From 2d4d7c92bfb4ce18e4413b1e66f30bd62a44e6ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "barnboy%trilobyte.net" <> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:11:45 +0000 Subject: Updated Bugzilla Guide and README to fix bug 76156, bug 76841, and bug 26242. The README is now gutted, pointers to Guide. Also some new sections added, old ones fixed, and notes appended to deprecated sections I've not yet had the heart to remove. --- docs/html/whatis.html | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/html/whatis.html') 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? 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.

  • integration with several automated software configuration management systems +> available integration with automated software configuration management systems, including + Perforce and CVS.

  • 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". +

    Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It is under very -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b