diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev index 00b9f0c15ab..bfe7771260a 100644 --- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev +++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev @@ -1 +1 @@ -7368 \ No newline at end of file +7369 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/xml/administration.xml b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/xml/administration.xml index 8d2ab64bd5d..ba356d4d1cb 100644 --- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/xml/administration.xml +++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/en/xml/administration.xml @@ -2439,10 +2439,13 @@ ReadOnly: ENTRY, NA/NA, CANEDIT Deleting Custom Fields - It is only possible to delete obsolete Custom Fields - if the field has never been used in the database. - To remove a field which already has content, - mark it as obsolete. + Only custom fields which are marked as obsolete, and which never + have been used, can be deleted completely (else the integrity + of the bug history would be compromised). For custom fields marked + as obsolete, a "Delete" link will appear in the Action + column. If the custom field has been used in the past, the deletion + will be rejected. But marking the field as obsolete is sufficient + to hide it from the user interface entirely.