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diff --git a/docs/html/whatis.html b/docs/html/whatis.html index 2a53115b6..d53d68370 100644 --- a/docs/html/whatis.html +++ b/docs/html/whatis.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ >What is Bugzilla?</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" -CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.61 +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.64 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide" @@ -77,11 +77,14 @@ NAME="WHATIS" > 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. - At the time Bugzilla was originally written, as a port from Netscape Communications' - "Bugsplat!" program to Perl from TCL, there were very few competitors in the market - for bug-tracking software. Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors at the - time charged enormous licensing fees. Bugzilla quickly became a favorite of the - open-source crowd (with its genesis in the open-source browser project, Mozilla) and + Bugzilla was originally written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called + "TCL", to replace a crappy + bug-tracking database used internally for Netscape Communications. Terry later ported + Bugzilla to + Perl from TCL, and in Perl it remains to this day. + Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors at the + time charged enormous licensing fees, and Bugzilla quickly became a favorite of the + open-source crowd (with its genesis in the open-source browser project, Mozilla). It is now the de-facto standard defect-tracking system against which all others are measured. </P @@ -127,7 +130,8 @@ NAME="WHATIS" ></LI ><LI ><P -> integration with several automated software configuration management systems +> available integration with automated software configuration management systems, including + Perforce and CVS. </P ></LI ><LI @@ -147,6 +151,12 @@ NAME="WHATIS" no internationalization, and dependence on some nonstandard libraries. </P ><P +> Some recent headway has been made on the query front, however. If you are using the latest + version of Bugzilla, you should see a "simple search" form on the default front page of + your Bugzilla install. Type in two or three search terms and you should pull up some + relevant information. This is also available as "queryhelp.cgi". + </P +><P > Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It is under <EM >very</EM > |