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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/using.xml b/docs/en/xml/using.xml index f06969f57..75932c19d 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/using.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/using.xml @@ -3,468 +3,495 @@ <chapter id="using"> <title>Using Bugzilla</title> - <section id="how"> - <title>How do I use Bugzilla?</title> - + <section id="using-intro"> + <title>Introduction</title> <para>This section contains information for end-users of Bugzilla. There is a Bugzilla test installation, called - <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/">Landfill</ulink>, + <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/">Landfill</ulink>, which you are welcome to play with (if it's up.) However, it does not necessarily - have all Bugzilla features enabled, and often runs cutting-edge versions - of Bugzilla for testing, so some things may work slightly differently - than mentioned here.</para> - - <section id="myaccount"> - <title>Create a Bugzilla Account</title> - - <para>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 Bugzilla, use this URL: - <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/"/>. - </para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Click the - <quote>Open a new Bugzilla account</quote> - - link, enter your email address and, optionally, your name in the - spaces provided, then click - <quote>Create Account</quote> - - .</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>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 randomly generated, and can be - changed to something more memorable.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Click the - <quote>Log In</quote> - link in the yellow area at the bottom of the page in your browser, - enter your email address and password into the spaces provided, and - click - <quote>Login</quote>. - </para> - - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - - <para>You are now logged in. Bugzilla uses cookies for authentication - so, unless your IP address changes, you should not have to log in - again.</para> - </section> + have all Bugzilla features enabled, and runs an up-to-the-minute version, + so some things may not quite work as this document describes.</para> + </section> + + <section id="myaccount"> + <title>Create a Bugzilla Account</title> + + <para>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 Bugzilla, use this URL: + <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/"/>. + </para> + + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Click the + <quote>Open a new Bugzilla account</quote> + + link, enter your email address and, optionally, your name in the + spaces provided, then click + <quote>Create Account</quote> + + .</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Within moments, you should receive an email to the address + you provided, which contains your login name (generally the + same as the email address), and a password. + This password is randomly generated, but can be + changed to something more memorable.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Click the + <quote>Log In</quote> + link in the footer at the bottom of the page in your browser, + enter your email address and password into the spaces provided, and + click + <quote>Login</quote>. + </para> + + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + + <para>You are now logged in. Bugzilla uses cookies to remember you are + logged in so, unless you have cookies disabled or your IP address changes, + you should not have to log in again.</para> + </section> - <section id="bug_page"> - <title>Anatomy of a Bug</title> - - <para>The core of Bugzilla is the screen which displays a particular - bug. It's a good place to explain some Bugzilla concepts. - <ulink - url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/show_bug.cgi?id=1"> - Bug 1 on Landfill</ulink> - - is a good example. Note that the labels for most fields are hyperlinks; - clicking them will take you to context-sensitive help on that - particular field. Fields marked * may not be present on every - installation of Bugzilla.</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Product and Component</emphasis>: - Bugs are divided up by Product and Component, with a Product - having one or more Components in it. For example, - bugzilla.mozilla.org's "Bugzilla" Product is composed of several - Components: - <simplelist> - <member> - <emphasis>Administration:</emphasis> - Administration of a Bugzilla installation.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Bugzilla-General:</emphasis> - Anything that doesn't fit in the other components, or spans - multiple components.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Creating/Changing Bugs:</emphasis> - Creating, changing, and viewing bugs.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis> - The Bugzilla documentation, including The Bugzilla Guide.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Email:</emphasis> - Anything to do with email sent by Bugzilla.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Installation:</emphasis> - The installation process of Bugzilla.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Query/Buglist:</emphasis> - Anything to do with searching for bugs and viewing the - buglists.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>Reporting/Charting:</emphasis> - Getting reports from Bugzilla.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>User Accounts:</emphasis> - Anything about managing a user account from the user's perspective. - Saved queries, creating accounts, changing passwords, logging in, - etc.</member> - - <member> - <emphasis>User Interface:</emphasis> - General issues having to do with the user interface cosmetics (not - functionality) including cosmetic issues, HTML templates, - etc.