Bugzilla

[Ed Greshko]

Paul Michael Reilly wrote:
> I find myself needing to set up an issue tracking system on Fedora.
> Bugzilla is the first thing to come to mind.  I see that Fedora uses a
> modified/custom/tailored Bugzilla for its own use.  Is the "base" code
> on which this system is configured available for download?  Is the
> standard distribution from the Bugzilla folks available via core or
> extras?

You mean like from http://www.bugzilla.org/ ?

> 
> And probably most importantly, I seem to recollect that Bugzilla
> offers the ability to enter a comment that will be emailed to a
> specific set of email addresses when that comment is "saved".
> Actually, I know that that is the case.  Where my memory may be
> playing tricks on me is that I also seem to recall that one can reply
> to an email comment generated by Bugzilla such that the reply itself
> becomes another comment for that particular bug.  Can someone
> confirm or refute this behavior?  Googling seemed to indicate that it
> is viable but the Bugzilla documentation certainly does not make it
> obvious.
> 
> If Bugzilla does not provide this feature, is there another Open
> Source tool recommended for Fedora that does support the feature?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -pmr
> 


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