Commit 78e1dc6b authored by gerv%gerv.net's avatar gerv%gerv.net

The first installment of Gerv's spanking of the Bugzilla Guide. This is a work-in-progress.

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></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>1.6. <A >1.6. <A
HREF="contributors.html"
>Contributors</A
></DT
><DT
>1.7. <A
HREF="feedback.html"
>Feedback</A
></DT
><DT
>1.8. <A
HREF="translations.html" HREF="translations.html"
>Translations</A >Translations</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>1.9. <A >1.7. <A
HREF="conventions.html" HREF="conventions.html"
>Document Conventions</A >Document Conventions</A
></DT ></DT
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><A ><A
NAME="aboutthisguide">1.1. Purpose and Scope of this Guide</H1 NAME="aboutthisguide">1.1. Purpose and Scope of this Guide</H1
><P ><P
>&#13; This document was started on September 17, 2000 by Matthew P.
Barnson after a great deal of procrastination updating the
Bugzilla FAQ, which I left untouched for nearly half a year.
After numerous complete rewrites and reformatting, it is the
document you see today.
</P
><P
>&#13; Bugzilla is simply the best piece of bug-tracking software the >&#13; Bugzilla is simply the best piece of bug-tracking software the
world has ever seen. This document is intended to be the world has ever seen. This document is intended to be the
comprehensive guide to the installation, administration, comprehensive guide to the installation, administration,
...@@ -90,7 +83,7 @@ NAME="aboutthisguide">1.1. Purpose and Scope of this Guide</H1 ...@@ -90,7 +83,7 @@ NAME="aboutthisguide">1.1. Purpose and Scope of this Guide</H1
><P ><P
>&#13; This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the >&#13; This release of the Bugzilla Guide is the
<EM <EM
>2.14</EM >2.16</EM
> release. It is so named that it > release. It is so named that it
may match the current version of Bugzilla. The numbering may match the current version of Bugzilla. The numbering
tradition stems from that used for many free software projects, tradition stems from that used for many free software projects,
...@@ -117,26 +110,12 @@ TARGET="_top" ...@@ -117,26 +110,12 @@ TARGET="_top"
>http://www.bugzilla.org/</A >http://www.bugzilla.org/</A
>. Intermediate releases will have >. Intermediate releases will have
a minor revision number following a period. The current version a minor revision number following a period. The current version
of Bugzilla, as of this writing (August 10, 2001) is 2.14; if of Bugzilla, as of this writing (April 2nd, 2002) is 2.16; if
something were seriously wrong with that edition of the Guide, something were seriously wrong with that edition of the Guide,
subsequent releases would receive an additional dotted-decimal subsequent releases would receive an additional dotted-decimal
digit to indicate the update (2.14.1, 2.14.2, etc.). digit to indicate the update (2.16.1, 2.16.2, etc.).
Got it? Good. Got it? Good.
</P </P
><P
>&#13; I wrote this in response to the enormous demand for decent
Bugzilla documentation. I have incorporated instructions from
the Bugzilla README, Frequently Asked Questions, Database Schema
Document, and various mailing lists to create it. Chances are,
there are glaring errors in this documentation; please contact
<TT
CLASS="email"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:barnboy@trilobyte.net"
>barnboy@trilobyte.net</A
>&#62;</TT
> to correct them.
</P
></DIV ></DIV
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER" CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
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><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2517">D.5.1. Things that have caused problems and should be avoided</H2 NAME="AEN2436">D.5.1. Things that have caused problems and should be avoided</H2
><P ><P
></P ></P
><OL ><OL
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><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2531">D.5.2. Coding Style for Bugzilla</H2 NAME="AEN2450">D.5.2. Coding Style for Bugzilla</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; While it's true that not all of the code currently in Bugzilla adheres to >&#13; While it's true that not all of the code currently in Bugzilla adheres to
this (or any) styleguide, it is something that is being worked toward. Therefore, this (or any) styleguide, it is something that is being worked toward. Therefore,
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><H1 ><H1
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="conventions">1.9. Document Conventions</H1 NAME="conventions">1.7. Document Conventions</H1
><P ><P
>&#13; This document uses the following conventions >&#13; This document uses the following conventions
</P </P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informaltable" CLASS="informaltable"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN129"><P NAME="AEN91"><P
></P ></P
><TABLE ><TABLE
BORDER="0" BORDER="0"
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ALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP" VALIGN="TOP"
><P ><P
>Warnings.</P >Don't run with scissors!</P
></TD ></TD
></TR ></TR
></TABLE ></TABLE
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ALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP" VALIGN="TOP"
><P ><P
>Hint.</P >Warm jar lids under the hot tap to loosen them.</P
></TD ></TD
></TR ></TR
></TABLE ></TABLE
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ALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP" VALIGN="TOP"
><P ><P
>Note.</P >Dear John...</P
></TD ></TD
></TR ></TR
></TABLE ></TABLE
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ALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP" VALIGN="TOP"
><P ><P
>Warning.</P >Read this or the cat gets it.</P
></TD ></TD
></TR ></TR
></TABLE ></TABLE
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><A ><A
NAME="copyright">1.2. Copyright Information</H1 NAME="copyright">1.2. Copyright Information</H1
><A ><A
NAME="AEN70"><TABLE NAME="AEN39"><TABLE
BORDER="0" BORDER="0"
WIDTH="100%" WIDTH="100%"
CELLSPACING="0" CELLSPACING="0"
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Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no
Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of
the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
Documentation LIcense". Documentation License".
