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>  Bugzilla's future is a constantly-changing thing, as various developers
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>"scratch an itch"</SPAN
> when it comes to functionality.
  Thus this section is very malleable, subject to change without notice, etc.
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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;Blue&nbsp;Sky<br>
<br>
Customisability<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;major&nbsp;stumbling&nbsp;blocks&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;too<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;rigid&nbsp;and&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;adapt&nbsp;itself&nbsp;well&nbsp;enough&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;needs&nbsp;of&nbsp;an<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;organisation.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;has&nbsp;led&nbsp;to&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;making&nbsp;changes&nbsp;to&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;code&nbsp;that&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;redone&nbsp;each&nbsp;new&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugzilla.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;should&nbsp;attempt&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;away&nbsp;from&nbsp;this&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;world&nbsp;where&nbsp;this<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;doesn't&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;occur.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;subsections&nbsp;in&nbsp;this&nbsp;section&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;explicit&nbsp;design<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;goals&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;"Bugzilla&nbsp;3"&nbsp;rewrite.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;necessarily&nbsp;mean<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;they&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;occur&nbsp;before&nbsp;them&nbsp;in&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;2,&nbsp;but&nbsp;most&nbsp;are<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;significant&nbsp;undertakings.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Field&nbsp;Customisation<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Many&nbsp;installations&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;customise&nbsp;the&nbsp;fields&nbsp;that&nbsp;appear&nbsp;on&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;reports.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Current&nbsp;versions&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;offer&nbsp;limited<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;customisability.&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;particular,&nbsp;some&nbsp;fields&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;turned&nbsp;off.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;many&nbsp;administrators&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;add&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;fields,&nbsp;and&nbsp;rename<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;otherwise&nbsp;modify&nbsp;existing&nbsp;fields.&nbsp;&nbsp;An&nbsp;architecture&nbsp;that&nbsp;supports<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;extraordinarily&nbsp;useful.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indeed,&nbsp;many&nbsp;fields&nbsp;work&nbsp;similarly&nbsp;and&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;abstracted&nbsp;into&nbsp;"field<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;types",&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;an&nbsp;administrator&nbsp;need&nbsp;write&nbsp;little&nbsp;or&nbsp;no&nbsp;code&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;support&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;fields&nbsp;they&nbsp;desire.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Possible&nbsp;field&nbsp;types&nbsp;include&nbsp;text&nbsp;(eg&nbsp;status&nbsp;whiteboard),&nbsp;numbers,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dates&nbsp;(eg&nbsp;report&nbsp;time),&nbsp;accounts&nbsp;(eg&nbsp;reporter,&nbsp;qa,&nbsp;cc),&nbsp;inter-bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;(dependencies,&nbsp;duplicates),&nbsp;option&nbsp;groups&nbsp;(platform,&nbsp;os,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;severity,&nbsp;priority,&nbsp;target&nbsp;milestone,&nbsp;version)&nbsp;etc.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ideally&nbsp;an&nbsp;administrator&nbsp;could&nbsp;configure&nbsp;their&nbsp;fields&nbsp;through&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;interface&nbsp;that&nbsp;requires&nbsp;no&nbsp;code&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;added.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;highly&nbsp;unlikely&nbsp;this&nbsp;ideal&nbsp;will&nbsp;never&nbsp;be&nbsp;met,&nbsp;and&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;similar&nbsp;way<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;office&nbsp;applications&nbsp;have&nbsp;scripting&nbsp;languages,&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;should<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;allow&nbsp;new&nbsp;field&nbsp;types&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;written.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Similarly,&nbsp;a&nbsp;common&nbsp;desire&nbsp;is&nbsp;for&nbsp;resolutions&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;added&nbsp;or&nbsp;removed.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allocations<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Option&nbsp;Groups<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Relations<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Database&nbsp;Integrity<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;for&nbsp;administrators&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;rules&nbsp;that&nbsp;must&nbsp;or&nbsp;should&nbsp;apply&nbsp;between&nbsp;the&nbsp;fields&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;report.