From: jake%bugzilla.org <> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 04:47:15 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Backport glossary changes from the tip X-Git-Tag: bugzilla-2.16.3~22 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3d4c229559f0b63692d9cc14bdb7731de415adb8;p=thirdparty%2Fbugzilla.git Backport glossary changes from the tip --- diff --git a/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml b/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml index cc5d4fb694..f698c73dc5 100644 --- a/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml +++ b/docs/sgml/glossary.sgml @@ -41,6 +41,50 @@ NCSA world-wide-web server. + + + Useful Directives when configuring Bugzilla + + + AddHandler + + Tell Apache that it's OK to run CGI scripts. + + + + AllowOverride + Options + + These directives are used to tell Apache many things about + the directory they apply to. For Bugzilla's purposes, we need + them to allow script execution and .htaccess + overrides. + + + + + DirectoryIndex + + Used to tell Apache what files are indexes. If you can + not add index.cgi to the list of valid files, + you'll need to set $index_html to + 1 in localconfig so + ./checksetup.pl will create an + index.html that redirects to + index.cgi. + + + + + ScriptInterpreterSource + + Used when running Apache on windows so the shebang line + doesn't have to be changed in every Bugzilla script. + + + + + @@ -86,8 +130,19 @@ - - + C + + + Common Gateway Interface + CGI + + CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface. + This is a standard for interfacing an external application with a web + server. Bugzilla is an example of a CGI application. + + + + Component @@ -138,8 +193,7 @@ - - + G Groups @@ -162,17 +216,39 @@ M - - mysqld + + Message Transport Agent + MTA - mysqld is the name of the - daemon + A Message Transport Agent is used to control the flow of email + on a system. Many unix based systems use + sendmail which is what + Bugzilla expects to find by default at /usr/sbin/sendmail. + Many other MTA's will work, but they all require that the + param be set to on. + + + - for the MySQL database. In general, it is invoked automatically - through the use of the System V init scripts on GNU/Linux and - AT&T System V-based systems, such as Solaris and HP/UX, or - through the RC scripts on BSD-based systems. + + MySQL + + + MySQL is currently the required + RDBMS for Bugzilla. MySQL + can be downloaded from . While you + should familiarize yourself with all of the documentation, some high + points are: + + + + MySQL + Privilege System - Much more detailed information about + the suggestions in . + + + @@ -231,6 +307,21 @@ + + R + + + Relational DataBase Managment System + RDBMS + + + A relational database management system is a database system + that stores information in tables that are related to each other. + + + + + S @@ -291,20 +382,54 @@ fixed, or an enhancement will be implemented. + + + Tool Command Language + TCL + + TCL is an open source scripting language available for Windows, + Macintosh, and Unix based systems. Bugzilla 1.0 was written in TCL but + never released. The first release of Bugzilla was 2.0, which was when + it was ported to perl. + + + Z - + Zarro Boogs Found - 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". + This is just a goofy way of saying that there were no bugs + found matching your query. When asked to explain this message, + Terry had the following to say: + + +
+ Terry Weissman + I've been asked to explain this ... way back when, when + Netscape released version 4.0 of its browser, we had a release + party. Naturally, there had been a big push to try and fix every + known bug before the release. Naturally, that hadn't actually + happened. (This is not unique to Netscape or to 4.0; the same thing + has happened with every software project I've ever seen.) Anyway, + at the release party, T-shirts were handed out that said something + like "Netscape 4.0: Zarro Boogs". Just like the software, the + T-shirt had no known bugs. Uh-huh. + + + So, when you query for a list of bugs, and it gets no results, + you can think of this as a friendly reminder. Of *course* there are + bugs matching your query, they just aren't in the bugsystem yet... + +
+ + diff --git a/docs/xml/glossary.xml b/docs/xml/glossary.xml index cc5d4fb694..f698c73dc5 100644 --- a/docs/xml/glossary.xml +++ b/docs/xml/glossary.xml @@ -41,6 +41,50 @@ NCSA world-wide-web server. + + + Useful Directives when configuring Bugzilla + + + AddHandler + + Tell Apache that it's OK to run CGI scripts. + + + + AllowOverride + Options + + These directives are used to tell Apache many things about + the directory they apply to. For Bugzilla's purposes, we need + them to allow script execution and .htaccess + overrides. + + + + + DirectoryIndex + + Used to tell Apache what files are indexes. If you can + not add index.cgi to the list of valid files, + you'll need to set $index_html to + 1 in localconfig so + ./checksetup.pl will create an + index.html that redirects to + index.cgi. + + + + + ScriptInterpreterSource + + Used when running Apache on windows so the shebang line + doesn't have to be changed in every Bugzilla script. + + + + + @@ -86,8 +130,19 @@ - - + C + + + Common Gateway Interface + CGI + + CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface. + This is a standard for interfacing an external application with a web + server. Bugzilla is an example of a CGI application. + + + + Component @@ -138,8 +193,7 @@ - - + G Groups @@ -162,17 +216,39 @@ M - - mysqld + + Message Transport Agent + MTA - mysqld is the name of the - daemon + A Message Transport Agent is used to control the flow of email + on a system. Many unix based systems use + sendmail which is what + Bugzilla expects to find by default at /usr/sbin/sendmail. + Many other MTA's will work, but they all require that the + param be set to on. + + + - for the MySQL database. In general, it is invoked automatically - through the use of the System V init scripts on GNU/Linux and - AT&T System V-based systems, such as Solaris and HP/UX, or - through the RC scripts on BSD-based systems. + + MySQL + + + MySQL is currently the required + RDBMS for Bugzilla. MySQL + can be downloaded from . While you + should familiarize yourself with all of the documentation, some high + points are: + + + + MySQL + Privilege System - Much more detailed information about + the suggestions in . + + + @@ -231,6 +307,21 @@ + + R + + + Relational DataBase Managment System + RDBMS + + + A relational database management system is a database system + that stores information in tables that are related to each other. + + + + + S @@ -291,20 +382,54 @@ fixed, or an enhancement will be implemented. + + + Tool Command Language + TCL + + TCL is an open source scripting language available for Windows, + Macintosh, and Unix based systems. Bugzilla 1.0 was written in TCL but + never released. The first release of Bugzilla was 2.0, which was when + it was ported to perl. + + + Z - + Zarro Boogs Found - 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". + This is just a goofy way of saying that there were no bugs + found matching your query. When asked to explain this message, + Terry had the following to say: + + +
+ Terry Weissman + I've been asked to explain this ... way back when, when + Netscape released version 4.0 of its browser, we had a release + party. Naturally, there had been a big push to try and fix every + known bug before the release. Naturally, that hadn't actually + happened. (This is not unique to Netscape or to 4.0; the same thing + has happened with every software project I've ever seen.) Anyway, + at the release party, T-shirts were handed out that said something + like "Netscape 4.0: Zarro Boogs". Just like the software, the + T-shirt had no known bugs. Uh-huh. + + + So, when you query for a list of bugs, and it gets no results, + you can think of this as a friendly reminder. Of *course* there are + bugs matching your query, they just aren't in the bugsystem yet... + +
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