setting Up Maintainers Manually (Optional)</A ></H2 ><P -> If you want to add someone else to every group by hand, you +> If you want to add someone else to every group by hand, you can do it by typing the appropriate MySQL commands. Run <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" > mysql -u root -p bugs</B > You may need different parameters, depending on your security @@ -5246,13 +5247,13 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >update profiles set groupset=0x7fffffffffffffff where login_name = 'XXX';</B @@ -5273,15 +5274,15 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN817" >3.2.17. The Whining Cron (Optional)</A ></H2 ><P -> By now you have a fully functional bugzilla, but what good +> By now you have a fully functional bugzilla, but what good are bugs if they're not annoying? To help make those bugs more annoying you can set up bugzilla's automatic whining system. This can be done by adding the following command as a @@ -5294,10 +5295,10 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./whineatnews.pl</B @@ -5312,11 +5313,11 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > </P ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -5332,7 +5333,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Depending on your system, crontab may have several manpages. +> Depending on your system, crontab may have several manpages. The following command should lead you to the most useful page for this purpose: <TABLE @@ -5344,8 +5345,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> man 5 crontab +CLASS="programlisting" +> man 5 crontab </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -5359,20 +5360,20 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN827" >3.2.18. Bug Graphs (Optional)</A ></H2 ><P -> As long as you installed the GD and Graph::Base Perl modules +> As long as you installed the GD and Graph::Base Perl modules you might as well turn on the nifty bugzilla bug reporting graphs. </P ><P -> Add a cron entry like this to run collectstats daily at 5 +> Add a cron entry like this to run collectstats daily at 5 after midnight: <P ></P @@ -5381,13 +5382,13 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >crontab -e</B > </TT @@ -5396,8 +5397,8 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > 5 0 * * * cd <your-bugzilla-directory> ; ./collectstats.pl </TT @@ -5411,26 +5412,26 @@ CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" > </P ><P -> After two days have passed you'll be able to view bug graphs +> After two days have passed you'll be able to view bug graphs from the Bug Reports page. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN839" >3.2.19. Securing MySQL</A ></H2 ><P -> If you followed the installation instructions for setting up +> If you followed the installation instructions for setting up your "bugs" and "root" user in MySQL, much of this should not apply to you. If you are upgrading an existing installation of Bugzilla, you should pay close attention to this section. </P ><P -> Most MySQL installs have "interesting" default security parameters: +> Most MySQL installs have "interesting" default security parameters: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -5463,12 +5464,12 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><P -> This means anyone from anywhere on the internet can not only +> This means anyone from anywhere on the internet can not only drop the database with one SQL command, and they can write as root to the system. </P ><P -> To see your permissions do: +> To see your permissions do: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -5476,14 +5477,14 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >mysql -u root -p</B > </TT @@ -5492,14 +5493,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >use mysql;</B > </TT @@ -5508,14 +5509,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >show tables;</B > </TT @@ -5524,14 +5525,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >select * from user;</B > </TT @@ -5540,14 +5541,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >select * from db;</B > </TT @@ -5561,7 +5562,7 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > </P ><P -> To fix the gaping holes: +> To fix the gaping holes: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -5586,7 +5587,7 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><P -> If you're not running "mit-pthreads" you can use: +> If you're not running "mit-pthreads" you can use: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -5615,7 +5616,7 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><P -> With "mit-pthreads" you'll need to modify the "globals.pl" Mysql->Connect +> With "mit-pthreads" you'll need to modify the "globals.pl" Mysql->Connect line to specify a specific host name instead of "localhost", and accept external connections: <P @@ -5646,55 +5647,55 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><P -> Use .htaccess files with the Apache webserver to secure your +> Use .htaccess files with the Apache webserver to secure your bugzilla install. See <A -HREF="#HTACCESS" +HREF="#htaccess" >.htaccess files and security</A > </P ><P -> Consider also: +> Consider also: <P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Turning off external networking with "--skip-networking", +> Turning off external networking with "--skip-networking", unless you have "mit-pthreads", in which case you can't. Without networking, MySQL connects with a Unix domain socket. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> using the --user= option to mysqld to run it as an unprivileged +> using the --user= option to mysqld to run it as an unprivileged user. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> starting MySQL in a chroot jail +> starting MySQL in a chroot jail </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> running the httpd in a "chrooted" jail +> running the httpd in a "chrooted" jail </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> making sure the MySQL passwords are different from the OS +> making sure the MySQL passwords are different from the OS passwords (MySQL "root" has nothing to do with system "root"). </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> running MySQL on a separate untrusted machine +> running MySQL on a separate untrusted machine </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> making backups ;-) +> making backups ;-) </P ></LI ></OL @@ -5703,40 +5704,40 @@ TYPE="1" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="OSX" +NAME="osx" >3.3. Mac OS X Installation Notes</A ></H1 ><P -> There are a lot of common libraries and utilities out there +> There are a lot of common libraries and utilities out there that Apple did not include with Mac OS X, but which run perfectly well on it. The GD library, which Bugzilla needs to do bug graphs, is one of these. </P ><P -> The easiest way to get a lot of these is with a program called +> The easiest way to get a lot of these is with a program called Fink, which is similar in nature to the CPAN installer, but installs common GNU utilities. Fink is available from <http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/>. </P ><P -> Follow the instructions for setting up Fink. Once it's +> Follow the instructions for setting up Fink. Once it's installed, you'll want to run the following as root: <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >fink install gd</B > </P ><P -> It will prompt you for a number of dependencies, type 'y' and +> It will prompt you for a number of dependencies, type 'y' and hit enter to install all of the dependencies. Then watch it work. </P ><P -> To prevent creating conflicts with the software that Apple +> To prevent creating conflicts with the software that Apple installs by default, Fink creates its own directory tree at /sw where it installs most of the software that it installs. This means your libraries and headers for libgd will be at @@ -5748,15 +5749,15 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" :-) </P ><P -> Instead of typing <SPAN +> Instead of typing <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"install GD"</SPAN > at the <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >cpan></TT > prompt, type <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >look GD</B >. This should go through the motions of @@ -5764,13 +5765,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" open a shell and drop you into the build directory. Apply the following patch to the Makefile.PL file (save the patch into a file and use the command <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >patch < patchfile</B >: </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" @@ -5779,8 +5780,9 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> +CLASS="programlisting" +> + --- GD-1.33/Makefile.PL Fri Aug 4 16:59:22 2000 +++ GD-1.33-darwin/Makefile.PL Tue Jun 26 01:29:32 2001 @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ @@ -5813,7 +5815,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > </P ><P -> Then, run these commands to finish the installation of the perl module: +> Then, run these commands to finish the installation of the perl module: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -5822,35 +5824,35 @@ BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >perl Makefile.PL</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >make</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >make test</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >make install</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD >And don't forget to run <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >exit</B > to get back to cpan.</TD ></TR @@ -5861,48 +5863,48 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" > </P ><P -> Happy Hacking! +> Happy Hacking! </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BSDINSTALL" +NAME="bsdinstall" >3.4. BSD Installation Notes</A ></H1 ><P -> For instructions on how to set up Bugzilla on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi, etc. please +> For instructions on how to set up Bugzilla on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BSDi, etc. please consult <A -HREF="#OSX" +HREF="#osx" >Section 3.3</A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="GENINSTALL" +NAME="geninstall" >3.5. Installation General Notes</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN941" >3.5.1. Modifying Your Running System</A ></H2 ><P -> Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static +> Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ subdirectory under your installation directory. </P ><P -> If you make a change to the structural data in your database +> If you make a change to the structural data in your database (the versions table for example), or to the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -5916,66 +5918,66 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" changes won't show up. </P ><P -> That file gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an +> That file gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an hour old, so Bugzilla will eventually notice your changes by itself, but generally you want it to notice right away, so that you can test things. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A NAME="AEN948" >3.5.2. Upgrading From Previous Versions</A ></H2 ><P -> The developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns and +> The developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns and fields. You'll get SQL errors if you just update the code. The strategy to update is to simply always run the checksetup.pl script whenever you upgrade your installation of Bugzilla. If you want to see what has changed, you can read the comments in that file, starting from the end. </P ><P -> If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to upgrade to +> If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to upgrade to the latest version, please consult the file, "UPGRADING-pre-2.8" in the Bugzilla root directory after untarring the archive. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="HTACCESS" +NAME="htaccess" >3.5.3. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT > files and security</A ></H2 ><P -> To enhance the security of your Bugzilla installation, +> To enhance the security of your Bugzilla installation, Bugzilla will generate <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" ><TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT ></I > files which the Apache webserver can use to restrict access to the bugzilla data files. The checksetup script will generate the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT > files. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -5991,19 +5993,19 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you are using an alternate provider of +> If you are using an alternate provider of <SPAN -CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" +CLASS="productname" >webdot</SPAN > services for graphing (as described when viewing <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >editparams.cgi</TT > in your web browser), you will need to change the ip address in <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >data/webdot/.htaccess</TT > to the ip address of the webdot server that you are using. @@ -6016,22 +6018,81 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" </P ><P -> If you are using Internet Information Server or other web +> The default .htaccess file may not provide adequate access + restrictions, depending on your web server configuration. + Be sure to check the <Directory> entries for your + Bugzilla directory so that the <TT +CLASS="filename" +>.htaccess</TT +> + file is allowed to override web server defaults. For instance, + let's assume your installation of Bugzilla is installed to + <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/local/bugzilla</TT +>. You should have + this <Directory> entry in your <TT +CLASS="filename" +>httpd.conf</TT +> + file: + </P +><P +> <TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> +<Directory /usr/local/bugzilla/> + Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes +Includes +ExecCGI + AllowOverride All +</Directory> + + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +> + </P +><P +> The important part above is <SPAN +CLASS="QUOTE" +>"AllowOverride All"</SPAN +>. + Without that, the <TT +CLASS="filename" +>.htaccess</TT +> file created by + <TT +CLASS="filename" +>checksetup.pl</TT +> will not have sufficient + permissions to protect your Bugzilla installation. + </P +><P +> If you are using Internet Information Server or other web server which does not observe <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT > conventions, you can disable their creation by editing <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT > and setting the <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >$create_htaccess</TT > variable to <TT -CLASS="PARAMETER" +CLASS="parameter" ><I >0</I ></TT @@ -6039,23 +6100,23 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="MOD_THROTTLE" +NAME="mod-throttle" >3.5.4. <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mod_throttle</TT > and Security</A ></H2 ><P -> It is possible for a user, by mistake or on purpose, to access +> It is possible for a user, by mistake or on purpose, to access the database many times in a row which can result in very slow access speeds for other users. If your Bugzilla installation is experiencing this problem , you may install the Apache module <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mod_throttle</TT > which can limit connections by ip-address. You may download this module at @@ -6066,7 +6127,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >. Follow the instructions to install into your Apache install. <EM >This module only functions with the Apache web server!</EM >. You may use the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >ThrottleClientIP</B > command provided by this module to accomplish this goal. See the <A HREF="http://www.snert.com/Software/Throttle/" @@ -6075,11 +6136,11 @@ TARGET="_top" > for more information. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CONTENT_TYPE" +NAME="content-type" >3.5.5. Preventing untrusted Bugzilla content from executing malicious Javascript code</A ></H2 ><P @@ -6101,8 +6162,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->bash# cd $BUGZILLA_HOME; for i in `ls *.cgi`; \ +CLASS="programlisting" +> bash# cd $BUGZILLA_HOME; for i in `ls *.cgi`; \ do cat $i | sed 's/Content-type\: text\/html/Content-Type: text\/html\; charset=ISO-8859-1/' >$i.tmp; \ mv $i.tmp $i; done </PRE @@ -6112,7 +6173,7 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ></TABLE ></P ><P -> All this one-liner command does is search for all instances of +> All this one-liner command does is search for all instances of <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Content-type: text/html"</SPAN @@ -6134,20 +6195,20 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="UNIXHISTORY" +NAME="unixhistory" >3.5.6. UNIX Installation Instructions History</A ></H2 ><P -> This document was originally adapted from the Bonsai +> This document was originally adapted from the Bonsai installation instructions by Terry Weissman <terry@mozilla.org>. </P ><P -> The February 25, 1999 re-write of this page was done by Ry4an +> The February 25, 1999 re-write of this page was done by Ry4an Brase <ry4an@ry4an.org>, with some edits by Terry Weissman, Bryce Nesbitt, Martin Pool, & Dan Mosedale (But don't send bug reports to them; report them using bugzilla, at <A @@ -6157,29 +6218,29 @@ TARGET="_top" > ). </P ><P -> This document was heavily modified again Wednesday, March 07 +> This document was heavily modified again Wednesday, March 07 2001 to reflect changes for Bugzilla 2.12 release by Matthew P. Barnson. The securing MySQL section should be changed to become standard procedure for Bugzilla installations. </P ><P -> Finally, the README in its entirety was marked up in SGML and +> Finally, the README in its entirety was marked up in SGML and included into the Guide on April 24, 2001 by Matt Barnson. Since that time, it's undergone extensive modification as Bugzilla grew. </P ><P -> Comments from people using this Guide for the first time are +> Comments from people using this Guide for the first time are particularly welcome. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="WIN32" +NAME="win32" >3.6. Win32 Installation Notes</A ></H1 ><P @@ -6203,19 +6264,19 @@ NAME="WIN32" any influence in the platform choice for running this system, please choose GNU/Linux instead of Microsoft Windows.</P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="WININSTALL" +NAME="wininstall" >3.6.1. Win32 Installation: Step-by-step</A ></H2 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6231,10 +6292,10 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> You should be familiar with, and cross-reference, the rest +> You should be familiar with, and cross-reference, the rest of the <A -HREF="#INSTALLATION" +HREF="#installation" >Bugzilla Installation</A > section while performing your Win32 installation. @@ -6252,7 +6313,7 @@ HREF="#INSTALLATION" utilities. What follows is the recommended installation procedure for Win32; additional suggestions are provided in <A -HREF="#FAQ" +HREF="#faq" >Appendix A</A >. </P @@ -6261,12 +6322,12 @@ HREF="#FAQ" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="PROCEDURE" +CLASS="procedure" ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Install <A +> Install <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/" TARGET="_top" >Apache Web @@ -6274,7 +6335,7 @@ TARGET="_top" > for Windows, and copy the Bugzilla files somewhere Apache can serve them. Please follow all the instructions referenced in <A -HREF="#INSTALLATION" +HREF="#installation" >Bugzilla Installation</A > regarding your Apache configuration, particularly @@ -6288,11 +6349,11 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6308,17 +6369,17 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> You may also use Internet Information Server or Personal +> You may also use Internet Information Server or Personal Web Server for this purpose. However, setup is quite different. If ActivePerl doesn't seem to handle your file associations correctly (for .cgi and .pl files), please consult <A -HREF="#FAQ" +HREF="#faq" >Appendix A</A >. </P ><P -> If you are going to use IIS, if on Windows NT you must +> If you are going to use IIS, if on Windows NT you must be updated to at least Service Pack 4. Windows 2000 ships with a sufficient version of IIS. </P @@ -6329,7 +6390,7 @@ HREF="#FAQ" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Install <A +> Install <A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/" TARGET="_top" >ActivePerl</A @@ -6340,33 +6401,33 @@ TARGET="_top" > for a current compiled binary. </P ><P -> Please also check the following links to fully understand the status +> Please also check the following links to fully understand the status of ActivePerl on Win32: <A HREF="http://language.perl.com/newdocs/pod/perlport.html" TARGET="_top" -> Perl Porting</A +> Perl Porting</A >, and <A HREF="http://ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/perl/ports/nt/FAQ/perlwin32faq5.html" TARGET="_top" -> Perl on Win32 FAQ</A +> Perl on Win32 FAQ</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Use ppm from your perl\bin directory to install the following packs: DBI, +> Use ppm from your perl\bin directory to install the following packs: DBI, DBD-Mysql, TimeDate, Chart, Date-Calc, Date-Manip, and GD. You may need to extract them from .zip format using Winzip or other unzip program first. These additional ppm modules can be downloaded from ActiveState. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6382,11 +6443,11 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> You can find a list of modules at +> You can find a list of modules at <A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/5xx-builds-only" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/5xx-builds-only/</A +> http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/5xx-builds-only/</A > </P ></TD @@ -6394,23 +6455,23 @@ TARGET="_top" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> The syntax for ppm is: +> The syntax for ppm is: <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >C:> </TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >ppm <modulename></B > </TT > </P ><DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1038" +NAME="AEN1048" ></A ><P ><B @@ -6418,13 +6479,13 @@ NAME="AEN1038" ></P ><P ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >C:></TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >ppm <TT -CLASS="OPTION" +CLASS="option" >DBD-Mysql</TT ></B ></P @@ -6432,23 +6493,23 @@ CLASS="OPTION" >Watch your capitalization!</P ></DIV ><P -> You can find ActiveState ppm modules at +> You can find ActiveState ppm modules at <A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus/" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus</A +> http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus</A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Install MySQL for NT. +> Install MySQL for NT. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6464,7 +6525,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> You can download MySQL for Windows NT from <A +> You can download MySQL for Windows NT from <A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/" TARGET="_top" >MySQL.com</A @@ -6479,21 +6540,21 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Setup MySQL +> Setup MySQL </P ><OL CLASS="SUBSTEPS" TYPE="a" ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >C:> </TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >C:\mysql\bin\mysql -u root mysql</B > </TT @@ -6502,14 +6563,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >DELETE FROM user WHERE Host='localhost' AND User='';</B > </TT @@ -6518,14 +6579,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD ('new_password') WHERE user='root';</B > @@ -6545,17 +6606,17 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><A -NAME="NTBUGS-PASSWORD" +NAME="ntbugs-password" ></A ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.* to bugs@localhost @@ -6577,14 +6638,14 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</B > </TT @@ -6593,14 +6654,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >create database bugs;</B > </TT @@ -6609,14 +6670,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >exit;</B > </TT @@ -6625,14 +6686,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >C:></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root -p reload</B > </TT @@ -6643,14 +6704,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Edit <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +> Edit <TT +CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > in your Bugzilla directory. Change this line: </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" @@ -6659,8 +6720,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup); +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup); </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -6669,10 +6730,10 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > </P ><P -> to +> to </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" @@ -6681,8 +6742,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->my $webservergid = $my_webservergroup; +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $webservergid = $my_webservergroup; </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -6699,8 +6760,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->my $webservergid = 'Administrators' +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $webservergid = 'Administrators' </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -6711,8 +6772,8 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Run <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +> Run <TT +CLASS="filename" >checksetup.pl</TT > from the Bugzilla directory. </P @@ -6720,32 +6781,32 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><LI ><P >Edit <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT > to suit your requirements. Set <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >$db_pass</TT > to your <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs_password"</SPAN > from <A -HREF="#NTBUGS-PASSWORD" +HREF="#ntbugs-password" >step 5.d</A >, and <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >$webservergroup</TT > to <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"8"</SPAN >.