bugzilla features list

[David Miller]

Michael Joseph Morgan wrote:

 > I need some help with features for some of the content for the new 
site (http://website-beta.bugzilla.org).
 >
 > Please use bug 189613 to log comments and feature ideas:
 > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189613
 >
 > Main Features
 > --
 > On the front page, as with other products, we need to list the best 
features IN ENGLISH.  Here are some examples:


To put Mike's request in plain English ;) What we need on the front page 
is a short and concise list of 10 or so of the best features Bugzilla 
has.  These should be things that will pique a PHB's interest, and or 
make someone go "Wow, I need that".  The existing list is stolen out of 
old documentation, and appears to be slightly embellished (there may be 
things in there that "yeah, you can do that, but it requires hacking" 
which probably shouldn't be there.

On the actual features page, we need to list *everything* that can be 
considered a feature of Bugzilla, even if it makes it 15 pages long. :) 
  This is the page they get when they click for *details* of course. :) 
  The references to version 2.16 in Mike's request meant that we've kept 
pretty good track of the new features added since 2.16 by way of the new 
features announcements in the status updates.  But we have very little 
record of what features exist that were implemented prior to 2.16. 
Coming up with a list like this is harder than it sounds, for people 
that have been using Bugzilla for a long time.  We're used to everything 
Bugzilla does, so "what makes it unique" or "what several other trackers 
do that we do also" is hard to think up off the top of your head, 
because we know little else :)   This would be a good topic for people 
on this list who have just recently dived into Bugzilla to help with. 
What made you choose Bugzilla?  What does Bugzilla do that we should be 
advertising?

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Dave Miller      Project Leader, Bugzilla Bug Tracking System
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