From 74bcd6f1f81aa9d6cc06de9e22ca4922a9e36b89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gerv%gerv.net" <>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 06:19:08 +0000
Subject: More documentation updates.
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+
+
+ 0-9, high ascii
+
+
+ .htaccess
+
+
+ Apache web server, and other NCSA-compliant web servers,
+ observe the convention of using files in directories called
+ .htaccess
+
+ to restrict access to certain files. In Bugzilla, they are used
+ to keep secret files which would otherwise
+ compromise your installation - e.g. the
+ localconfig
+
+ file contains the password to your database. If this information were
+ generally available, and remote access to your database turned on,
+ you risk corruption of your database by computer criminals or the
+ curious.
+
+
+
+
+
+ A
+
+
+ Apache
+
+
+ In this context, Apache is the web server most commonly used
+ for serving up
+ Bugzilla
+
+ pages. Contrary to popular belief, the apache web server has nothing
+ to do with the ancient and noble Native American tribe, but instead
+ derived its name from the fact that it was
+ a patchy
+
+ version of the original
+ NCSA
+
+ world-wide-web server.
+
+
+
+
+
+ B
+
+
+ Bug
+
+
+ A
+ Bug
+
+ in Bugzilla refers to an issue entered into the database which has an
+ associated number, assignments, comments, etc. Some also refer to a
+ tickets
+ or
+ issues
;
+ in the context of Bugzilla, they are synonymous.
+
+
+
+
+ Bug Number
+
+
+ Each Bugzilla Bug is assigned a number that uniquely identifies
+ that Bug. The Bug associated with a Bug Number can be pulled up via a
+ query, or easily from the very front page by typing the number in the
+ "Find" box.
+
+
+
+
+ Bug Life Cycle
+
+
+ A Bug has stages through which it must pass before becoming a
+ closed bug
,
+ including acceptance, resolution, and verification. The
+ Bug Life Cycle
+
+ is moderately flexible according to the needs of the organization
+ using it, though.
+
+
+
+
+ Bugzilla
+
+
+ Bugzilla is the industry-standard bug tracking system. It is
+ quite popular among Open Source enthusiasts.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Component
+
+
+ A Component is a subsection of a Product. It should be a narrow
+ category, tailored to your organization. All Products must contain at
+ least one Component (and, as a matter of fact, creating a Product
+ with no Components will create an error in Bugzilla).
+
+
+
+
+
+ CPAN
+
+
+
+
+ CPAN
+
+ stands for the
+ Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
+
+ . CPAN maintains a large number of extremely useful
+ Perl
+
+ modules. By themselves, Perl modules generally do nothing, but when
+ used as part of a larger program, they provide much-needed algorithms
+ and functionality.
+
+
+
+
+
+ D
+
+
+ daemon
+
+
+ A daemon is a computer program which runs in the background. In
+ general, most daemons are started at boot time via System V init
+ scripts, or through RC scripts on BSD-based systems.
+ mysqld,
+ the MySQL server, and
+ apache,
+ a web server, are generally run as daemons.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Groups
+
+
+ The word
+ Groups
+
+ has a very special meaning to Bugzilla. Bugzilla's main security
+ mechanism comes by lumping users into groups, and assigning those
+ groups certain privileges to
+ Products
+
+ and
+ Components
+
+ in the
+ Bugzilla
+
+ database.
+
+
+
+
+
+ I
+
+
+ Infinite Loop
+
+
+ A loop of information that never ends; see recursion.
+
+
+
+
+
+ M
+
+
+ mysqld
+
+
+ mysqld is the name of the
+ daemon
+
+ for the MySQL database. In general, it is invoked automatically
+ through the use of the System V init scripts on GNU/Linux and
+ AT&T System V-based systems, such as Solaris and HP/UX, or
+ through the RC scripts on BSD-based systems.
+
+
+
+
+
+ P
+
+
+ Product
+
+
+ A Product is a broad category of types of bugs. In general,
+ there are several Components to a Product. A Product may also define a
+ group (used for security) for all bugs entered into
+ components beneath it.