</member> - </simplelist> - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Status and Resolution:</emphasis> - - These define exactly what state the bug is in - from not even - being confirmed as a bug, through to being fixed and the fix - confirmed by Quality Assurance. The different possible values for - Status and Resolution on your installation should be documented in the - context-sensitive help for those items.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Assigned To:</emphasis> - The person responsible for fixing the bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*URL:</emphasis> - A URL associated with the bug, if any.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Summary:</emphasis> - A one-sentence summary of the problem.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Status Whiteboard:</emphasis> - (a.k.a. Whiteboard) A free-form text area for adding short notes - and tags to a bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Keywords:</emphasis> - The administrator can define keywords which you can use to tag and - categorise bugs - e.g. The Mozilla Project has keywords like crash - and regression.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Platform and OS:</emphasis> - These indicate the computing environment where the bug was - found.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Version:</emphasis> - The "Version" field is usually used for versions of a product which - have been released, and is set to indicate which versions of a - Component have the particular problem the bug report is - about.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Priority:</emphasis> - The bug assignee uses this field to prioritise his or her bugs. - It's a good idea not to change this on other people's bugs.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Severity:</emphasis> - This indicates how severe the problem is - from blocker - ("application unusable") to trivial ("minor cosmetic issue"). You - can also use this field to indicate whether a bug is an enhancement - request.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Target:</emphasis> - (a.k.a. Target Milestone) A future version by which the bug is to - be fixed. e.g. The Bugzilla Project's milestones for future - Bugzilla versions are 2.18, 2.20, 3.0, etc. Milestones are not - restricted to numbers, thought - you can use any text strings, such - as dates.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Reporter:</emphasis> - The person who filed the bug.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>CC list:</emphasis> - A list of people who get mail when the bug changes.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Attachments:</emphasis> - You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there - are any attachments, they are listed in this section.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Dependencies:</emphasis> - If this bug cannot be fixed unless other bugs are fixed (depends - on), or this bug stops other bugs being fixed (blocks), their - numbers are recorded here.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>*Votes:</emphasis> - Whether this bug has any votes.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - <emphasis>Additional Comments:</emphasis> - You can add your two cents to the bug discussion here, if you have - something worthwhile to say.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </section> + <section id="bug_page"> + <title>Anatomy of a Bug</title> + + <para>The core of Bugzilla is the screen which displays a particular + bug. It's a good place to explain some Bugzilla concepts. + <ulink + url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/show_bug.cgi?id=1"> + Bug 1 on Landfill</ulink> + + is a good example. Note that the labels for most fields are hyperlinks; + clicking them will take you to context-sensitive help on that + particular field. Fields marked * may not be present on every + installation of Bugzilla.</para> + + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Product and Component</emphasis>: + Bugs are divided up by Product and Component, with a Product + having one or more Components in it. For example, + bugzilla.mozilla.org's "Bugzilla" Product is composed of several + Components: + <simplelist> + <member> + <emphasis>Administration:</emphasis> + Administration of a Bugzilla installation.</member> - <section id="query"> - <title>Searching for Bugs</title> + <member> + <emphasis>Bugzilla-General:</emphasis> + Anything that doesn't fit in the other components, or spans + multiple components.</member> - <para>The Bugzilla Search page is is the interface where you can find - any bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. You - can play with it here: - <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi"/>.</para> + <member> + <emphasis>Creating/Changing Bugs:</emphasis> + Creating, changing, and viewing bugs.</member> - <para>The Search page has controls for selecting different possible - values for all of the fields in a bug, as described above. For some - fields, multiple values can be selected. In those cases, Bugzilla - returns bugs where the content of the field matches one of the selected - values. If none is selected, then the field can take any value.</para> - - <para>Once you've defined a search, you can either run it, or save it - as a Remembered Query, which can optionally appear in the footer of - your pages.</para> + <member> + <emphasis>Documentation:</emphasis> + The Bugzilla documentation, including The Bugzilla Guide.</member> - <para>Highly advanced querying is done using Boolean Charts.</para> - </section> + <member> + <emphasis>Email:</emphasis> + Anything to do with email sent by Bugzilla.</member> - <section id="list"> - <title>Bug Lists</title> + <member> + <emphasis>Installation:</emphasis> + The installation process of Bugzilla.