</P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6766,7 +6827,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >"8"</SPAN > for <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >$webservergroup</TT > above. If it's wrong, please send corrections.</P @@ -6777,27 +6838,27 @@ CLASS="VARNAME" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Edit <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +> Edit <TT +CLASS="filename" >defparams.pl</TT > to suit your requirements. Particularly, set <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >DefParam("maintainer")</TT > and <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >DefParam("urlbase") to match your install.</TT > </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6824,11 +6885,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6844,7 +6905,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> There are several alternatives to Sendmail that will work on Win32. +> There are several alternatives to Sendmail that will work on Win32. The one mentioned here is a <EM >suggestion</EM >, not @@ -6873,12 +6934,12 @@ TARGET="_top" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="PROCEDURE" +CLASS="procedure" ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Download NTsendmail, available from<A +> Download NTsendmail, available from<A HREF="http://www.ntsendmail.com/" TARGET="_top" > www.ntsendmail.com</A @@ -6901,8 +6962,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -># these settings configure the NTsendmail process +CLASS="programlisting" +> # these settings configure the NTsendmail process use NTsendmail; $ENV{"NTsendmail"}="your.smtpserver.box"; $ENV{"NTsendmail_debug"}=1; @@ -6913,11 +6974,11 @@ $ENV{"NTsendmail_max_tries"}=5; ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -6933,13 +6994,13 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Some mention to also edit +> Some mention to also edit <TT -CLASS="VARNAME" +CLASS="varname" >$db_pass</TT > in <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >globals.pl</TT > to be your <SPAN @@ -6949,7 +7010,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" you around some problem authenticating to your database, since globals.pl is not normally restricted by <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT >, your database password is exposed to whoever uses your @@ -6962,11 +7023,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Find and comment out all occurences of +> Find and comment out all occurences of <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"<B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >open(SENDMAIL</B >"</SPAN > in @@ -6980,8 +7041,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -># new sendmail functionality +CLASS="programlisting" +> # new sendmail functionality my $mail=new NTsendmail; my $from="bugzilla\@your.machine.name.tld"; my $to=$login; @@ -6995,11 +7056,11 @@ $mail->send($from,$to,$subject,$msg); > </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7015,9 +7076,9 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Some have found success using the commercial product, +> Some have found success using the commercial product, <SPAN -CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" +CLASS="productname" >Windmail</SPAN >. You could try replacing your sendmail calls with: @@ -7030,8 +7091,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->open SENDMAIL, "|\"C:/General/Web/tools/Windmail 4.0 Beta/windmail\" -t > mail.log"; +CLASS="programlisting" +> open SENDMAIL, "|\"C:/General/Web/tools/Windmail 4.0 Beta/windmail\" -t > mail.log"; </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -7050,30 +7111,30 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Change all references in all files from +> Change all references in all files from <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >processmail</TT > to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >processmail.pl</TT >, and rename <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >processmail</TT > to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >processmail.pl</TT >. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7089,7 +7150,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Many think this may be a change we want to make for +> Many think this may be a change we want to make for main-tree Bugzilla. It's painless for the UNIX folks, and will make the Win32 people happier. </P @@ -7098,11 +7159,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7118,7 +7179,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Some people have suggested using the Net::SMTP Perl module instead of NTsendmail or the other options listed here. You can change processmail.pl to make this work. +> Some people have suggested using the Net::SMTP Perl module instead of NTsendmail or the other options listed here. You can change processmail.pl to make this work. <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" @@ -7128,8 +7189,10 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('<Name of your SMTP server>'); #connect to SMTP server +CLASS="programlisting" +> + +my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('<Name of your SMTP server>'); #connect to SMTP server $smtp->mail('<your name>@<you smpt server>');# use the sender's adress here $smtp->to($tolist); # recipient's address $smtp->data(); # Start the mail @@ -7137,7 +7200,10 @@ $smtp->datasend($msg); $smtp->dataend(); # Finish sending the mail $smtp->quit; # Close the SMTP connection $logstr = "$logstr; mail sent to $tolist $cclist"; -} </PRE +} + + +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR @@ -7153,8 +7219,10 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> use Net::SMTP; +CLASS="programlisting" +> + +use Net::SMTP; my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new('<Name of your SMTP server', Timeout => 30, Debug => 1, ); # connect to SMTP server $smtp->auth; @@ -7166,7 +7234,10 @@ recipient's address $smtp->datasend('test'); $smtp->dataend(); # Finish sending the mail $smtp->quit; # Close the SMTP connection -exit; </PRE +exit; + + +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR @@ -7180,11 +7251,11 @@ exit; </PRE ></LI ><LI ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7200,7 +7271,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This step is optional if you are using IIS or another +> This step is optional if you are using IIS or another web server which only decides on an interpreter based upon the file extension (.pl), rather than the <SPAN @@ -7213,7 +7284,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> Modify the path to perl on the first line (#!) of all +> Modify the path to perl on the first line (#!) of all files to point to your Perl installation, and add <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -7226,7 +7297,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" > utility to speed part of this procedure, available in the <A -HREF="#PATCHES" +HREF="#patches" >Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A > section of The Bugzilla Guide. However, it requires the Cygwin GNU-compatible environment @@ -7239,8 +7310,9 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Modify the invocation of all system() calls in all perl - scripts in your Bugzilla directory. For instance, change +> Modify the invocation of all system() calls in all perl + scripts in your Bugzilla directory. You should specify the + full path to perl for each system() call. For instance, change this line in processmail: <TABLE BORDER="0" @@ -7251,27 +7323,12 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -> -system ("./processmail.pl",@ARGLIST); - </PRE -></FONT -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -> to - <TABLE -BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="100%" -><TR -><TD -><FONT -COLOR="#000000" -><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +CLASS="programlisting" > -system ("perl processmail.pl",@ARGLIST); +system ("./processmail",@ARGLIST); + </programlisting> to + <programlisting> +system ("C:\\perl\\bin\\perl", "processmail", @ARGLIST); </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -7282,8 +7339,8 @@ system ("perl processmail.pl",@ARGLIST); ></LI ><LI ><P -> Add <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +> Add <TT +CLASS="function" >binmode()</TT > calls so attachments will work (<A @@ -7293,23 +7350,24 @@ TARGET="_top" >). </P ><P -> Because Microsoft Windows based systems handle binary +> Because Microsoft Windows based systems handle binary files different than Unix based systems, you need to add the following lines to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >createattachment.cgi</TT > and <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >showattachment.cgi</TT > before the <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +CLASS="function" >require 'CGI.pl';</TT -> line.</P +> line. +</P ><P -><TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" @@ -7318,9 +7376,12 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->binmode(STDIN); -binmode(STDOUT);</PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> +binmode(STDIN); +binmode(STDOUT); + +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR @@ -7328,11 +7389,11 @@ binmode(STDOUT);</PRE > </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7348,18 +7409,18 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> According to <A +> According to <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62000" TARGET="_top" >bug 62000</A >, the perl documentation says that you should always use <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +CLASS="function" >binmode()</TT > when dealing with binary files, but never when dealing with text files. That seems to suggest that rather than aribtrarily putting <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +CLASS="function" >binmode()</TT > at the begining of the attachment files, there should be logic to determine if <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +CLASS="function" >binmode()</TT > is needed or not. </P @@ -7371,11 +7432,11 @@ CLASS="FUNCTION" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7391,13 +7452,13 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you are using IIS or Personal Web Server, you must add cgi +> If you are using IIS or Personal Web Server, you must add cgi relationships to Properties -> Home directory (tab) -> Application Settings (section) -> Configuration (button), such as: </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" @@ -7406,7 +7467,7 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +CLASS="programlisting" > .cgi to: <perl install directory>\perl.exe %s %s .pl to: <perl install directory>\perl.exe %s %s @@ -7426,19 +7487,19 @@ GET,HEAD,POST ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="ADDLWINTIPS" +NAME="addlwintips" >3.6.2. Additional Windows Tips</A ></H2 ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7454,14 +7515,14 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> From Andrew Pearson: +> From Andrew Pearson: <A -NAME="AEN1212" +NAME="AEN1221" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> You can make Bugzilla work with Personal Web Server for +> You can make Bugzilla work with Personal Web Server for Windows 98 and higher, as well as for IIS 4.0. Microsoft has information available at <A HREF=" http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q231/9/98.ASP" @@ -7470,11 +7531,11 @@ TARGET="_top" > </P ><P -> Basically you need to add two String Keys in the +> Basically you need to add two String Keys in the registry at the following location: </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" @@ -7483,8 +7544,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters\ScriptMap +CLASS="programlisting" +> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters\ScriptMap </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -7493,15 +7554,15 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > </P ><P -> The keys should be called ".pl" and ".cgi", and both +> The keys should be called ".pl" and ".cgi", and both should have a value something like: <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >c:/perl/bin/perl.exe "%s" "%s"</B > </P ><P -> The KB article only talks about .pl, but it goes into +> The KB article only talks about .pl, but it goes into more detail and provides a perl test script. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE @@ -7512,11 +7573,11 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7532,7 +7593,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If attempting to run Bugzilla 2.12 or older, you will need +> If attempting to run Bugzilla 2.12 or older, you will need to remove encrypt() calls from the Perl source. This is <EM >not necessary</EM @@ -7540,9 +7601,9 @@ VALIGN="TOP" later, which includes the current release, Bugzilla 2.14. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1224" +NAME="AEN1233" ></A ><P ><B @@ -7550,7 +7611,7 @@ NAME="AEN1224" 2.12 or earlier</B ></P ><P -> Replace this: +> Replace this: <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" @@ -7560,7 +7621,7 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +CLASS="programlisting" > SendSQL("SELECT encrypt(" . SqlQuote($enteredpwd) . ", " . SQLQuote(substr($realcryptpwd, 0, 2)) . ")"); my $enteredcryptpwd = FetchOneColumn(); @@ -7580,7 +7641,7 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +CLASS="programlisting" > my $enteredcryptpwd = $enteredpwd </PRE @@ -7600,22 +7661,23 @@ my $enteredcryptpwd = $enteredpwd ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BZLDAP" +NAME="bzldap" >3.6.3. Bugzilla LDAP Integration</A ></H2 ><P -> What follows is some late-breaking information on using the +> What follows is some late-breaking information on using the LDAP authentication options with Bugzilla. The author has not tested these (nor even formatted this section!) so please contribute feedback to the newsgroup. </P ><P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" ->Mozilla::LDAP module<br> +CLASS="literallayout" +><br> +Mozilla::LDAP module<br> <br> The Mozilla::LDAP module allows you to use LDAP for authentication to<br> the Bugzilla system. This module is not required if you are not using<br> @@ -7683,22 +7745,22 @@ address, query on users by email address, etc ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="ADMINISTRATION" +NAME="administration" >Chapter 4. Administering Bugzilla</A ></H1 ><FONT COLOR="RED" -> Or, I just got this cool thing installed. Now what the heck do I +> Or, I just got this cool thing installed. Now what the heck do I do with it? </FONT ><P -> So you followed <SPAN +> So you followed <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"<A -HREF="#INSTALLATION" +HREF="#installation" >Bugzilla Installation</A >"</SPAN > to the @@ -7711,28 +7773,28 @@ HREF="#INSTALLATION" getting data into your bug tracker. </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="POSTINSTALL-CHECK" +NAME="postinstall-check" >4.1. Post-Installation Checklist</A ></H1 ><P -> After installation, follow the checklist below to help ensure +> 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. </P ><DIV -CLASS="PROCEDURE" +CLASS="procedure" ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Bring up <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +> Bring up <TT +CLASS="filename" >editparams.cgi</TT > in your web browser. This should be available as the <SPAN @@ -7755,7 +7817,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" will be sent with the maintainer as the return email address.</P ><P -> Set <SPAN +> Set <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"maintainer"</SPAN > to <EM @@ -7774,7 +7836,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" qualified domain name and web server path to your Bugzilla installation.</P ><P -> For example, if your bugzilla query page is +> For example, if your bugzilla query page is http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/query.cgi, set your <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -7793,7 +7855,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" which groups of users are allowed to see and edit the bug.</P ><P -> Set "usebuggroups" to "on" <EM +> Set "usebuggroups" to "on" <EM >only</EM > if you may wish to restrict access to products. I suggest leaving @@ -7805,7 +7867,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <SPAN +> <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"usebuggroupsentry"</SPAN >, when set to @@ -7817,7 +7879,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" installations where product isolation is a necessity. </P ><P -> Set "usebuggroupsentry" to "on" if you absolutely need to +> 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 @@ -7827,7 +7889,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> You run into an interesting problem when Bugzilla reaches a +> 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 @@ -7845,16 +7907,16 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" extremely high-traffic Bugzilla databases. </P ><P -> Set "shadowdb" to "bug_shadowdb" if you will be running a +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7870,7 +7932,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Enabling "shadowdb" can adversely affect the stability +> 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 @@ -7898,7 +7960,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" comments per day. </P ><P -> If you use the "shadowdb" option, it is only natural that +> 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! @@ -7929,27 +7991,27 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" 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 <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >data/params</TT > 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 <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >data/params</TT > file.</P ><P -> If you have custom logos or HTML you must put in place to +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -7965,7 +8027,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> The "headerhtml" text box is the HTML printed out +> The "headerhtml" text box is the HTML printed out <EM >before</EM > any other code on the page, @@ -7991,7 +8053,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" is read as the text to send to the new user along with their password message.</P ><P -> Add any text you wish to the "passwordmail" parameter box. +> Add any text you wish to the "passwordmail" parameter box. For instance, many people choose to use this box to give a quick training blurb about how to use Bugzilla at your site. </P @@ -8034,7 +8096,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" their status even more than that which can be indicated by the Resolution fields.</P ><P -> Do you want to use the QA Contact ("useqacontact") and +> 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 @@ -8044,7 +8106,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Set "whinedays" to the amount of days you want to let bugs +> Set "whinedays" to the amount 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 @@ -8066,15 +8128,15 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" require that most other changes come with an explanation.</P ><P -> Set the "commenton" options according to your site policy. +> Set the "commenton" options according to your site policy. It is a wise idea to require comments when users resolve, reassign, or reopen bugs at the very least. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -8090,7 +8152,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> It is generally far better to require a developer +> It is generally far better to require a developer comment when resolving bugs than not. Few things are more annoying to bug database users than having a developer mark a bug "fixed" without any comment as to @@ -8127,7 +8189,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" security to prevent snooping, watchers are not a good idea.</P ><P -> However, for most sites you should set +> However, for most sites you should set <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"supportwatchers"</SPAN @@ -8143,28 +8205,28 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="USERADMIN" +NAME="useradmin" >4.2. User Administration</A ></H1 ><P -> User administration is one of the easiest parts of Bugzilla. +> User administration is one of the easiest parts of Bugzilla. Keeping it from getting out of hand, however, can become a challenge. </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="DEFAULTUSER" +NAME="defaultuser" >4.2.1. Creating the Default User</A ></H2 ><P -> When you first run checksetup.pl after installing Bugzilla, it +> 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 the "super user" account, re-running @@ -8172,11 +8234,11 @@ NAME="DEFAULTUSER" password. </P ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -8192,21 +8254,21 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you wish to add more administrative users, you must use the +> 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): <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > use bugs;</B > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT > update profiles set groupset=0x7ffffffffffffff where login_name = "(user's @@ -8228,19 +8290,19 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="MANAGEUSERS" +NAME="manageusers" >4.2.2. Managing Other Users</A ></H2 ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="LOGIN" +NAME="login" >4.2.2.1. Logging In</A ></H3 ><P @@ -8249,23 +8311,23 @@ NAME="LOGIN" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Open the index.html page for your Bugzilla installation +> Open the index.html page for your Bugzilla installation in your browser window. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Click the "Query Existing Bug Reports" link. +> Click the "Query Existing Bug Reports" link. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Click the "Log In" link at the foot of the page. +> Click the "Log In" link at the foot of the page. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Type your email address, and the password which was +> Type your email address, and the password which was emailed to you when you created your Bugzilla account, into the spaces provided. </P @@ -8275,15 +8337,15 @@ TYPE="1" >Congratulations, you are logged in!</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CREATENEWUSERS" +NAME="createnewusers" >4.2.2.2. Creating new users</A ></H3 ><P -> Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking +> Your users can create their own user accounts by clicking the "New Account" link at the bottom of each page. However, should you desire to create user accounts ahead of time, here is how you do it. @@ -8294,24 +8356,24 @@ NAME="CREATENEWUSERS" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer +> After logging in, click the "Users" link at the footer of the query page. