From 1f2ff6b73ad75be50164e69235ef2c4bc374cf82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mozilla%colinogilvie.co.uk" <> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:52 +0000 Subject: Bug 252272: Allow extremely large attachments to be stored locally Patch by A. Karl Kornel , r=joel,colin --- docs/xml/using.xml | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/xml/using.xml') diff --git a/docs/xml/using.xml b/docs/xml/using.xml index d6c14dbd1..720f461e9 100644 --- a/docs/xml/using.xml +++ b/docs/xml/using.xml @@ -234,8 +234,12 @@ Attachments: - You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there - are any attachments, they are listed in this section. + You can attach files (e.g. testcases or patches) to bugs. If there + are any attachments, they are listed in this section. Attachments are + normally stored in the Bugzilla database, unless they are marked as + Big Files, which are stored directly on disk and (unlike attachments + kept in the database) may be deleted at some future time. + @@ -774,7 +778,17 @@ Content-Type (e.g. application/xhtml+xml), you can override this using a 'content-type' parameter on the URL, e.g. &content-type=text/plain. - + + + + If you have a really large attachment, something that does not need to + be recorded forever (as most attachments are), you can mark your + attachment as a Big File, Assuming the administrator of the + installation has enabled this feature. Big Files are stored directly on + disk instead of in the database, and can be deleted when it is no longer + needed. The maximum size of a Big File is normally larger than the + maximum size of a regular attachment. + -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b