</P </P
></TD ></TD
><TD ><TD
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VALIGN="TOP" VALIGN="TOP"
>--<SPAN >--<SPAN
CLASS="attribution" CLASS="attribution"
>Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Matthew P. Barnson</SPAN >Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Matthew P. Barnson and The Bugzilla Team</SPAN
></TD ></TD
><TD ><TD
WIDTH="10%" WIDTH="10%"
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><P ><P
>&#13; If you have any questions regarding this document, its >&#13; If you have any questions regarding this document, its
copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form, copyright, or publishing this document in non-electronic form,
please contact Matthew P. Barnson. please contact The Bugzilla Team.
</P </P
></DIV ></DIV
><DIV ><DIV
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TITLE="New Versions" TITLE="New Versions"
HREF="newversions.html"><LINK HREF="newversions.html"><LINK
REL="NEXT" REL="NEXT"
TITLE="Contributors" TITLE="Translations"
HREF="contributors.html"></HEAD HREF="translations.html"></HEAD
><BODY ><BODY
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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ALIGN="right" ALIGN="right"
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>Next</A >Next</A
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</P </P
><P ><P
>&#13; <A >&#13; <A
HREF="mailto://mbarnson@sisna.com"
TARGET="_top"
>Matthew P. Barnson</A
>
for pulling together the Bugzilla Guide and shepherding it to 2.14.
</P
><P
>&#13; <A
HREF="mailto://terry@mozilla.org" HREF="mailto://terry@mozilla.org"
TARGET="_top" TARGET="_top"
>Terry Weissman</A >Terry Weissman</A
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> netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</A > netscape.public.mozilla.webtools</A
> newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened. > newsgroup. Without your discussions, insight, suggestions, and patches, this could never have happened.
</P </P
><P
>&#13; Thanks also go to the following people for significant contributions
to this documentation (in no particular order):
</P
><P
>&#13; Zach Liption, Andrew Pearson, Spencer Smith, Eric Hanson, Kevin Brannen,
Ron Teitelbaum, Jacob Steenhagen, Joe Robins.
</P
></DIV ></DIV
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="NAVFOOTER" CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
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ALIGN="right" ALIGN="right"
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HREF="contributors.html" HREF="translations.html"
ACCESSKEY="N" ACCESSKEY="N"
>Next</A >Next</A
></TD ></TD
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>Contributors</TD >Translations</TD
></TR ></TR
></TABLE ></TABLE
></DIV ></DIV
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><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2353">C.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics</H2 NAME="AEN2272">C.2.1. Bugzilla Database Basics</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless >&#13; If you were like me, at this point you're totally clueless
about the internals of MySQL, and if it weren't for this about the internals of MySQL, and if it weren't for this
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><H3 ><H3
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2382">C.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables</H3 NAME="AEN2301">C.2.1.1. Bugzilla Database Tables</H3
><P ><P
> Imagine your MySQL database as a series of > Imagine your MySQL database as a series of
spreadsheets, and you won't be too far off. If you use this spreadsheets, and you won't be too far off. If you use this
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</P </P
><P ><P
>&#13; Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as >&#13; Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as
endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". I endorsements, with the exception of the term "GNU/Linux". We
wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux in every situation wholeheartedly endorse the use of GNU/Linux in every situation
where it is appropriate. It is an extremely versatile, stable, where it is appropriate. It is an extremely versatile, stable,
and robust operating system that offers an ideal operating and robust operating system that offers an ideal operating
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><P ><P
>&#13; You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system >&#13; You are strongly recommended to make a backup of your system
before installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter. before installing Bugzilla and at regular intervals thereafter.
Heaven knows it's saved my bacon time after time; if you If you implement any suggestion in this Guide, implement this one!
implement any suggestion in this Guide, implement this one!
</P </P
><P ><P
>&#13; Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to >&#13; Although the Bugzilla development team has taken great care to
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></TR ></TR
><TR ><TR
><TD ><TD
>&#13; Release Notes for Bugzilla 2.14 are available at >&#13; Release Notes for Bugzilla 2.16 are available at
<TT <TT
CLASS="filename" CLASS="filename"
>docs/rel_notes.txt</TT >docs/rel_notes.txt</TT
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><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN942">3.5.1. Modifying Your Running System</H2 NAME="AEN874">3.5.1. Modifying Your Running System</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static >&#13; Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static
information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ subdirectory information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ subdirectory
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><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN949">3.5.2. Upgrading From Previous Versions</H2 NAME="AEN881">3.5.2. Upgrading From Previous Versions</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; The developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns and >&#13; A plain Bugzilla is fairly easy to upgrade from one version to a newer one.
fields. You'll get SQL errors if you just update the code. The strategy However, things get a bit more complicated if you've made changes to
to update is to simply always run the checksetup.pl script whenever Bugzilla's code. In this case, you may have to re-make or reapply those
you upgrade your installation of Bugzilla. If you want to see what has changes.
changed, you can read the comments in that file, starting from the end. It is recommended that you take a backup of your database and your entire
Bugzilla installation before attempting an upgrade. You can upgrade a 'clean'
installation by untarring a new tarball over the old installation. If you
are upgrading from 2.12 or later, you can type <TT
CLASS="filename"
>cvs -z3
update</TT
>, and resolve conflicts if there are any.
</P
><P
>&#13; Because the developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns
and fields, you'll probably get SQL errors if you just update the code and
attempt to use Bugzilla. Always run the checksetup.pl script whenever
you upgrade your installation.
</P </P
><P ><P
>&#13; If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to upgrade to >&#13; If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to upgrade to
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generate the <TT generate the <TT
CLASS="filename" CLASS="filename"
>.htaccess</TT >.htaccess</TT
> files. > files. These .htaccess files
will not work with Apache 1.2.x - but this has security holes, so you
shouldn't be using it anyway.
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="note" CLASS="note"
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a copy of the License in the document and put the following a copy of the License in the document and put the following
copyright and license notices just after the title page:</P copyright and license notices just after the title page:</P
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2686"><BLOCKQUOTE NAME="AEN2605"><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE"
><P ><P
>&#13; Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME. >&#13; Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME.
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><P ><P
>Version 1.1, March 2000</P >Version 1.1, March 2000</P
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2596"><BLOCKQUOTE NAME="AEN2515"><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE" CLASS="BLOCKQUOTE"
><P ><P
>Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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><H1 ><H1
CLASS="glossdiv" CLASS="glossdiv"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2691">0-9, high ascii</H1 NAME="AEN2610">0-9, high ascii</H1
><DL ><DL
><DT ><DT
><B ><B
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><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2782"><P NAME="AEN2701"><P
><B ><B
>Example 1. A Sample Product</B >Example 1. A Sample Product</B
></P ></P
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><H3 ><H3
CLASS="author" CLASS="author"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN27">Matthew P. Barnson</H3 NAME="AEN5">Matthew P. Barnson</H3
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="affiliation" CLASS="affiliation"
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="address" CLASS="address"
><P ><P
CLASS="address" CLASS="address"
>barnboy@trilobyte.net</P >mbarnson@sisna.com</P
></DIV ></DIV
></DIV ></DIV
><SPAN
CLASS="collab"
><SPAN
CLASS="collabname"
>Zach Lipton</SPAN
><DIV
CLASS="affiliation"
><DIV
CLASS="address"
><P
CLASS="address"
>zach AT zachlipton DOT com</P
></DIV
></DIV
><BR></SPAN
><P
CLASS="pubdate"
>2001-04-25<BR></P
><DIV
CLASS="revhistory"
><TABLE
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TH
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
COLSPAN="3"
><B
>Revision History</B
></TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revision v2.11</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>20 December 2000</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revised by: MPB</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
COLSPAN="3"
>Converted the README, FAQ, and DATABASE information into
SGML docbook format.</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revision 2.11.1</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>06 March 2001</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revised by: MPB</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
COLSPAN="3"
>Took way too long to revise this for 2.12 release. Updated
FAQ to use qandaset tags instead of literallayout, cleaned
up administration section, added User Guide section,
miscellaneous FAQ updates and third-party integration
information. From this point on all new tags are lowercase
in preparation for the 2.13 release of the Guide in XML
format instead of SGML.</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revision 2.12.0</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>24 April 2001</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revised by: MPB</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
COLSPAN="3"
>Things fixed this release: Elaborated on queryhelp
interface, added FAQ regarding moving bugs from one keyword
to another, clarified possible problems with the Landfill
tutorial, fixed a boatload of typos and unclear sentence
structures. Incorporated the README into the UNIX
installation section, and changed the README to indicate the
deprecated status. Things I know need work: Used
"simplelist" a lot, where I should have used "procedure" to
tag things. Need to lowercase all tags to be XML compliant.</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revision 2.14.0</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>07 August 2001</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
>Revised by: MPB</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
COLSPAN="3"
>Attempted to integrate relevant portions of the UNIX and
Windows installation instructions, moved some data from FAQ
to Install, removed references to README from text, added
Mac OS X install instructions, fixed a bunch
of tpyos (Mark Harig), linked text that referenced other
parts of the Guide, and nuked the old MySQL permissions
section.</TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><DIV ><DIV
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="abstract" CLASS="abstract"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN39"><P NAME="AEN12"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the Mozilla >&#13; This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the mozilla.org
bug-tracking system. bug-tracking system.
</P Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software
><P that powers issue-tracking for hundreds of
>&#13; Bugzilla is an enterprise-class set of software utilities
that, when used together, power issue-tracking for hundreds of
organizations around the world, tracking millions of bugs. organizations around the world, tracking millions of bugs.
While it is easy to use and quite flexible, it is
difficult for a novice to install and maintain. Although we
have provided step-by-step directions, Bugzilla is not always
easy to get working. Please be sure the person responsible
for installing and maintaining this software is a qualified
professional for the operating system upon which you install
Bugzilla.
</P </P
><P ><P
>&#13; THIS DOCUMENTATION IS MAINTAINED IN DOCBOOK 4.1.2 XML FORMAT. >&#13; This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE CORRECTIONS, PLEASE MAKE THEM IN PLAIN Changes are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached
TEXT OR SGML DIFFS AGAINST THE SOURCE. I CANNOT ACCEPT to a Bugzilla bug.
ADDITIONS TO THE GUIDE WRITTEN IN HTML!
