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><HEAD
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><TITLE
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>Post-Installation Checklist</TITLE
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><META
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.64
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"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Administering Bugzilla"
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HREF="administration.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Administering Bugzilla"
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HREF="administration.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="User Administration"
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HREF="useradmin.html"></HEAD
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><TR
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><TH
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COLSPAN="3"
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ALIGN="center"
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>The Bugzilla Guide</TH
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></TR
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><TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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><A
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HREF="administration.html"
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>Prev</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="80%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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>Chapter 3. Administering Bugzilla</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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><A
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HREF="useradmin.html"
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>Next</A
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></TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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><HR
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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WIDTH="100%"></DIV
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CLASS="SECTION"
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><H1
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CLASS="SECTION"
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><A
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NAME="POSTINSTALL-CHECK"
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>3.1. Post-Installation Checklist</A
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></H1
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><P
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> After installation, follow the checklist below to ensure that
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you have a successful installation.
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If you do not see a recommended setting for a parameter,
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consider leaving it at the default
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while you perform your initial tests on your Bugzilla setup.
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</P
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><DIV
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CLASS="PROCEDURE"
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><OL
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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><P
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> Bring up "editparams.cgi" in your web browser. For instance, to edit parameters
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at mozilla.org, the URL would be <A
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HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/editparams.cgi"
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TARGET="_top"
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> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/editparams.cgi</A
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>, also available under the "edit parameters"
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link on your query page.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "maintainer" to <EM
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>your</EM
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> email address.
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This allows Bugzilla's error messages
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to display your email
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address and allow people to contact you for help.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "urlbase" to the URL reference for your Bugzilla installation.
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If your bugzilla query page is at http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/query.cgi,
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your url base is http://www.foo.com/bugzilla/
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "usebuggroups" to "1" <EM
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>only</EM
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>
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if you need to restrict access to products.
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I suggest leaving this parameter <EM
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>off</EM
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>
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while initially testing your Bugzilla.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "usebuggroupsentry" to "1" if you want to restrict access to products.
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Once again, if you are simply testing your installation, I suggest against
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turning this parameter on; the strict security checking may stop you from
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being able to modify your new entries.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "shadowdb" to "bug_shadowdb" if you will be
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running a *very* large installation of Bugzilla.
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The shadow database enables many simultaneous users
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to read and write to the database
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without interfering with one another.
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<DIV
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CLASS="NOTE"
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><BLOCKQUOTE
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CLASS="NOTE"
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><P
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><B
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>Note: </B
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> Enabling "shadowdb" can adversely affect the stability
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of your installation of Bugzilla.
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You may frequently need to manually synchronize your databases,
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or schedule nightly syncs
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via "cron"
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</P
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></BLOCKQUOTE
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></DIV
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>
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Once again, in testing you should
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avoid this option -- use it if or when you <EM
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>need</EM
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> to use it, and have
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repeatedly run into the problem it was designed to solve -- very long wait times while
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attempting to commit a change to the database.
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</P
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><P
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> If you use the "shadowdb" option,
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it is only natural that you should turn the "queryagainstshadowdb"
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option "On" as well. Otherwise you are replicating data into a shadow database for no reason!
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> If you have custom logos or HTML you must put in place to fit within your site design guidelines,
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place the code in the "headerhtml", "footerhtml", "errorhtml",
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"bannerhtml", or "blurbhtml" text boxes.
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<DIV
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CLASS="NOTE"
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><BLOCKQUOTE
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CLASS="NOTE"
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><P
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><B
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>Note: </B
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> The "headerhtml" text box is the HTML printed out
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<EM
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>before</EM
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> any other code on the page.
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If you have a special banner, put the code for it in "bannerhtml".
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You may want to leave these
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settings at the defaults initially.
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</P
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></BLOCKQUOTE
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></DIV
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>
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Add any text you wish to the "passwordmail" parameter box. For instance,
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many people choose to use this box to give a quick training blurb about how to
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use Bugzilla at your site.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Ensure "newemailtech" is "on".
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Your users will thank you. This is the default in the post-2.12 world, and is
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only an issue if you are upgrading.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Do you want to use the qa contact ("useqacontact")
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and status whiteboard ("usestatuswhiteboard") fields?
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These fields are useful because they allow for more flexibility,
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particularly when you have an existing
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Quality Assurance and/or Release Engineering team,
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but they may not be needed for smaller installations.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "whinedays" to the amount of days you want to let bugs go
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in the "New" or "Reopened" state before
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notifying people they have untouched new bugs. If you do not plan to use this feature, simply do
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not set up the whining cron job described in the README, or set this value to "0".
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set the "commenton" options according to your site policy.
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It is a wise idea to require comments when users
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resolve, reassign, or reopen bugs.
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<DIV
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CLASS="NOTE"
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><BLOCKQUOTE
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CLASS="NOTE"
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><P
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><B
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>Note: </B
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> It is generally far better to require a developer comment when resolving bugs than not.
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Few things are more annoying to bug database users than having a developer
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mark a bug "fixed" without any comment as to what the fix was (or even that it was truly fixed!)
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</P
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></BLOCKQUOTE
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></DIV
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>
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> Set "supportwatchers" to "On". This feature is helpful for team leads to monitor progress in their
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respective areas, and can offer many other benefits, such as allowing a developer to pick up a
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former engineer's bugs without requiring her to change all the information in the bug.
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</P
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></LI
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></OL
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></DIV
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
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><HR
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
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WIDTH="100%"
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BORDER="0"
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CELLPADDING="0"
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CELLSPACING="0"
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><TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="administration.html"
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>Prev</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="index.html"
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>Home</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="useradmin.html"
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>Next</A
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></TD
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></TR
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><TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="top"
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>Administering Bugzilla</TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="top"
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><A
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HREF="administration.html"
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>Up</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="top"
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>User Administration</TD
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></TR
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></TABLE
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></DIV
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></BODY
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></HTML
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