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

Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ

Appendix A. The Bugzilla FAQ

This FAQ includes questions not covered elsewhere in the Guide.

1. General Questions

1. General Questions

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.1.9. What is

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" >

2. Managerial Questions

2. Managerial Questions

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" >

3. Bugzilla Security

3. Bugzilla Security

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" >

4. Bugzilla Email

4. Bugzilla Email

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 Database

A.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 Win32

A.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 Usage

A.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 Hacking

A.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