From 5159ae5142a63c13992b335e33ad347adaa3ac70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jocuri%softhome.net" <> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 22:04:28 +0000 Subject: Rebuilding documentation for the 2.17.5 release; the docbook system on landfill proved to be broken. --- docs/html/faq.html | 287 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 214 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/html/faq.html') diff --git a/docs/html/faq.html b/docs/html/faq.html index 9971ec1cc..9ec11cd40 100644 --- a/docs/html/faq.html +++ b/docs/html/faq.html @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ >The Bugzilla FAQ
This FAQ includes questions not covered elsewhere in the Guide.
A.1.1. Where can I find information about Bugzilla?
A.1.2. What license is Bugzilla distributed under? @@ -625,7 +632,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.3. How do I get commercial support for Bugzilla? @@ -669,7 +678,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.4. What major companies or projects are currently using Bugzilla @@ -714,7 +725,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.5. Who maintains Bugzilla? @@ -742,7 +755,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.6. How does Bugzilla stack up against other bug-tracking databases? @@ -778,7 +793,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.7. Why doesn't Bugzilla offer this or that feature or compatibility @@ -816,7 +833,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.8. Why MySQL? I'm interested in seeing Bugzilla run on @@ -859,7 +878,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.1.10. My perl is not located at
A.1.11. Is there an easy way to change the Bugzilla cookie name? @@ -967,7 +992,9 @@ CLASS="answer" CLASS="qandadiv" >
A.2.1. Is Bugzilla web-based, or do you have to have specific software or @@ -1028,7 +1057,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.2. Can Bugzilla integrate with @@ -1052,7 +1083,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.3. Does Bugzilla allow the user to track multiple projects? @@ -1075,7 +1108,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.4. If I am on many projects, and search for all bugs assigned to me, will @@ -1098,7 +1133,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.5. Does Bugzilla allow attachments (text, screenshots, URLs etc)? If yes, @@ -1125,7 +1162,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.6. Does Bugzilla allow us to define our own priorities and levels? Do we @@ -1160,7 +1199,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.7. Does Bugzilla provide any reporting features, metrics, graphs, etc? You @@ -1196,7 +1237,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.8. Is there email notification and if so, what do you see when you get an @@ -1221,7 +1264,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.9. Can email notification be set up to send to multiple @@ -1244,7 +1289,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.10. Do users have to have any particular @@ -1301,7 +1348,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.11. Does Bugzilla allow data to be imported and exported? If I had outsiders @@ -1361,7 +1410,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.12. Has anyone converted Bugzilla to another language to be used in other @@ -1397,7 +1448,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.13. Can a user create and save reports? Can they do this in Word format? @@ -1420,7 +1473,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.14. Does Bugzilla have the ability to search by word, phrase, compound @@ -1444,7 +1499,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.15. Does Bugzilla provide record locking when there is simultaneous access @@ -1469,7 +1526,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.16. Are there any backup features provided? @@ -1497,7 +1556,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.17. Can users be on the system while a backup is in progress? @@ -1521,7 +1582,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.18. What type of human resources are needed to be on staff to install and @@ -1554,7 +1617,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.19. What time frame are we looking at if we decide to hire people to install @@ -1585,7 +1650,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.2.20. Is there any licensing fee or other fees for using Bugzilla? Any @@ -1608,14 +1675,18 @@ CLASS="answer" CLASS="qandadiv" >
A.3.1. How do I completely disable MySQL security if it's giving me problems @@ -1642,7 +1713,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.3.2. Are there any security problems with Bugzilla? @@ -1668,7 +1741,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.3.3. I've implemented the security fixes mentioned in Chris Yeh's security @@ -1693,14 +1768,18 @@ CLASS="answer" CLASS="qandadiv" >
A.4.1. I have a user who doesn't want to receive any more email from Bugzilla. @@ -1728,7 +1807,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.4.2. I'm evaluating/testing Bugzilla, and don't want it to send email to @@ -1752,7 +1833,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.4.3. I want whineatnews.pl to whine at something more, or other than, only new @@ -1783,7 +1866,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.4.4. I don't like/want to use Procmail to hand mail off to bug_email.pl. @@ -1799,7 +1884,9 @@ CLASS="answer" You can call bug_email.pl directly from your aliases file, with an entry like this:
bugzilla-daemon: "|/usr/local/bin/bugzilla/contrib/bug_email.pl" @@ -1818,7 +1905,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.4.5. How do I set up the email interface to submit/change bugs via email? @@ -1841,7 +1930,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.4.6. Email takes FOREVER to reach me from Bugzilla -- it's extremely slow. @@ -1900,7 +1991,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.4.7. How come email from Bugzilla changes never reaches me? @@ -1929,14 +2022,18 @@ CLASS="answer" CLASS="qandadiv" >
5. Bugzilla Database
5. Bugzilla DatabaseA.5.1. I've heard Bugzilla can be used with Oracle? @@ -1962,7 +2059,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.5.2. I think my database might be corrupted, or contain invalid entries. What @@ -2007,7 +2106,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.5.3. I want to manually edit some entries in my database. How? @@ -2046,7 +2147,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.5.4. I think I've set up MySQL permissions correctly, but Bugzilla still can't @@ -2105,7 +2208,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.5.5. How do I synchronize bug information among multiple different Bugzilla @@ -2140,14 +2245,18 @@ CLASS="answer" CLASS="qandadiv" >
6. Bugzilla and Win32
6. Bugzilla and Win32A.6.1. What is the easiest way to run Bugzilla on Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K)? @@ -2170,7 +2279,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.6.2. Is there a "Bundle::Bugzilla" equivalent for Win32? @@ -2194,7 +2305,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.6.3. CGI's are failing with a "something.cgi is not a valid Windows NT @@ -2215,7 +2328,9 @@ CLASS="answer" >
Microsoft has some advice on this matter, as well:
"Set application mappings. In the ISM, map the extension for the script @@ -2238,7 +2353,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.6.4. I'm having trouble with the perl modules for NT not being able to talk to @@ -2304,14 +2421,18 @@ TARGET="_top" CLASS="qandadiv" >
7. Bugzilla Usage
7. Bugzilla UsageA.7.1. How do I change my user name (email address) in Bugzilla? @@ -2334,7 +2455,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.7.2. The query page is very confusing. Isn't there a simpler way to query? @@ -2358,7 +2481,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.7.3. I'm confused by the behavior of the "accept" button in the Show Bug form. @@ -2410,7 +2535,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.7.4. I can't upload anything into the database via the "Create Attachment" @@ -2435,7 +2562,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.7.5. How do I change a keyword in Bugzilla, once some bugs are using it? @@ -2459,7 +2588,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.7.6. Why can't I close bugs from the "Change Several Bugs at Once" page? @@ -2493,14 +2624,18 @@ CLASS="answer" CLASS="qandadiv" >
8. Bugzilla Hacking
8. Bugzilla HackingA.8.1. What kind of style should I use for templatization? @@ -2557,7 +2692,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.8.2. What bugs are in Bugzilla right now? @@ -2601,7 +2738,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.8.3. How can I change the default priority to a null value? For instance, have the default @@ -2630,7 +2769,9 @@ CLASS="qandaentry" CLASS="question" >
A.8.4. What's the best way to submit patches? What guidelines should I follow? -- cgit v1.2.1