summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/html/glossary.html
blob: dd2cead5a614d2d34cfdec20ac6f1d08645125b5 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>Glossary</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.61
"><LINK
REL="HOME"
TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide"
HREF="index.html"><LINK
REL="PREVIOUS"
TITLE="How to use this License for your documents"
HREF="gfdl_howto.html"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="GLOSSARY"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
TEXT="#000000"
LINK="#0000FF"
VLINK="#840084"
ALINK="#0000FF"
><DIV
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TH
COLSPAN="3"
ALIGN="center"
>The Bugzilla Guide</TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="bottom"
><A
HREF="gfdl_howto.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="80%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom"
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="bottom"
>&nbsp;</TD
></TR
></TABLE
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSARY"
><H1
><A
NAME="GLOSSARY"
>Glossary</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_A"
>A</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><B
>There are no entries for A</B
></DT
><DD
><P
></P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_B"
>B</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><B
>Bug</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>A "Bug" in Bugzilla refers to an issue entered into the database which has an associated number, assignments, comments, etc.  Many also refer to a "Ticket" or "Issue"; in this context, they are synonymous.</P
></DD
><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
></DD
><DT
><B
>Bug Life Cycle</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>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.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_I"
>I</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><A
NAME="GLOSS_INFINITELOOP"
><B
>Infinite Loop</B
></A
></DT
><DD
><P
><EM
>See: </EM
><A
HREF="glossary.html#GLOSS_RECURSION"
>Recursion</A
></P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_P"
>P</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><B
>Product</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>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.</P
><DIV
CLASS="EXAMPLE"
><A
NAME="AEN1735"
></A
><P
><B
>Example 1. A Sample Product</B
></P
><P
>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", and "Z", each with Components "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".</P
></DIV
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_Q"
>Q</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><B
>Q/A</B
></DT
><DD
><P
>"Q/A" is 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 "Q/A Contact" field in a Bug.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_R"
>R</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><B
>Recursion</B
></DT
><DD
><P
><EM
>See: </EM
><A
HREF="glossary.html#GLOSS_INFINITELOOP"
>Infinite Loop</A
></P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><H1
CLASS="GLOSSDIV"
><A
NAME="GLOSS_Z"
>Z</A
></H1
><DL
><DT
><B
>Zarro Boogs Found</B
></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
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
><HR
ALIGN="LEFT"
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
CELLPADDING="0"
CELLSPACING="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="gfdl_howto.html"
>Prev</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
><A
HREF="index.html"
>Home</A
></TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>&nbsp;</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="left"
VALIGN="top"
>How to use this License for your documents</TD
><TD
WIDTH="34%"
ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="top"
>&nbsp;</TD
><TD
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
>&nbsp;</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>