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;you&nbsp;might&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;that&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;with&nbsp;status&nbsp;ASSIGNED<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;must&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;target&nbsp;milestone&nbsp;field&nbsp;that&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;untargetted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;certain&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;votes&nbsp;should&nbsp;get&nbsp;ASSIGNED.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;QA&nbsp;contact&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;different&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;assignee.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Must"&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;implemented&nbsp;by&nbsp;refusing&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;changes<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;violate&nbsp;the&nbsp;relationships,&nbsp;or&nbsp;alternatively,&nbsp;automatically<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;updating&nbsp;certain&nbsp;fields&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to&nbsp;satisfy&nbsp;the&nbsp;criteria.&nbsp;&nbsp;Which<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;occurs&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;administrator.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Should"&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;implemented&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;combination&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;emitting&nbsp;warnings&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;process&nbsp;bug&nbsp;page,&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;on&nbsp;notification<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mails,&nbsp;or&nbsp;emitting&nbsp;periodic&nbsp;whine&nbsp;mails&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;Again,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;which&nbsp;occurs&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;administrator.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;should&nbsp;also&nbsp;be&nbsp;possible&nbsp;for&nbsp;whine&nbsp;mails&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;emitted&nbsp;for&nbsp;"must"<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;relationships,&nbsp;as&nbsp;they&nbsp;might&nbsp;become&nbsp;violated&nbsp;through&nbsp;direct&nbsp;database<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;access,&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;bugs,&nbsp;or&nbsp;because&nbsp;they&nbsp;were&nbsp;there&nbsp;before&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;was&nbsp;enforced.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;implementing&nbsp;intra-bug&nbsp;constraints,&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;useful&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;create&nbsp;inter-bug&nbsp;constraints.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;dependent&nbsp;on<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;another&nbsp;bug&nbsp;should&nbsp;not&nbsp;have&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;milestone&nbsp;or&nbsp;greater&nbsp;priority<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;than&nbsp;that&nbsp;bug.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Database&nbsp;Adaptability<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Often&nbsp;an&nbsp;administrator&nbsp;desires&nbsp;that&nbsp;fields&nbsp;adapt&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;values&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;other&nbsp;fields.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;the&nbsp;value&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;field&nbsp;might&nbsp;determine&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;possible&nbsp;values&nbsp;of&nbsp;another&nbsp;field&nbsp;or&nbsp;even&nbsp;whether&nbsp;it&nbsp;appears&nbsp;(whether<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;"applicable").<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Limited&nbsp;adaptability&nbsp;is&nbsp;present&nbsp;in&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;2,&nbsp;and&nbsp;only&nbsp;on&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Product"&nbsp;field:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;The&nbsp;possible&nbsp;values&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;target&nbsp;milestone,&nbsp;version&nbsp;and&nbsp;component<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fields&nbsp;depend&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;product.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;UNCONFIRMED&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;turned&nbsp;off&nbsp;for&nbsp;specific&nbsp;products.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Voting&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;configured&nbsp;differently&nbsp;or&nbsp;turned&nbsp;off&nbsp;for&nbsp;different<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;products,&nbsp;and&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;separate&nbsp;user&nbsp;vote&nbsp;limits&nbsp;for&nbsp;each<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;product.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;good&nbsp;if&nbsp;more&nbsp;adaptability&nbsp;was&nbsp;present,&nbsp;both&nbsp;in&nbsp;terms&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;all&nbsp;fields&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;product,&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;ability&nbsp;to&nbsp;adapt<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;value&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;fields.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Example&nbsp;???<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General&nbsp;adaptability&nbsp;raises&nbsp;the&nbsp;issue&nbsp;of&nbsp;circular&nbsp;references&nbsp;between<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fields&nbsp;causing&nbsp;problems.