[ANN] Release of Bugzilla 2.22rc1, 2.20.1, 2.18.5, and 2.16.11

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

The Bugzilla Project is proud to announce our first Release Candidate
for Bugzilla 2.22. Bugzilla 2.22 will be a major new feature release 
for Bugzilla, containing a large number of bug fixes and enhancements,
including complete PostgreSQL support, UTF-8 support, user-impersonation
capabilities, and more.

You can see a description of all the new features in
Bugzilla 2.22 at:

http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/2.22/new-features.html

We are also releasing our first bug-fix release for the 2.20 series,
2.20.1. All users of the 2.20 series are highly recommended to
upgrade to 2.20.1, as it contains many improvements and fixes to the 
2.20 branch.

There are also two security releases for old branches: 2.18.5 and 
2.16.11.

Please note that this is very likely the final release on the 2.16
branch.
After Bugzilla 2.22 is released, there will be no more security updates
from the Bugzilla Project for the 2.16 branch.

Download
--------
Bugzilla is available at:

http://www.bugzilla.org/download/


Release Notes & Changes
-----------------------
Before installing or upgrading, it is VERY IMPORTANT to read 
the Release Notes:

2.20: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/2.20/release-notes.html
2.22: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/2.22/release-notes.html

To see a list of all changes between your version of Bugzilla and 
the current version of Bugzilla, you can use the chart at:

http://www.bugzilla.org/status/changes.html


Status Update
-------------
Read all about our new releases and what's going on in the
Bugzilla Project:

http://www.bugzilla.org/status/2006-02-20.html


Try Out Bugzilla
----------------
If you'd like to test-drive Bugzilla, you can use the demo
installations of Bugzilla at:

http://landfill.bugzilla.org/


Security Advisory
-----------------
You can see the details of the security issues fixed in these
releases, here:

2.22rc1, 2.20.1, and 2.18.5: http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.4/
2.16.11: http://www.bugzilla.org/2.16.10-nr/


Support
-------
You can ask questions for free on the mailing lists (or in IRC)
about Bugzilla, or you can hire a paid consultant to help you out:

Free Support: http://www.bugzilla.org/support/
Paid Support: http://www.bugzilla.org/support/consulting.html


About Bugzilla
--------------

Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System."
Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers
to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. 
Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors charge enormous 
licensing fees. Despite being "free", Bugzilla has many features 
its expensive counterparts lack. Consequently, Bugzilla has quickly 
become a favorite of hundreds of organizations across the globe, and 
is widely regarded as one of the top defect-tracking systems available.

See http://www.bugzilla.org/about/ for more details.

-Max Kanat-Alexander
Release Manager, Bugzilla Project
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.bugzilla.org/pipermail/announce/attachments/20060221/0add01bd/attachment-0001.sig>