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> To see a specific user, type a portion of their login +> 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. </P ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="tip" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8326,12 +8388,12 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> More functionality is available via the list on the +> 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 <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >man regexp</B > manual page for details on regular @@ -8348,22 +8410,22 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Click the "Add New User" link at the bottom of the user +> Click the "Add New User" link at the bottom of the user list </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Fill out the form presented. This page is +> Fill out the form presented. This page is self-explanatory. When done, click "submit". </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8378,7 +8440,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Adding a user this way will <EM +> Adding a user this way will <EM >not</EM > send an email informing them of their username and @@ -8402,15 +8464,15 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="DISABLEUSERS" +NAME="disableusers" >4.2.2.3. Disabling Users</A ></H3 ><P -> I bet you noticed that big "Disabled Text" entry box +> 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 @@ -8418,11 +8480,11 @@ NAME="DISABLEUSERS" text box, will be presented to the user the next time she attempts to use the system. <DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -8438,7 +8500,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Don't disable your own administrative account, or you +> Don't disable your own administrative account, or you will hate life! </P ><P @@ -8458,15 +8520,15 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="MODIFYUSERS" +NAME="modifyusers" >4.2.2.4. Modifying Users</A ></H3 ><P -> Here I will attempt to describe the function of each option +> Here I will attempt to describe the function of each option on the Edit User screen. </P ><P @@ -8474,19 +8536,19 @@ NAME="MODIFYUSERS" ><UL ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Login Name</EM >: 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. <DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="tip" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8501,7 +8563,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> For compatability reasons, you should probably stick +> For compatability reasons, you should probably stick with email addresses as user login names. It will make your life easier. </P @@ -8514,14 +8576,14 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Real Name</EM >: Duh! </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Password</EM >: You can change the user password here. It is normal to only see asterisks. @@ -8529,7 +8591,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Email Notification</EM >: You may choose from one of three options: @@ -8539,7 +8601,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> All qualifying bugs except those which I change: +> All qualifying bugs except those which I change: The user will be notified of any change to any bug for which she is the reporter, assignee, QA Contact, CC recipient, or "watcher". @@ -8547,18 +8609,18 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Only those bugs which I am listed on the CC line: +> Only those bugs which I am listed on the CC line: The user will not be notified of changes to bugs where she is the assignee, reporter, or QA Contact, but will receive them if she is on the CC list. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8573,7 +8635,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> She will still receive whining cron emails if +> She will still receive whining cron emails if you set up the "whinemail" feature. </P ></TD @@ -8585,7 +8647,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >All Qualifying Bugs</EM >: This user is a glutton for punishment. If her name is @@ -8595,9 +8657,10 @@ VALIGN="TOP" </P ></LI ></OL -></P +> +</P ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Disable Text</EM >: If you type anything in this box, including just a space, the user account is @@ -8605,12 +8668,12 @@ VALIGN="TOP" interface, and what you type in this box is presented as the reason. <DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="warning" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8632,12 +8695,12 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV > <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8652,7 +8715,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> As of this writing, the user can still submit bugs +> 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 <EM @@ -8669,7 +8732,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >CanConfirm</EM >: This field is only used if you have enabled "unconfirmed" status in your @@ -8682,7 +8745,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Creategroups</EM >: This option will allow a user to create and destroy groups in Bugzilla. @@ -8693,18 +8756,18 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Editbugs</EM >: Unless a user has this bit set, they can only edit those bugs for which they are the assignee or the reporter. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8719,7 +8782,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Leaving this option unchecked does not prevent users +> 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. @@ -8733,7 +8796,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Editcomponents</EM >: This flag allows a user to create new products and components, as well as @@ -8749,7 +8812,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Editkeywords</EM >: If you use Bugzilla's keyword functionality, enabling this feature allows a @@ -8766,7 +8829,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >Editusers</EM >: This flag allows a user do what you're doing right now: edit other users. This @@ -8777,7 +8840,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <EM +> <EM >PRODUCT</EM >: PRODUCT bugs access. This allows an administrator, with product-level granularity, @@ -8795,11 +8858,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="PROGRAMADMIN" +NAME="programadmin" >4.3. Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</A ></H1 @@ -8827,11 +8890,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="PRODUCTS" +NAME="products" >4.3.1. Products</A ></H2 ><FONT @@ -8839,10 +8902,10 @@ COLOR="RED" >Formerly, and in some spots still, called "Programs"</FONT ><P -> <A -HREF="#GLOSS_PRODUCT" +> <A +HREF="#gloss-product" ><I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Products</I ></A > are @@ -8852,7 +8915,7 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" products (website, meetings...) </P ><P -> A Product (formerly called "Program", and still referred to +> 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, @@ -8869,15 +8932,15 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Select "components" from the yellow footer +> Select "components" from the yellow footer </P ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="tip" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -8892,7 +8955,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> It may seem counterintuitive to click "components" when +> 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... @@ -8904,22 +8967,22 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select the "Add" link to the right of "Add a new product". +> Select the "Add" link to the right of "Add a new product". </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Enter the name of the product and a description. The +> Enter the name of the product and a description. The Description field is free-form. </P ></LI ></OL ><DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -8935,7 +8998,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Don't worry about the "Closed for bug entry", "Maximum Votes +> 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 @@ -8947,34 +9010,34 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="COMPONENTS" +NAME="components" >4.3.2. Components</A ></H2 ><P -> Components are subsections of a Product. +> Components are subsections of a Product. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1461" +NAME="AEN1470" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-1. Creating some Components</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A -NAME="AEN1463" +NAME="AEN1472" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> The computer game you are designing may have a "UI" +> 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 @@ -9000,7 +9063,7 @@ NAME="AEN1463" to the Component. </P ><P -> To create a new Component: +> To create a new Component: </P ><P ></P @@ -9008,31 +9071,31 @@ NAME="AEN1463" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Select the "Edit components" link from the "Edit product" +> Select the "Edit components" link from the "Edit product" page </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select the "Add" link to the right of the "Add a new +> Select the "Add" link to the right of the "Add a new component" text on the "Select Component" page. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Fill out the "Component" field, a short "Description", and +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="tip" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -9047,7 +9110,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Is your "Default Owner" a user who is not yet in the +> Is your "Default Owner" a user who is not yet in the database? No problem. <P ></P @@ -9055,19 +9118,19 @@ VALIGN="TOP" TYPE="a" ><LI ><P -> Select the "Log out" link on the footer of the +> Select the "Log out" link on the footer of the page. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select the "New Account" link on the footer of +> Select the "New Account" link on the footer of the "Relogin" page </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Type in the email address of the default owner +> 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. @@ -9075,7 +9138,7 @@ TYPE="a" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Now select "Log in" again, type in your login +> Now select "Log in" again, type in your login information, and you can modify the product to use the Default Owner information you require. </P @@ -9092,7 +9155,7 @@ TYPE="a" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Either Edit more components or return to the Bugzilla +> 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. </P @@ -9100,36 +9163,36 @@ TYPE="a" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VERSIONS" +NAME="versions" >4.3.3. Versions</A ></H2 ><P -> Versions are the revisions of the product, such as "Flinders +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1490" +NAME="AEN1499" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-2. Common Use of Versions</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A -NAME="AEN1492" +NAME="AEN1501" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> A user reports a bug against Version "Beta 2.0" of your +> 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 @@ -9144,23 +9207,23 @@ NAME="AEN1492" ></DIV > <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1494" +NAME="AEN1503" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-3. A Different Use of Versions</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A -NAME="AEN1496" +NAME="AEN1505" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> This field has been used to good effect by an online +> 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 @@ -9178,7 +9241,7 @@ NAME="AEN1496" > </P ><P -> To create and edit Versions: +> To create and edit Versions: </P ><P ></P @@ -9186,32 +9249,32 @@ NAME="AEN1496" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> From the "Edit product" screen, select "Edit Versions" +> From the "Edit product" screen, select "Edit Versions" </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> You will notice that the product already has the default +> 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. </P ><P -> Otherwise, click the "Add" button to the right of the "Add +> Otherwise, click the "Add" button to the right of the "Add a new version" text. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Enter the name of the Version. This can be free-form +> 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. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> At this point you can select "Edit" to edit more Versions, +> 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. @@ -9220,26 +9283,26 @@ TYPE="1" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="MILESTONES" +NAME="milestones" >4.3.4. Milestones</A ></H2 ><P -> Milestones are "targets" that you plan to get a bug fixed by. +> 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. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -9255,7 +9318,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you +> Milestone options will only appear for a Product if you turned the "usetargetmilestone" field in the "Edit Parameters" screen "On". </P @@ -9264,7 +9327,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set +> To create new Milestones, set Default Milestones, and set Milestone URL: </P ><P @@ -9273,40 +9336,40 @@ VALIGN="TOP" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Select "edit milestones" +> Select "edit milestones" </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Select "Add" to the right of the "Add a new milestone" +> Select "Add" to the right of the "Add a new milestone" text </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Enter the name of the Milestone in the "Milestone" field. +> 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". </P ><DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1522" +NAME="AEN1531" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-4. Using SortKey with Target Milestone</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A -NAME="AEN1524" +NAME="AEN1533" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> Let's say you create a target milestone called +> 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", @@ -9321,17 +9384,17 @@ NAME="AEN1524" ></LI ><LI ><P -> If you want to add more milestones, select the "Edit" +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -9346,7 +9409,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This is another in the list of unusual user interface +> 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, @@ -9363,21 +9426,21 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> From the Edit product screen again (once you've made your +> 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" </P ><P -> Some common uses of this field include product +> Some common uses of this field include product descriptions, product roadmaps, and of course a simple description of the meaning of each milestone. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> If you're using Target Milestones, the "Default Milestone" +> 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 @@ -9390,15 +9453,15 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VOTING" +NAME="voting" >4.3.5. Voting</A ></H2 ><P -> The concept of "voting" is a poorly understood, yet powerful +> 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 @@ -9409,7 +9472,7 @@ NAME="VOTING" attention so they don't sit for a long time awaiting triage. </P ><P -> The daunting challenge of Votes is deciding where you draw the +> 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 @@ -9426,19 +9489,19 @@ NAME="VOTING" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Navigate to the "Edit product" screen for the Product you +> Navigate to the "Edit product" screen for the Product you wish to modify </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Set "Maximum Votes per person" to your calculated value. +> Set "Maximum Votes per person" to your calculated value. Setting this field to "0" disables voting. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Set "Maximum Votes a person can put on a single bug" to +> 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 @@ -9447,7 +9510,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Set "Number of votes a bug in this product needs to +> 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 @@ -9455,12 +9518,12 @@ TYPE="1" Votes if your Bugzilla user base is unable to affect which bugs appear on Development radar? <DIV -CLASS="TIP" +CLASS="tip" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="TIP" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="tip" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -9475,7 +9538,7 @@ ALT="Tip"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> You should probably set this number to higher than a +> 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 @@ -9492,44 +9555,44 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Once you have adjusted the values to your preference, +> Once you have adjusted the values to your preference, select the "Update" button. </P ></LI ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="GROUPS" +NAME="groups" >4.3.6. Groups and Group Security</A ></H2 ><P -> Groups can be very useful in bugzilla, because they allow +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1558" +NAME="AEN1567" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-5. When to Use Group Security</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A -NAME="AEN1560" +NAME="AEN1569" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> Many Bugzilla sites isolate "Security-related" bugs from +> 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 @@ -9553,11 +9616,11 @@ NAME="AEN1560" into two categories: Generic and Product-Based. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -9573,7 +9636,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Groups in Bugzilla are a complicated beast that evolved out +> 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 @@ -9591,7 +9654,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" next 32, etc. </P ><P -> Similarly, Bugzilla offers a bitmask to define group +> 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 @@ -9607,7 +9670,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> To enable Generic Group Security ("usebuggroups"): +> To enable Generic Group Security ("usebuggroups"): </P ><P ></P @@ -9615,47 +9678,47 @@ VALIGN="TOP" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Turn "On" "usebuggroups" in the "Edit Parameters" screen. +> Turn "On" "usebuggroups" in the "Edit Parameters" screen. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> You will generally have no groups set up. Select the +> You will generally have no groups set up. Select the "groups" link in the footer. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Take a moment to understand the instructions on the "Edit +> 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. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Fill out the "New Name" (remember, no spaces!), "New +> 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. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1575" +NAME="AEN1584" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-6. Creating a New Group</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="INFORMALEXAMPLE" +CLASS="informalexample" ><A -NAME="AEN1577" +NAME="AEN1586" ></A ><P ></P ><P -> I created a group called DefaultGroup with a +> I created a group called DefaultGroup with a description of <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"This is simply a group to play @@ -9678,14 +9741,14 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ></OL ><P -> To enable Product-Based Group Security (usebuggroupsentry): +> To enable Product-Based Group Security (usebuggroupsentry): </P ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -9701,7 +9764,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Don't forget that you only have 64 groups masks available, +> 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, @@ -9719,16 +9782,16 @@ VALIGN="TOP" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Turn "On" "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the +> Turn "On" "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit Parameters" screen. </P ><DIV -CLASS="WARNING" +CLASS="warning" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="WARNING" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="warning" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -9743,7 +9806,7 @@ ALT="Warning"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> "usebuggroupsentry" has the capacity to prevent the +> "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 @@ -9759,7 +9822,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ><LI ><P -> You will generally have no Groups set up, unless you +> 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 @@ -9772,19 +9835,20 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></LI ></OL ><P -> You may find this example illustrative for how bug groups work. +> You may find this example illustrative for how bug groups work. <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN1592" +NAME="AEN1601" ></A ><P ><B >Example 4-7. Bugzilla Groups</B ></P ><P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" ->Bugzilla Groups example<br> +CLASS="literallayout" +><br> +Bugzilla Groups example<br> -----------------------<br> <br> For this example, let us suppose we have four groups, call them<br> @@ -9880,11 +9944,11 @@ Group3, since he isn't in Group4.<br> ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="SECURITY" +NAME="security" >4.4. Bugzilla Security</A ></H1 ><TABLE @@ -9913,11 +9977,11 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -9933,7 +9997,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Poorly-configured MySQL, Bugzilla, and FTP installations have +> 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 @@ -9944,13 +10008,13 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> Secure your installation. +> Secure your installation. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -9966,7 +10030,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> These instructions must, of necessity, be somewhat vague +> 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 <A @@ -9986,7 +10050,7 @@ TARGET="_top" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Ensure you are running at least MysQL version 3.22.32 or +> 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. </P @@ -10002,7 +10066,7 @@ TARGET="_top" > The MySQL Privilege System</A > until you can recite it from memory!</P ><P -> At the very least, ensure you password the "mysql -u root" +> 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 @@ -10013,14 +10077,14 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Lock down /etc/inetd.conf. Heck, disable inet entirely on +> 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. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Do not run Apache as <SPAN +> Do not run Apache as <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"nobody"</SPAN >. This will @@ -10028,12 +10092,12 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" Run it, instead, as a user with a name, set via your httpd.conf file. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -10048,7 +10112,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> <SPAN +> <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"nobody"</SPAN > is a real user on UNIX systems. @@ -10072,7 +10136,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Ensure you have adequate access controls for the +> 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 @@ -10087,12 +10151,12 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" bug information to those who may not be allowed to see it. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -10107,7 +10171,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> Bugzilla provides default .htaccess files to protect the +> 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 @@ -10118,7 +10182,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" details. </P ><P -> If you are using a web server that does not support the +> If you are using a web server that does not support the .htaccess control method, <EM >you are at risk!</EM @@ -10135,7 +10199,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -> On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access +> On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access to these directories, as outlined in <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161" TARGET="_top" @@ -10147,34 +10211,34 @@ TARGET="_top" > for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories. </P ><P -> Note the instructions which follow are Apache-specific. +> 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. </P ><P -> Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", +> Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/data directory. <P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" +CLASS="literallayout" > <Files comments> allow<br> from all </Files> deny from all </P > </P ><P -> Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", +> Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/ directory. <P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" +CLASS="literallayout" > <Files localconfig> deny<br> from all </Files> allow from all </P > </P ><P -> Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", +> Place the following text into a file named ".htaccess", readable by your web server, in your $BUGZILLA_HOME/shadow directory. <P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" +CLASS="literallayout" > deny from all </P > </P @@ -10185,23 +10249,23 @@ CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="INTEGRATION" +NAME="integration" >Chapter 5. Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BONSAI" +NAME="bonsai" >5.1. Bonsai</A ></H1 ><P >Bonsai is a web-based tool for managing <A -HREF="#CVS" +HREF="#cvs" >CVS, the Concurrent Versioning System</A > . Using Bonsai, administrators can control open/closed status @@ -10214,16 +10278,16 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" > (include cool URL link here for Hook policies at mozilla.org). Bonsai also includes gateways to <A -HREF="#TINDERBOX" +HREF="#tinderbox" >Tinderbox, the Mozilla automated build management system</A > and Bugzilla </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CVS" +NAME="cvs" >5.2. CVS</A ></H1 ><P @@ -10233,7 +10297,7 @@ NAME="CVS" certain that Bugzilla is not tied into one particular software management package.