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> This document was started on September 17, 2000 by Matthew P.
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of Bugzilla, as of this writing (August 10, 2001) is 2.14; if
something were seriously wrong with that edition of the Guide,
subsequent releases would receive an additional dotted-decimal
digit to indicate the update (2.14.1, 2.14.2, etc.).
Got it? Good.
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> 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
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