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>The Bugzilla Guide</H1
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>Matthew P. Barnson</H3
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>The Bugzilla Team</H3
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>2.17.3 Development Release Edition </P
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>2003-01-02<BR></P
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> This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the mozilla.org
bug-tracking system.
Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software
that powers issue-tracking for hundreds of
organizations around the world, tracking millions of bugs.
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This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format.
Changes are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached
to a bug filed in the <A
HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation"
TARGET="_top"
>Bugzilla Documentation</A
> compontent.
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>This is a development version of this guide. Information in it
is subject to change before the 2.18 release of this guide
(which will correspond with the 2.18 release of Bugzilla).
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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>About This Guide</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Copyright Information</A
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>1.2. <A
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>Disclaimer</A
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>1.3. <A
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>New Versions</A
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>1.4. <A
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>Credits</A
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>1.5. <A
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>Document Conventions</A
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>2. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>2.1. <A
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>What is Bugzilla?</A
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>2.2. <A
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>Why Should We Use Bugzilla?</A
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>3. <A
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>Using Bugzilla</A
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>3.1. <A
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>How do I use Bugzilla?</A
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>3.2. <A
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>Hints and Tips</A
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>3.3. <A
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>4. <A
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>Installation</A
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>4.1. <A
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>Step-by-step Install</A
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>4.2. <A
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>Optional Additional Configuration</A
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>OS Specific Installation Notes</A
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>HTTP Server Configuration</A
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>Troubleshooting</A
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>5. <A
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>Administering Bugzilla</A
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>5.1. <A
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>Bugzilla Configuration</A
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>5.2. <A
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>User Administration</A
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>5.3. <A
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>Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</A
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>5.4. <A
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>Voting</A
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>5.5. <A
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>Groups and Group Security</A
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>5.6. <A
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>Bugzilla Security</A
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>5.7. <A
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>Template Customization</A
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>5.8. <A
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>Change Permission Customization</A
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>5.9. <A
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>Upgrading to New Releases</A
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>5.10. <A
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>Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools</A
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>A. <A
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>The Bugzilla FAQ</A
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>B. <A
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>The Bugzilla Database</A
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>B.1. <A
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>Modifying Your Running System</A
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>B.2. <A
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>MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction</A
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>C. <A
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>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A
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>C.1. <A
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>Apache
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magic</A
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>C.2. <A
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>Command-line Bugzilla Queries</A
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>D. <A
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>Bugzilla Variants and Competitors</A
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>D.1. <A
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>Red Hat Bugzilla</A
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>D.2. <A
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>Loki Bugzilla (Fenris)</A
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>D.3. <A
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>Issuezilla</A
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>Scarab</A
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>Perforce SCM</A
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>SourceForge</A
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>GNU Free Documentation License</A
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>0. <A
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>4-1. <A
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>.htaccess</TT
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>Upgrading using CVS</A
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