+
+
+
+
+ Perl
+
+
+ First written by Larry Wall, Perl is a remarkable program
+ language. It has the benefits of the flexibility of an interpreted
+ scripting language (such as shell script), combined with the speed
+ and power of a compiled language, such as C.
+ Bugzilla
+
+ is maintained in Perl.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Q
+
+
+ QA
+
+
+
+ QA
,
+ Q/A
, and
+ Q.A.
+ are short for
+ Quality Assurance
.
+ In most large software development organizations, there is a team
+ devoted to ensuring the product meets minimum standards before
+ shipping. This team will also generally want to track the progress of
+ bugs over their life cycle, thus the need for the
+ QA Contact
+
+ field in a Bug.
+
+
+
+
+
+ R
+
+
+ Recursion
+
+
+ The property of a function looking back at itself for
+ something.
+ GNU
, for instance, stands for
+ GNU's Not UNIX
,
+ thus recursing upon itself for definition. For further clarity, see
+ Infinite Loop.
+
+
+
+
+
+ S
+
+
+
+ SGML
+
+
+
+
+ SGML
+
+ stands for
+ Standard Generalized Markup Language
.
+ Created in the 1980's to provide an extensible means to maintain
+ documentation based upon content instead of presentation,
+ SGML
+
+ has withstood the test of time as a robust, powerful language.
+
+ XML
+
+
+ is the
+ baby brother
+
+ of SGML; any valid
+ XML
+
+ document it, by definition, a valid
+ SGML
+
+ document. The document you are reading is written and maintained in
+ SGML,
+ and is also valid
+ XML
+
+ if you modify the Document Type Definition.
+
+
+
+
+
+ T
+
+
+ Target Milestone
+
+
+ Target Milestones are Product goals. They are configurable on a
+ per-Product basis. Most software development houses have a concept of
+
+ milestones
+
+ where the people funding a project expect certain functionality on
+ certain dates. Bugzilla facilitates meeting these milestones by
+ giving you the ability to declare by which milestone a bug will be
+ fixed, or an enhancement will be implemented.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Z
+
+
+ Zarro Boogs Found
+
+
+ This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a query
+ returned no results. It is just a goofy way of saying "Zero Bugs
+ Found".
+
+
+
+
-
-
- 0-9, high ascii
-
- .htaccess
-
-
- Apache web server, and other NCSA-compliant web servers,
- observe the convention of using files in directories
- called .htaccess files. These
- restrict parameters of the web server. In Bugzilla, they
- are used to restrict access to certain files which would
- otherwise compromise your installation. For instance, the
- localconfig file contains the
- password to your database. If this information were
- generally available, and remote access to your database
- turned on, you risk corruption of your database by
- computer criminals or the curious.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- A
-
- Apache
-
- In this context, Apache is the web server most
- commonly used for serving up
- Bugzilla pages. Contrary to
- popular belief, the apache web server has nothing to do
- with the ancient and noble Native American tribe, but
- instead derived its name from the fact that it was
- a patchy
version of the original
- NCSA world-wide-web server.
-
-
-
-
-
- B
-
- Bug
-
-
- A Bug
in Bugzilla refers to an issue
- entered into the database which has an associated number,
- assignments, comments, etc. Some also refer to a
- tickets
or issues
; in the
- context of Bugzilla, they are synonymous.
-
-
-
-
-
- Bug Number
-
-
- Each Bugzilla Bug is assigned a number that uniquely
- identifies that Bug. The Bug associated with a Bug Number
- can be pulled up via a query, or easily from the very
- front page by typing the number in the "Find" box.
-
-
-
-
-
- Bug Life Cycle
-
- A Bug has stages through which it must pass before
- becoming a closed bug
, including
- acceptance, resolution, and verification. The Bug
- Life Cycle
is moderately flexible according to
- the needs of the organization using it, though.