</P </P
><P ><P
></P ></P
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></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>1.6. <A >1.6. <A
HREF="contributors.html"
>Contributors</A
></DT
><DT
>1.7. <A
HREF="feedback.html"
>Feedback</A
></DT
><DT
>1.8. <A
HREF="translations.html" HREF="translations.html"
>Translations</A >Translations</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>1.9. <A >1.7. <A
HREF="conventions.html" HREF="conventions.html"
>Document Conventions</A >Document Conventions</A
></DT ></DT
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></DD ></DD
><DT ><DT
>6. <A >6. <A
HREF="future.html"
>The Future of Bugzilla</A
></DT
><DT
>7. <A
HREF="variants.html" HREF="variants.html"
>Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</A >Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</A
></DT ></DT
><DD ><DD
><DL ><DL
><DT ><DT
>7.1. <A >6.1. <A
HREF="rhbugzilla.html" HREF="rhbugzilla.html"
>Red Hat Bugzilla</A >Red Hat Bugzilla</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>7.2. <A >6.2. <A
HREF="variant-fenris.html" HREF="variant-fenris.html"
>Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A >Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>7.3. <A >6.3. <A
HREF="variant-issuezilla.html" HREF="variant-issuezilla.html"
>Issuezilla</A >Issuezilla</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>7.4. <A >6.4. <A
HREF="variant-scarab.html" HREF="variant-scarab.html"
>Scarab</A >Scarab</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>7.5. <A >6.5. <A
HREF="variant-perforce.html" HREF="variant-perforce.html"
>Perforce SCM</A >Perforce SCM</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>7.6. <A >6.6. <A
HREF="variant-sourceforge.html" HREF="variant-sourceforge.html"
>SourceForge</A >SourceForge</A
></DT ></DT
...@@ -605,85 +457,75 @@ CLASS="LOT" ...@@ -605,85 +457,75 @@ CLASS="LOT"
>List of Examples</B >List of Examples</B
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>2-1. <A
HREF="how.html#AEN307"
>Some Famous Software Versions</A
></DT
><DT
>2-2. <A
HREF="how.html#AEN317"
>Mozilla's Bugzilla Components</A
></DT
><DT
>3-1. <A >3-1. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN709" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN641"
>Setting up bonsaitools symlink</A >Setting up bonsaitools symlink</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3-2. <A >3-2. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN800" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN732"
>Running checksetup.pl as the web user</A >Running checksetup.pl as the web user</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3-3. <A >3-3. <A
HREF="win32.html#AEN1051" HREF="win32.html#AEN985"
>Installing ActivePerl ppd Modules on Microsoft Windows</A >Installing ActivePerl ppd Modules on Microsoft Windows</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3-4. <A >3-4. <A
HREF="win32.html#AEN1064" HREF="win32.html#AEN998"
>Installing OpenInteract ppd Modules manually on Microsoft >Installing OpenInteract ppd Modules manually on Microsoft
Windows</A Windows</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3-5. <A >3-5. <A
HREF="win32.html#AEN1246" HREF="win32.html#AEN1180"
>Removing encrypt() for Windows NT Bugzilla version >Removing encrypt() for Windows NT Bugzilla version
2.12 or earlier</A 2.12 or earlier</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-1. <A >4-1. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1483" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1405"
>Creating some Components</A >Creating some Components</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-2. <A >4-2. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1512" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1434"
>Common Use of Versions</A >Common Use of Versions</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-3. <A >4-3. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1516" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1438"
>A Different Use of Versions</A >A Different Use of Versions</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-4. <A >4-4. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1544" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1466"
>Using SortKey with Target Milestone</A >Using SortKey with Target Milestone</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-5. <A >4-5. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1580" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1502"
>When to Use Group Security</A >When to Use Group Security</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-6. <A >4-6. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1597" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1519"
>Creating a New Group</A >Creating a New Group</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>4-7. <A >4-7. <A
HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1614" HREF="programadmin.html#AEN1536"
>Bugzilla Groups</A >Bugzilla Groups</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>D-1. <A >D-1. <A
HREF="setperl.html#AEN2461" HREF="setperl.html#AEN2380"
>Using Setperl to set your perl path</A >Using Setperl to set your perl path</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>1. <A >1. <A
HREF="glossary.html#AEN2782" HREF="glossary.html#AEN2701"
>A Sample Product</A >A Sample Product</A
></DT ></DT
></DL ></DL
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...@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ HREF="stepbystep.html" ...@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ HREF="stepbystep.html"
><DL ><DL
><DT ><DT
>3.2.1. <A >3.2.1. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN509" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN441"
>Introduction</A >Introduction</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.2. <A >3.2.2. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN515" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN447"
>Installing the Prerequisites</A >Installing the Prerequisites</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
...@@ -111,57 +111,57 @@ HREF="stepbystep.html#install-perl" ...@@ -111,57 +111,57 @@ HREF="stepbystep.html#install-perl"
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.5. <A >3.2.5. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN602" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN534"
>DBI Perl Module</A >DBI Perl Module</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.6. <A >3.2.6. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN640" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN572"