</member> - <para>If you run a search, a list of matching bugs will be returned. - The default search is to return all open bugs on the system - don't try - running this search on a Bugzilla installation with a lot of - bugs!</para> + <member> + <emphasis>Query/Buglist:</emphasis> + Anything to do with searching for bugs and viewing the + buglists.</member> - <para>The format of the list is configurable. For example, it can be - sorted by clicking the column headings. Other useful features can be - accessed using the links at the bottom of the list: - <simplelist> <member> - <emphasis>Long Format:</emphasis> + <emphasis>Reporting/Charting:</emphasis> + Getting reports from Bugzilla.</member> - this gives you a large page with a non-editable summary of the fields - of each bug.</member> + <member> + <emphasis>User Accounts:</emphasis> + Anything about managing a user account from the user's perspective. + Saved queries, creating accounts, changing passwords, logging in, + etc.</member> <member> - <emphasis>Change Columns:</emphasis> + <emphasis>User Interface:</emphasis> + General issues having to do with the user interface cosmetics (not + functionality) including cosmetic issues, HTML templates, + etc.</member> + </simplelist> + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Status and Resolution:</emphasis> + + These define exactly what state the bug is in - from not even + being confirmed as a bug, through to being fixed and the fix + confirmed by Quality Assurance. The different possible values for + Status and Resolution on your installation should be documented in the + context-sensitive help for those items.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Assigned To:</emphasis> + The person responsible for fixing the bug.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>*URL:</emphasis> + A URL associated with the bug, if any.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Summary:</emphasis> + A one-sentence summary of the problem.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>*Status Whiteboard:</emphasis> + (a.k.a. Whiteboard) A free-form text area for adding short notes + and tags to a bug.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>*Keywords:</emphasis> + The administrator can define keywords which you can use to tag and + categorise bugs - e.g. The Mozilla Project has keywords like crash + and regression.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Platform and OS:</emphasis> + These indicate the computing environment where the bug was + found.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Version:</emphasis> + The "Version" field is usually used for versions of a product which + have been released, and is set to indicate which versions of a + Component have the particular problem the bug report is + about.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Priority:</emphasis> + The bug assignee uses this field to prioritise his or her bugs. + It's a good idea not to change this on other people's bugs.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Severity:</emphasis> + This indicates how severe the problem is - from blocker + ("application unusable") to trivial ("minor cosmetic issue"). You + can also use this field to indicate whether a bug is an enhancement + request.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>*Target:</emphasis> + (a.k.a. Target Milestone) A future version by which the bug is to + be fixed. e.g. The Bugzilla Project's milestones for future + Bugzilla versions are 2.18, 2.20, 3.0, etc. Milestones are not + restricted to numbers, thought - you can use any text strings, such + as dates.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Reporter:</emphasis> + The person who filed the bug.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>CC list:</emphasis> + A list of people who get mail when the bug changes.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Attachments:</emphasis> + You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there + are any attachments, they are listed in this section.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>*Dependencies:</emphasis> + If this bug cannot be fixed unless other bugs are fixed (depends + on), or this bug stops other bugs being fixed (blocks), their + numbers are recorded here.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>*Votes:</emphasis> + Whether this bug has any votes.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis>Additional Comments:</emphasis> + You can add your two cents to the bug discussion here, if you have + something worthwhile to say.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> - change the bug attributes which appear in the list.</member> + <section id="query"> + <title>Searching for Bugs</title> - <member> - <emphasis>Change several bugs at once:</emphasis> + <para>The Bugzilla Search page is is the interface where you can find + any bug report, comment, or patch currently in the Bugzilla system. You + can play with it here: + <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/query.cgi"/>.</para> - If your account is sufficiently empowered, you can make the same - change to all the bugs in the list - for example, changing their - owner.</member> + <para>The Search page has controls for selecting different possible + values for all of the fields in a bug, as described above. For some + fields, multiple values can be selected. In those cases, Bugzilla + returns bugs where the content of the field matches any one of the selected + values. If none is selected, then the field can take any value.</para> - <member> - <emphasis>Send mail to bug owners:</emphasis> + <para>Once you've run a search, you can save it as a Saved Search, which + appears in the page footer.</para> - Sends mail to the owners of all bugs on the list.