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diff --git a/docs/html/searching.html b/docs/html/searching.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..03149a82d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/searching.html @@ -0,0 +1,197 @@ +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>Better Searching</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.61 +"><LINK +REL="HOME" +TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide" +HREF="index.html"><LINK +REL="UP" +TITLE="The Future of Bugzilla" +HREF="future.html"><LINK +REL="PREVIOUS" +TITLE="Reducing Spam" +HREF="spamlite.html"><LINK +REL="NEXT" +TITLE="Description Flags and Tracking Bugs" +HREF="trackingbugs.html"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="SECTION" +BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000FF" +VLINK="#840084" +ALINK="#0000FF" +><DIV +CLASS="NAVHEADER" +><TABLE +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TH +COLSPAN="3" +ALIGN="center" +>The Bugzilla Guide</TH +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="spamlite.html" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="bottom" +>Chapter 6. The Future of Bugzilla</TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="trackingbugs.html" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECTION" +><H1 +CLASS="SECTION" +><A +NAME="SEARCHING" +>6.2. Better Searching</A +></H1 +><P +><P +CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT" +>Current searching tools in Bugzilla include the querying mechanism,<br> +special summary reports and dependency trees. This message is about new<br> +facilities.<br> +<br> +1. General Summary Reports<br> +<br> +For some time now it has been apparent to me that the query bug list<br> +leaves a little to be desired in its linear nature. There is a need to<br> +have categorised subsets, and counts of each category. If you don't<br> +believe me, how about these facilities already in place or which people<br> +have asked for:<br> +<br> +Most Doomed Reports - Categorised On Assignee, Shows and Counts Number<br> +of Bugs For Each Assignee<br> +Bug #15806 (Most Voted For Bugs) - Categorised On Product, Shows Bugs<br> +Voters Most Want Fixed<br> +Bug #9789 (BugAThon Tracking Page) - Categorised On Developer (Subset),<br> +Counts Number of Bugs<br> +Bug #9409 and #9411 - The desire to be able to report on more subsets.<br> +<br> +Hopefully you can see the gist of what is desired here. It's a general<br> +reporting mechanism.<br> +<br> +This mechanism lets you choose the subset of bugs to operate on (like<br> +query), let's you categorise them, possibly along with subcategories and<br> +counts the number of bugs within each category. It might or might not<br> +show the actual bugs themselves, and it might limit the number of bugs<br> +within a category, or categories to report on.<br> +<br> +I'm further sure that many applications of this mechanism would only be<br> +recognised once it was implemented.<br> +<br> +The general summary reports bug is at<br> +"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12282".<br> +<br> +2. Related Bugs<br> +<br> +It would be nice to have a field where you could enter other bugs<br> +related to the current bug - it would be handy for navigation and<br> +possibly even finding duplicates. See<br> +"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12286".<br> +<br> +3. Column Specification Support<br> +<br> +Currently query seems to get what columns to report on from whatever the<br> +user last used. This doesn't work well for "prepackaged queries", where<br> +you followed a link. You can probably add a column by specifying a sort<br> +column, but this is difficult and suboptimal.<br> +<br> +Furthermore, I find that when I want to add a column to a query, it's<br> +usually a one off and I would prefer it to go away for the next query. <br> +Hence, it would be nice to specify the columns that appear on the query<br> +(and general summary report) pages. The default query mechanism should<br> +be able to let you specify your default columns.<br> +<br> +This proposal lives at<br> +"http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12284".</P +></P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="NAVFOOTER" +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"><TABLE +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="spamlite.html" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="index.html" +>Home</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="trackingbugs.html" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +>Reducing Spam</TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="future.html" +>Up</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +>Description Flags and Tracking Bugs</TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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