>Data::Dumper Perl Module</A >Data::Dumper Perl Module</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.7. <A >3.2.7. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN645" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN577"
>MySQL related Perl Module Collection</A >MySQL related Perl Module Collection</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.8. <A >3.2.8. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN654" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN586"
>TimeDate Perl Module Collection</A >TimeDate Perl Module Collection</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.9. <A >3.2.9. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN658" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN590"
>GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</A >GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.10. <A >3.2.10. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN667" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN599"
>Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</A >Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.11. <A >3.2.11. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN671" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN603"
>DB_File Perl Module</A >DB_File Perl Module</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.12. <A >3.2.12. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN674" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN606"
>HTTP Server</A >HTTP Server</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.13. <A >3.2.13. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN693" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN625"
>Installing the Bugzilla Files</A >Installing the Bugzilla Files</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.14. <A >3.2.14. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN722" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN654"
>Setting Up the MySQL Database</A >Setting Up the MySQL Database</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.15. <A >3.2.15. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN769" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN701"
>Tweaking <TT >Tweaking <TT
CLASS="filename" CLASS="filename"
>localconfig</TT >localconfig</TT
...@@ -169,22 +169,22 @@ CLASS="filename" ...@@ -169,22 +169,22 @@ CLASS="filename"
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.16. <A >3.2.16. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN807" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN739"
>Setting Up Maintainers Manually (Optional)</A >Setting Up Maintainers Manually (Optional)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.17. <A >3.2.17. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN818" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN750"
>The Whining Cron (Optional)</A >The Whining Cron (Optional)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.18. <A >3.2.18. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN828" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN760"
>Bug Graphs (Optional)</A >Bug Graphs (Optional)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.2.19. <A >3.2.19. <A
HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN840" HREF="stepbystep.html#AEN772"
>Securing MySQL</A >Securing MySQL</A
></DT ></DT
></DL ></DL
...@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ HREF="geninstall.html" ...@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ HREF="geninstall.html"
><DL ><DL
><DT ><DT
>3.5.1. <A >3.5.1. <A
HREF="geninstall.html#AEN942" HREF="geninstall.html#AEN874"
>Modifying Your Running System</A >Modifying Your Running System</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>3.5.2. <A >3.5.2. <A
HREF="geninstall.html#AEN949" HREF="geninstall.html#AEN881"
>Upgrading From Previous Versions</A >Upgrading From Previous Versions</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
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...@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="newversions">1.4. New Versions</H1 NAME="newversions">1.4. New Versions</H1
><P ><P
>&#13; This is the 2.14 version of The Bugzilla Guide. If you are >&#13; This is the 2.16 version of The Bugzilla Guide. If you are
reading this from any source other than those below, please reading this from any source other than those below, please
check one of these mirrors to make sure you are reading an check one of these mirrors to make sure you are reading an
up-to-date version of the Guide. up-to-date version of the Guide.
...@@ -90,18 +90,9 @@ NAME="newversions">1.4. New Versions</H1 ...@@ -90,18 +90,9 @@ NAME="newversions">1.4. New Versions</H1
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; <A >&#13; <A
HREF="http://www.trilobyte.net/barnsons/" HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/"
TARGET="_top" TARGET="_top"
>TriloBYTE</A >bugzilla.org</A
>
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>&#13; <A
HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bugzilla/"
TARGET="_top"
>Mozilla.org</A
> >
</P </P
></LI ></LI
...@@ -124,7 +115,10 @@ TARGET="_top" ...@@ -124,7 +115,10 @@ TARGET="_top"
HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html" HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/cvs.html"
TARGET="_top" TARGET="_top"
>the Mozilla CVS page</A >the Mozilla CVS page</A
>, and check out the mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/ branch. >, and check out the <TT
CLASS="filename"
>mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/</TT
> branch.
</P </P
></DIV ></DIV
><DIV ><DIV
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...@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ HREF="bzhacking.html" ...@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ HREF="bzhacking.html"
><DL ><DL
><DT ><DT
>D.5.1. <A >D.5.1. <A
HREF="bzhacking.html#AEN2517" HREF="bzhacking.html#AEN2436"
>Things that have caused problems and should be avoided</A >Things that have caused problems and should be avoided</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>D.5.2. <A >D.5.2. <A
HREF="bzhacking.html#AEN2531" HREF="bzhacking.html#AEN2450"
>Coding Style for Bugzilla</A >Coding Style for Bugzilla</A
></DT ></DT
></DL ></DL
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...@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ NAME="components">4.3.2. Components</H2 ...@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ NAME="components">4.3.2. Components</H2
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1483"><P NAME="AEN1405"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-1. Creating some Components</B >Example 4-1. Creating some Components</B