-
-
-
-
- Bugzilla
-
-
- Bugzilla is the industry-standard bug tracking system. It
- is quite popular among Open Source enthusiasts.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Component
-
-
- A Component is a subsection of a Product. It should be a
- narrow category, tailored to your organization. All
- Products must contain at least one Component (and, as a
- matter of fact, creating a Product with no Components will
- create an error in Bugzilla).
-
-
-
-
- CPAN
-
- CPAN stands for the
- Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
. CPAN
- maintains a large number of extremely useful
- Perl modules. By themselves, Perl
- modules generally do nothing, but when used as part of a
- larger program, they provide much-needed algorithms and
- functionality.
-
-
-
-
-
- D
-
- daemon
-
- A daemon is a computer program which runs in the
- background. In general, most daemons are started at boot
- time via System V init scripts, or through RC scripts on
- BSD-based systems. mysqld, the
- MySQL server, and apache, a web
- server, are generally run as daemons.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Groups
-
- The word Groups
has a very special
- meaning to Bugzilla. Bugzilla's main security mechanism
- comes by lumping users into groups, and assigning those
- groups certain privileges to
- Products and
- Components in the
- Bugzilla database.
-
-
-
-
-
- I
-
- Infinite Loop
-
- A loop of information that never ends; see recursion.
-
-
-
-
-
- M
-
- mysqld
-
- mysqld is the name of the
- daemon for the MySQL database. In
- general, it is invoked automatically through the use of
- the System V init scripts on GNU/Linux and AT&T System
- V-based systems, such as Solaris and HP/UX, or through the
- RC scripts on BSD-based systems.
-
-
-
-
-
- P
-
- Product
-
- A Product is a broad category of types of bugs. In
- general, there are several Components to a Product. A
- Product also defines a default Group (used for Bug
- Security) for all bugs entered into components beneath
- it.
-
- A Sample Product
- A company sells a software product called
- X
. They also maintain some older
- software called Y
, and have a secret
- project Z
. An effective use of Products
- might be to create Products X
,
- Y
, Z
, each with Components
- of User Interface, Database, and Business Logic. They
- might also change group permissions so that only those
- people who are members of Group Z
can see
- components and bugs under Product
- Z
.
-
-
-
-
- Perl
-
- First written by Larry Wall, Perl is a remarkable
- program language. It has the benefits of the flexibility
- of an interpreted scripting language (such as shell
- script), combined with the speed and power of a compiled
- language, such as C. Bugzilla is
- maintained in Perl.
-
-
-
-
-
- Q
-
- QA
-
- QA
, Q/A
, and
- Q.A.
are short for Quality
- Assurance
. In most large software development
- organizations, there is a team devoted to ensuring the
- product meets minimum standards before shipping. This
- team will also generally want to track the progress of
- bugs over their life cycle, thus the need for the
- QA Contact
field in a Bug.
-
-
-
-
-
- R
-
- Recursion
-
- The property of a function looking back at itself for
- something. GNU
, for instance, stands for
- GNU's Not UNIX
, thus recursing upon itself
- for definition. For further clarity, see Infinite
- Loop.
-
-
-
-
-
- S
-
- SGML
-
- SGML stands for Standard
- Generalized Markup Language
. Created in the
- 1980's to provide an extensible means to maintain
- documentation based upon content instead of presentation,
- SGML has withstood the test of time as
- a robust, powerful language.
- XML is the
- baby brother
of SGML; any valid
- XML document it, by definition, a valid
- SGML document. The document you are
- reading is written and maintained in
- SGML, and is also valid
- XML if you modify the Document Type
- Definition.
-
-
-
-
-
- T
-
- Target Milestone
-
-
- Target Milestones are Product goals. They are
- configurable on a per-Product basis. Most software
- development houses have a concept of
- milestones
where the people funding a
- project expect certain functionality on certain dates.
- Bugzilla facilitates meeting these milestones by giving
- you the ability to declare by which milestone a bug will be
- fixed, or an enhancement will be implemented.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Z
-
- Zarro Boogs Found
-
- This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a
- query returned no results. It is just a goofy way of
- saying "Zero Bugs Found".
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
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