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>In this context, Apache is the web server most commonly used
for serving up
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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
<SPAN
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version of the original
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world-wide-web server.</P
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><DT
><B
>Bug</B
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><DD
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>A
<SPAN
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>"bug"</SPAN
>
in Bugzilla refers to an issue entered into the database which has an
associated number, assignments, comments, etc. Some also refer to a
<SPAN
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>"tickets"</SPAN
>
or
<SPAN
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>"issues"</SPAN
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in the context of Bugzilla, they are synonymous.</P
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><DT
><B
>Bug Number</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>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.</P
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><DT
><B
>Bugzilla</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>Bugzilla is the world-leading free software bug tracking system.
</P
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><DD
><P
>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).</P
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> <SPAN
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>CPAN</SPAN
>
</B
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> <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>CPAN</SPAN
>
stands for the
<SPAN
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>"Comprehensive Perl Archive Network"</SPAN
>.
CPAN maintains a large number of extremely useful
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modules - encapsulated chunks of code for performing a
particular task.</P
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>daemon</B
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>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.
<I
CLASS="glossterm"
>mysqld</I
>,
the MySQL server, and
<I
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>apache</I
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a web server, are generally run as daemons.</P
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>The word
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has a very special meaning to Bugzilla. Bugzilla's main security
mechanism comes by placing users in groups, and assigning those
groups certain privileges to view bugs in particular
<I
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>Products</I
>
in the
<I
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>Bugzilla</I
>
database.</P
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>mysqld</B
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><P
>mysqld is the name of the
<I
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>daemon</I
>
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
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>Product</B
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><P
>A Product is a broad category of types of bugs, normally
representing a single piece of software or entity. In general,
there are several Components to a Product. A Product may define a
group (used for security) for all bugs entered into
its Components.</P
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>Perl</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>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.
<I
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>Bugzilla</I
>
is maintained in Perl.</P
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>QA</B
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> <SPAN
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<SPAN
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>"Q/A"</SPAN
>, and
<SPAN
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>"Q.A."</SPAN
>
are short for
<SPAN
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>"Quality Assurance"</SPAN
>.
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
<SPAN
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field in a bug.</P
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</B
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> <SPAN
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stands for
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Created in the 1980's to provide an extensible means to maintain
documentation based upon content instead of presentation,
<SPAN
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has withstood the test of time as a robust, powerful language.
<I
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</I
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is the
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of SGML; any valid
<SPAN
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document it, by definition, a valid
<SPAN
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document. The document you are reading is written and maintained in
<SPAN
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and is also valid
<SPAN
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if you modify the Document Type Definition.</P
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>Target Milestones are Product goals. They are configurable on a
per-Product basis. Most software development houses have a concept of
<SPAN
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>
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.</P
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></DT
><DD
><P
>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".</P
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