Questions tagged [bugzilla]

Bugzilla is a Web-based bug tracking application.

Bugzilla

Bugzilla is a Web-based bug tracking application. Written in Perl, it is used by a wide variety of companies, organisations and projects. There is a comprehensive list of its features available here.

Landfill is a site consisting of various demo installations of Bugzilla. If you are interested in trying out Bugzilla, this is a useful place to start.

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Bugzilla or Mantis?

As the title says, I'm starting one project right now, and trying to layout the infrastructure for the project (SVN, Email, Bug tracking, Online Forums, etc...) So, Bugzilla or Mantis?
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Does Bugzilla support any markup language?

Maybe I'm just blind, but I can't find documentation about how to format text in Bugzilla. Does Bugzilla support Markdown, Textile or some sort of markup language out of the box? -- EDIT -- Half interesting news: there is an open P3 enhancement [1]…
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Is there a trick to show Arial Black in Firefox?

Since Arial black is buggy in firefox, is there a way to show it without embedding it with @font-face? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644385 I've seen a couple of work arounds like using font-weight: 900; font-family:'Arial Black',…
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Bugzilla Reporting

Is there a really good free tool for BugZilla reporting? I am finding the default search options on the web interface far too limiting. My biggest issue is with the lack of Order By options (only 1 field at a time, and a very limited set of fields…
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Migrate Bugzilla Issues to github Issue Tracker

I would like to migrate all my Bugzilla issues to an Issue Tracker at github.com (Example) (you get an issue tracker per repository). 1) Are there tools out there? 2) How did you do it? Thanks for any advices, I will write a summary at the end how I…
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How should I implement User Stories in Bugzilla?

A few individuals at my work have come together to form a group whose goal is to analyze the benefits of implementing some Agile software development / project management principles. As a developer, I see great benefit in User Stories. We're…
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There was an error sending email from "bugzilla-daemon" to "abc@xyz.com": no sender

I'd like to research about bugzilla. So I use bugzilla-5.0 to setup my bugzilla in local VM. But When I tried to create a bug or comment something in bugzilla. It noticed that: There was an error sending email from "bugzilla-daemon" to…
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How to configure bugzilla to not advance to next bug when updating?

By default, when you apply changes to a Bugzilla entry, the web interface advances to the next bug in your list. I would like to disable this feature since it is almost never what I desire, planning to make further updates later. Further, I often…
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After a bug is resolved in bugzilla, I don't find the bug existing anymore. How could I access it?

Once The bug is set resolved, the bug is completely removed from My Bugs. I wanted to keep a track of the number of issues resolved. How could I see it and get back all in one list?
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How to change urlbase setting in Bugzilla config file manually?

My Bugzilla meets a strange problem. I used my IP as my Bugzilla urlbase setting. So I can login into my Bugzilla by following style address: http://192.168.1.146:9090/ But right now the IP of the machine has been changed, but Bugzilla will still…
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What tools provide burndown charts to Bugzilla or Mylyn?

My team and I need to work on a project whose bugs are filed in Bugzilla, using Mylyn. Do you know of any tool or plug-in that provides scrum-inspired burndown charts to Bugzilla or Mylyn? Hopefully, this tool would be free for commercial usage, but…
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WebSockets not working without WebApp

This works: String webappDir = "..."; context = tomcat.addWebapp("/", new File(webappDir).getAbsolutePath()); This doesn't: context = tomcat.addContext("/", new File("").getAbsolutePath()); I don't really need a webappDir in this instance because…
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Perl DateTime::TimeZone not found (Bugzilla install)

I am trying to install Bugzilla on my Centos server. but I got this error: Checking for DateTime-TimeZone (v0.71) not found and COMMANDS TO INSTALL REQUIRED MODULES (You *must* run all these commands and then re-run this script): …
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Does it ever make sense to have multiple assignees for an issue in an issue tracker?

I've been a JIRA and Bugzilla admin in past jobs, and have quite often had users ask for the ability to have more than one assignee per issue. I know this is possible in JIRA, but to my mind it never makes sense; an issue should represent a piece of…
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Firefox source code analysis; lines of code per component

I am currently trying to analyse Bugzilla in order to find the ratio of number of bugs : lines of code for each Firefox component. However, I have never worked with Bugzilla before and have no knowledge of Firefox's codebase. How would I go about…
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