></P ></P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1485"><P NAME="AEN1407"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; The computer game you are designing may have a "UI" >&#13; The computer game you are designing may have a "UI"
...@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@ NAME="versions">4.3.3. Versions</H2 ...@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@ NAME="versions">4.3.3. Versions</H2
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1512"><P NAME="AEN1434"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-2. Common Use of Versions</B >Example 4-2. Common Use of Versions</B
></P ></P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1514"><P NAME="AEN1436"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; A user reports a bug against Version "Beta 2.0" of your >&#13; A user reports a bug against Version "Beta 2.0" of your
...@@ -405,14 +405,14 @@ NAME="AEN1514"><P ...@@ -405,14 +405,14 @@ NAME="AEN1514"><P
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1516"><P NAME="AEN1438"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-3. A Different Use of Versions</B >Example 4-3. A Different Use of Versions</B
></P ></P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1518"><P NAME="AEN1440"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; This field has been used to good effect by an online >&#13; This field has been used to good effect by an online
...@@ -545,14 +545,14 @@ TYPE="1" ...@@ -545,14 +545,14 @@ TYPE="1"
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1544"><P NAME="AEN1466"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-4. Using SortKey with Target Milestone</B >Example 4-4. Using SortKey with Target Milestone</B
></P ></P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1546"><P NAME="AEN1468"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; Let's say you create a target milestone called >&#13; Let's say you create a target milestone called
...@@ -760,14 +760,14 @@ NAME="groups">4.3.6. Groups and Group Security</H2 ...@@ -760,14 +760,14 @@ NAME="groups">4.3.6. Groups and Group Security</H2
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1580"><P NAME="AEN1502"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-5. When to Use Group Security</B >Example 4-5. When to Use Group Security</B
></P ></P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1582"><P NAME="AEN1504"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; Many Bugzilla sites isolate "Security-related" bugs from >&#13; Many Bugzilla sites isolate "Security-related" bugs from
...@@ -882,14 +882,14 @@ TYPE="1" ...@@ -882,14 +882,14 @@ TYPE="1"
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1597"><P NAME="AEN1519"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-6. Creating a New Group</B >Example 4-6. Creating a New Group</B
></P ></P
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1599"><P NAME="AEN1521"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; I created a group called DefaultGroup with a >&#13; I created a group called DefaultGroup with a
...@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ...@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP"
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN1614"><P NAME="AEN1536"><P
><B ><B
>Example 4-7. Bugzilla Groups</B >Example 4-7. Bugzilla Groups</B
></P ></P
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...@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ACCESSKEY="P" ...@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ACCESSKEY="P"
WIDTH="80%" WIDTH="80%"
ALIGN="center" ALIGN="center"
VALIGN="bottom" VALIGN="bottom"
>Chapter 7. Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</TD >Chapter 6. Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</TD
><TD ><TD
WIDTH="10%" WIDTH="10%"
ALIGN="right" ALIGN="right"
...@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H1 ><H1
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="rhbugzilla">7.1. Red Hat Bugzilla</H1 NAME="rhbugzilla">6.1. Red Hat Bugzilla</H1
><P ><P
>&#13; Red Hat Bugzilla is probably the most popular Bugzilla variant >&#13; Red Hat Bugzilla is probably the most popular Bugzilla variant
on the planet. One of the major benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla is on the planet. One of the major benefits of Red Hat Bugzilla is
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...@@ -323,6 +323,45 @@ TARGET="_top" ...@@ -323,6 +323,45 @@ TARGET="_top"
></TABLE ></TABLE
></DIV ></DIV
><P ><P
>&#13; When you run checksetup.pl, the script will attempt to modify various
permissions on files which Bugzilla uses. If you do not have a
webservergroup set in the localconfig file, then Bugzilla will have to
make certain files world readable and/or writable. <EM
>THIS IS
INSECURE!</EM
>. This means that anyone who can get access to
your system can do whatever they want to your Bugzilla installation.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="note"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="note"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
>&#13; This also means that if your webserver runs all cgi scripts as the
same user/group, anyone on the system who can run cgi scripts will
be able to take control of your Bugzilla installation.
</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
>&#13; On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access >&#13; On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access
to these directories, as outlined in <A to these directories, as outlined in <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161" HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161"
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...@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ CLASS="command" ...@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ CLASS="command"
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="example" CLASS="example"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN2461"><P NAME="AEN2380"><P
><B ><B
>Example D-1. Using Setperl to set your perl path</B >Example D-1. Using Setperl to set your perl path</B
></P ></P
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...@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN509">3.2.1. Introduction</H2 NAME="AEN441">3.2.1. Introduction</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; Installation of bugzilla is pretty straightforward, particularly if your >&#13; Installation of bugzilla is pretty straightforward, particularly if your
machine already has MySQL and the MySQL-related perl packages installed. machine already has MySQL and the MySQL-related perl packages installed.