&nbsp;&nbsp;One&nbsp;possible&nbsp;solution&nbsp;to&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;place<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;fields&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;total&nbsp;ordering&nbsp;and&nbsp;require&nbsp;a&nbsp;field&nbsp;refer&nbsp;only&nbsp;to&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;previous&nbsp;fields.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;2,&nbsp;changing&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;meant&nbsp;a&nbsp;second&nbsp;page&nbsp;would<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;appear&nbsp;that&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;choose&nbsp;a&nbsp;new&nbsp;milestone,&nbsp;component&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;version,&nbsp;as&nbsp;those&nbsp;fields&nbsp;adapted&nbsp;themselves&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;product.&nbsp;&nbsp;This<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;page&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;generalised&nbsp;to&nbsp;support&nbsp;all&nbsp;instances&nbsp;where:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;a&nbsp;field&nbsp;value&nbsp;must&nbsp;or&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;changed&nbsp;because&nbsp;the&nbsp;possible&nbsp;values<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;have&nbsp;changed<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;is&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;drop&nbsp;off&nbsp;because&nbsp;it&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer&nbsp;applicable,&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;confirmed<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;specified&nbsp;because&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;suddenly&nbsp;applicable,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;default&nbsp;value,&nbsp;if&nbsp;one&nbsp;exists,&nbsp;might&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;acceptable<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Database&nbsp;Independence<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;only&nbsp;runs&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;MySQL&nbsp;database.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;for&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;to&nbsp;run&nbsp;on&nbsp;other&nbsp;databases,&nbsp;because:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Organisations&nbsp;may&nbsp;have&nbsp;existing&nbsp;database&nbsp;products&nbsp;they&nbsp;use&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;would&nbsp;prefer&nbsp;to&nbsp;run&nbsp;a&nbsp;homogenous&nbsp;environment.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Databases&nbsp;each&nbsp;have&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;shortcomings,&nbsp;including&nbsp;MySQL.&nbsp;&nbsp;An<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;administrator&nbsp;might&nbsp;choose&nbsp;a&nbsp;database&nbsp;that&nbsp;would&nbsp;work&nbsp;better&nbsp;with<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;their&nbsp;Bugzilla.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;raises&nbsp;the&nbsp;possibility&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;use&nbsp;features&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;only<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;present&nbsp;in&nbsp;some&nbsp;databases,&nbsp;by&nbsp;appropriately&nbsp;falling&nbsp;back.&nbsp;&nbsp;For<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;example,&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;MySQL&nbsp;world,&nbsp;we&nbsp;live&nbsp;without:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;record-level&nbsp;locking,&nbsp;instead&nbsp;we&nbsp;use&nbsp;table-level&nbsp;locking<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;referential&nbsp;and&nbsp;record&nbsp;constraints,&nbsp;instead&nbsp;we&nbsp;checking&nbsp;code<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;subselects,&nbsp;instead&nbsp;we&nbsp;use&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;queries&nbsp;and&nbsp;redundant&nbsp;"caches"<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Multiple&nbsp;Front&nbsp;Ends<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;is&nbsp;manipulated&nbsp;via&nbsp;the&nbsp;Web,&nbsp;and&nbsp;notifies&nbsp;via<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-Mail.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;for&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;to&nbsp;easily&nbsp;support&nbsp;various<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;front&nbsp;ends.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;reason&nbsp;that&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;could&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;controlled&nbsp;via&nbsp;a&nbsp;whole<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;range&nbsp;of&nbsp;front&nbsp;ends,&nbsp;including&nbsp;Web,&nbsp;E-Mail,&nbsp;IRC,&nbsp;ICQ,&nbsp;etc,&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;similarly&nbsp;for&nbsp;how&nbsp;it&nbsp;notifies.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's&nbsp;also&nbsp;possible&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;could<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;introduce&nbsp;a&nbsp;special&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;client&nbsp;that&nbsp;uses&nbsp;its&nbsp;own&nbsp;protocol,&nbsp;for<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;maximum&nbsp;user&nbsp;productivity.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indeed&nbsp;a&nbsp;request&nbsp;reply&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;returned&nbsp;via&nbsp;a&nbsp;totally&nbsp;different<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;transport&nbsp;method&nbsp;than&nbsp;was&nbsp;use&nbsp;to&nbsp;submit&nbsp;the&nbsp;request.<br>
<br>
