From bf8ac7551058df22dd5eb712631d9e383fc587a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "barnboy%trilobyte.net" <>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:44:14 +0000
Subject: Big checkin of docs to resolve every known outstanding doc bug! Yay
release. Still many things to fix. Aren't there always?
---
docs/sgml/glossary.sgml | 156 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 150 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
(limited to 'docs/sgml/glossary.sgml')
diff --git a/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml b/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml
index 71ba2dd36..faa4d1781 100644
--- a/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -26,9 +26,16 @@
A
- There are no entries for 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.
@@ -70,8 +77,77 @@
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
@@ -81,7 +157,22 @@
-
+
+
+ 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
@@ -108,6 +199,17 @@
+
+ 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.
+
+
@@ -129,8 +231,8 @@
R
-
- Recursion
+
+ Recursion
The property of a function looking back at itself for
something. GNU
, for instance, stands for
@@ -140,10 +242,52 @@
+
+
+ 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
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