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> Apache web server, and other NCSA-compliant web servers,
observe the convention of using files in directories
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password to your database. If this information were
generally available, and remote access to your database
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> A <SPAN
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>"Bug"</SPAN
> in Bugzilla refers to an issue
entered into the database which has an associated number,
assignments, comments, etc. Some also refer to a
<SPAN
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>"tickets"</SPAN
> or <SPAN
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>"issues"</SPAN
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context of Bugzilla, they are synonymous.
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>Bug Number</B
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> Each Bugzilla Bug is assigned a number that uniquely
identifies that Bug. The Bug associated with a Bug Number
can be pulled up via a query, or easily from the very
front page by typing the number in the "Find" box.
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>Bug Life Cycle</B
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>A Bug has stages through which it must pass before
becoming a <SPAN
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>"closed bug"</SPAN
>, including
acceptance, resolution, and verification. The <SPAN
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>"Bug
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> is moderately flexible according to
the needs of the organization using it, though.</P
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>A loop of information that never ends; see recursion.</P
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>A Product is a broad category of types of bugs. In
general, there are several Components to a Product. A
Product also defines a default Group (used for Bug
Security) for all bugs entered into components beneath
it.</P
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software called <SPAN
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>"Y"</SPAN
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project <SPAN
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>"Z"</SPAN
>. An effective use of Products
might be to create Products <SPAN
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>"X"</SPAN
>,
<SPAN
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>"Y"</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Z"</SPAN
>, each with Components
of User Interface, Database, and Business Logic. They
might also change group permissions so that only those
people who are members of Group <SPAN
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>"Z"</SPAN
> can see
components and bugs under Product
<SPAN
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>"Z"</SPAN
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><SPAN
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>"QA"</SPAN
>, <SPAN
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>"Q/A"</SPAN
>, and
<SPAN
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>"Q.A."</SPAN
> are short for <SPAN
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>"Quality
Assurance"</SPAN
>. In most large software development
organizations, there is a team devoted to ensuring the
product meets minimum standards before shipping. This
team will also generally want to track the progress of
bugs over their life cycle, thus the need for the
<SPAN
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>"QA Contact"</SPAN
> field in a Bug.</P
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>Recursion</B
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>The property of a function looking back at itself for
something. <SPAN
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>"GNU"</SPAN
>, for instance, stands for
<SPAN
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>"GNU's Not UNIX"</SPAN
>, thus recursing upon itself
for definition. For further clarity, see Infinite
Loop.</P
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>Zarro Boogs Found</B
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><DD
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>This is the cryptic response sent by Bugzilla when a
query returned no results. It is just a goofy way of
saying "Zero Bugs Found".</P
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