</P ><P -> Follow the instructions in the FAQ for enabling Bugzilla e-mail +> Follow the instructions in the FAQ for enabling Bugzilla e-mail integration. Ensure that your check-in script sends an email to your Bugzilla e-mail gateway with the subject of <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -10245,13 +10309,13 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" state. </P ><P -> There is also a project, based upon somewhat dated Bugzilla +> There is also a project, based upon somewhat dated Bugzilla code, to integrate CVS and Bugzilla through CVS' ability to email. Check it out at: <A HREF="http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/~tonyg/" TARGET="_top" -> http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/~tonyg/</A +> http://homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz/~tonyg/</A >, under the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -10260,15 +10324,15 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="SCM" +NAME="scm" >5.3. Perforce SCM</A ></H1 ><P -> You can find the project page for Bugzilla and Teamtrack +> You can find the project page for Bugzilla and Teamtrack Perforce integration (p4dti) at: <A HREF="http://www.ravenbrook.com/project/p4dti/" TARGET="_top" @@ -10283,7 +10347,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >. </P ><P -> Integration of Perforce with Bugzilla, once patches are applied, +> Integration of Perforce with Bugzilla, once patches are applied, is seamless. Perforce replication information will appear below the comments of each bug. Be certain you have a matching set of patches for the Bugzilla version you are installing. p4dti is @@ -10293,11 +10357,11 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="TINDERBOX" +NAME="tinderbox" >5.4. Tinderbox/Tinderbox2</A ></H1 ><P @@ -10305,29 +10369,29 @@ NAME="TINDERBOX" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="FUTURE" +NAME="future" >Chapter 6. The Future of Bugzilla</A ></H1 ><TABLE BORDER="0" -BGCOLOR="#6495ED" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="SYNOPSIS" +CLASS="synopsis" >Bugzilla's Future. Much of this is the present, now.</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P -> Bugzilla's future is a constantly-changing thing, as various developers +> Bugzilla's future is a constantly-changing thing, as various developers <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"scratch an itch"</SPAN @@ -10337,9 +10401,10 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" not quite as readable as the rest of the Guide. </P ><P -> <P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" -> Bugzilla Blue Sky<br> +> <P +CLASS="literallayout" +><br> + Bugzilla Blue Sky<br> <br> Customisability<br> <br> @@ -10924,10 +10989,10 @@ Whiny Reports<br> </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="CHAPTER" +CLASS="chapter" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="VARIANTS" +NAME="variants" >Chapter 7. Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</A ></H1 ><P @@ -10940,15 +11005,15 @@ TARGET="_top" >http://linas.org/linux/pm.html</A ></P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="RHBUGZILLA" +NAME="rhbugzilla" >7.1. Red Hat Bugzilla</A ></H1 ><P -> Red Hat Bugzilla is probably the most popular Bugzilla variant +> Red Hat Bugzilla is probably the most popular Bugzilla variant on the planet. One of the major benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla is the ability to work with Oracle, MySQL, and PostGreSQL databases serving as the back-end, instead of just MySQL. Dave Lawrence @@ -10964,11 +11029,11 @@ TARGET="_top" ></P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VARIANT_FENRIS" +NAME="variant-fenris" >7.2. Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A ></H1 ><P @@ -10979,11 +11044,11 @@ TARGET="_top" >. It is a fork from Bugzilla.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VARIANT_ISSUEZILLA" +NAME="variant-issuezilla" >7.3. Issuezilla</A ></H1 ><P @@ -10993,7 +11058,7 @@ NAME="VARIANT_ISSUEZILLA" list/newsgroup. Issuezilla is not the primary focus of bug-tracking at tigris.org, however. Their Java-based bug-tracker, <A -HREF="#VARIANT_SCARAB" +HREF="#variant-scarab" >Scarab, a newfangled Java-based issue tracker</A >, is under heavy development and looks promising!</P @@ -11005,11 +11070,11 @@ TARGET="_top" ></P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VARIANT_SCARAB" +NAME="variant-scarab" >7.4. Scarab</A ></H1 ><P @@ -11026,11 +11091,11 @@ TARGET="_top" ></P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VARIANT_PERFORCE" +NAME="variant-perforce" >7.5. Perforce SCM</A ></H1 ><P @@ -11047,11 +11112,11 @@ TARGET="_top" >http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technotes/note052.html</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="VARIANT_SOURCEFORGE" +NAME="variant-sourceforge" >7.6. SourceForge</A ></H1 ><P @@ -11069,82 +11134,82 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="APPENDIX" +CLASS="appendix" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="FAQ" +NAME="faq" >Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDASET" +CLASS="qandaset" ><DL ><DT >1. <A -HREF="#FAQ_GENERAL" +HREF="#faq-general" >General Questions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1.1. <A -HREF="#AEN1713" -> Where can I find information about Bugzilla?</A +HREF="#AEN1722" +> Where can I find information about Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DT >A.1.2. <A -HREF="#AEN1719" -> What license is Bugzilla distributed under? +HREF="#AEN1728" +> What license is Bugzilla distributed under? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.3. <A -HREF="#AEN1725" -> How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN1734" +> How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.4. <A -HREF="#AEN1732" -> What major companies or projects are currently using Bugzilla +HREF="#AEN1741" +> What major companies or projects are currently using Bugzilla for bug-tracking? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.5. <A -HREF="#AEN1757" -> Who maintains Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN1766" +> Who maintains Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.6. <A -HREF="#AEN1763" -> How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking databases? +HREF="#AEN1772" +> How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking databases? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.7. <A -HREF="#AEN1770" -> How do I change my user name in Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN1779" +> How do I change my user name in Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.8. <A -HREF="#AEN1775" -> Why doesn't Bugzilla offer this or that feature or compatability +HREF="#AEN1784" +> Why doesn't Bugzilla offer this or that feature or compatability with this other tracking software? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.9. <A -HREF="#AEN1782" -> Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on +HREF="#AEN1791" +> Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on Oracle/Sybase/Msql/PostgreSQL/MSSQL? </A ></DT ><DT >A.1.10. <A -HREF="#AEN1800" -> Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of +HREF="#AEN1809" +> Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? </A ></DT @@ -11152,143 +11217,143 @@ HREF="#AEN1800" ></DD ><DT >2. <A -HREF="#FAQ_REDHAT" +HREF="#faq-redhat" >Red Hat Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.2.1. <A -HREF="#AEN1817" -> What about Red Hat Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN1826" +> What about Red Hat Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.2.2. <A -HREF="#AEN1825" -> What are the primary benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN1834" +> What are the primary benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.2.3. <A -HREF="#AEN1853" -> What's the current status of Red Hat Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN1862" +> What's the current status of Red Hat Bugzilla? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A -HREF="#FAQ_LOKI" +HREF="#faq-loki" >Loki Bugzilla (AKA Fenris)</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.3.1. <A -HREF="#AEN1866" -> What is Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)? +HREF="#AEN1875" +> What is Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A -HREF="#FAQ_PHB" +HREF="#faq-phb" >Pointy-Haired-Boss Questions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.4.1. <A -HREF="#AEN1877" -> Is Bugzilla web-based or do you have to have specific software or +HREF="#AEN1886" +> Is Bugzilla web-based or do you have to have specific software or specific operating system on your machine? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.2. <A -HREF="#AEN1882" -> Has anyone you know of already done any Bugzilla integration with +HREF="#AEN1891" +> Has anyone you know of already done any Bugzilla integration with Perforce (SCM software)? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.3. <A -HREF="#AEN1887" -> Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? +HREF="#AEN1896" +> Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.4. <A -HREF="#AEN1892" -> If I am on many projects, and search for all bugs assigned to me, will +HREF="#AEN1901" +> If I am on many projects, and search for all bugs assigned to me, will Bugzilla list them for me and allow me to sort by project, severity etc? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.5. <A -HREF="#AEN1897" -> Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, urls etc)? If yes, +HREF="#AEN1906" +> Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, urls etc)? If yes, are there any that are NOT allowed? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.6. <A -HREF="#AEN1902" -> Does Bugzilla allow us to define our own priorities and levels? Do we +HREF="#AEN1911" +> Does Bugzilla allow us to define our own priorities and levels? Do we have complete freedom to change the labels of fields and format of them, and the choice of acceptable values? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.7. <A -HREF="#AEN1909" -> The index.html page doesn't show the footer. It's really annoying to have +HREF="#AEN1918" +> The index.html page doesn't show the footer. It's really annoying to have to go to the querypage just to check my "my bugs" link. How do I get a footer on static HTML pages? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.8. <A -HREF="#AEN1931" -> Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You +HREF="#AEN1940" +> Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You know, the type of stuff that management likes to see. :) </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.9. <A -HREF="#AEN1939" -> Is there email notification and if so, what do you see when you get an +HREF="#AEN1948" +> Is there email notification and if so, what do you see when you get an email? Do you see bug number and title or is it only the number? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.10. <A -HREF="#AEN1944" -> Can email notification be set up to send to multiple +HREF="#AEN1953" +> Can email notification be set up to send to multiple people, some on the To List, CC List, BCC List etc? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.11. <A -HREF="#AEN1949" -> If there is email notification, do users have to have any particular +HREF="#AEN1958" +> If there is email notification, do users have to have any particular type of email application? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.12. <A -HREF="#AEN1956" -> If I just wanted to track certain bugs, as they go through life, can I +HREF="#AEN1965" +> If I just wanted to track certain bugs, as they go through life, can I set it up to alert me via email whenever that bug changes, whether it be owner, status or description etc.? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.13. <A -HREF="#AEN1961" -> Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders +HREF="#AEN1970" +> Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders write up a bug report using a MS Word bug template, could that template be imported into "matching" fields? If I wanted to take the results of a query and export that data to MS Excel, could I do that? @@ -11296,68 +11361,68 @@ HREF="#AEN1961" ></DT ><DT >A.4.14. <A -HREF="#AEN1969" -> Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be used in other +HREF="#AEN1978" +> Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be used in other countries? Is it localizable? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.15. <A -HREF="#AEN1974" -> Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format? +HREF="#AEN1983" +> Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format? Excel format? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.16. <A -HREF="#AEN1979" -> Can a user re-run a report with a new project, same query? +HREF="#AEN1988" +> Can a user re-run a report with a new project, same query? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.17. <A -HREF="#AEN1984" -> Can a user modify an existing report and then save it into another name? +HREF="#AEN1993" +> Can a user modify an existing report and then save it into another name? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.18. <A -HREF="#AEN1989" -> Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, compound +HREF="#AEN1998" +> Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, compound search? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.19. <A -HREF="#AEN1994" -> Can the admin person establish separate group and individual user +HREF="#AEN2003" +> Can the admin person establish separate group and individual user privileges? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.20. <A -HREF="#AEN1999" -> Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access +HREF="#AEN2008" +> Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access to the same bug? Does the second person get a notice that the bug is in use or how are they notified? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.21. <A -HREF="#AEN2004" -> Are there any backup features provided? +HREF="#AEN2013" +> Are there any backup features provided? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.22. <A -HREF="#AEN2010" -> Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress? +HREF="#AEN2019" +> Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress? </A ></DT ><DT >A.4.23. <A -HREF="#AEN2015" -> What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and +HREF="#AEN2024" +> What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and maintain Bugzilla? Specifically, what type of skills does the person need to have? I need to find out if we were to go with Bugzilla, what types of individuals would we need to hire and how much would that cost vs buying an @@ -11366,8 +11431,8 @@ HREF="#AEN2015" ></DT ><DT >A.4.24. <A -HREF="#AEN2022" -> What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install +HREF="#AEN2031" +> What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install and maintain the Bugzilla? Is this something that takes hours or weeks to install and a couple of hours per week to maintain and customize or is this a multi-week install process, plus a full time job for 1 person, 2 people, @@ -11376,8 +11441,8 @@ HREF="#AEN2022" ></DT ><DT >A.4.25. <A -HREF="#AEN2027" -> Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any +HREF="#AEN2036" +> Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any out-of-pocket cost other than the bodies needed as identified above? </A ></DT @@ -11385,55 +11450,55 @@ HREF="#AEN2027" ></DD ><DT >5. <A -HREF="#FAQ_INSTALL" +HREF="#faq-install" >Bugzilla Installation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.5.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2034" -> How do I download and install Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN2043" +> How do I download and install Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.5.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2040" -> How do I install Bugzilla on Windows NT? +HREF="#AEN2049" +> How do I install Bugzilla on Windows NT? </A ></DT ><DT >A.5.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2045" -> Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? +HREF="#AEN2054" +> Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A -HREF="#FAQ_SECURITY" +HREF="#faq-security" >Bugzilla Security</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.6.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2052" -> How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems +HREF="#AEN2061" +> How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems (I've followed the instructions in the installation section of this guide!)? </A ></DT ><DT >A.6.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2058" -> Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? +HREF="#AEN2067" +> Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? </A ></DT ><DT >A.6.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2063" -> I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security +HREF="#AEN2072" +> I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security advisory of 5/10/2000 advising not to run MySQL as root, and am running into problems with MySQL no longer working correctly. </A @@ -11442,164 +11507,164 @@ HREF="#AEN2063" ></DD ><DT >7. <A -HREF="#FAQ_EMAIL" +HREF="#faq-email" >Bugzilla Email</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.7.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2070" -> I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email from Bugzilla. +HREF="#AEN2079" +> I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email from Bugzilla. How do I stop it entirely for this user? </A ></DT ><DT >A.7.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2075" -> I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send email to +HREF="#AEN2084" +> I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send email to anyone but me. How do I do it? </A ></DT ><DT >A.7.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2080" -> I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other than, only new +HREF="#AEN2089" +> I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other than, only new bugs. How do I do it? </A ></DT ><DT >A.7.4. <A -HREF="#AEN2086" -> I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to bug_email.pl. +HREF="#AEN2095" +> I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to bug_email.pl. What alternatives do I have? </A ></DT ><DT >A.7.5. <A -HREF="#AEN2093" -> How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs via email? +HREF="#AEN2102" +> How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs via email? </A ></DT ><DT >A.7.6. <A -HREF="#AEN2098" -> Email takes FOREVER to reach me from bugzilla -- it's extremely slow. +HREF="#AEN2107" +> Email takes FOREVER to reach me from bugzilla -- it's extremely slow. What gives? </A ></DT ><DT >A.7.7. <A -HREF="#AEN2105" -> How come email never reaches me from bugzilla changes? +HREF="#AEN2114" +> How come email never reaches me from bugzilla changes? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A -HREF="#FAQ_DB" +HREF="#faq-db" >Bugzilla Database</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.8.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2113" -> I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? +HREF="#AEN2122" +> I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2118" -> Bugs are missing from queries, but exist in the database (and I can pull +HREF="#AEN2127" +> Bugs are missing from queries, but exist in the database (and I can pull them up by specifying the bug ID). What's wrong? </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2123" -> I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid entries. What +HREF="#AEN2132" +> I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid entries. What do I do? </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.4. <A -HREF="#AEN2131" -> I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? +HREF="#AEN2140" +> I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.5. <A -HREF="#AEN2136" -> I try to add myself as a user, but Bugzilla always tells me my password is wrong. +HREF="#AEN2145" +> I try to add myself as a user, but Bugzilla always tells me my password is wrong. </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.6. <A -HREF="#AEN2141" -> I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but bugzilla still can't +HREF="#AEN2150" +> I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but bugzilla still can't connect. </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.7. <A -HREF="#AEN2146" -> How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla +HREF="#AEN2155" +> How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla databases? </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.8. <A -HREF="#AEN2153" -> Why do I get bizarre errors when trying to submit data, particularly problems +HREF="#AEN2162" +> Why do I get bizarre errors when trying to submit data, particularly problems with "groupset"? </A ></DT ><DT >A.8.9. <A -HREF="#AEN2158" -> How come even after I delete bugs, the long descriptions show up? +HREF="#AEN2167" +> How come even after I delete bugs, the long descriptions show up? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A -HREF="#FAQ_NT" +HREF="#faq-nt" >Bugzilla and Win32</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.9.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2168" -> What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K)? +HREF="#AEN2177" +> What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K)? </A ></DT ><DT >A.9.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2173" -> Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? +HREF="#AEN2182" +> Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? </A ></DT ><DT >A.9.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2178" -> CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid Windows NT +HREF="#AEN2187" +> CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid Windows NT application" error. Why? </A ></DT ><DT >A.9.4. <A -HREF="#AEN2186" -> Can I have some general instructions on how to make Bugzilla on Win32 work? +HREF="#AEN2195" +> Can I have some general instructions on how to make Bugzilla on Win32 work? </A ></DT ><DT >A.9.5. <A -HREF="#AEN2192" -> I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being able to talk to +HREF="#AEN2201" +> I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being able to talk to to the database. </A ></DT @@ -11607,154 +11672,160 @@ HREF="#AEN2192" ></DD ><DT >10. <A -HREF="#FAQ_USE" +HREF="#faq-use" >Bugzilla Usage</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.10.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2213" -> The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler way to query? +HREF="#AEN2222" +> The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler way to query? </A ></DT ><DT >A.10.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2219" -> I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form. +HREF="#AEN2228" +> I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form. Why doesn't it assign the bug to me when I accept it? </A ></DT ><DT >A.10.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2229" -> I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create Attachment" +HREF="#AEN2238" +> I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create Attachment" link. What am I doing wrong? </A ></DT ><DT >A.10.4. <A -HREF="#AEN2234" -> Email submissions to Bugzilla that have attachments end up asking me to +HREF="#AEN2243" +> Email submissions to Bugzilla that have attachments end up asking me to save it as a "cgi" file. </A ></DT ><DT >A.10.5. <A -HREF="#AEN2239" -> How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it? +HREF="#AEN2248" +> How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >11. <A -HREF="#FAQ_HACKING" +HREF="#faq-hacking" >Bugzilla Hacking</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.11.1. <A -HREF="#AEN2246" -> What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? +HREF="#AEN2255" +> What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? </A ></DT ><DT >A.11.2. <A -HREF="#AEN2255" -> How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default +HREF="#AEN2264" +> How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default priority be "---" instead of "P2"? </A ></DT ><DT >A.11.3. <A -HREF="#AEN2261" -> What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines should I follow? +HREF="#AEN2270" +> What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines should I follow? </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_GENERAL" +NAME="faq-general" ></A >1. General Questions</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1713" +NAME="AEN1722" ></A ><B >A.1.1. </B -> Where can I find information about Bugzilla?</P +> + Where can I find information about Bugzilla?</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You can stay up-to-date with the latest Bugzilla +> + You can stay up-to-date with the latest Bugzilla information at <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</A +> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</A > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1719" +NAME="AEN1728" ></A ><B >A.1.2. </B -> What license is Bugzilla distributed under? +> + What license is Bugzilla distributed under? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Bugzilla is covered by the Mozilla Public License. +> + Bugzilla is covered by the Mozilla Public License. See details at <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/</A +> http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/</A > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1725" +NAME="AEN1734" ></A ><B >A.1.3. </B -> How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? +> + How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> <A +> + <A HREF="http://www.collab.net/" TARGET="_top" >www.collab.net</A @@ -11764,7 +11835,7 @@ TARGET="_top" aren't interested in small projects. </P ><P -> There are several experienced +> There are several experienced Bugzilla hackers on the mailing list/newsgroup who are willing to whore themselves out for generous compensation. Try sending a message to the mailing list asking for a volunteer. @@ -11772,25 +11843,27 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1732" +NAME="AEN1741" ></A ><B >A.1.4. </B -> What major companies or projects are currently using Bugzilla +> + What major companies or projects are currently using Bugzilla for bug-tracking? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> There are <EM +> + There are <EM >dozens</EM > of major comapanies with public Bugzilla sites to track bugs in their products. A few include: @@ -11874,30 +11947,32 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><P -> Suffice to say, there are more than enough huge projects using Bugzilla +> Suffice to say, there are more than enough huge projects using Bugzilla that we can safely say it's extremely popular. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1757" +NAME="AEN1766" ></A ><B >A.1.5. </B -> Who maintains Bugzilla? +> + Who maintains Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Bugzilla maintenance has been in a state of flux recently. +> + Bugzilla maintenance has been in a state of flux recently. Please check <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" TARGET="_top" @@ -11907,24 +11982,26 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1763" +NAME="AEN1772" ></A ><B >A.1.6. </B -> How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking databases? +> + How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking databases? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> A year has gone by, and I <EM +> + A year has gone by, and I <EM >still</EM > can't find any head-to-head comparisons of Bugzilla against @@ -11937,7 +12014,7 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" flexibility, and superior ease-of-use. </P ><P -> If you happen to be a commercial bug-tracker vendor, please +> If you happen to be a commercial bug-tracker vendor, please step forward with a rebuttal so I can include it in the FAQ. We're not in pursuit of Bugzilla ueber alles; we simply love having a powerful, open-source tool to get our @@ -11946,55 +12023,59 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1770" +NAME="AEN1779" ></A ><B >A.1.7. </B -> How do I change my user name in Bugzilla? +> + How do I change my user name in Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You can't. However, the administrative account can, by simply opening +> + You can't. However, the administrative account can, by simply opening your user account in editusers.cgi and changing the login name. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1775" +NAME="AEN1784" ></A ><B >A.1.8. </B -> Why doesn't Bugzilla offer this or that feature or compatability +> + Why doesn't Bugzilla offer this or that feature or compatability with this other tracking software? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> It may be that the support has not been built yet, or that you +> + It may be that the support has not been built yet, or that you have not yet found it. Bugzilla is making tremendous strides in usability, customizability, scalability, and user interface. It is widely considered the most complete and popular open-source bug-tracking software in existence. </P ><P -> That doesn't mean it can't use improvement! +> That doesn't mean it can't use improvement! You can help the project along by either hacking a patch yourself that supports the functionality you require, or else submitting a "Request for Enhancement" (RFE) using the bug submission interface @@ -12007,32 +12088,33 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1782" +NAME="AEN1791" ></A ><B >A.1.9. </B -> Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on +> + Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on Oracle/Sybase/Msql/PostgreSQL/MSSQL? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B >Terry Weissman answers, <A -NAME="AEN1786" +NAME="AEN1795" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> You're not the only one. But <EM +> You're not the only one. But <EM >I</EM > am not very interested. I'm not a real SQL or database person. I just wanted to make a useful tool, @@ -12050,7 +12132,7 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" > </P ><P -> Things aren't quite that grim these days, however. Terry pretty much +> Things aren't quite that grim these days, however. Terry pretty much sums up much of the thinking many of us have for Bugzilla, but there is light on the horizon for database-independence! Here are some options: </P @@ -12061,7 +12143,7 @@ BORDER="0" ><TBODY ><TR ><TD -> <EM +> <EM ><A HREF="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/" TARGET="_top" @@ -12073,7 +12155,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <EM +> <EM ><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/interzilla" TARGET="_top" @@ -12085,7 +12167,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></TR ><TR ><TD -> <EM +> <EM >Bugzilla 3.0</EM >: One of the primary stated goals is multiple database support. @@ -12098,47 +12180,49 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1800" +NAME="AEN1809" ></A ><B >A.1.10. </B -> Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of +> + Why do the scripts say "/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl" instead of "/usr/bin/perl" or something else? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Mozilla.org uses /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl. The prime rule in making +> + Mozilla.org uses /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl. The prime rule in making submissions is "don't break bugzilla.mozilla.org". If it breaks it, your patch will be reverted faster than you can do a diff. </P ><P -> Here's Terry Weissman's comment, for some historical context: +> Here's Terry Weissman's comment, for some historical context: <A -NAME="AEN1805" +NAME="AEN1814" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> [This was] purely my own convention. I wanted a place to put a version of +> [This was] purely my own convention. I wanted a place to put a version of Perl and other tools that was strictly under my control for the various webtools, and not subject to anyone else. Edit it to point to whatever you like. </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -12154,14 +12238,14 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> We always recommend that, if possible, you keep the path +> We always recommend that, if possible, you keep the path as /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl, and simply add a /usr/bonsaitools and /usr/bonsaitools/bin directory, then symlink your version of perl to /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl. This will make upgrading your Bugzilla much easier in the future. </P ><P -> Obviously, if you do not have root access to your Bugzilla +> Obviously, if you do not have root access to your Bugzilla box, our suggestion is irrelevant. </P ></TD @@ -12175,19 +12259,19 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_REDHAT" +NAME="faq-redhat" ></A >2. Red Hat Bugzilla</H3 ><P -> <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +> <DIV +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -12203,7 +12287,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> <EM +> <EM >This section is no longer up-to-date.</EM > Please see the section on "Red Hat Bugzilla" under "Variants" in The Bugzilla Guide. @@ -12215,24 +12299,26 @@ VALIGN="TOP" > </P ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1817" +NAME="AEN1826" ></A ><B >A.2.1. </B -> What about Red Hat Bugzilla? +> + What about Red Hat Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Red Hat Bugzilla is arguably more user-friendly, customizable, and scalable +> + Red Hat Bugzilla is arguably more user-friendly, customizable, and scalable than stock Bugzilla. Check it out at http://bugzilla.redhat.com and the sources at ftp://people.redhat.com/dkl/. They've set their Bugzilla up to work with Oracle out of the box. @@ -12242,14 +12328,14 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" yourself? </P ><P -> Dave Lawrence, the original Red Hat Bugzilla maintainer, mentions: +> Dave Lawrence, the original Red Hat Bugzilla maintainer, mentions: <A -NAME="AEN1822" +NAME="AEN1831" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> Somebody needs to take the ball and run with it. I'm the only +> Somebody needs to take the ball and run with it. I'm the only maintainer and am very pressed for time. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE @@ -12262,33 +12348,35 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1825" +NAME="AEN1834" ></A ><B >A.2.2. </B -> What are the primary benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla? +> + What are the primary benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> <EM +> + <EM >Dave Lawrence</EM >: <A -NAME="AEN1830" +NAME="AEN1839" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> For the record, we are not using any template type implementation for +> For the record, we are not using any template type implementation for the cosmetic changes maded to Bugzilla. It is just alot of html changes in the code itself. I admit I may have gotten a little carried away with it but the corporate types asked for a more standardized interface to match up @@ -12296,7 +12384,7 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" internal tools I am working on also look like Bugzilla. </P ><P -> I do want to land the changes that I have made to Bugzilla but I may +> I do want to land the changes that I have made to Bugzilla but I may have to back out a good deal and make a different version of Red Hat's Bugzilla for checking in to CVS. Especially the cosmetic changes because it seems they may not fit the general public. I will do that as soon as I can. @@ -12304,7 +12392,7 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" is difficult sometimes to come by. </P ><P -> There are also a good deal of other changes that were requested by +> There are also a good deal of other changes that were requested by management for things like support contracts and different permission groups for making bugs private. Here is a short list of the major changes that have been made: @@ -12315,18 +12403,18 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> No enum types. All old enum types are now separate smaller tables. +> No enum types. All old enum types are now separate smaller tables. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> No bit wise operations. Not all databases support this so they were +> No bit wise operations. Not all databases support this so they were changed to a more generic way of doing this task </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Bug reports can only be altered by the reporter, assignee, or a +> Bug reports can only be altered by the reporter, assignee, or a privileged bugzilla user. The rest of the world can see the bug but in a non-changeable format (unless the bug has been marked private). They can however add comments, add and remove themselves from the CC list @@ -12334,7 +12422,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Different group scheme. Each group has an id number related to it. +> Different group scheme. Each group has an id number related to it. There is a user_group table which contains userid to groupid mappings to determine which groups each user belongs to. Additionally there is a bug_group table that has bugid to groupid mappings to show which @@ -12344,14 +12432,14 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Product groups. product_table created to only allow certain products to +> Product groups. product_table created to only allow certain products to be visible for certain groups in both bug entry and query. This was particulary helpful for support contracts. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Of course many (too many) changes to Bugzilla code itself to allow use +> Of course many (too many) changes to Bugzilla code itself to allow use with Oracle and still allow operation with Mysql if so desired. Currently if you use Mysql it is set to use Mysql's old permission scheme to keep breakage to a minimum. Hopefully one day this will @@ -12361,7 +12449,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Uses Text::Template perl module for rendering of the dynamic HTML pages +> Uses Text::Template perl module for rendering of the dynamic HTML pages such as enter_bug.cgi, query.cgi, bug_form.pl, and for the header and footer parts of the page. This allows the html to be separate from the perl code for customizing the look and feel of the page to one's @@ -12370,7 +12458,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ><LI ><P -> There are many other smaller changes. There is also a port to Oracle +> There are many other smaller changes. There is also a port to Oracle that I have been working on as time permits but is not completely finished but somewhat usable. I will merge it into our standard code base when it becomes production quality. Unfortunately there will have @@ -12380,7 +12468,7 @@ TYPE="1" ></LI ></OL ><P -> Both the Mysql and Oracle versions of our current code base are +> Both the Mysql and Oracle versions of our current code base are available from ftp://people.redhat.com/dkl. If Terry/Tara wants I can submit patch files for all of the changes I have made and he can determine what is suitable for addition to the main bugzilla cade base. But for me to commit @@ -12394,29 +12482,31 @@ TYPE="1" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1853" +NAME="AEN1862" ></A ><B >A.2.3. </B -> What's the current status of Red Hat Bugzilla? +> + What's the current status of Red Hat Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +> + <DIV +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -12432,7 +12522,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This information is somewhat dated; I last updated it +> This information is somewhat dated; I last updated it 7 June 2000. Please see the "Variants" section of "The Bugzilla Guide" for more up-to-date information regarding Red Hat Bugzilla. </P @@ -12445,12 +12535,12 @@ VALIGN="TOP" >Dave Lawrence</EM >: <A -NAME="AEN1860" +NAME="AEN1869" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> I suppose the current thread warrants an update on the status of +> I suppose the current thread warrants an update on the status of Oracle and bugzilla ;) We have now been running Bugzilla 2.8 on Oracle for the last two days in our production environment. I tried to do as much testing as possible with it before going live @@ -12479,7 +12569,7 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" thing going to help others that may need it. </P ><P -> As Matt has mentioned it is still using out-dated code and with a +> As Matt has mentioned it is still using out-dated code and with a little help I would like to bring everything up to date for eventual incorporation with the main cvs tree. Due to other duties I have with the company any help with this wiould be @@ -12502,31 +12592,33 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_LOKI" +NAME="faq-loki" ></A >3. Loki Bugzilla (AKA Fenris)</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1866" +NAME="AEN1875" ></A ><B >A.3.1. </B -> What is Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)? +> + What is Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Loki Games has a customized version of Bugzilla available at +> + Loki Games has a customized version of Bugzilla available at <A HREF="http://fenris.lokigames.com/" TARGET="_top" @@ -12537,19 +12629,19 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_PHB" +NAME="faq-phb" ></A >4. Pointy-Haired-Boss Questions</H3 ><P -> <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +> <DIV +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -12565,7 +12657,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> The title of this section doesn't mean you're a PHB -- it just means +> The title of this section doesn't mean you're a PHB -- it just means you probably HAVE a PHB who wants to know this :) </P ></TD @@ -12575,72 +12667,78 @@ VALIGN="TOP" > </P ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1877" +NAME="AEN1886" ></A ><B >A.4.1. </B -> Is Bugzilla web-based or do you have to have specific software or +> + Is Bugzilla web-based or do you have to have specific software or specific operating system on your machine? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> It is web and e-mail based. You can edit bugs by sending specially +> + It is web and e-mail based. You can edit bugs by sending specially formatted email to a properly configured Bugzilla, or control via the web. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1882" +NAME="AEN1891" ></A ><B >A.4.2. </B -> Has anyone you know of already done any Bugzilla integration with +> + Has anyone you know of already done any Bugzilla integration with Perforce (SCM software)? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes! You can find more information elsewhere in "The Bugzilla +> + Yes! You can find more information elsewhere in "The Bugzilla Guide" in the "Integration with Third-Party Products" section. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1887" +NAME="AEN1896" ></A ><B >A.4.3. </B -> Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? +> + Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Absolutely! You can track up to a "soft-limit" of around +> + Absolutely! You can track up to a "soft-limit" of around 64 individual "Products", that can each be composed of as many "Components" as you want. Check the Administration section of the Bugzilla Guide for more information regarding @@ -12649,48 +12747,52 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1892" +NAME="AEN1901" ></A ><B >A.4.4. </B -> If I am on many projects, and search for all bugs assigned to me, will +> + If I am on many projects, and search for all bugs assigned to me, will Bugzilla list them for me and allow me to sort by project, severity etc? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. +> + Yes. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1897" +NAME="AEN1906" ></A ><B >A.4.5. </B -> Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, urls etc)? If yes, +> + Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, urls etc)? If yes, are there any that are NOT allowed? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. There are many specific MIME-types that are pre-defined by Bugzilla, +> + Yes. There are many specific MIME-types that are pre-defined by Bugzilla, but you may specify any arbitrary MIME-type you need when you upload the file. Since all attachments are stored in the database, however, I recommend storing large binary attachments elsewhere @@ -12700,31 +12802,33 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1902" +NAME="AEN1911" ></A ><B >A.4.6. </B -> Does Bugzilla allow us to define our own priorities and levels? Do we +> + Does Bugzilla allow us to define our own priorities and levels? Do we have complete freedom to change the labels of fields and format of them, and the choice of acceptable values? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. However, modifying some fields, notably those related to bug +> + Yes. However, modifying some fields, notably those related to bug progression states, also require adjusting the program logic to compensate for the change. </P ><P -> There is no GUI for adding fields to Bugzilla at this +> There is no GUI for adding fields to Bugzilla at this time. You can follow development of this feature at <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91037" @@ -12735,41 +12839,43 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1909" +NAME="AEN1918" ></A ><B >A.4.7. </B -> The index.html page doesn't show the footer. It's really annoying to have +> + The index.html page doesn't show the footer. It's really annoying to have to go to the querypage just to check my "my bugs" link. How do I get a footer on static HTML pages? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> It's possible to get the footer on the static index page using +> + It's possible to get the footer on the static index page using Server Side Includes (SSI). The trick to doing this is making sure that your web server is set up to allow SSI and specifically, the #exec directive. You should also rename <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >index.html</TT > to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >index.shtml</TT >. </P ><P -> After you've done all that, you can add the following line to +> After you've done all that, you can add the following line to <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >index.shtml</TT >: <TABLE @@ -12781,8 +12887,11 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -><!--#exec cmd="/usr/bin/perl -e &quot;require 'CGI.pl'; PutFooter();&quot;" --></PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> +<!--#exec cmd="/usr/bin/perl -e &quot;require 'CGI.pl'; PutFooter();&quot;" --> + +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR @@ -12791,11 +12900,11 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" </P ><P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -12811,7 +12920,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This line will be replaced with the actual HTML for the footer +> This line will be replaced with the actual HTML for the footer when the page is requested, so you should put this line where you want the footer to appear. </P @@ -12821,10 +12930,10 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></P ><P -> Because this method depends on being able to use a #exec directive, +> Because this method depends on being able to use a #exec directive, and most ISP's will not allow that, there is an alternative method. You could have a small script (such as <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >api.cgi</TT >) that basically looks like: @@ -12837,8 +12946,9 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->#!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl -w +CLASS="programlisting" +> +#!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl -w require 'globals.pl'; @@ -12846,14 +12956,16 @@ if ($::FORM{sub} eq 'PutFooter') { PutFooter(); } else { die 'api.cgi was incorrectly called'; -}</PRE +} + +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE > and then put this line in <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >index.shtml</TT >. <TABLE @@ -12865,8 +12977,11 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -><!--#include virtual="api.cgi?sub=PutFooter"--></PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> +<!--#include virtual="api.cgi?sub=PutFooter"--> + +</PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR @@ -12875,11 +12990,11 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" </P ><P > <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -12895,7 +13010,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This still requires being able to use Server Side Includes, if +> This still requires being able to use Server Side Includes, if this simply will not work for you, see <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80183" TARGET="_top" @@ -12911,33 +13026,35 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1931" +NAME="AEN1940" ></A ><B >A.4.8. </B -> Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You +> + Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You know, the type of stuff that management likes to see. :) </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. Look at <A +> + Yes. Look at <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/reports.cgi" TARGET="_top" -> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/reports.cgi</A +> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/reports.cgi</A > for basic reporting facilities. </P ><P -> For more advanced reporting, I recommend hooking up a professional +> For more advanced reporting, I recommend hooking up a professional reporting package, such as Crystal Reports, and use ODBC to access the MySQL database. You can do a lot through the Query page of Bugzilla as well, but right now Advanced Reporting is much @@ -12945,85 +13062,91 @@ TARGET="_top" interface with the database directly. </P ><P -> Advanced Reporting is a Bugzilla 3.X proposed feature. +> Advanced Reporting is a Bugzilla 3.X proposed feature. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1939" +NAME="AEN1948" ></A ><B >A.4.9. </B -> Is there email notification and if so, what do you see when you get an +> + Is there email notification and if so, what do you see when you get an email? Do you see bug number and title or is it only the number? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Email notification is user-configurable. The bug id and Topic +> + Email notification is user-configurable. The bug id and Topic of the bug report accompany each email notification, along with a list of the changes made. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1944" +NAME="AEN1953" ></A ><B >A.4.10. </B -> Can email notification be set up to send to multiple +> + Can email notification be set up to send to multiple people, some on the To List, CC List, BCC List etc? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. +> + Yes. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1949" +NAME="AEN1958" ></A ><B >A.4.11. </B -> If there is email notification, do users have to have any particular +> + If there is email notification, do users have to have any particular type of email application? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Bugzilla email is sent in plain text, the most compatible mail format +> + Bugzilla email is sent in plain text, the most compatible mail format on the planet. <DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -13039,7 +13162,7 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you decide to use the bugzilla_email integration features +> If you decide to use the bugzilla_email integration features to allow Bugzilla to record responses to mail with the associated bug, you may need to caution your users to set their mailer to "respond to messages in the format in which they were sent". For security reasons @@ -13055,26 +13178,28 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1956" +NAME="AEN1965" ></A ><B >A.4.12. </B -> If I just wanted to track certain bugs, as they go through life, can I +> + If I just wanted to track certain bugs, as they go through life, can I set it up to alert me via email whenever that bug changes, whether it be owner, status or description etc.? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. Place yourself in the "cc" field of the bug you wish to monitor. +> + Yes. Place yourself in the "cc" field of the bug you wish to monitor. Then change your "Notify me of changes to" field in the Email Settings tab of the User Preferences screen in Bugzilla to the "Only those bugs which I am listed on the CC line" option. @@ -13082,38 +13207,40 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1961" +NAME="AEN1970" ></A ><B >A.4.13. </B -> Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders +> + Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders write up a bug report using a MS Word bug template, could that template be imported into "matching" fields? If I wanted to take the results of a query and export that data to MS Excel, could I do that? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Mozilla allows data export through a custom DTD in XML format. +> + Mozilla allows data export through a custom DTD in XML format. It does not, however, export to specific formats other than the XML Mozilla DTD. Importing the data into Excel or any other application is left as an exercise for the reader. </P ><P -> If you create import filters to other applications from Mozilla's XML, +> If you create import filters to other applications from Mozilla's XML, please submit your modifications for inclusion in future Bugzilla distributions. </P ><P -> As for data import, any application can send data to Bugzilla through +> As for data import, any application can send data to Bugzilla through the HTTP protocol, or through Mozilla's XML API. However, it seems kind of silly to put another front-end in front of Bugzilla; it makes more sense to create a simplified bug submission form in @@ -13121,31 +13248,33 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/bugzilla-helper.html" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/bugzilla-helper.html</A +> http://www.mozilla.org/quality/help/bugzilla-helper.html</A > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1969" +NAME="AEN1978" ></A ><B >A.4.14. </B -> Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be used in other +> + Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be used in other countries? Is it localizable? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Currently, no. Internationalization support for Perl did not +> + Currently, no. Internationalization support for Perl did not exist in a robust fashion until the recent release of version 5.6.0; Bugzilla is, and likely will remain (until 3.X) completely non-localized. @@ -13153,208 +13282,225 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1974" +NAME="AEN1983" ></A ><B >A.4.15. </B -> Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format? +> + Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format? Excel format? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. No. No. +> + Yes. No. No. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1979" +NAME="AEN1988" ></A ><B >A.4.16. </B -> Can a user re-run a report with a new project, same query? +> + Can a user re-run a report with a new project, same query? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. +> + Yes. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1984" +NAME="AEN1993" ></A ><B >A.4.17. </B -> Can a user modify an existing report and then save it into another name? +> + Can a user modify an existing report and then save it into another name? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You can save an unlimited number of queries in Bugzilla. You are free +> + You can save an unlimited number of queries in Bugzilla. You are free to modify them and rename them to your heart's desire. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1989" +NAME="AEN1998" ></A ><B >A.4.18. </B -> Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, compound +> + Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, compound search? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You have no idea. Bugzilla's query interface, particularly with the +> + You have no idea. Bugzilla's query interface, particularly with the advanced Boolean operators, is incredibly versatile. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1994" +NAME="AEN2003" ></A ><B >A.4.19. </B -> Can the admin person establish separate group and individual user +> + Can the admin person establish separate group and individual user privileges? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. +> + Yes. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN1999" +NAME="AEN2008" ></A ><B >A.4.20. </B -> Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access +> + Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access to the same bug? Does the second person get a notice that the bug is in use or how are they notified? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Bugzilla does not lock records. It provides mid-air collision detection, +> + Bugzilla does not lock records. It provides mid-air collision detection, and offers the offending user a choice of options to deal with the conflict. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2004" +NAME="AEN2013" ></A ><B >A.4.21. </B -> Are there any backup features provided? +> + Are there any backup features provided? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> MySQL, the database back-end for Bugzilla, allows hot-backup of data. +> + MySQL, the database back-end for Bugzilla, allows hot-backup of data. You can find strategies for dealing with backup considerations at <A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/a/Backup.html" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/a/Backup.html</A +> http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/a/Backup.html</A > </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2010" +NAME="AEN2019" ></A ><B >A.4.22. </B -> Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress? +> + Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yes. However, commits to the database must wait +> + Yes. However, commits to the database must wait until the tables are unlocked. Bugzilla databases are typically very small, and backups routinely take less than a minute. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2015" +NAME="AEN2024" ></A ><B >A.4.23. </B -> What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and +> + What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and maintain Bugzilla? Specifically, what type of skills does the person need to have? I need to find out if we were to go with Bugzilla, what types of individuals would we need to hire and how much would that cost vs buying an @@ -13362,21 +13508,22 @@ NAME="AEN2015" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> If Bugzilla is set up correctly from the start, continuing maintenance needs +> + If Bugzilla is set up correctly from the start, continuing maintenance needs are minimal and can be completed by unskilled labor. Things like rotate backup tapes and check log files for the word "error". </P ><P -> Commercial Bug-tracking software typically costs somewhere upwards +> Commercial Bug-tracking software typically costs somewhere upwards of $20,000 or more for 5-10 floating licenses. Bugzilla consultation is available from skilled members of the newsgroup. </P ><P -> As an example, as of this writing I typically charge +> As an example, as of this writing I typically charge $115 for the first hour, and $89 each hour thereafter for consulting work. It takes me three to five hours to make Bugzilla happy on a Development installation of Linux-Mandrake. @@ -13384,16 +13531,17 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2022" +NAME="AEN2031" ></A ><B >A.4.24. </B -> What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install +> + What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install and maintain the Bugzilla? Is this something that takes hours or weeks to install and a couple of hours per week to maintain and customize or is this a multi-week install process, plus a full time job for 1 person, 2 people, @@ -13401,11 +13549,12 @@ NAME="AEN2022" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> It all depends on your level of commitment. Someone with much Bugzilla +> + It all depends on your level of commitment. Someone with much Bugzilla experience can get you up and running in less than a day, and your Bugzilla install can run untended for years. If your Bugzilla strategy is critical to your business workflow, hire somebody @@ -13415,137 +13564,147 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2027" +NAME="AEN2036" ></A ><B >A.4.25. </B -> Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any +> + Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any out-of-pocket cost other than the bodies needed as identified above? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> No. MySQL asks, if you find their product valuable, that you purchase +> + No. MySQL asks, if you find their product valuable, that you purchase a support contract from them that suits your needs. </P ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_INSTALL" +NAME="faq-install" ></A >5. Bugzilla Installation</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2034" +NAME="AEN2043" ></A ><B >A.5.1. </B -> How do I download and install Bugzilla? +> + How do I download and install Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Check <A +> + Check <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</A +> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</A > for details. Once you download it, untar it, read the Bugzilla Guide. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2040" +NAME="AEN2049" ></A ><B >A.5.2. </B -> How do I install Bugzilla on Windows NT? +> + How do I install Bugzilla on Windows NT? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Installation on Windows NT has its own section in +> + Installation on Windows NT has its own section in "The Bugzilla Guide". </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2045" +NAME="AEN2054" ></A ><B >A.5.3. </B -> Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? +> + Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> At present, no. +> + At present, no. </P ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_SECURITY" +NAME="faq-security" ></A >6. Bugzilla Security</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2052" +NAME="AEN2061" ></A ><B >A.6.1. </B -> How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems +> + How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems (I've followed the instructions in the installation section of this guide!)? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Run mysql like this: "mysqld --skip-grant-tables". Please remember <EM +> + Run mysql like this: "mysqld --skip-grant-tables". Please remember <EM >this makes mysql as secure as taping a $100 to the floor of a football stadium bathroom for safekeeping.</EM @@ -13555,24 +13714,26 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2058" +NAME="AEN2067" ></A ><B >A.6.2. </B -> Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? +> + Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> The Bugzilla code has not undergone a complete security audit. +> + The Bugzilla code has not undergone a complete security audit. It is recommended that you closely examine permissions on your Bugzilla installation, and follow the recommended security guidelines found in The Bugzilla Guide. @@ -13580,26 +13741,28 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2063" +NAME="AEN2072" ></A ><B >A.6.3. </B -> I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security +> + I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security advisory of 5/10/2000 advising not to run MySQL as root, and am running into problems with MySQL no longer working correctly. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> This is a common problem, related to running out of file descriptors. +> + This is a common problem, related to running out of file descriptors. Simply add "ulimit -n unlimited" to the script which starts mysqld. </P @@ -13607,84 +13770,90 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_EMAIL" +NAME="faq-email" ></A >7. Bugzilla Email</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2070" +NAME="AEN2079" ></A ><B >A.7.1. </B -> I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email from Bugzilla. +> + I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email from Bugzilla. How do I stop it entirely for this user? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> With the email changes to 2.12, the user should be able to set +> + With the email changes to 2.12, the user should be able to set this in user email preferences. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2075" +NAME="AEN2084" ></A ><B >A.7.2. </B -> I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send email to +> + I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send email to anyone but me. How do I do it? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Edit the param for the mail text. Replace "To:" with "X-Real-To:", +> + Edit the param for the mail text. Replace "To:" with "X-Real-To:", replace "Cc:" with "X-Real-CC:", and add a "To: (myemailaddress)". </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2080" +NAME="AEN2089" ></A ><B >A.7.3. </B -> I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other than, only new +> + I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other than, only new bugs. How do I do it? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Try Klaas Freitag's excellent patch for "whineatassigned" functionality. +> + Try Klaas Freitag's excellent patch for "whineatassigned" functionality. You can find it at<A HREF=" http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679" TARGET="_top" -> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679</A +> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6679</A >. This patch is against an older version of Bugzilla, so you must apply the diffs manually. @@ -13692,33 +13861,35 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2086" +NAME="AEN2095" ></A ><B >A.7.4. </B -> I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to bug_email.pl. +> + I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to bug_email.pl. What alternatives do I have? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You can call bug_email.pl directly from your aliases file, with +> + You can call bug_email.pl directly from your aliases file, with an entry like this: <A -NAME="AEN2090" +NAME="AEN2099" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> bugzilla-daemon: "|/usr/local/bin/bugzilla/contrib/bug_email.pl" +> bugzilla-daemon: "|/usr/local/bin/bugzilla/contrib/bug_email.pl" </P ></BLOCKQUOTE > @@ -13729,53 +13900,57 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2093" +NAME="AEN2102" ></A ><B >A.7.5. </B -> How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs via email? +> + How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs via email? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You can find an updated README.mailif file in the contrib/ directory +> + You can find an updated README.mailif file in the contrib/ directory of your Bugzilla distribution that walks you through the setup. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2098" +NAME="AEN2107" ></A ><B >A.7.6. </B -> Email takes FOREVER to reach me from bugzilla -- it's extremely slow. +> + Email takes FOREVER to reach me from bugzilla -- it's extremely slow. What gives? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> If you are using an alternate Mail Transport Agent (MTA other than +> + If you are using an alternate Mail Transport Agent (MTA other than sendmail), make sure the options given in the "processmail" script for all instances of "sendmail" are correct for your MTA. </P ><P -> If you are using Sendmail, try enabling "sendmailnow" in editparams.cgi. +> If you are using Sendmail, try enabling "sendmailnow" in editparams.cgi. If you are using Postfix, you will also need to enable <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"sendmailnow"</SPAN @@ -13784,30 +13959,32 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2105" +NAME="AEN2114" ></A ><B >A.7.7. </B -> How come email never reaches me from bugzilla changes? +> + How come email never reaches me from bugzilla changes? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Double-check that you have not turned off email in your user preferences. +> + Double-check that you have not turned off email in your user preferences. Confirm that Bugzilla is able to send email by visiting the "Log In" link of your Bugzilla installation and clicking the "Email me a password" button after entering your email address. </P ><P -> If you never receive mail from Bugzilla, chances you do not have +> If you never receive mail from Bugzilla, chances you do not have sendmail in "/usr/lib/sendmail". Ensure sendmail lives in, or is symlinked to, "/usr/lib/sendmail". </P @@ -13815,31 +13992,33 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_DB" +NAME="faq-db" ></A >8. Bugzilla Database</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2113" +NAME="AEN2122" ></A ><B >A.8.1. </B -> I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? +> + I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Red Hat Bugzilla, mentioned above, works with Oracle. The current version +> + Red Hat Bugzilla, mentioned above, works with Oracle. The current version from Mozilla.org does not have this capability. Unfortunately, though you will sacrifice a lot of the really great features available in Bugzilla 2.10 and 2.12 if you go with the 2.8-based Redhat version. @@ -13847,25 +14026,27 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2118" +NAME="AEN2127" ></A ><B >A.8.2. </B -> Bugs are missing from queries, but exist in the database (and I can pull +> + Bugs are missing from queries, but exist in the database (and I can pull them up by specifying the bug ID). What's wrong? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> You've almost certainly enabled the "shadow database", but for some +> + You've almost certainly enabled the "shadow database", but for some reason it hasn't been updated for all your bugs. This is the database against which queries are run, so that really complex or slow queries won't lock up portions of the database for other users. You can turn off the @@ -13882,30 +14063,32 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2123" +NAME="AEN2132" ></A ><B >A.8.3. </B -> I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid entries. What +> + I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid entries. What do I do? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Run the <SPAN +> + Run the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"sanity check"</SPAN > utility (<TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >./sanitycheck.cgi</TT > in the Bugzilla_home directory) from your web browser to see! If @@ -13927,24 +14110,26 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2131" +NAME="AEN2140" ></A ><B >A.8.4. </B -> I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? +> + I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> There is no facility in Bugzilla itself to do this. It's also generally +> + There is no facility in Bugzilla itself to do this. It's also generally not a smart thing to do if you don't know exactly what you're doing. However, if you understand SQL you can use the mysqladmin utility to manually insert, delete, and modify table information. Personally, I @@ -13954,49 +14139,53 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2136" +NAME="AEN2145" ></A ><B >A.8.5. </B -> I try to add myself as a user, but Bugzilla always tells me my password is wrong. +> + I try to add myself as a user, but Bugzilla always tells me my password is wrong. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Certain version of MySQL (notably, 3.23.29 and 3.23.30) accidentally disabled +> + Certain version of MySQL (notably, 3.23.29 and 3.23.30) accidentally disabled the "crypt()" function. This prevented MySQL from storing encrypted passwords. Upgrade to the "3.23 stable" version of MySQL and you should be good to go. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2141" +NAME="AEN2150" ></A ><B >A.8.6. </B -> I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but bugzilla still can't +> + I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but bugzilla still can't connect. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Try running MySQL from its binary: "mysqld --skip-grant-tables". This +> + Try running MySQL from its binary: "mysqld --skip-grant-tables". This will allow you to completely rule out grant tables as the cause of your frustration. However, I do not recommend you run it this way on a regular basis, unless you really want your web site defaced and your machine @@ -14005,61 +14194,65 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2146" +NAME="AEN2155" ></A ><B >A.8.7. </B -> How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla +> + How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla databases? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Well, you can synchronize or you can move bugs. Synchronization will +> + Well, you can synchronize or you can move bugs. Synchronization will only work one way -- you can create a read-only copy of the database at one site, and have it regularly updated at intervals from the main database. </P ><P -> MySQL has some synchronization features builtin to the latest releases. +> MySQL has some synchronization features builtin to the latest releases. It would be great if someone looked into the possibilities there and provided a report to the newsgroup on how to effectively synchronize two Bugzilla installations. </P ><P -> If you simply need to transfer bugs from one Bugzilla to another, +> If you simply need to transfer bugs from one Bugzilla to another, checkout the "move.pl" script in the Bugzilla distribution. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2153" +NAME="AEN2162" ></A ><B >A.8.8. </B -> Why do I get bizarre errors when trying to submit data, particularly problems +> + Why do I get bizarre errors when trying to submit data, particularly problems with "groupset"? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> If you're sure your MySQL parameters are correct, you might want turn +> + If you're sure your MySQL parameters are correct, you might want turn "strictvaluechecks" OFF in editparams.cgi. If you have "usebugsentry" set "On", you also cannot submit a bug as readable by more than one group with "strictvaluechecks" ON. @@ -14067,35 +14260,37 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2158" +NAME="AEN2167" ></A ><B >A.8.9. </B -> How come even after I delete bugs, the long descriptions show up? +> + How come even after I delete bugs, the long descriptions show up? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> This should only happen with Bugzilla 2.14 if you are +> + This should only happen with Bugzilla 2.14 if you are using the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"shadow database"</SPAN > feature, and your shadow database is out of sync. Try running <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >syncshadowdb</TT > <TT -CLASS="OPTION" +CLASS="option" >-syncall</TT > to make sure your shadow database is in synch with your primary database. @@ -14104,92 +14299,98 @@ CLASS="OPTION" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_NT" +NAME="faq-nt" ></A >9. Bugzilla and Win32</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2168" +NAME="AEN2177" ></A ><B >A.9.1. </B -> What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K)? +> + What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K)? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Remove Windows. Install Linux. Install Bugzilla. +> + Remove Windows. Install Linux. Install Bugzilla. The boss will never know the difference. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2173" +NAME="AEN2182" ></A ><B >A.9.2. </B -> Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? +> + Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Not currently. Bundle::Bugzilla enormously simplifies Bugzilla +> + Not currently. Bundle::Bugzilla enormously simplifies Bugzilla installation on UNIX systems. If someone can volunteer to create a suitable PPM bundle for Win32, it would be appreciated. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2178" +NAME="AEN2187" ></A ><B >A.9.3. </B -> CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid Windows NT +> + CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid Windows NT application" error. Why? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Depending on what Web server you are using, you will have to configure +> + Depending on what Web server you are using, you will have to configure the Web server to treat *.cgi files as CGI scripts. In IIS, you do this by adding *.cgi to the App Mappings with the <path>\perl.exe %s %s as the executable. </P ><P -> Microsoft has some advice on this matter, as well: +> Microsoft has some advice on this matter, as well: <A -NAME="AEN2183" +NAME="AEN2192" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> "Set application mappings. In the ISM, map the extension for the script +> "Set application mappings. In the ISM, map the extension for the script file(s) to the executable for the script interpreter. For example, you might map the extension .py to Python.exe, the executable for the Python script interpreter. Note For the ActiveState Perl script interpreter, the extension @@ -14204,29 +14405,32 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2186" +NAME="AEN2195" ></A ><B >A.9.4. </B -> Can I have some general instructions on how to make Bugzilla on Win32 work? +> + Can I have some general instructions on how to make Bugzilla on Win32 work? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> The following couple entries are deprecated in favor of the Windows installation +> + The following couple entries are deprecated in favor of the Windows installation instructions available in the "Administration" portion of "The Bugzilla Guide". However, they are provided here for historical interest and insight. <P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" -> 1. #!C:/perl/bin/perl had to be added to every perl file.<br> +CLASS="literallayout" +><br> + 1. #!C:/perl/bin/perl had to be added to every perl file.<br> 2. Converted to Net::SMTP to handle mail messages instead of<br> /usr/bin/sendmail.<br> 3. The crypt function isn't available on Windows NT (at least none that I<br> @@ -14315,56 +14519,58 @@ A: Sure! Here ya go!<br> ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2192" +NAME="AEN2201" ></A ><B >A.9.5. </B -> I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being able to talk to +> + I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being able to talk to to the database. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Your modules may be outdated or inaccurate. Try: +> + Your modules may be outdated or inaccurate. Try: <P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Hitting http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl +> Hitting http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Download ActivePerl +> Download ActivePerl </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Go to your prompt +> Go to your prompt </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Type 'ppm' +> Type 'ppm' </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >PPM></TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >install DBI DBD-mysql GD</B > </P @@ -14376,67 +14582,71 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" <A HREF=" http://www.activestate.com/Packages/" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.activestate.com/Packages/</A +> http://www.activestate.com/Packages/</A > </P ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_USE" +NAME="faq-use" ></A >10. Bugzilla Usage</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2213" +NAME="AEN2222" ></A ><B >A.10.1. </B -> The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler way to query? +> + The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler way to query? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> We are developing in that direction. You can follow progress on this +> + We are developing in that direction. You can follow progress on this at <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16775" TARGET="_top" -> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16775</A +> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16775</A >. Some functionality is available in Bugzilla 2.12, and is available as "quicksearch.html" </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2219" +NAME="AEN2228" ></A ><B >A.10.2. </B -> I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form. +> + I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form. Why doesn't it assign the bug to me when I accept it? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> The current behavior is acceptable to bugzilla.mozilla.org and most +> + The current behavior is acceptable to bugzilla.mozilla.org and most users. I personally don't like it. You have your choice of patches to change this behavior, however. <P @@ -14449,7 +14659,7 @@ BORDER="0" ><A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=8029" TARGET="_top" -> Add a "and accept bug" radio button</A +> Add a "and accept bug" radio button</A ></TD ></TR ><TR @@ -14457,7 +14667,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ><A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=8153" TARGET="_top" -> "Accept" button automatically assigns to you</A +> "Accept" button automatically assigns to you</A ></TD ></TR ></TBODY @@ -14471,74 +14681,80 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2229" +NAME="AEN2238" ></A ><B >A.10.3. </B -> I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create Attachment" +> + I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create Attachment" link. What am I doing wrong? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> The most likely cause is a very old browser or a browser that is +> + The most likely cause is a very old browser or a browser that is incompatible with file upload via POST. Download the latest Netscape, Microsoft, or Mozilla browser to handle uploads correctly. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2234" +NAME="AEN2243" ></A ><B >A.10.4. </B -> Email submissions to Bugzilla that have attachments end up asking me to +> + Email submissions to Bugzilla that have attachments end up asking me to save it as a "cgi" file. </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Yup. Just rename it once you download it, or save it under a different +> + Yup. Just rename it once you download it, or save it under a different filename. This will not be fixed anytime too soon, because it would cripple some other functionality. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2239" +NAME="AEN2248" ></A ><B >A.10.5. </B -> How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it? +> + How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> In the Bugzilla administrator UI, edit the keyword and it will let you +> + In the Bugzilla administrator UI, edit the keyword and it will let you replace the old keyword name with a new one. This will cause a problem with the keyword cache. Run sanitycheck.cgi to fix it. </P @@ -14546,39 +14762,41 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDADIV" +CLASS="qandadiv" ><H3 ><A -NAME="FAQ_HACKING" +NAME="faq-hacking" ></A >11. Bugzilla Hacking</H3 ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2246" +NAME="AEN2255" ></A ><B >A.11.1. </B -> What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? +> + What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> Try <A +> + Try <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Bugzilla" TARGET="_top" -> this link</A +> this link</A > to view current bugs or requests for enhancement for Bugzilla. </P ><P -> You can view bugs marked for 2.16 release +> You can view bugs marked for 2.16 release <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Bugzilla&target_milestone=Bugzilla+2.16" TARGET="_top" @@ -14589,7 +14807,7 @@ TARGET="_top" <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" TARGET="_top" -> Bugzilla Project Page</A +> Bugzilla Project Page</A > for details on how to check current sources out of CVS so you can have these bug fixes early! @@ -14597,28 +14815,30 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2255" +NAME="AEN2264" ></A ><B >A.11.2. </B -> How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default +> + How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default priority be "---" instead of "P2"? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B -> This is well-documented here: <A +> + This is well-documented here: <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49862" TARGET="_top" -> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49862</A +> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49862</A >. Ultimately, it's as easy as adding the "---" priority field to your localconfig file in the appropriate area, re-running checksetup.pl, and then changing the default priority in your browser using @@ -14629,20 +14849,21 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="QANDAENTRY" +CLASS="qandaentry" ><DIV -CLASS="QUESTION" +CLASS="question" ><P ><A -NAME="AEN2261" +NAME="AEN2270" ></A ><B >A.11.3. </B -> What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines should I follow? +> + What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines should I follow? </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="ANSWER" +CLASS="answer" ><P ><B > </B @@ -14652,7 +14873,7 @@ CLASS="ANSWER" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Enter a bug into bugzilla.mozilla.org for the <SPAN +> Enter a bug into bugzilla.mozilla.org for the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"<A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla" @@ -14665,7 +14886,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Upload your patch as a unified DIFF (having used "diff -u" against +> Upload your patch as a unified DIFF (having used "diff -u" against the <EM >current sources</EM > checked out of CVS), @@ -14678,7 +14899,7 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Announce your patch and the associated URL +> Announce your patch and the associated URL (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=XXXX) for discussion in the newsgroup (netscape.public.mozilla.webtools). You'll get a really good, fairly immediate reaction to the implications of your patch, @@ -14688,14 +14909,14 @@ TARGET="_top" ></LI ><LI ><P -> If it passes muster with minimal modification, the person to whom +> If it passes muster with minimal modification, the person to whom the bug is assigned in Bugzilla is responsible for seeing the patch is checked into CVS. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Bask in the glory of the fact that you helped write the most successful +> Bask in the glory of the fact that you helped write the most successful open-source bug-tracking software on the planet :) </P ></LI @@ -14707,18 +14928,18 @@ TARGET="_top" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="APPENDIX" +CLASS="appendix" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="DOWNLOADLINKS" +NAME="downloadlinks" >Appendix B. Software Download Links</A ></H1 ><P -> All of these sites are current as of April, 2001. Hopefully +> All of these sites are current as of April, 2001. Hopefully they'll stay current for a while. </P ><P -> Apache Web Server: <A +> Apache Web Server: <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.apache.org</A @@ -14726,71 +14947,71 @@ TARGET="_top" Optional web server for Bugzilla, but recommended because of broad user base and support. </P ><P -> Bugzilla: <A +> Bugzilla: <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/" TARGET="_top" -> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</A +> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/</A > </P ><P -> MySQL: <A +> MySQL: <A HREF="http://www.mysql.com/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.mysql.com/</A > </P ><P -> Perl: <A +> Perl: <A HREF="http://www.perl.org" TARGET="_top" >http://www.perl.org/</A > </P ><P -> CPAN: <A +> CPAN: <A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.cpan.org/</A > </P ><P -> DBI Perl module: +> DBI Perl module: <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/DBI/" +HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBI/" TARGET="_top" -> ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/DBI/</A +> http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBI/</A > </P ><P -> Data::Dumper module: +> Data::Dumper module: <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Data/" +HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Data/" TARGET="_top" -> ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Data/</A +> http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Data/</A > </P ><P -> MySQL related Perl modules: +> MySQL related Perl modules: <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Mysql/" +HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Mysql/" TARGET="_top" -> ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Mysql/</A +> http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Mysql/</A > </P ><P -> TimeDate Perl module collection: +> TimeDate Perl module collection: <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Date/" +HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Date/" TARGET="_top" -> ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Date/</A +> http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Date/</A > </P ><P -> GD Perl module: +> GD Perl module: <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/GD/" +HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/GD/" TARGET="_top" -> ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/GD/</A +> http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/GD/</A > Alternately, you should be able to find the latest version of GD at <A @@ -14800,15 +15021,15 @@ TARGET="_top" > </P ><P -> Chart::Base module: +> Chart::Base module: <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Chart/" +HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Chart/" TARGET="_top" -> ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/Chart/</A +> http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Chart/</A > </P ><P -> LinuxDoc Software: +> LinuxDoc Software: <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/" TARGET="_top" @@ -14818,18 +15039,18 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="APPENDIX" +CLASS="appendix" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="DATABASE" +NAME="database" >Appendix C. The Bugzilla Database</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -14845,30 +15066,30 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> This document really needs to be updated with more fleshed out information about primary keys, interrelationships, and maybe some nifty tables to document dependencies. Any takers? +> This document really needs to be updated with more fleshed out information about primary keys, interrelationships, and maybe some nifty tables to document dependencies. Any takers? </P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="DBSCHEMA" +NAME="dbschema" >C.1. Database Schema Chart</A ></H1 ><P -> <DIV -CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT" +> <DIV +CLASS="mediaobject" ><P ><IMG SRC="../images/dbschema.jpg" ALT="Database Relationships" ></IMG ><DIV -CLASS="CAPTION" +CLASS="caption" ><P >Bugzilla database relationships chart</P ></DIV @@ -14878,15 +15099,15 @@ CLASS="CAPTION" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="DBDOC" +NAME="dbdoc" >C.2. MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction</A ></H1 ><P -> This information comes straight from my life. I was forced to learn how +> This information comes straight from my life. I was forced to learn how Bugzilla organizes database because of nitpicky requests from users for tiny changes in wording, rather than having people re-educate themselves or figure out how to work our procedures around the tool. It sucks, but it can @@ -14894,7 +15115,7 @@ NAME="DBDOC" comes. </P ><P -> So, here you are with your brand-new installation of Bugzilla. You've got +> So, here you are with your brand-new installation of Bugzilla. You've got MySQL set up, Apache working right, Perl DBI and DBD talking to the database flawlessly. Maybe you've even entered a few test bugs to make sure email's working; people seem to be notified of new bugs and changes, and you can @@ -14904,12 +15125,12 @@ NAME="DBDOC" testers. </P ><P -> What's the next thing you do? Outline a training strategy for your +> What's the next thing you do? Outline a training strategy for your development team, of course, and bring them up to speed on the new tool you've labored over for hours. </P ><P -> Your first training session starts off very well! You have a captive +> Your first training session starts off very well! You have a captive audience which seems enraptured by the efficiency embodied in this thing called "Bugzilla". You are caught up describing the nifty features, how people can save favorite queries in the database, set them up as headers and footers on @@ -14918,12 +15139,12 @@ NAME="DBDOC" and rescue Jane from the clutches of Certain Death! </P ><P -> But Certain Death speaks up -- a tiny voice, from the dark corners of the +> But Certain Death speaks up -- a tiny voice, from the dark corners of the conference room. "I have a concern," the voice hisses from the darkness, "about the use of the word 'verified'. </P ><P -> The room, previously filled with happy chatter, lapses into reverential +> The room, previously filled with happy chatter, lapses into reverential silence as Certain Death (better known as the Vice President of Software Engineering) continues. "You see, for two years we've used the word 'verified' to indicate that a developer or quality assurance engineer has confirmed that, @@ -14932,7 +15153,7 @@ NAME="DBDOC" 'approved' as soon as possible. To avoid confusion, of course." </P ><P -> Oh no! Terror strikes your heart, as you find yourself mumbling "yes, yes, I +> Oh no! Terror strikes your heart, as you find yourself mumbling "yes, yes, I don't think that would be a problem," You review the changes with Certain Death, and continue to jabber on, "no, it's not too big a change. I mean, we have the source code, right? You know, 'Use the Source, Luke' and all that... @@ -14940,20 +15161,20 @@ NAME="DBDOC" burbling, and boiling on a hot Jamaican sand dune... </P ><P -> Thus begins your adventure into the heart of Bugzilla. You've been forced +> Thus begins your adventure into the heart of Bugzilla. You've been forced to learn about non-portable enum() fields, varchar columns, and tinyint definitions. The Adventure Awaits You! </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2331" +NAME="AEN2340" >C.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics</A ></H2 ><P -> If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless +> If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless about the internals of MySQL, and if it weren't for this executive order from the Vice President you couldn't care less about the difference between a <SPAN @@ -14977,24 +15198,24 @@ TARGET="_top" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> To connect to your database: +> To connect to your database: </P ><P -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >mysql</B ><TT -CLASS="PARAMETER" +CLASS="parameter" ><I >-u root</I ></TT > </P ><P -> If this works without asking you for a password, +> If this works without asking you for a password, <EM >shame on you</EM >! You should have @@ -15012,7 +15233,7 @@ CLASS="PARAMETER" this:</P ><P ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT ></P ><P @@ -15021,25 +15242,25 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >"bugs"</SPAN > is the name you chose in the<TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT > file for your Bugzilla database, type:</P ><P ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql</TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >use bugs;</B ></P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -15068,11 +15289,11 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" > </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H3 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2360" +NAME="AEN2369" >C.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables</A ></H3 ><P @@ -15081,10 +15302,10 @@ NAME="AEN2360" command:</P ><P ><TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >mysql></TT ><B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >show tables from bugs;</B ></P ><P @@ -15107,8 +15328,8 @@ WIDTH="100%" ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->+-------------------+ +CLASS="programlisting" +> +-------------------+ | Tables in bugs | +-------------------+ | attachments | @@ -15141,8 +15362,9 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ></TABLE ></P ><P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" +CLASS="literallayout" ><br> +<br> Here's an overview of what each table does. Most columns in each table have<br> descriptive names that make it fairly trivial to figure out their jobs.<br> <br> @@ -15324,19 +15546,19 @@ http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/MySQL/<br> ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="GRANTTABLES" +NAME="granttables" >C.3. MySQL Permissions & Grant Tables</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR @@ -15365,7 +15587,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" troubles to work on : ) Although it is of limited use, it still has SOME use, thus it's still included.</P ><P -> Please note, however, that I was a relatively new user to +> Please note, however, that I was a relatively new user to MySQL at the time. Some of my suggestions, particularly in how to set up security, showed a terrible lack of security-related database experience. @@ -15375,8 +15597,9 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ></TABLE ></DIV ><P -CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" ->From matt_barnson@singletrac.com Wed Jul 7 09:00:07 1999<br> +CLASS="literallayout" +><br> +From matt_barnson@singletrac.com Wed Jul 7 09:00:07 1999<br> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 21:37:04 -0700 <br> From: Matthew Barnson matt_barnson@singletrac.com<br> To: keystone-users@homeport.org<br> @@ -15542,28 +15765,28 @@ http://www.mysql.com/Manual/manual.html.<br> ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="APPENDIX" +CLASS="appendix" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="PATCHES" +NAME="patches" >Appendix D. Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A ></H1 ><P >Are you looking for a way to put your Bugzilla into overdrive? Catch some of the niftiest tricks here in this section.</P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="REWRITE" +NAME="rewrite" >D.1. Apache <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mod_rewrite</TT > magic</A ></H1 ><P >Apache's <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >mod_rewrite</TT > module lets you do some truly amazing things with URL rewriting. Here are a couple of examples of what you can do.