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diff --git a/docs/sgml/administration.sgml b/docs/sgml/administration.sgml
index 847527203..b09de7666 100644
--- a/docs/sgml/administration.sgml
+++ b/docs/sgml/administration.sgml
@@ -38,27 +38,24 @@
<step>
<para>
- <command>usebuggroups</command>:
- This dictates whether or not to implement group-based security for
- Bugzilla. If set, Bugzilla bugs can have an associated 'group',
- defining which users are allowed to see and edit the
- bug.</para>
-
- <para>Set "usebuggroups" to "on"
- <emphasis>only</emphasis>
- if you may wish to restrict access to particular bugs to certain
- groups of users. I suggest leaving
- this parameter <emphasis>off</emphasis>
- while initially testing your Bugzilla.</para>
+ <command>makeproductgroups</command>:
+ This dictates whether or not to automatically create groups
+ when new products are created.
+ </para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
- <command>usebuggroupsentry</command>:
- Bugzilla Products can have a group associated with them, so that
- certain users can only see bugs in certain products. When this parameter
- is set to <quote>on</quote>, this places all newly-created bugs in the
- group for their product immediately.</para>
+ <command>useentrygroupdefault</command>:
+ Bugzilla products can have a group associated with them, so that
+ certain users can only see bugs in certain products. When this
+ parameter is set to <quote>on</quote>, this
+ causes the initial group controls on newly created products
+ to place all newly-created bugs in the group
+ having the same name as the product immediately.
+ After a product is initially created, the group controls
+ can be further adjusted without interference by
+ this mechanism.</para>
</step>
<step>
@@ -648,44 +645,83 @@
<para>Groups allow the administrator
to isolate bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people.
- There are two types of group - Generic Groups, and Product-Based Groups.
+ The association between products and groups is controlled from
+ the product edit page under <quote>Edit Group Controls.</quote>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If the makeproductgroups param is on, a new group will be automatically
+ created for every new product.
</para>
<para>
- Product-Based Groups are matched with products, and allow you to restrict
- access to bugs on a per-product basis. They are enabled using the
- usebuggroups Param. Turning on the usebuggroupsentry
- Param will mean bugs automatically get added to their product group when
- filed.
+ On the product edit page, there is a page to edit the
+ <quote>Group Controls</quote>
+ for a product and determine which groups are applicable, default,
+ and mandatory for each product as well as controlling entry
+ for each product and being able to set bugs in a product to be
+ totally read-only unless some group restrictions are met.
</para>
<para>
- Generic Groups have no special relationship to products;
- you create them, and put bugs in them
- as required. One example of the use of Generic Groups
- is Mozilla's "Security" group,
- into which security-sensitive bugs are placed until fixed. Only the
- Mozilla Security Team are members of this group.
+ For each group, it is possible to specify if membership in that
+ group is...
</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ required for bug entry,
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Not applicable to this product(NA),
+ a possible restriction for a member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Shown),
+ a default restriction for a member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Default),
+ or a mandatory restriction to be placed on bugs
+ in this product(Mandatory).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Not applicable by non-members to this product(NA),
+ a possible restriction for a non-member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Shown),
+ a default restriction for a non-member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Default),
+ or a mandatory restriction to be placed on bugs
+ in this product when entered by a non-member(Mandatory).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ required in order to make <emphasis>any</emphasis> change
+ to bugs in this product <emphasis>including comments.</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
- <para>To create Generic Groups:</para>
+ <para>To create Groups:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Select the "groups"
+ <para>Select the <quote>groups</quote>
link in the footer.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the "Edit
- Groups" screen, then select the "Add Group" link.</para>
+ <para>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the <quote>Edit
+ Groups</quote> screen, then select the <quote>Add Group</quote> link.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fill out the "Group", "Description", and
- "User RegExp" fields. "New User RegExp" allows you to automatically
+ <para>Fill out the <quote>Group</quote>, <quote>Description</quote>,
+ and <quote>User RegExp</quote> fields.
+ <quote>User RegExp</quote> allows you to automatically
place all users who fulfill the Regular Expression into the new group.
- When you have finished, click "Add".</para>
+ When you have finished, click <quote>Add</quote>.</para>
<warning>
<para>The User Regexp is a perl regexp and, if not anchored, will match
any part of an address. So, if you do not want to grant access
@@ -701,28 +737,15 @@
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para>To use Product-Based Groups:</para>
-
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Turn on "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit
- Parameters" screen.</para>
-
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>In future, when you create a Product, a matching group will be
- automatically created. If you need to add a Product Group to
- a Product which was created before you turned on usebuggroups,
- then simply create a new group, as outlined above, with the
- same name as the Product.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-
<para>
Note that group permissions are such that you need to be a member
of <emphasis>all</emphasis> the groups a bug is in, for whatever
- reason, to see that bug.
+ reason, to see that bug. Similarly, you must be a member
+ of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the entry groups for a product
+ to add bugs to a product and you must be a member
+ of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the canedit groups for a product
+ in order to make <emphasis>any</emphasis> change to bugs in that
+ product.