...@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN515">3.2.2. Installing the Prerequisites</H2 NAME="AEN447">3.2.2. Installing the Prerequisites</H2
><DIV ><DIV
CLASS="note" CLASS="note"
><P ><P
...@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN602">3.2.5. DBI Perl Module</H2 NAME="AEN534">3.2.5. DBI Perl Module</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; The DBI module is a generic Perl module used by other database related >&#13; The DBI module is a generic Perl module used by other database related
Perl modules. For our purposes it's required by the MySQL-related Perl modules. For our purposes it's required by the MySQL-related
...@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ HREF="downloadlinks.html" ...@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ HREF="downloadlinks.html"
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN609"><P NAME="AEN541"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; <TT >&#13; <TT
...@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP" ...@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ VALIGN="TOP"
<DIV <DIV
CLASS="informalexample" CLASS="informalexample"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN616"><P NAME="AEN548"><P
></P ></P
><P ><P
>&#13; Untar the module tarball -- it should create its own directory >&#13; Untar the module tarball -- it should create its own directory
...@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN640">3.2.6. Data::Dumper Perl Module</H2 NAME="AEN572">3.2.6. Data::Dumper Perl Module</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl >&#13; The Data::Dumper module provides data structure persistence for Perl
(similar to Java's serialization). It comes with later sub-releases of (similar to Java's serialization). It comes with later sub-releases of
...@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN645">3.2.7. MySQL related Perl Module Collection</H2 NAME="AEN577">3.2.7. MySQL related Perl Module Collection</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent perl >&#13; The Perl/MySQL interface requires a few mutually-dependent perl
modules. These modules are grouped together into the the modules. These modules are grouped together into the the
...@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN654">3.2.8. TimeDate Perl Module Collection</H2 NAME="AEN586">3.2.8. TimeDate Perl Module Collection</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl >&#13; Many of the more common date/time/calendar related Perl
modules have been grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL modules have been grouped into a bundle similar to the MySQL
...@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN658">3.2.9. GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</H2 NAME="AEN590">3.2.9. GD Perl Module (1.8.3)</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while >&#13; The GD library was written by Thomas Boutell a long while
ago to programatically generate images in C. Since then it's ago to programatically generate images in C. Since then it's
...@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN667">3.2.10. Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</H2 NAME="AEN599">3.2.10. Chart::Base Perl Module (0.99c)</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; The Chart module provides bugzilla with on-the-fly charting >&#13; The Chart module provides bugzilla with on-the-fly charting
abilities. It can be installed in the usual fashion after it abilities. It can be installed in the usual fashion after it
...@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN671">3.2.11. DB_File Perl Module</H2 NAME="AEN603">3.2.11. DB_File Perl Module</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; DB_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use >&#13; DB_File is a module which allows Perl programs to make use
of the facilities provided by Berkeley DB version 1.x. This of the facilities provided by Berkeley DB version 1.x. This
...@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
><A ><A
NAME="AEN674">3.2.12. HTTP Server</H2 NAME="AEN606">3.2.12. HTTP Server</H2
><P ><P
>&#13; You have a freedom of choice here - Apache, Netscape or any >&#13; You have a freedom of choice here - Apache, Netscape or any
other server on UNIX would do. You can easily run the web other server on UNIX would do. You can easily run the web
...@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ CLASS="section" ...@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ CLASS="section"
><H2 ><H2
CLASS="section" CLASS="section"
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><P ><P
>&#13; If you want to add someone else to every group by hand, you >&#13; If you want to add someone else to every group by hand, you
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><P ><P
>&#13; By now you have a fully functional bugzilla, but what good >&#13; By now you have a fully functional bugzilla, but what good
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><P ><P
>&#13; If you followed the installation instructions for setting up >&#13; If you followed the installation instructions for setting up
your "bugs" and "root" user in MySQL, much of this should not your "bugs" and "root" user in MySQL, much of this should not
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><P ><P
>&#13; <EM >&#13; <EM
>Email Notification</EM
>: You may choose
from one of three options:
<P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>&#13; All qualifying bugs except those which I change:
The user will be notified of any change to any bug
for which she is the reporter, assignee, QA
Contact, CC recipient, or "watcher".
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>&#13; Only those bugs which I am listed on the CC line:
The user will not be notified of changes to bugs
where she is the assignee, reporter, or QA
Contact, but will receive them if she is on the CC
list.
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</P
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><P
>&#13; <EM
>All Qualifying Bugs</EM
>: This
user is a glutton for punishment. If her name is
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"watcher", she will get email updates regarding
the bug.
</P
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</P
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>Although Perforce isn't really a bug tracker, it can be used >Although Perforce isn't really a bug tracker, it can be used
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>Scarab is a promising new bug-tracking system built using >Scarab is a promising new bug-tracking system built using
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HREF="rhbugzilla.html" HREF="rhbugzilla.html"
>Red Hat Bugzilla</A >Red Hat Bugzilla</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
>7.2. <A >6.2. <A
HREF="variant-fenris.html" HREF="variant-fenris.html"
>Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A >Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A
></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
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></DT ></DT
><DT ><DT
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><DT ><DT
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Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep
track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Bugzilla was track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Bugzilla was
originally written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called originally written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called
"TCL", to replace a crappy bug-tracking database used internally for "TCL", to replace a crappy bug-tracking database used internally by
Netscape Communications. Terry later ported Bugzilla to Perl from Netscape Communications. Terry later ported Bugzilla to Perl from
TCL, and in Perl it remains to this day. Most commercial TCL, and in Perl it remains to this day. Most commercial
defect-tracking software vendors at the time charged enormous defect-tracking software vendors at the time charged enormous
...@@ -96,83 +96,54 @@ system against which all others are measured. ...@@ -96,83 +96,54 @@ system against which all others are measured.
><UL ><UL
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; integrated, product-based granular security schema >Powerful searching</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; inter-bug dependencies and dependency graphing >User-configurable email notifications of bug changes</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; advanced reporting capabilities >Full change history</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; a robust, stable RDBMS back-end >Inter-bug dependency tracking and graphing</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; extensive configurability >Excellent attachment management</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; a very well-understood and well-thought-out natural bug resolution protocol >Integrated, product-based, granular security schema</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; email, XML, console, and HTTP APIs >Fully security-audited, and runs under Perl's taint mode</P
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; available integration with automated software >A robust, stable RDBMS back-end</P
configuration management systems, including Perforce and
CVS (through the Bugzilla email interface and
checkin/checkout scripts)
</P
></LI ></LI
><LI ><LI
><P ><P
>&#13; too many more features to list >Web, XML, email and console interfaces</P
</P
></LI ></LI
></UL ><LI
>
</P
><P ><P
>&#13; Despite its current robustness and popularity, Bugzilla faces >Completely customisable and/or localisable web user interface</P
some near-term challenges, such as reliance on a single ></LI
database, a lack of abstraction of the user interface and ><LI
program logic, verbose email bug notifications, a powerful but
daunting query interface, little reporting configurability,
problems with extremely large queries, some unsupportable bug
resolution options, little internationalization (although non-US
character sets are accepted for comments), and dependence on
some nonstandard libraries.