</member> + <para>Highly advanced querying is done using Boolean Charts. See the + Boolean Charts help link on the Search page for more information.</para> + </section> - <member> - <emphasis>Edit this query:</emphasis> + <section id="list"> + <title>Bug Lists</title> - If you didn't get exactly the results you were looking for, you can - return to the Query page through this link and make small revisions - to the query you just made so you get more accurate results.</member> - </simplelist> + <para>If you run a search, a list of matching bugs will be returned. + </para> + + <para>The format of the list is configurable. For example, it can be + sorted by clicking the column headings. Other useful features can be + accessed using the links at the bottom of the list: + <simplelist> + <member> + <emphasis>Long Format:</emphasis> + + this gives you a large page with a non-editable summary of the fields + of each bug.</member> + + <member> + <emphasis>CSV:</emphasis> + + get the buglist as comma-separated values, for import into e.g. + a spreadsheet.</member> + + <member> + <emphasis>Change Columns:</emphasis> + + change the bug attributes which appear in the list.</member> + + <member> + <emphasis>Change several bugs at once:</emphasis> + + If your account is sufficiently empowered, you can make the same + change to all the bugs in the list - for example, changing their + owner.</member> + + <member> + <emphasis>Send mail to bug owners:</emphasis> + + Sends mail to the owners of all bugs on the list.</member> + + <member> + <emphasis>Edit Search:</emphasis> + + If you didn't get exactly the results you were looking for, you can + return to the Query page through this link and make small revisions + to the query you just made so you get more accurate results.</member> + + <member> + <emphasis>Remember Search As:</emphasis> + + You can give a search a name and remember it; a link will appear + in your page footer giving you quick access to run it again later. + </member> + </simplelist> + </para> + </section> + + <section id="bugreports"> + <title>Filing Bugs</title> + + <para>Years of bug writing experience has been distilled for your + reading pleasure into the + <ulink + url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/bugwritinghelp.html"> + Bug Writing Guidelines</ulink>. + 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.</para> + + <para>The procedure for filing a test bug is as follows:</para> + + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Go to + <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/"> + Landfill</ulink> + in your browser and click + <ulink + url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/enter_bug.cgi"> + Enter a new bug report</ulink>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Select a product - any one will do.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Fill in the fields. Bugzilla should have made reasonable + guesses, based upon your browser, for the "Platform" and "OS" + drop-down boxes. If they are wrong, change them.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Select "Commit" and send in your bug report.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + + <para>Try to make sure that everything said in the summary is also + said in the first comment. Summaries are often updated and this will + ensure your original information is easily accessible. </para> + + <para> + You do not need to put "any" or similar strings in the URL field. + If there is no specific URL associated with the bug, leave this + field blank. + </para> + + <para>If you feel a bug you filed was incorrectly marked as a + DUPLICATE of another, please question it in your bug, not + the bug it was duped to. Feel free to CC the person who duped it + if they are not already CCed. + </para> + + </section> + + <section id="patchviewer"> + <title>Patch Viewer</title> + + <para>Viewing and reviewing patches in Bugzilla is often difficult due to + lack of context, improper format and the inherent readability issues that + raw patches present. Patch Viewer is an enhancement to Bugzilla designed + to fix that by offering increased context, linking to sections, and + integrating with Bonsai, LXR and CVS.</para> + + <para>Patch viewer allows you to:</para> + + <simplelist> + <member>View patches in color, with side-by-side view rather than trying + to interpret the contents of the patch.</member> + <member>See the difference between two patches.</member> + <member>Get more context in a patch.</member> + <member>Collapse and expand sections of a patch for easy + reading.</member> + <member>Link to a particular section of a patch for discussion or + review</member> + <member>Go to Bonsai or LXR to see more context, blame, and + cross-references for the part of the patch you are looking at</member> + <member>Create a rawtext unified format diff out of any patch, no + matter what format it came from</member> + </simplelist> + + <section id="patchviewer_view"> + <title>Viewing Patches in Patch Viewer</title> + <para>The main way to view a patch in patch viewer is to click on the + "Diff" link next to a patch in the Attachments list on a bug. You may + also do this within the edit window by clicking the "View Attachment As + Diff" button in the Edit Attachment screen.</para> </section> - <section id="bugreports"> - <title>Filing Bugs</title> - - <para>Years of bug writing experience has been distilled for your - reading pleasure into the - <ulink - url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/bugwritinghelp.html"> - Bug Writing Guidelines</ulink>. - 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.</para> - - <para>The procedure for filing a test bug is as follows:</para> - - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Go to - <ulink url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/"> - Landfill</ulink> - in your browser and click - <ulink - url="http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/enter_bug.cgi"> - Enter a new bug report</ulink>. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Select a product - any one will do.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Fill in the fields. Bugzilla should have made reasonable - guesses, based upon your browser, for the "Platform" and "OS" - drop-down boxes. If they are wrong, change them.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Select "Commit" and send in your bug report.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> + <section id="patchviewer_diff"> + <title>Seeing the Difference Between Two Patches</title> + <para>To see the difference between two patches, you must first view the + newer patch in Patch Viewer. Then select the older patch from the + dropdown at the top of the page ("Differences between [dropdown] and + this patch") and click the "Diff" button. This will show you what + is new or changed in the newer patch.</para> </section> - <section id="patchviewer"> - <title>Patch Viewer</title> + <section id="patchviewer_context"> + <title>Getting More Context in a Patch</title> + <para>To get more context in a patch, you put a number in the textbox at + the top of Patch Viewer ("Patch / File / [textbox]") and hit enter. + This will give you that many lines of context before and after each + change. Alternatively, you can click on the "File" link there and it + will show each change in the full context of the file. This feature only + works against files that were diffed using "cvs diff".</para> + </section> - <para>Viewing and reviewing patches in Bugzilla is often difficult due to - lack of context, improper format and the inherent readability issues that - raw patches present. Patch Viewer is an enhancement to Bugzilla designed - to fix that by offering increased context, linking to sections, and - integrating with Bonsai, LXR and CVS.</para> + <section id="patchviewer_collapse"> + <title>Collapsing and Expanding Sections of a Patch</title> + <para>To view only a certain set of files in a patch (for example, if a + patch is absolutely huge and you want to only review part of it at a + time), you can click the "(+)" and "(-)" links next to each file (to + expand it or collapse it). If you want to collapse all files or expand + all files, you can click the "Collapse All" and "Expand All" links at the + top of the page.</para> + </section> - <para>Patch viewer allows you to:</para> + <section id="patchviewer_link"> + <title>Linking to a Section of a Patch</title> + <para>To link to a section of a patch (for example, if you want to be + able to give someone a URL to show them which part you are talking + about) you simply click the "Link Here" link on the section header. The + resulting URL can be copied and used in discussion. (Copy Link + Location in Mozilla works as well.)</para> + </section> - <simplelist> - <member>View patches in color, with side-by-side view rather than trying - to interpret the contents of the patch.</member> - <member>See the difference between two patches.</member> - <member>Get more context in a patch.</member> - <member>Collapse and expand sections of a patch for easy - reading.</member> - <member>Link to a particular section of a patch for discussion or - review</member> - <member>Go to Bonsai or LXR to see more context, blame, and - cross-references for the part of the patch you are looking at</member> - <member>Create a rawtext unified format diff out of any patch, no - matter what format it came from</member> - </simplelist> + <section id="patchviewer_bonsai_lxr"> + <title>Going to Bonsai and LXR</title> + <para>To go to Bonsai to get blame for the lines you are interested in, + you can click the "Lines XX-YY" link on the section header you are + interested in. This works even if the patch is against an old + version of the file, since Bonsai stores all versions of the file.</para> - <section id="patchviewer_view"> - <title>Viewing Patches in Patch Viewer</title> - <para>The main way to view a patch in patch viewer is to click on the - "Diff" link next to a patch in the Attachments list on a bug. You may - also do this within the edit window by clicking the "View Attachment As - Diff" button in the Edit Attachment screen.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_diff"> - <title>Seeing the Difference Between Two Patches</title> - <para>To see the difference between two patches, you must first view the - newer patch in Patch Viewer. Then select the older patch from the - dropdown at the top of the page ("Differences between [dropdown] and - this patch") and click the "Diff" button. This will show you what - is new or changed in the newer patch.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_context"> - <title>Getting More Context in a Patch</title> - <para>To get more context in a patch, you put a number in the textbox at - the top of Patch Viewer ("Patch / File / [textbox]") and hit enter. - This will give you that many lines of context before and after each - change. Alternatively, you can click on the "File" link there and it - will show each change in the full context of the file. This feature only - works against files that were diffed using "cvs diff".</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_collapse"> - <title>Collapsing and Expanding Sections of a Patch</title> - <para>To view only a certain set of files in a patch (for example, if a - patch is absolutely huge and you want to only review part of it at a - time), you can click the "(+)" and "(-)" links next to each file (to - expand it or collapse it). If you want to collapse all files or expand - all files, you can click the "Collapse All" and "Expand All" links at the - top of the page.