Modification to Bugzilla

[jocuri at softhome.net]

Hello Mark, 

> In one way or another would you be interested in receiving these
> modifications after completion or are they too customised for our own use?

Generally speaking we're always happy to receive code from other Bugzilla 
installations and to evaluate the opportunity to integrate it into our 
code-line. 

Module owners have the final authority into what goes in and what does not 
(unless contradicted by Dave), so there is no blank approval that we can 
give for those features at this moment. However, they all seem interesting 
to me, and I'm sure the Bugzilla module owners will be more than happy to 
evaluate for each one of this, individually, the opportunity to integrate 
it. 

If you want to see that code integrated into Bugzilla, the best approach 
would be to start a bug for each one of the features, and to attach a patch 
with your suggested changes, requesting review for it. Of course if you can 
find a bug on the same subject, you should use that one instead of opening a 
new one etc. You can find more details on the "How you can help" page at
http://bugzilla.org/how_to_help.html . 

In the end I'd like to express my thanks for taking up on this and for 
sharing back the code changes performed at your Bugzilla installation. 
Working in a peer-reviewed environment can be quite different compared to 
other development styles, but integrating back those changes in the Bugzilla
code-line has the opportunity to bring this product to the next level, for 
both the enterprise-level and the open-source communities. 

Thanks,
Vlad. 

On Friday 18 July 2003 07:07 pm, you wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> I work for a company who have recently started using Bugzilla to track
> their bugs. I have recently been tasked with making some changes to the way
> the system operates so we can make it more flexible for ourselves. 
>
> Some of these changes require editing of the CGI.pl and other generic
> files. Examples of these are: 
>
> Not allowing unregistered or non-logged in users to view the buglist or
> reports.
> Not allowing anyone to create a new account accept the administrator.
> Only allowing a user to belong to one user group at a time. 
>
> These are only minor aspects of the project, as the end goal is to add a
> regression testing system module to Bugzilla. This means adding a test for
> confirming each bug has been fixed and then generating a random list of
> tests for our technicians to carry out. 
>
> I have started making these modifications and have tried to observe the
> developers guidelines, but ultimately would like to know if these
> modifications are going to be of interest to the Bugzilla community. i.e. 
>
> Best Regards, 
>
> Mark Ingram
> Software Engineer
> Nexsan Technologies
> 33 - 35 Parker Centre
> Mansfield Road
> Derby
> DE21 4SZ