</P
><P ><P
>&#13; Some recent headway has been made on the query front, however. >Extensive configurability</P
If you are using the latest version of Bugzilla, you should see ></LI
a <SPAN ><LI
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"simple search"</SPAN
> form on the default front page of
your Bugzilla install. Type in two or three search terms and
you should pull up some relevant information. This is also
available as "queryhelp.cgi".
</P
><P ><P
>&#13; Despite these small problems, Bugzilla is very hard to beat. It >Smooth upgrade pathway between versions</P
is under <EM ></LI
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> active development to address >
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...@@ -1373,12 +1373,14 @@ Group3, since he isn't in Group4. ...@@ -1373,12 +1373,14 @@ Group3, since he isn't in Group4.
make certain files world readable and/or writable. <emphasis>THIS IS make certain files world readable and/or writable. <emphasis>THIS IS
INSECURE!</emphasis>. This means that anyone who can get access to INSECURE!</emphasis>. This means that anyone who can get access to
your system can do whatever they want to your Bugzilla installation. your system can do whatever they want to your Bugzilla installation.
</para>
<note> <note>
<para>
This also means that if your webserver runs all cgi scripts as the This also means that if your webserver runs all cgi scripts as the
same user/group, anyone on the system who can run cgi scripts will same user/group, anyone on the system who can run cgi scripts will
be able to take control of your Bugzilla installation. be able to take control of your Bugzilla installation.
</note>
</para> </para>
</note>
<para> <para>
On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access
to these directories, as outlined in <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161">Bug 57161</ulink> for the localconfig file, and <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572"> Bug 65572</ulink> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories. to these directories, as outlined in <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161">Bug 57161</ulink> for the localconfig file, and <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572"> Bug 65572</ulink> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories.
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...@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@ ...@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@
<row> <row>
<entry>Warnings</entry> <entry>Warnings</entry>
<entry><caution> <entry><caution>
<para>Warnings.</para> <para>Don't run with scissors!</para>
</caution></entry> </caution></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
<entry>Hint</entry> <entry>Hint</entry>
<entry><tip> <entry><tip>
<para>Hint.</para> <para>Warm jar lids under the hot tap to loosen them.</para>
</tip></entry> </tip></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
<entry>Notes</entry> <entry>Notes</entry>
<entry><note> <entry><note>
<para>Note.</para> <para>Dear John...</para>
</note></entry> </note></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
<entry>Information requiring special attention</entry> <entry>Information requiring special attention</entry>
<entry><warning> <entry><warning>
<para>Warning.</para> <para>Read this or the cat gets it.</para>
</warning></entry> </warning></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
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...@@ -1373,12 +1373,14 @@ Group3, since he isn't in Group4. ...@@ -1373,12 +1373,14 @@ Group3, since he isn't in Group4.
make certain files world readable and/or writable. <emphasis>THIS IS make certain files world readable and/or writable. <emphasis>THIS IS
INSECURE!</emphasis>. This means that anyone who can get access to INSECURE!</emphasis>. This means that anyone who can get access to
your system can do whatever they want to your Bugzilla installation. your system can do whatever they want to your Bugzilla installation.
</para>
<note> <note>
<para>
This also means that if your webserver runs all cgi scripts as the This also means that if your webserver runs all cgi scripts as the
same user/group, anyone on the system who can run cgi scripts will same user/group, anyone on the system who can run cgi scripts will
be able to take control of your Bugzilla installation. be able to take control of your Bugzilla installation.
</note>
</para> </para>
</note>
<para> <para>
On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access On Apache, you can use .htaccess files to protect access
to these directories, as outlined in <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161">Bug 57161</ulink> for the localconfig file, and <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572"> Bug 65572</ulink> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories. to these directories, as outlined in <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57161">Bug 57161</ulink> for the localconfig file, and <ulink url="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65572"> Bug 65572</ulink> for adequate protection in your data/ and shadow/ directories.
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...@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@ ...@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@
<row> <row>
<entry>Warnings</entry> <entry>Warnings</entry>
<entry><caution> <entry><caution>
<para>Warnings.</para> <para>Don't run with scissors!</para>
</caution></entry> </caution></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
<entry>Hint</entry> <entry>Hint</entry>
<entry><tip> <entry><tip>
<para>Hint.</para> <para>Warm jar lids under the hot tap to loosen them.</para>
</tip></entry> </tip></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
<entry>Notes</entry> <entry>Notes</entry>
<entry><note> <entry><note>
<para>Note.</para> <para>Dear John...</para>
</note></entry> </note></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
<entry>Information requiring special attention</entry> <entry>Information requiring special attention</entry>
<entry><warning> <entry><warning>
<para>Warning.</para> <para>Read this or the cat gets it.</para>
</warning></entry> </warning></entry>
</row> </row>
<row> <row>
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