</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_link"> - <title>Linking to a Section of a Patch</title> - <para>To link to a section of a patch (for example, if you want to be - able to give someone a URL to show them which part you are talking - about) you simply click the "Link Here" link on the section header. The - resulting URL can be copied and used in discussion. (Copy Link - Location in Mozilla works as well.)</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_bonsai_lxr"> - <title>Going to Bonsai and LXR</title> - <para>To go to Bonsai to get blame for the lines you are interested in, - you can click the "Lines XX-YY" link on the section header you are - interested in. This works even if the patch is against an old - version of the file, since Bonsai stores all versions of the file.</para> - - <para>To go to LXR, you click on the filename on the file header - (unfortunately, since LXR only does the most recent version, line - numbers are likely to rot).</para> - </section> - - <section id="patchviewer_unified_diff"> - <title>Creating a Unified Diff</title> - <para>If the patch is not in a format that you like, you can turn it - into a unified diff format by clicking the "Raw Unified" link at the top - of the page.</para> - </section> + <para>To go to LXR, you click on the filename on the file header + (unfortunately, since LXR only does the most recent version, line + numbers are likely to rot).</para> + </section> + <section id="patchviewer_unified_diff"> + <title>Creating a Unified Diff</title> + <para>If the patch is not in a format that you like, you can turn it + into a unified diff format by clicking the "Raw Unified" link at the top + of the page.</para> </section> + </section> <section id="hintsandtips"> @@ -475,15 +502,16 @@ <section> <title>Autolinkification</title> - <para>Bugzilla comments are plain text - so posting HTML will result - in literal HTML tags rather than being interpreted by a browser. + <para>Bugzilla comments are plain text - so typing <U> will + produce less-than, U, greater-than rather than underlined text. However, Bugzilla will automatically make hyperlinks out of certain sorts of text in comments. For example, the text - http://www.bugzilla.org will be turned into + "http://www.bugzilla.org" will be turned into a link: <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org"/>. Other strings which get linkified in the obvious manner are: <simplelist> <member>bug 12345</member> + <member>comment 7</member> <member>bug 23456, comment 53</member> <member>attachment 4321</member> <member>mailto:george@example.com</member> @@ -532,7 +560,7 @@ <para> Don't use sigs in comments. Signing your name ("Bill") is acceptable, - particularly if you do it out of habit, but full mail/news-style + if you do it out of habit, but full mail/news-style four line ASCII art creations are not. </para> </section> @@ -556,28 +584,13 @@ reverse order and edit the referring file so that they point to the attached files. This way, the test case works immediately out of the bug. - </para> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Filing Bugs</title> - - <para>Try to make sure that everything said in the summary is also - said in the first comment. Summaries are often updated and this will - ensure your original information is easily accessible. - </para> - - <para> - You do not need to put "any" or similar strings in the URL field. - If there is no specific URL associated with the bug, leave this - field blank. - </para> - - <para>If you feel a bug you filed was incorrectly marked as a - DUPLICATE of another, please question it in your bug, not - the bug it was duped to. Feel free to CC the person who duped it - if they are not already CCed. </para> + <para>Bugzilla stores and uses a Content-Type for each attachment + (e.g. text/html). To download an attachment as a different + Content-Type (e.g. application/xhtml+xml), you can override this + using a 'content-type' parameter on the URL, e.g. + <filename>&content-type=text/plain</filename>. + </para> </section> </section> @@ -586,7 +599,7 @@ <para>Once you have logged in, you can customise various aspects of Bugzilla via the "Edit prefs" link in the page footer. - The preferences are split into four tabs:</para> + The preferences are split into three tabs:</para> <section id="accountsettings" xreflabel="Account Settings"> <title>Account Settings</title> @@ -608,9 +621,16 @@ <para>On this tab you can reduce or increase the amount of email sent you from Bugzilla, opting in our out depending on your relationship to - the bug and the change that was made to it. (Note that you can also do - client-side filtering using the X-Bugzilla-Reason header which Bugzilla - adds to all bugmail.)</para> + the bug and the change that was made to it. + </para> + + <para> + You can also do further filtering on the client side by + using the X-Bugzilla-Reason mail header which Bugzilla + adds to all bugmail. This tells you what relationship you have to the + bug in question, + and can be any of Owner, Reporter, QAcontact, CClist, Voter and + WatchingComponent.</para> <para>By entering user email names, delineated by commas, into the "Users to watch" text entry box you can receive a copy of all the @@ -625,15 +645,6 @@ </note> </section> - <section id="footersettings"> - <title>Page Footer</title> - - <para>On the Search page, you can store queries in Bugzilla, so if you - regularly run a particular query it is just a drop-down menu away. - Once you have a stored query, you can come - here to request that it also be displayed in your page footer.</para> - </section> - <section id="permissionsettings"> <title>Permissions</title> @@ -643,6 +654,11 @@ functions.</para> </section> </section> + <section id="reporting"> + <title>Reports</title> + <para><emphasis>To be written</emphasis></para> + </section> + </chapter> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file |