# The Bugzilla Guide

### Matthew P. Barnson

mbarnson@sisna.com

This is the documentation for Bugzilla, the mozilla.org bug-tracking system. Bugzilla is an enterprise-class piece of software that powers issue-tracking for hundreds of organizations around the world, tracking millions of bugs.

This documentation is maintained in DocBook 4.1.2 XML format. Changes are best submitted as plain text or SGML diffs, attached to a Bugzilla bug.

List of Examples
3-1. Setting up bonsaitools symlink
3-2. Running checksetup.pl as the web user
3-3. Installing ActivePerl ppd Modules on Microsoft Windows
3-4. Installing OpenInteract ppd Modules manually on Microsoft Windows
3-5. Removing encrypt() for Windows NT Bugzilla version 2.12 or earlier
4-1. Creating some Components
4-2. Common Use of Versions
4-3. A Different Use of Versions
4-4. Using SortKey with Target Milestone
4-5. When to Use Group Security
4-6. Creating a New Group
4-7. Bugzilla Groups
D-1. Using Setperl to set your perl path
1. A Sample Product

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