Bugzilla is a powerful utility and a database for bugs that lets people report bugs and assigns these bugs to the appropriate developers.
Developers can use bugzilla to keep a to-do list as well as to prioritize, schedule and track dependencies.
Here are some key features of "Bugzilla":
· The "Assigned To" field on the new bug page is now prefilled with the default component owner.
· A bug alias column is now available in the buglist page.
· Lists of bugs containing errors in the sanity check page now have a "view as buglist" link in addition to the individual bug links.
· Autolinkification Page - It`s now possible to apply Bugzilla`s comment hyperlinking algorithm to any text you like. This should be useful for status updates and other web pages which give lists of bugs. The bug links created include the subject, status and resolution of the bug as a tooltip.
· There are more tags on the links toolbar for navigating quickly between different areas.
· Buglists are now available as comma-separated value files (CSV) and JavaScript (JS) as well as HTML and RDF.
· Keywords and dependencies can now be entered during initial bug entry
· A CSS id signature unique to each Bugzilla installation is now added to the tag on Bugzilla pages to allow custom end-user CSS to explicitly affect Bugzilla.
· Perl`s path has been changed to a normal /usr/bin/perl from the original legacy "bonsaitools" path specifier.
· A new "always-require-login" parameter allows administrators to require a login before being able to view any page, except the front page.
· A developer may add an attachment, and also reassign a bug to himself as part of that single action.
· Bugzilla is now able to use the replication facilities provided by the MySQL database to handle updates from the main database to the secondaries.
· Mail handling is now between 125% to 175% faster.
· Guided Bug Entry: You can see a sample enter_bug.cgi template at enter_bug.cgi?format=guided that "guides" users through the process of filing a "good" bug. It needs to be modified before use in your organization.
· There is now a "Give me some help" link on the Advanced Search page that will enable pop-up help for every field on the page.
· The Bugzilla administrator can now forbid users from marking bugs RESOLVED when there are unresolved dependencies.
Requirements:
· MySQL 4.0.14 or later
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
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· The "Remember values as bookmarkable template" button on the bug entry page will now work even when some required fields are empty.
· Email notifications about dependencies and flags had the wrong timestamp.
· You can now select "UTC" as a valid timezone in General Preferences.
· Automatic duplicate detection now works on PostgreSQL (although it is not as high-quality as on other DB platforms).
· Autcomplete for users now works even if you are using the "emailsuffix" option.
· Javascript errors during series creation in New Charts have been fixed.
· The "Show Votes" page now works, for installations using ...
