From d8caf6045d10344c431918128e3803ca497565f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "gerv%gerv.net" <> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 05:00:17 +0000 Subject: Merging new docs from 2.16 branch. --- docs/xml/about.xml | 104 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/xml/about.xml') diff --git a/docs/xml/about.xml b/docs/xml/about.xml index 62e486573..b4349644a 100644 --- a/docs/xml/about.xml +++ b/docs/xml/about.xml @@ -4,40 +4,6 @@ About This Guide -
- Purpose and Scope of this Guide - - Bugzilla is simply the best piece of bug-tracking software the - world has ever seen. This document is intended to be the - comprehensive guide to the installation, administration, - maintenance, and use of the Bugzilla bug-tracking system. - - - This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the - &bzg-ver; release. It is so named that it - may match the current version of Bugzilla. The numbering - tradition stems from that used for many free software projects, - in which even-numbered point releases (1.2, - 1.14, etc.) are considered "stable releases", intended for - public consumption; on the other hand, - odd-numbered point releases (1.3, 2.09, - etc.) are considered unstable development - releases intended for advanced users, systems administrators, - developers, and those who enjoy a lot of pain. - - - Newer revisions of the Bugzilla Guide follow the numbering - conventions of the main-tree Bugzilla releases, available at - &bz;. Intermediate releases will have - a minor revision number following a period. The current version - of Bugzilla, as of this writing (&bzg-date;) is &bz-ver;; if - something were seriously wrong with that edition of the Guide, - subsequent releases would receive an additional dotted-decimal - digit to indicate the update (&bzg-ver;.1, &bzg-ver;.2, etc.). - Got it? Good. - -
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@@ -64,12 +34,11 @@ No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples, and other content at your own risk. - As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors - and inaccuracies that may damage your system. Use of this - document may cause your girlfriend to leave you, your cats to - pee on your furniture and clothing, your computer to cease - functioning, your boss to fire you, and global thermonuclear - war. Proceed with caution. + This document may contain errors + and inaccuracies that may damage your system, cause your partner + to leave you, your boss to fire you, your cats to + pee on your furniture and clothing, and global thermonuclear + war. Proceed with caution. All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless @@ -100,7 +69,7 @@ team members, Netscape Communications, America Online Inc., and any affiliated developers or sponsors assume no liability for your use of this product. You have the source code to this - product, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to insure + product, and are responsible for auditing it yourself to ensure your security needs are met.
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New Versions - This is the &bzg-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. If you are + This is the &bzg-ver; version of The Bugzilla Guide. It is so named + to match the current version of Bugzilla. If you are reading this from any source other than those below, please check one of these mirrors to make sure you are reading an up-to-date version of the Guide. @@ -134,9 +104,16 @@ - The latest version of this document can be checked out via CVS. - Please follow the instructions available at the Mozilla CVS page, and check out the mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/ branch. + The latest version of this document can always be checked out via CVS. + Please follow the instructions available at + the Mozilla CVS page, + and check out the mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/ + subtree. + + + The Bugzilla Guide is currently only available in English. + If you would like to volunteer to translate it, please contact + Dave Miller.
@@ -144,13 +121,14 @@ Credits The people listed below have made enormous contributions to the - creation of this Guide, through their dedicated hacking efforts, + creation of this Guide, through their writing, dedicated hacking efforts, numerous e-mail and IRC support sessions, and overall excellent contribution to the Bugzilla community: Matthew P. Barnson - for pulling together the Bugzilla Guide and shepherding it to 2.14. + for the Herculaean task of pulling together the Bugzilla Guide and + shepherding it to 2.14. Terry Weissman @@ -158,13 +136,13 @@ README upon which the UNIX installation documentation is largely based. - Tara - Hernandez for keeping Bugzilla development going - strong after Terry left Mozilla.org + Tara Hernandez + for keeping Bugzilla development going + strong after Terry left mozilla.org - Dave Lawrence for - providing insight into the key differences between Red Hat's + Dave Lawrence + for providing insight into the key differences between Red Hat's customized Bugzilla, and being largely responsible for the "Red Hat Bugzilla" appendix @@ -174,8 +152,8 @@ questions and arguments on irc.mozilla.org in #mozwebtools - Last but not least, all the members of the netscape.public.mozilla.webtools newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened. + Last but not least, all the members of the + netscape.public.mozilla.webtools newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened. Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions @@ -183,19 +161,7 @@ Zach Liption, Andrew Pearson, Spencer Smith, Eric Hanson, Kevin Brannen, - Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins. - - - -
- Translations - - The Bugzilla Guide needs translators! Please volunteer your - translation into the language of your choice. If you will - translate this Guide, please notify the members of the - mozilla-webtools mailing list at - mozilla-webtools@mozilla.org, and arrange with - &bzg-auth; to check it into CVS. + Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins, Gervase Markham.
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