Internationalisation<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;currently&nbsp;supports&nbsp;only&nbsp;English.&nbsp;&nbsp;All&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;names,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;user&nbsp;instructions,&nbsp;etc&nbsp;are&nbsp;written&nbsp;in&nbsp;English.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;desirable<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;allow&nbsp;"language&nbsp;packs"&nbsp;so&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;easily&nbsp;used&nbsp;in<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;non-English&nbsp;speaking&nbsp;locales.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To&nbsp;a&nbsp;degree&nbsp;field&nbsp;customisation&nbsp;supports&nbsp;this,&nbsp;because&nbsp;administrators<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;could&nbsp;specify&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;fields&nbsp;names&nbsp;anyway.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;there&nbsp;will<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;always&nbsp;be&nbsp;some&nbsp;basic&nbsp;facilities&nbsp;not&nbsp;covered&nbsp;by&nbsp;this,&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;administrator's&nbsp;interface&nbsp;also&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;internationalisable.<br>
<br>
Better&nbsp;Searching<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;General&nbsp;Summary&nbsp;Reports<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sometimes,&nbsp;the&nbsp;normal&nbsp;querying&nbsp;page&nbsp;leaves&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;desired.&nbsp;&nbsp;There<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;are&nbsp;other&nbsp;facilities&nbsp;already&nbsp;in&nbsp;place&nbsp;or&nbsp;which&nbsp;people&nbsp;have&nbsp;asked&nbsp;for:<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Most&nbsp;Doomed&nbsp;Reports&nbsp;-&nbsp;All&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;or&nbsp;All&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;In&nbsp;A&nbsp;Product,&nbsp;Categorised<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On&nbsp;Assignee,&nbsp;Shows&nbsp;and&nbsp;Counts&nbsp;Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;For&nbsp;Each&nbsp;Assignee<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Most&nbsp;Voted&nbsp;For&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;-&nbsp;All&nbsp;Bugs,&nbsp;Categorised&nbsp;On&nbsp;Product,&nbsp;Shows&nbsp;Top&nbsp;Ten<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;Voters&nbsp;Most&nbsp;Want&nbsp;Fixed<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Open&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;For&nbsp;An&nbsp;Assignee&nbsp;-&nbsp;Bug&nbsp;List,&nbsp;Categorised&nbsp;On<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Developers,&nbsp;Counts&nbsp;Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;In&nbsp;Category<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;important&nbsp;thing&nbsp;to&nbsp;realise&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;people&nbsp;want&nbsp;categorised&nbsp;reports<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on&nbsp;all&nbsp;sorts&nbsp;of&nbsp;things&nbsp;-&nbsp;a&nbsp;general&nbsp;summary&nbsp;report.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;a&nbsp;categorised&nbsp;report,&nbsp;you&nbsp;choose&nbsp;the&nbsp;subset&nbsp;of&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;you&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;operate&nbsp;on&nbsp;(similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;how&nbsp;you&nbsp;would&nbsp;specify&nbsp;a&nbsp;query),&nbsp;and&nbsp;then<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;categorise&nbsp;them&nbsp;on&nbsp;one&nbsp;or&nbsp;more&nbsp;fields.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;each&nbsp;category&nbsp;you&nbsp;display&nbsp;the&nbsp;count&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;things&nbsp;in<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;category.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;optionally&nbsp;display&nbsp;the&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;themselves,&nbsp;or<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;leave&nbsp;them&nbsp;out,&nbsp;just&nbsp;showing&nbsp;the&nbsp;counts.&nbsp;&nbsp;And&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;optionally&nbsp;limit<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;things&nbsp;(bugs&nbsp;or&nbsp;subcategories)&nbsp;that&nbsp;display&nbsp;in&nbsp;each<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;category.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such&nbsp;a&nbsp;mechanism&nbsp;would&nbsp;let&nbsp;you&nbsp;do&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;above&nbsp;and&nbsp;more.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Applications&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;mechanism&nbsp;would&nbsp;only&nbsp;be&nbsp;recognised&nbsp;once&nbsp;it&nbsp;was<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;implemented.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Related&nbsp;Bugs<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;nice&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;field&nbsp;where&nbsp;you&nbsp;could&nbsp;enter&nbsp;other&nbsp;bugs<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;related&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;current&nbsp;bug.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;handy&nbsp;for&nbsp;navigation&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;possibly&nbsp;even&nbsp;finding&nbsp;duplicates.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Column&nbsp;Specification&nbsp;Support<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;bug&nbsp;lists&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;columns&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;last&nbsp;used.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;doesn't<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;work&nbsp;well&nbsp;for&nbsp;"prepackaged&nbsp;queries",&nbsp;where&nbsp;you&nbsp;followed&nbsp;a&nbsp;link.&nbsp;&nbsp;You<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can&nbsp;probably&nbsp;add&nbsp;a&nbsp;column&nbsp;by&nbsp;specifying&nbsp;a&nbsp;sort&nbsp;column,&nbsp;but&nbsp;this&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;and&nbsp;suboptimal.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;I&nbsp;find&nbsp;that&nbsp;when&nbsp;I&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;add&nbsp;a&nbsp;column&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it's&nbsp;usually&nbsp;a&nbsp;one&nbsp;off&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;prefer&nbsp;it&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;away&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;next<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;query.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hence,&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;nice&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;the&nbsp;columns&nbsp;that&nbsp;appear&nbsp;on<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list&nbsp;(and&nbsp;general&nbsp;summary&nbsp;report)&nbsp;pages.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;default&nbsp;query<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mechanism&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;let&nbsp;you&nbsp;specify&nbsp;your&nbsp;default&nbsp;columns.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Advanced&nbsp;Querying&nbsp;Redesign<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
