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== Bugzilla Field Descriptions == | == Bugzilla Field Descriptions == | ||
− | + | ; %Complete : How close to 100% done this bug is, by comparing its Hours Worked to its Orig. Est.. | |
− | + | ; Alias : A short, unique name assigned to a bug in order to assist with looking it up and referring to it in other places in Bugzilla. | |
− | + | ; Assignee : This is the person in charge of resolving the bug. Every time this field changes, the status changes to NEW to make it easy to see which new bugs have appeared on a person's list. | |
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* Blocks | * Blocks | ||
** This bug must be resolved before the bugs listed in this field can be resolved. | ** This bug must be resolved before the bugs listed in this field can be resolved. |
Revision as of 22:58, 3 January 2017
Bugzilla Field Descriptions
- %Complete
- How close to 100% done this bug is, by comparing its Hours Worked to its Orig. Est..
- Alias
- A short, unique name assigned to a bug in order to assist with looking it up and referring to it in other places in Bugzilla.
- Assignee
- This is the person in charge of resolving the bug. Every time this field changes, the status changes to NEW to make it easy to see which new bugs have appeared on a person's list.
- Blocks
- This bug must be resolved before the bugs listed in this field can be resolved.
- Bug ID
- The numeric id of a bug, unique within this entire installation of Bugzilla.
- CC
- Users who may not have a direct role to play on this bug, but who are interested in its progress.
- Changed
- When this bug was last updated.
- Classification
- Bugs are categorised into Classifications, Products and Components. classifications is the top-level categorisation.
- Comment
- Bugs have comments added to them by Bugzilla users. You can search for some text in those comments.
- Comment Tag
- A custom Unknown Type field in this installation of Bugzilla.
- Component
- Components are second-level categories; each belongs to a particular Product. Select a Product to narrow down this list.
- Crash Signature
- A custom Large Text Box field in this installation of Bugzilla.
- Creation date
- When the bug was filed.
- Deadline
- The date that this bug must be resolved by, entered in YYYY-MM-DD format.
- Depends on
- The bugs listed here must be resolved before this bug can be resolved.
- Due Date
- A custom Date field in this installation of Bugzilla.
- Hardware
- This is the hardware platform against which the bug was reported. Legal platforms include:
All (happens on all platforms; cross-platform bug) x86_64 ARM
Note: When searching, selecting the option All does not select bugs assigned against any platform. It merely selects bugs that are marked as occurring on all platforms, i.e. are designated All.
Hours Left
The number of hours of work left on this bug, calculated by subtracting the Hours Worked from the Orig. Est..
Hours Worked
The total amount of time spent on this bug so far.
Importance
The importance of a bug is described as the combination of its Priority and Severity.
Iteration
A custom Drop Down field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Keywords
You can add keywords from a defined list to bugs, in order to easily identify and group them.
Last Resolved
A custom Date/Time field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Last Visit
A custom Date/Time field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Locale
A custom Multiple-Selection Box field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Machine State
A custom Drop Down field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Mentor
A custom Unknown Type field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Mozilla Project
A custom Drop Down field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Office/Space
A custom Drop Down field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Orig. Est.
The amount of time that has been estimated it will take to resolve this bug.
OS
This is the operating system against which the bug was reported. Legal operating systems include:
All (happens on all operating systems; cross-platform bug) Windows 7 Mac OS X Linux
Sometimes the operating system implies the platform, but not always. For example, Linux can run on x86_64, ARM, and others.
Points
A custom Drop Down field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Priority
This field describes the importance and order in which a bug should be fixed compared to other bugs. This field is utilized by the programmers/engineers to prioritize their work to be done where P1 is considered the highest and P5 is the lowest.
Product
Bugs are categorised into Products and Components. Select a Classification to narrow down this list.
QA Contact
The person responsible for confirming this bug if it is unconfirmed, and for verifying the fix once the bug has been resolved.
QA Whiteboard
A custom Free Text field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Rank
A custom Integer field in this installation of Bugzilla.
relnote-b2g
A custom Extension field in this installation of Bugzilla.
relnote-firefox
A custom Extension field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Reporter
The person who filed this bug.
Restrict Comments
A custom Unknown Type field in this installation of Bugzilla.
See Also
This allows you to refer to bugs in other installations. You can enter a URL to a bug in the 'Add Bug URLs' field to note that that bug is related to this one. You can enter multiple URLs at once by separating them with a comma.
You should normally use this field to refer to bugs in other installations. For bugs in this installation, it is better to use the Depends on and Blocks fields.
Severity
This field describes the impact of a bug. blocker Blocks development and/or testing work critical crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak major major loss of function normal regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances minor minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present trivial cosmetic problem like misspelled words or misaligned text enhancement Request for enhancement
Summary
The bug summary is a short sentence which succinctly describes what the bug is about.
Tags
A custom Unknown Type field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Target Milestone
The Target Milestone field is used to define when the engineer the bug is assigned to expects to fix it.
Triage Owner
A custom Unknown Type field in this installation of Bugzilla.
URL
Bugs can have a URL associated with them - for example, a pointer to a web site where the problem is seen.
User Story
A custom Large Text Box field in this installation of Bugzilla.
ux-b2g
A custom Extension field in this installation of Bugzilla.
Version
The version field defines the version of the software the bug was found in.
Votes
Some bugs can be voted for, and you can limit your search to bugs with more than a certain number of votes.
Whiteboard
Each bug has a free-form single line text entry box for adding tags and status information