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diff --git a/docs/xml/using.xml b/docs/xml/using.xml index 606dca8c2..bc8159835 100644 --- a/docs/xml/using.xml +++ b/docs/xml/using.xml @@ -41,11 +41,14 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla 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. </para> @@ -89,7 +92,8 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla </listitem> <listitem> <para> - integration with several automated software configuration management systems + available integration with automated software configuration management systems, including + Perforce and CVS. </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -108,6 +112,12 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla no internationalization, and dependence on some nonstandard libraries. </para> <para> + 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". + </para> + <para> Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It is under <emphasis>very</emphasis> active development to address the current issues, and a long-awaited overhaul in the form of Bugzilla 3.0 is expected sometime later this year. @@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla 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 bug tracking for luminaries such as Redhat, Loki software, + and software and hardware bug tracking for luminaries such as Redhat, Loki software, Linux-Mandrake, and VA Systems. Combined with systems such as CVS, Bonsai, or Perforce SCM, Bugzilla provides a powerful, easy-to-use solution to configuration management and replication problems @@ -178,7 +188,7 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla </epigraph> <para> - Bugzilla is a large and 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. This section is principally aimed towards @@ -190,11 +200,24 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla options available at the Bugzilla test installation, <ulink url="http://landfill.tequilarista.org/"> landfill.tequilarista.org</ulink>. + <note> + <para> + Some people have run into difficulties completing this tutorial. If + you run into problems, please check the updated, online documentation available + at <ulink url="http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons/">http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons</ulink>. + If you're still stumped, please subscribe to the newsgroup and provide details of exactly + what's stumping you! If enough people complain, I'll have to fix it in the next + version of this Guide. You can subscribe to the newsgroup at + <ulink url="news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.webtools"> + news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</ulink> + </para> + + </note> Although Landfill serves as a great introduction to Bugzilla, it does not offer all the options you would have as a user on your own installation of Bugzilla, - nor can it do more than serve as a general introduction to Bugzilla. - However, please use it if you want to - follow this tutorial. + nor can it do more than serve as a general introduction to Bugzilla. Additionally, + Landfill often runs cutting-edge versions of Bugzilla for testing, so some things + may work slightly differently than mentioned here. </para> <section id="myaccount"> @@ -714,6 +737,14 @@ Chapter: Using Bugzilla <title>Email Settings</title> <section id="notification"> <title>Email Notification</title> + <note> + <para> + The email notification settings described below have been obsoleted in Bugzilla 2.12, and + this section will be replaced with a comprehensive description of the amazing array of + new options at your disposal. However, in the meantime, throw this chunk out the window + and go crazy with goofing around with different notification options. + </para> + </note> <para> Ahh, here you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from Bugzilla! In the drop-down "Notify me of changes to", select one of |