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Other Bugzilla resources: linky

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2006-06-13T05:17:20Z

Tips: cl's RSS feed link

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2006-04-29T05:22:22Z

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Clawson: /* Links to other documents about finding duplicates and filing good bugs */ linkify, shorter section header

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Links to other documents about finding duplicates and filing good bugs: linkify, shorter section header

Clawson: /* Tips */ linkify recent hotness

2006-03-07T05:32:51Z

Tips: linkify recent hotness

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2006-03-04T21:28:17Z

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We need to collect some tips to aid users in searching for duplicates in Bugzilla (rather than filing new bugs that we have to dupe); this is a fairly common request in the forum and occasionally from filers of duped bugs. I ([[User:sardisson|sardisson]]) will probably add this to the [http://caminobrowser.org/support/bugzilla/ cb.o Bugzilla FAQ] once we get a good set of tips from our core QA team.

==Tips==

# Break your bug/issue into its key components and search the summary field for the key term(s) in each component, as well as possible alternate words for the term.
#* E.g., for a bug you would file with the summary "Saving files should use a sheet, not a window":
#** Key terms: '''save''', '''sheet''', '''window'''
#**: Since "save" is not 'included' in "saving" (unlike "download" and "downloading", for instance), either search for the string "sav" or choose "Contains any of the words/strings" from the <select> in Bugzilla
#** Alternate words: '''dialog''', '''download'''
#**: "download" is not really an alternate term in this specific case, but in most cases, "save" and "download" '''are''' alternates
# Search for open bugs (Unconfirmed, New, Assigned, Reopened) as well as for bugs verified/closed Duplicate and Wontfix
#* The default query in Bugzilla will search for open bugs and those verified/closed as Duplicate, but not for Wontfix bugs
#** Cmd-click on Wontfix in the Resolution select to add that to your query, or run a second query just for Wontfix bugs
#* Searching for Wontfix bugs is very important for anything that might remotely be considered an "enhancement" bug, since many of these bugs get Wontfixed.
# If your bug involves something not fairly common (e.g., proxies, FileVault), try searching for those terms in the "Comment" field if a search of the "Summary" field has not turned up any likely bugs.
# Anything related to the content area (the display of web pages themselves, and the actual process of printing) is likely a bug that is (or should be) filed in the "Core" product in Bugzilla.
#* Be sure to search the "Core" product as well as "Camino" for these types of bugs (or enhancements); you might also search "Firefox" and "Mozilla Application Suite" products as well, as their triage efforts are understaffed and bugs may not be moved to the "Core" product yet.
#* Exceptions to the "Core" bug 'rule':
#** Bugs related to HTML form "widgets" are more likely Camino-only bugs, since Camino is the only program currently using "Cocoa widgets"
#** Turn off Camino's ad-blocking (as well as any image or script blocking in <tt>hostperm.1</tt>), and '''turn on''' JavaScript before filing bugs about the layout of a web page
# Check the "recent hot bugs" link for Camino for your bug/issue
#* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/duplicates.cgi?sortby=delta&reverse=1&sortvisible=0&product=Camino&maxrows=100&changedsince=30

==Links to other documents about finding duplicates and filing good bugs==
* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html
* ''there are other docs on mozilla.org we should track down and link to''

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 ==Other Bugzilla resources==
 * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html Bugzilla Guide to Writing Bugs]
 * ''there are other docs on mozilla.org we should track down and link to''

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 #** Bugs related to HTML form "widgets" are more likely Camino-only bugs, since Camino is the only program currently using "Cocoa widgets"
 #** Turn off Camino's ad-blocking (as well as any image or script blocking in <tt>hostperm.1</tt>), and '''turn on''' JavaScript before filing bugs about the layout of a web page
-# Check the "[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/duplicates.cgi?sortby=delta&reverse=1&sortvisible=0&product=Camino&maxrows=100&changedsince=30 recent hot bugs]" for Camino for your bug/issue
+# Check the "[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/duplicates.cgi?sortby=delta&reverse=1&sortvisible=0&product=Camino&maxrows=100&changedsince=30 recent hot bugs]" for Camino for your bug/issue and/or the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Camino&chfield=%5BBug%20creation%5D&changedin=30&remaction=&query_format=advanced&ctype=rss RSS feed for Camino bugs filed in the last 30 days].
 ==Other Bugzilla resources==
 * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html Bugzilla Guide to Writing Bugs]
 * ''there are other docs on mozilla.org we should track down and link to''

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−	We need to collect some tips to aid users in searching for duplicates in Bugzilla (rather than filing new bugs that we have to dupe); this is a fairly common request in the forum and occasionally from filers of duped bugs. ~~I ([[User:sardisson\|sardisson]])~~ will probably ~~add this to~~ the [http://caminobrowser.org/support/bugzilla/ cb.o Bugzilla FAQ] once we get a good set of tips from our core QA team.	+	We need to collect some tips to aid users and new QA team members in searching for duplicates in Bugzilla (rather than filing new bugs that we have to dupe); this is a fairly common request in the forum and occasionally from filers of duped bugs. Some of these tips will probably end up on the [http://caminobrowser.org/support/bugzilla/ cb.o Bugzilla FAQ] (once we get a good set of tips from our core QA team), but the more advanced tips might be reserved for a QA page/subsection of cb.o/development.

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 # Check the "[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/duplicates.cgi?sortby=delta&reverse=1&sortvisible=0&product=Camino&maxrows=100&changedsince=30 recent hot bugs]" for Camino for your bug/issue
-==Links to other documents about finding duplicates and filing good bugs==
+==Other Bugzilla resources==
-* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html
+* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html Bugzilla Guide to Writing Bugs]
 * ''there are other docs on mozilla.org we should track down and link to''