# The Bugzilla Guide - 2.16.8 Release

### Matthew P. Barnson

### The Bugzilla Team

2005-01-14

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 XML diffs, attached to a bug filed in mozilla.org's Bugzilla.

The most current version of this document can always be found on the Bugzilla Documentation Page.

List of Figures
3-1. Lifecycle of a Bugzilla Bug
4-1. Other File::Temp error messages
4-2. Patch for File::Temp in Perl 5.6.0

List of Examples
4-1. Installing ActivePerl ppd Modules on Microsoft Windows
4-2. Installing OpenInteract ppd Modules manually on Microsoft Windows
4-3. Removing encrypt() for Windows NT Bugzilla version 2.12 or earlier
5-1. Upgrading using CVS
5-2. Upgrading using the tarball
5-3. Upgrading using patches

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