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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. bugzilla.mozilla.org is up to date by digitalgimpus · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those who participate with mozilla's bugzilla installation for reporting bugs, that has been the test site for some time.

    So you have had most of those features for quite some time.

    1. Re:bugzilla.mozilla.org is up to date by Myen · · Score: 3, Informative

      Err, I thought the test site had been landfill.bugzilla.org?

      So as to avoid, you know, totally screwing with the Mozilla (+ bugzilla, etc.) bug database if stuff breaks? Granted, Mozilla does use really up-to-date installations of bugzilla...

      In fact, b.m.o seems to be on 2.19+ now (according to the banner up top)...

      [NB I'm just an interested bystander]

  2. Uh... What is Bugzilla? by sanityspeech · · Score: 4, Informative
    Taken from the about page:

    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.
  3. please don't misuse the term "goes gold" by JoeBuck · · Score: 3, Informative
    This term originated in the games industry, meaning that when the game was ready to be shipped, a master CD has been pressed and delivered to the publisher for production. The gold CD is used to stamp out the CDs that are actually shipped. It means that the final version of the game has been made, but you can't buy it yet because it still has to be shipped.

    The bugzilla guys aren't doing anything like this; it's free software after all, and you can get it today; "goes gold" means you can't get it yet, you still have to wait for the production ramp-up.

  4. Patch viewing! by ZiZ · · Score: 4, Informative
    This is a marvelous new feature. From TFA:

    Patch Viewer
    ------------

    Viewing and reviewing patches in Bugzilla is often difficult due to lack of context, improper format and the inherent readability issues that raw patches present. Patch Viewer is an enhancement to Bugzilla designed to fix that by offering increased context, linking to sections, and integrating with Bonsai, LXR and CVS.

    Now instead of just being able to see what's already changed, you can see what a proposed patch will change, where it will change it, and what the code nearby the patch is. It may seem like a small thing in any individual case, but this will likely save huge amounts of developer time.

    Props to the Bugzilla team! They've always had a fantastic product, and this release looks like more and better.

    --
    This flies in the face of science.
  5. Re:Does Bugzilla support PostgreSQL? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Redhat uses Postgres with their Bugzilla installation, and there is a thread about Postgres compatibility on the Mozilla bugtracker here:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98304

  6. Re:Can bugzilla see different products per login? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes.
    As an administrator under Users->Select User->Edit User->Group Access