Bugzilla bug tracking database for 2.5 now available.

[Jon Tollefson]

On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 09:55, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> > I'm one of the core developers of Bugzilla, and just wanted to 
> > say how great it is that you've started using it for the Linux 
> > kernel (http://bugme.osdl.org/).
> 
> Thanks - there's actually a small team of people here doing it,
> I'm just a rabble-rouser for interfacing with the Linux community, 
> Jon (cc'ed) is doing the hard work of configuring Bugzilla.
> 
> > Might I suggest you set up a product (or component) for people 
> > to file bugs against your Bugzilla installation in? This allows 
> > you to triage them, separate out local tweak requests from more 
> > general enhancements, and forward the latter on to us in 
> > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org :-) You might even use Bugzilla's 
> > bug moving feature for this purpose.
> 
> We did discuss creating such a category already, not sure where
> that was at ... we'll probably need one eventually. The config is
> still fairly embryonic at this stage - made more sense to just do 
> something basic, and push it out there to see what else it needed.
> 

I am thinking that would be a good idea.  It would probably just be a
single component for bugzilla; not wanting to distract too much from the
main purpose of the server (to track Linux bugs).


> > Also, are you aware of the news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.webtools newsgroup? 
> > It's the best place for Bugzilla advice. Particularly, I'd suggest 
> > you run ideas past it before implementing any sigificant changes or
> > enhancements - not because you are incapable (perish the thought), 
> > but merely because we've found in the past that people who don't, 
> > normally do things the obvious and hard, rather than the 
> > less-obvious and asy way :-)
> 
> Nah, I actually am fairly incapable at this sort of thing ;-) 
> But Jon isn't ... he'll do all that stuff, so he'll probably contact 
> you directly. We want to do something wacky with versions for 
> instance, if we can't see an obvious way, that might be a good thing 
> to start with.
>  
> > Good luck, and let us know if there's anything we can do to help. 
> > We love to get feedback on how we can make Bugzilla better.
> 
> Thanks for the support,
> 
> M.

Thanks for the information and support.  I have been following that news group though I haven't post there much.
I am normally on the #mozwebtools irc channel too, but have been a
fairly quiet guy.  I will try to open up more :)

Jon