</P ><P @@ -15572,9 +15795,9 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Make it so if someone types +> Make it so if someone types <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +CLASS="computeroutput" >http://www.foo.com/12345</TT >, Bugzilla spits back @@ -15584,17 +15807,19 @@ CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="90%" +WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" -><VirtualHost 12.34.56.78> +CLASS="programlisting" +> +<VirtualHost 12.34.56.78> RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)$ http://foo.bar.com/show_bug.cgi?id=$1 [L,R] </VirtualHost> + </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -15615,11 +15840,11 @@ TARGET="_top" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="SETPERL" +NAME="setperl" >D.2. The setperl.csh Utility</A ></H1 ><P @@ -15629,12 +15854,12 @@ NAME="SETPERL" search path on your system, it will not work! </P ><DIV -CLASS="PROCEDURE" +CLASS="procedure" ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Download the "setperl.csh" utility to your Bugzilla +> Download the "setperl.csh" utility to your Bugzilla directory and make it executable. </P ><OL @@ -15642,14 +15867,14 @@ CLASS="SUBSTEPS" TYPE="a" ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >cd /your/path/to/bugzilla</B > </TT @@ -15658,13 +15883,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >wget -O setperl.csh 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=10795'</B @@ -15674,13 +15899,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >chmod u+x setperl.csh</B > </TT @@ -15691,21 +15916,21 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Prepare (and fix) Bugzilla file permissions. +> Prepare (and fix) Bugzilla file permissions. </P ><OL CLASS="SUBSTEPS" TYPE="a" ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >chmod u+w *</B > </TT @@ -15714,13 +15939,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >chmod u+x duplicates.cgi</B > </TT @@ -15729,14 +15954,14 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >chmod a-x bug_status.html</B > </TT @@ -15747,39 +15972,39 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Run the script: +> Run the script: </P ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >./setperl.csh /your/path/to/perl</B > </TT > <DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN2439" +NAME="AEN2448" ></A ><P ><B >Example D-1. Using Setperl to set your perl path</B ></P ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >./setperl.csh /usr/bin/perl</B > </TT @@ -15793,26 +16018,26 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="CMDLINE" +NAME="cmdline" >D.3. Command-line Bugzilla Queries</A ></H1 ><P -> Users can query Bugzilla from the command line using this suite +> Users can query Bugzilla from the command line using this suite of utilities. </P ><P -> The query.conf file contains the mapping from options to field +> The query.conf file contains the mapping from options to field names and comparison types. Quoted option names are "grepped" for, so it should be easy to edit this file. Comments (#) have no effect; you must make sure these lines do not contain any quoted "option" </P ><P -> buglist is a shell script which submits a Bugzilla query and +> buglist is a shell script which submits a Bugzilla query and writes the resulting HTML page to stdout. It supports both short options, (such as "-Afoo" or "-Rbar") and long options (such as "--assignedto=foo" or "--reporter=bar"). If the first @@ -15820,53 +16045,53 @@ NAME="CMDLINE" prefixed with "--default=". </P ><P -> The columlist is taken from the COLUMNLIST environment variable. +> The columlist is taken from the COLUMNLIST environment variable. This is equivalent to the "Change Columns" option when you list bugs in buglist.cgi. If you have already used Bugzilla, use <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >grep COLUMLIST ~/.netscape/cookies</B > to see your current COLUMNLIST setting. </P ><P -> bugs is a simple shell script which calls buglist and extracts +> bugs is a simple shell script which calls buglist and extracts the bug numbers from the output. Adding the prefix "http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=" turns the bug list into a working link if any bugs are found. Counting bugs is easy. Pipe the results through <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >sed -e 's/,/ /g' | wc | awk '{printf $2 "\n"}'</B > </P ><P -> Akkana says she has good results piping buglist output through +> Akkana says she has good results piping buglist output through <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >w3m -T text/html -dump</B > </P ><DIV -CLASS="PROCEDURE" +CLASS="procedure" ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Download three files: +> Download three files: </P ><OL CLASS="SUBSTEPS" TYPE="a" ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash$</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >wget -O query.conf 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26157'</B @@ -15876,13 +16101,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash$</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >wget -O buglist 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26944'</B @@ -15892,13 +16117,13 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" > <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="prompt" >bash#</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >wget -O bugs 'http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=26215'</B @@ -15910,15 +16135,15 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Make your utilities executable: +> Make your utilities executable: <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" -> <TT -CLASS="PROMPT" +CLASS="computeroutput" +> <TT +CLASS="prompt" >bash$</TT > <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >chmod u+x buglist bugs</B > </TT @@ -15929,30 +16154,30 @@ CLASS="COMMAND" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="QUICKSEARCH" +NAME="quicksearch" >D.4. The Quicksearch Utility</A ></H1 ><P -> Quicksearch is a new, experimental feature of the 2.12 release. +> Quicksearch is a new, experimental feature of the 2.12 release. It consist of two Javascript files, "quicksearch.js" and "localconfig.js", and two documentation files, "quicksearch.html" and "quicksearchhack.html" </P ><P -> The index.html page has been updated to include the QuickSearch +> The index.html page has been updated to include the QuickSearch text box. </P ><P -> To take full advantage of the query power, the Bugzilla +> To take full advantage of the query power, the Bugzilla maintainer must edit "localconfig.js" according to the value sets used in the local installation. </P ><P -> Currently, keywords must be hard-coded in localconfig.js. If +> Currently, keywords must be hard-coded in localconfig.js. If they are not, keywords are not automatically recognized. This means, if localconfig.js is left unconfigured, that searching for a bug with the "foo" keyword will only find bugs with "foo" @@ -15960,7 +16185,7 @@ NAME="QUICKSEARCH" but not those with the keyword "foo". </P ><P -> Workarounds for Bugzilla users: +> Workarounds for Bugzilla users: <P ></P ><TABLE @@ -15983,7 +16208,7 @@ BORDER="0" > </P ><P -> When this tool is ported from client-side JavaScript to +> When this tool is ported from client-side JavaScript to server-side Perl, the requirement for hard-coding keywords can be fixed. <A HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70907" @@ -15993,26 +16218,26 @@ TARGET="_top" </P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="BZHACKING" +NAME="bzhacking" >D.5. Hacking Bugzilla</A ></H1 ><P -> The following is a guide for reviewers when checking code into Bugzilla's +> The following is a guide for reviewers when checking code into Bugzilla's CVS repostory at mozilla.org. If you wish to submit patches to Bugzilla, you should follow the rules and style conventions below. Any code that does not adhere to these basic rules will not be added to Bugzilla's codebase. </P ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2495" +NAME="AEN2504" >D.5.1. Things that have caused problems and should be avoided</A ></H2 ><P @@ -16021,25 +16246,25 @@ NAME="AEN2495" TYPE="1" ><LI ><P -> Usage of variables in Regular Expressions +> Usage of variables in Regular Expressions </P ><P -> It is very important that you don't use a variable in a regular +> It is very important that you don't use a variable in a regular expression unless that variable is supposed to contain an expression. This especially applies when using grep. You should use: </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="90%" +WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->grep ($_ eq $value, @array); +CLASS="programlisting" +> grep ($_ eq $value, @array); </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -16048,20 +16273,20 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > </P ><P -> -- NOT THIS -- +> -- NOT THIS -- </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="90%" +WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->grep (/$value/, @array); +CLASS="programlisting" +> grep (/$value/, @array); </PRE ></FONT ></TD @@ -16070,12 +16295,12 @@ CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" > </P ><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" +CLASS="note" ><P ></P ><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="90%" +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TD @@ -16090,9 +16315,9 @@ ALT="Note"></TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" ><P -> If you need to use a non-expression variable inside of an expression, be +> If you need to use a non-expression variable inside of an expression, be sure to quote it properly (using <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +CLASS="function" >\Q..\E</TT >). </P @@ -16104,68 +16329,70 @@ CLASS="FUNCTION" ></OL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><HR><H2 -CLASS="SECTION" +CLASS="section" ><A -NAME="AEN2509" +NAME="AEN2518" >D.5.2. Coding Style for Bugzilla</A ></H2 ><P -> While it's true that not all of the code currently in Bugzilla adheres to +> While it's true that not all of the code currently in Bugzilla adheres to this (or any) styleguide, it is something that is being worked toward. Therefore, we ask that all new code (submitted patches and new files) follow this guide as closely as possible (if you're only changing 1 or 2 lines, you don't have to reformat the entire file :). </P ><P -> The Bugzilla development team has decided to adopt the perl style guide as +> The Bugzilla development team has decided to adopt the perl style guide as published by Larry Wall. This giude can be found in <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Programming Perl"</SPAN > (the camel book) or by typing <B -CLASS="COMMAND" +CLASS="command" >man perlstyle</B > at your favorite shell prompt. </P ><P -> What appears below if a brief summary, please refer to the perl style - guide if you don't see your question covered here. +> What appears below if a brief summary, please refer to the perl style + guide if you don't see your question covered here. It is much better to submit + a patch which fails these criteria than no patch at all, but please try to meet + these minimum standards when submitting code to Bugzilla. </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P -> Whitespace +> Whitespace </P ><P -> Bugzilla's prefered indentation is 4 spaces (no tabs, please). +> Bugzilla's prefered indentation is 4 spaces (no tabs, please). </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Curly braces. +> Curly braces. </P ><P -> The opening brace of a block should be on the same line as the statement +> The opening brace of a block should be on the same line as the statement that is causing the block and the closing brace should be at the same indentation level as that statement, for example: </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="90%" +WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->if ($var) { +CLASS="programlisting" +> if ($var) { print "The variable is true"; } else { @@ -16179,20 +16406,20 @@ else { > </P ><P -> -- NOT THIS -- +> -- NOT THIS -- </P ><P -> <TABLE +> <TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" -WIDTH="90%" +WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE -CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" ->if ($var) +CLASS="programlisting" +> if ($var) { print "The variable is true"; } @@ -16210,16 +16437,27 @@ else ></LI ><LI ><P -> File Names +> Cookies + </P +><P +> Bugzilla uses cookies to ease the user experience, but no new patches + should <EM +>require</EM +> user-side cookies. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> File Names </P ><P -> File names for bugzilla code and support documention should be legal across +> File names for bugzilla code and support documention should be legal across multiple platforms. <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +CLASS="computeroutput" >\ / : * ? " < ></TT > and <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +CLASS="computeroutput" >|</TT > are all illegal characters for filenames on various platforms. Also, file names should not have spaces in them as they @@ -16228,50 +16466,111 @@ CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" ></LI ><LI ><P -> Variable Names +> Javascript dependencies + </P +><P +> While Bugzilla uses Javascript to make the user experience easier, no patch + to Bugzilla should <EM +>require</EM +> Javascript. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Patch Format + </P +><P +> All patches submitted for inclusion into Bugzilla should be in the form of a + <SPAN +CLASS="QUOTE" +>"unified diff"</SPAN +>. This comes from using <SPAN +CLASS="QUOTE" +>"diff -u"</SPAN +> + instead of simply <SPAN +CLASS="QUOTE" +>"diff"</SPAN +> when creating your patch. This will + result in quicker acceptance of the patch. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Schema Changes + </P +><P +> If you make schema changes, you should modify <TT +CLASS="filename" +>sanitycheck.cgi</TT +> + to support the new schema. All referential columns should be checked. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Taint Mode + </P +><P +> All new cgis must run in Taint mode (Perl taint and DBI taint), and existing cgi's + which run in taint mode must not have taint mode turned off. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Templatization + </P +><P +> Patches to Bugzilla need to support templates so they do not force user interface choices + on Bugzilla administrators. + </P +></LI +><LI +><P +> Variable Names </P ><P -> If a variable is scoped globally (<TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +> If a variable is scoped globally (<TT +CLASS="computeroutput" >$::variable</TT >) its name should be descriptive of what it contains. Local variables can be named a bit looser, provided the context makes their content obvious. For example, <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +CLASS="computeroutput" >$ret</TT > could be used as a staging variable for a routine's return value as the line <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +CLASS="computeroutput" >return $ret;</TT > will make it blatantly obvious what the variable holds and most likely be shown on the same screen as <TT -CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT" +CLASS="computeroutput" >my $ret = "";</TT >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Cross Database Compatability +> Cross Database Compatability </P ><P -> Bugzilla was originally written to work with MySQL and therefore took advantage +> Bugzilla was originally written to work with MySQL and therefore took advantage of some of its features that aren't contained in other RDBMS software. These should be avoided in all new code. Examples of these features are enums and <TT -CLASS="FUNCTION" +CLASS="function" >encrypt()</TT >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P -> Cross Platform Compatability +> Cross Platform Compatability </P ><P -> While Bugzilla was written to be used on Unix based systems (and Unix/Linux is +> While Bugzilla was written to be used on Unix based systems (and Unix/Linux is still the only officially supported platform) there are many who desire/need to run Bugzilla on Microsoft Windows boxes. Whenever possible, we should strive not to make the lives of these people any more complicated and avoid doing things @@ -16283,16 +16582,16 @@ CLASS="FUNCTION" ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="APPENDIX" +CLASS="appendix" ><HR><H1 ><A -NAME="GFDL" +NAME="gfdl" >Appendix E. GNU Free Documentation License</A ></H1 ><P >Version 1.1, March 2000</P ><A -NAME="AEN2550" +NAME="AEN2583" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" @@ -16303,11 +16602,11 @@ Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.</P ></BLOCKQUOTE ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_0" +NAME="gfdl-0" >0. PREAMBLE</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16335,11 +16634,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_0" whose purpose is instruction or reference.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_1" +NAME="gfdl-1" >1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16408,11 +16707,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_1" text.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_2" +NAME="gfdl-2" >2. VERBATIM COPYING</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16431,11 +16730,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_2" above, and you may publicly display copies.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_3" +NAME="gfdl-3" >3. COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16478,11 +16777,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_3" updated version of the Document.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_4" +NAME="gfdl-4" >4. MODIFICATIONS</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16631,11 +16930,11 @@ TYPE="A" or to assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_5" +NAME="gfdl-5" >5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16663,11 +16962,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_5" must delete all sections entitled "Endorsements."</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_6" +NAME="gfdl-6" >6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16685,11 +16984,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_6" copying of that document.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_7" +NAME="gfdl-7" >7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16711,11 +17010,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_7" aggregate.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_8" +NAME="gfdl-8" >8. TRANSLATION</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16732,11 +17031,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_8" prevail.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_9" +NAME="gfdl-9" >9. TERMINATION</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16750,11 +17049,11 @@ NAME="GFDL_9" compliance.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_10" +NAME="gfdl-10" >10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16779,11 +17078,11 @@ TARGET="_top" Free Software Foundation.</P ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><HR><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" +CLASS="sect1" ><A -NAME="GFDL_HOWTO" +NAME="gfdl-howto" >How to use this License for your documents</A ></H1 ><P @@ -16791,19 +17090,20 @@ NAME="GFDL_HOWTO" a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page:</P ><A -NAME="AEN2640" +NAME="AEN2673" ></A ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" ><P -> Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME. +> Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME. 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 Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the Back-Cover Texts being LIST. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU - Free Documentation License".</P + Free Documentation License". +</P ></BLOCKQUOTE ><P >If you have no Invariant Sections, write "with no Invariant @@ -16822,15 +17122,15 @@ CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" CLASS="GLOSSARY" ><H1 ><A -NAME="GLOSSARY" +NAME="glossary" >Glossary</A ></H1 ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="AEN2645" +NAME="AEN2678" >0-9, high ascii</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -16840,17 +17140,17 @@ NAME="AEN2645" ></DT ><DD ><P -> Apache web server, and other NCSA-compliant web servers, +> Apache web server, and other NCSA-compliant web servers, observe the convention of using files in directories called <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >.htaccess</TT > files. These restrict parameters of the web server. In Bugzilla, they are used to restrict access to certain files which would otherwise compromise your installation. For instance, the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" +CLASS="filename" >localconfig</TT > file contains the password to your database. If this information were @@ -16862,11 +17162,11 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_A" +NAME="gloss-a" >A</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -16879,7 +17179,7 @@ NAME="GLOSS_A" >In this context, Apache is the web server most commonly used for serving up <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Bugzilla</I > pages. Contrary to popular belief, the apache web server has nothing to do @@ -16890,18 +17190,18 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >"a patchy"</SPAN > version of the original <SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >NCSA</SPAN > world-wide-web server.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_B" +NAME="gloss-b" >B</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -16911,7 +17211,7 @@ NAME="GLOSS_B" ></DT ><DD ><P -> A <SPAN +> A <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Bug"</SPAN > in Bugzilla refers to an issue @@ -16933,7 +17233,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DT ><DD ><P -> Each Bugzilla Bug is assigned a number that uniquely +> Each Bugzilla Bug is assigned a number that uniquely identifies that Bug. The Bug associated with a Bug Number can be pulled up via a query, or easily from the very front page by typing the number in the "Find" box. @@ -16963,31 +17263,31 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DT ><DD ><P -> Bugzilla is the industry-standard bug tracking system. It +> Bugzilla is the industry-standard bug tracking system. It is quite popular among Open Source enthusiasts. </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_C" +NAME="gloss-c" ></A ></H1 ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="GLOSS_COMPONENT" +NAME="gloss-component" ><B >Component</B ></A ></DT ><DD ><P -> A Component is a subsection of a Product. It should be a +> A Component is a subsection of a Product. It should be a narrow category, tailored to your organization. All Products must contain at least one Component (and, as a matter of fact, creating a Product with no Components will @@ -16996,10 +17296,10 @@ NAME="GLOSS_COMPONENT" ></DD ><DT ><A -NAME="GLOSS_CPAN" +NAME="gloss-cpan" ><B ><SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >CPAN</SPAN ></B ></A @@ -17007,7 +17307,7 @@ CLASS="ACRONYM" ><DD ><P ><SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >CPAN</SPAN > stands for the <SPAN @@ -17016,7 +17316,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >. CPAN maintains a large number of extremely useful <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Perl</I > modules. By themselves, Perl modules generally do nothing, but when used as part of a @@ -17026,11 +17326,11 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_D" +NAME="gloss-d" >D</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -17044,11 +17344,11 @@ NAME="GLOSS_D" background. In general, most daemons are started at boot time via System V init scripts, or through RC scripts on BSD-based systems. <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >mysqld</I >, the MySQL server, and <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >apache</I >, a web server, are generally run as daemons.</P @@ -17056,11 +17356,11 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_G" +NAME="gloss-g" ></A ></H1 ><DL @@ -17078,32 +17378,32 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" comes by lumping users into groups, and assigning those groups certain privileges to <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Products</I > and <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Components</I > in the <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Bugzilla</I > database.</P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_I" +NAME="gloss-i" >I</A ></H1 ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="GLOSS_INFINITELOOP" +NAME="gloss-infiniteloop" ><B >Infinite Loop</B ></A @@ -17115,11 +17415,11 @@ NAME="GLOSS_INFINITELOOP" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_M" +NAME="gloss-m" >M</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -17131,7 +17431,7 @@ NAME="GLOSS_M" ><P >mysqld is the name of the <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >daemon</I > for the MySQL database. In general, it is invoked automatically through the use of @@ -17142,11 +17442,11 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_P" +NAME="gloss-p" >P</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -17162,9 +17462,9 @@ NAME="GLOSS_P" Security) for all bugs entered into components beneath it.</P ><DIV -CLASS="EXAMPLE" +CLASS="example" ><A -NAME="AEN2736" +NAME="AEN2769" ></A ><P ><B @@ -17219,7 +17519,7 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" of an interpreted scripting language (such as shell script), combined with the speed and power of a compiled language, such as C. <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" >Bugzilla</I > is maintained in Perl.</P @@ -17227,11 +17527,11 @@ CLASS="GLOSSTERM" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_Q" +NAME="gloss-q" >Q</A ></H1 ><DL @@ -17268,17 +17568,17 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_R" +NAME="gloss-r" >R</A ></H1 ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="GLOSS_RECURSION" +NAME="gloss-recursion" ><B >Recursion</B ></A @@ -17300,25 +17600,25 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_S" +NAME="gloss-s" >S</A ></H1 ><DL ><DT ><B ><SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >SGML</SPAN ></B ></DT ><DD ><P ><SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >SGML</SPAN > stands for <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" @@ -17328,14 +17628,14 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" 1980's to provide an extensible means to maintain documentation based upon content instead of presentation, <SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >SGML</SPAN > has withstood the test of time as a robust, powerful language. <I -CLASS="GLOSSTERM" +CLASS="glossterm" ><SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >XML</SPAN ></I > is the @@ -17344,20 +17644,20 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" >"baby brother"</SPAN > of SGML; any valid <SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >XML</SPAN > document it, by definition, a valid <SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >SGML</SPAN > document. The document you are reading is written and maintained in <SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >SGML</SPAN >, and is also valid <SPAN -CLASS="ACRONYM" +CLASS="acronym" >XML</SPAN > if you modify the Document Type Definition.</P @@ -17365,24 +17665,24 @@ CLASS="ACRONYM" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_T" +NAME="gloss-t" >T</A ></H1 ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="GLOSS_TARGET_MILESTONE" +NAME="gloss-target-milestone" ><B >Target Milestone</B ></A ></DT ><DD ><P -> Target Milestones are Product goals. They are +> Target Milestones are Product goals. They are configurable on a per-Product basis. Most software development houses have a concept of <SPAN @@ -17398,17 +17698,17 @@ CLASS="QUOTE" ></DL ></DIV ><DIV -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><H1 -CLASS="GLOSSDIV" +CLASS="glossdiv" ><A -NAME="GLOSS_Z" +NAME="gloss-z" >Z</A ></H1 ><DL ><DT ><A -NAME="ZARRO-BOOGS-FOUND" +NAME="zarro-boogs-found" ><B >Zarro Boogs Found</B ></A |