</para>
</section>
diff --git a/docs/xml/administration.xml b/docs/xml/administration.xml
index 847527203..b09de7666 100644
--- a/docs/xml/administration.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/administration.xml
@@ -38,27 +38,24 @@
<step>
<para>
- <command>usebuggroups</command>:
- This dictates whether or not to implement group-based security for
- Bugzilla. If set, Bugzilla bugs can have an associated 'group',
- defining which users are allowed to see and edit the
- bug.</para>
-
- <para>Set "usebuggroups" to "on"
- <emphasis>only</emphasis>
- if you may wish to restrict access to particular bugs to certain
- groups of users. I suggest leaving
- this parameter <emphasis>off</emphasis>
- while initially testing your Bugzilla.</para>
+ <command>makeproductgroups</command>:
+ This dictates whether or not to automatically create groups
+ when new products are created.
+ </para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
- <command>usebuggroupsentry</command>:
- Bugzilla Products can have a group associated with them, so that
- certain users can only see bugs in certain products. When this parameter
- is set to <quote>on</quote>, this places all newly-created bugs in the
- group for their product immediately.</para>
+ <command>useentrygroupdefault</command>:
+ Bugzilla products can have a group associated with them, so that
+ certain users can only see bugs in certain products. When this
+ parameter is set to <quote>on</quote>, this
+ causes the initial group controls on newly created products
+ to place all newly-created bugs in the group
+ having the same name as the product immediately.
+ After a product is initially created, the group controls
+ can be further adjusted without interference by
+ this mechanism.</para>
</step>
<step>
@@ -648,44 +645,83 @@
<para>Groups allow the administrator
to isolate bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people.
- There are two types of group - Generic Groups, and Product-Based Groups.
+ The association between products and groups is controlled from
+ the product edit page under <quote>Edit Group Controls.</quote>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If the makeproductgroups param is on, a new group will be automatically
+ created for every new product.
</para>
<para>
- Product-Based Groups are matched with products, and allow you to restrict
- access to bugs on a per-product basis. They are enabled using the
- usebuggroups Param. Turning on the usebuggroupsentry
- Param will mean bugs automatically get added to their product group when
- filed.
+ On the product edit page, there is a page to edit the
+ <quote>Group Controls</quote>
+ for a product and determine which groups are applicable, default,
+ and mandatory for each product as well as controlling entry
+ for each product and being able to set bugs in a product to be
+ totally read-only unless some group restrictions are met.
</para>
<para>
- Generic Groups have no special relationship to products;
- you create them, and put bugs in them
- as required. One example of the use of Generic Groups
- is Mozilla's "Security" group,
- into which security-sensitive bugs are placed until fixed. Only the
- Mozilla Security Team are members of this group.
+ For each group, it is possible to specify if membership in that
+ group is...
</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ required for bug entry,
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Not applicable to this product(NA),
+ a possible restriction for a member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Shown),
+ a default restriction for a member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Default),
+ or a mandatory restriction to be placed on bugs
+ in this product(Mandatory).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Not applicable by non-members to this product(NA),
+ a possible restriction for a non-member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Shown),
+ a default restriction for a non-member of the
+ group to place on a bug in this product(Default),
+ or a mandatory restriction to be placed on bugs
+ in this product when entered by a non-member(Mandatory).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ required in order to make <emphasis>any</emphasis> change
+ to bugs in this product <emphasis>including comments.</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
- <para>To create Generic Groups:</para>
+ <para>To create Groups:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Select the "groups"
+ <para>Select the <quote>groups</quote>
link in the footer.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the "Edit
- Groups" screen, then select the "Add Group" link.</para>
+ <para>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the <quote>Edit
+ Groups</quote> screen, then select the <quote>Add Group</quote> link.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fill out the "Group", "Description", and
- "User RegExp" fields. "New User RegExp" allows you to automatically
+ <para>Fill out the <quote>Group</quote>, <quote>Description</quote>,
+ and <quote>User RegExp</quote> fields.
+ <quote>User RegExp</quote> allows you to automatically
place all users who fulfill the Regular Expression into the new group.
- When you have finished, click "Add".</para>
+ When you have finished, click <quote>Add</quote>.</para>
<warning>
<para>The User Regexp is a perl regexp and, if not anchored, will match
any part of an address. So, if you do not want to grant access
@@ -701,28 +737,15 @@
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- <para>To use Product-Based Groups:</para>
-
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Turn on "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit
- Parameters" screen.</para>
-
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>In future, when you create a Product, a matching group will be
- automatically created. If you need to add a Product Group to
- a Product which was created before you turned on usebuggroups,
- then simply create a new group, as outlined above, with the
- same name as the Product.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-
<para>
Note that group permissions are such that you need to be a member
of <emphasis>all</emphasis> the groups a bug is in, for whatever
- reason, to see that bug.
+ reason, to see that bug. Similarly, you must be a member
+ of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the entry groups for a product
+ to add bugs to a product and you must be a member
+ of <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the canedit groups for a product
+ in order to make <emphasis>any</emphasis> change to bugs in that
+ product.
</para>
</section>