<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Bugzilla Guide</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.61 "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="About This Guide" HREF="about.html"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="Bugzilla"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="Guide"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="installation"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="FAQ"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="administration"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="integration"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="MySQL"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="Mozilla"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="webtools"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="BOOK" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="BOOK" ><A NAME="INDEX" ></A ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" >The Bugzilla Guide</A ></H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN5" >Matthew P. Barnson</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" >barnboy@trilobyte.net</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN12" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the Mozilla bug-tracking system.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="about.html" >About This Guide</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="aboutthisguide.html" >Purpose and Scope of this Guide</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="copyright.html" >Copyright Information</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="disclaimer.html" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="newversions.html" >New Versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="credits.html" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >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" >Translations</A ></DT ><DT >1.9. <A HREF="conventions.html" >Document Conventions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="installation.html" >Installing Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="readme.unix.html" >UNIX Installation</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="readme.windows.html" >Win32 (Win98+/NT/2K) Installation</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="administration.html" >Administering Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="postinstall-check.html" >Post-Installation Checklist</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="useradmin.html" >User Administration</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="programadmin.html" >Product, Component, Milestone, and Version Administration</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="security.html" >Bugzilla Security</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="using.html" >Using Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="whatis.html" >What is Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="why.html" >Why Should We Use Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="how.html" >How do I use Bugzilla?</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="init4me.html" >What's in it for me?</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="usingbz-conc.html" >Using Bugzilla-Conclusion</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="integration.html" >Integrating Bugzilla with Third-Party Tools</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="bonsai.html" >Bonsai</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="cvs.html" >CVS</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="scm.html" >Perforce SCM</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="tinderbox.html" >Tinderbox</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="future.html" >The Future of Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="spamlite.html" >Reducing Spam</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="searching.html" >Better Searching</A ></DT ><DT >6.3. <A HREF="trackingbugs.html" >Description Flags and Tracking Bugs</A ></DT ><DT >6.4. <A HREF="bugprobs.html" >Bug Issues</A ></DT ><DT >6.5. <A HREF="dbaseintegrity.html" >Database Integrity</A ></DT ><DT >6.6. <A HREF="bz30.html" >Bugzilla 3.0</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >A. <A HREF="faq.html" >The Bugzilla FAQ</A ></DT ><DT >B. <A HREF="database.html" >The Bugzilla Database</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >B.1. <A HREF="dbschema.html" >Database Schema Chart</A ></DT ><DT >B.2. <A HREF="dbdoc.html" >MySQL Bugzilla Database Introduction</A ></DT ><DT >B.3. <A HREF="granttables.html" >MySQL Permissions & Grant Tables</A ></DT ><DT >B.4. <A HREF="cleanupwork.html" >Cleaning up after mucking with Bugzilla</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >C. <A HREF="patches.html" >Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >C.1. <A HREF="setperl.html" >The setperl.pl Utility</A ></DT ><DT >C.2. <A HREF="cmdline.html" >Command-line Bugzilla Queries</A ></DT ><DT >C.3. <A HREF="quicksearch.html" >The Quicksearch Utility</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >D. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >0. <A HREF="gfdl_0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="gfdl_1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="gfdl_2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="gfdl_3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="gfdl_4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="gfdl_5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="gfdl_6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="gfdl_7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="gfdl_8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="gfdl_9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="gfdl_10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="gfdl_howto.html" >How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT ><A HREF="glossary.html" >Glossary</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="LOT" ><DL CLASS="LOT" ><DT ><B >List of Examples</B ></DT ><DT >3-1. <A HREF="programadmin.html#AEN491" >Creating some Components</A ></DT ><DT >3-2. <A HREF="programadmin.html#AEN520" >Common Use of Versions</A ></DT ><DT >3-3. <A HREF="programadmin.html#AEN524" >A Different Use of Versions</A ></DT ><DT >3-4. <A HREF="programadmin.html#AEN552" >Using SortKey with Target Milestone</A ></DT ><DT >3-5. <A HREF="programadmin.html#AEN590" >When to Use Group Security</A ></DT ><DT >3-6. <A HREF="programadmin.html#AEN607" >Creating a New Group</A ></DT ><DT >4-1. <A HREF="how.html#AEN745" >Some Famous Software Versions</A ></DT ><DT >4-2. <A HREF="how.html#AEN755" >Mozilla Webtools Components</A ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="glossary.html#AEN1735" >A Sample Product</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="about.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >About This Guide</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >