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Bugzilla 2.18 Goes Gold

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the until-they-invent-self-debugging-code dept.

bugger writes "After almost three years of development, the Bugzilla project has released long-waited Bugzilla 2.18. It contains many new features, a huge number of bug fixes, some security updates, and more. It is also the first Bugzilla version to run unmodified on Windows. In parallel, security release 2.16.8 and a new development snapshot 2.19.2 have been announced."

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  1. The irony... by somethinghollow · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...if Bugzilla had a bug.

    1. Re:The irony... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's ironic that everytime someone uses the word 'ironic', somone else defines it for them.

    2. Re:The irony... by marcosdumay · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is not irony, it is just that lots of bugs have self defense behaviours.

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  2. Talk about slow! by Mirk · · Score: 3, Funny

    It took them three years to get from 2.17 to 2.18? At a rate of 0.0333 releases per year, it must have taken them sixty-five years just to get to 2.17. That means they've been developing BugZilla since just after the start of World War II, which means they really ought to have shaken all the bugs out by now. Better drop the word "bug" from the name, then.

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  3. Bugzilla with bug fixes? by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 5, Funny

    "After almost three years of development, the Bugzilla project has released long-waited Bugzilla 2.18. It contains many new features, a huge number of bug fixes, some security updates, and more."

    A huge number of bug fixes? You mean it contains built-in, preloaded bug fixes for future bug reports? I had no idea it was even possible but it surely sounds like a useful feature. I will also probably use those security updates, for I have a lot of open tickets asking for them. This is a very good news.

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  4. RPMs by LittleLebowskiUrbanA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Should we wait on Redhat or start looking?

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  5. Only on Slashdot.org... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Would we be celebrating a revision of bug tracking software.

    1. Re:Only on Slashdot.org... by IGTeRR0r · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, I'm having a party at my house tonight to celebrate.

  6. In The Beginning ... by handy_vandal · · Score: 3, Funny

    It took them three years to get from 2.17 to 2.18? At a rate of 0.0333 releases per year, it must have taken them sixty-five years just to get to 2.17. That means they've been developing BugZilla since just after the start of World War II ...

    If you accept that the rate of bug discovery is constant.

    This is a hotly debated issue. For example, some Creationists assert that the rate of bug discovery has accelerated with time, and that BugZilla development began five to six thousand years ago.

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  7. Re:please don't misuse the term "goes gold" by njcoder · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you hit the nail on the head.

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  8. Re:Uh... What is Bugzilla? by darkpurpleblob · · Score: 4, Funny
    Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors charge enormous licensing fees.
    Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors also provide usable search forms.
  9. #41233 Blocking bug by macmurph · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they fixed bug #41233 "Fix problem with sucking"