Keywords<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;People&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;apply&nbsp;tags&nbsp;to&nbsp;bugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;beginning,&nbsp;people<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;placed&nbsp;designators&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;summary&nbsp;and&nbsp;status&nbsp;whiteboard.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;these&nbsp;fields&nbsp;were&nbsp;not&nbsp;designed&nbsp;for&nbsp;that,&nbsp;and&nbsp;so&nbsp;there&nbsp;were&nbsp;many&nbsp;flaws<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with&nbsp;this&nbsp;system:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;They&nbsp;pollute&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;with&nbsp;information&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;never&nbsp;intended&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be&nbsp;present.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Removing&nbsp;them&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;bulk&nbsp;change&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;problem&nbsp;that&nbsp;has<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;too&nbsp;many&nbsp;pitfalls&nbsp;to&nbsp;implement.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;You&nbsp;can&nbsp;easily&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;capitalisation&nbsp;wrong.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then&nbsp;dependencies&nbsp;were&nbsp;introduced&nbsp;(when?),&nbsp;and&nbsp;people&nbsp;realised&nbsp;that<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;they&nbsp;could&nbsp;use&nbsp;them&nbsp;for&nbsp;"tracking&nbsp;bugs".&nbsp;&nbsp;Again,&nbsp;dependencies&nbsp;were&nbsp;not<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;designed&nbsp;for&nbsp;that,&nbsp;and&nbsp;so&nbsp;there&nbsp;were&nbsp;more&nbsp;flaws,&nbsp;albeit&nbsp;different<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ones,&nbsp;including:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;They&nbsp;aren't&nbsp;really&nbsp;bugs,&nbsp;so&nbsp;it's&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;distinguish&nbsp;issues<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from&nbsp;bugs.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;They&nbsp;can&nbsp;pollute&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;counts,&nbsp;and&nbsp;you&nbsp;must&nbsp;somehow&nbsp;exclude&nbsp;them<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;from&nbsp;queries.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;There&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;whole&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;useless&nbsp;information&nbsp;on&nbsp;them.&nbsp;&nbsp;They&nbsp;have&nbsp;an<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;assignee&nbsp;but&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;nothing&nbsp;to&nbsp;fix,&nbsp;and&nbsp;that&nbsp;person&nbsp;can&nbsp;get<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;whined&nbsp;at&nbsp;by&nbsp;Bugzilla.&nbsp;&nbsp;They&nbsp;have&nbsp;target&nbsp;milestones&nbsp;which&nbsp;must&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;manually&nbsp;maintained.&nbsp;&nbsp;And&nbsp;so&nbsp;on.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finally,&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;were&nbsp;introduced&nbsp;(when?)&nbsp;for&nbsp;this&nbsp;purpose&nbsp;to&nbsp;remove<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;need&nbsp;for&nbsp;these&nbsp;two&nbsp;systems.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unfortunately,&nbsp;the&nbsp;simple&nbsp;keywords<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;was&nbsp;itself&nbsp;lacking&nbsp;in&nbsp;certain&nbsp;features&nbsp;provided&nbsp;by&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;two&nbsp;previous&nbsp;systems,&nbsp;and&nbsp;has&nbsp;remained&nbsp;almost&nbsp;unchanged&nbsp;since&nbsp;its<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;inception.&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;it&nbsp;could&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;forseen&nbsp;that&nbsp;in&nbsp;large<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;installations,&nbsp;the&nbsp;sheer&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;could&nbsp;become&nbsp;unwieldly&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;could&nbsp;lead&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;movement&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;systems.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;system&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;idea,&nbsp;however,&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;remains&nbsp;so.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fixing&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;system&nbsp;is&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;important&nbsp;Bugzilla<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;issues.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Bringing&nbsp;Keywords&nbsp;Up&nbsp;To&nbsp;Par<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;part,&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;very&nbsp;good&nbsp;at&nbsp;what&nbsp;they&nbsp;do.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;easy<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;add&nbsp;and&nbsp;remove&nbsp;them&nbsp;(unlike&nbsp;summary/whiteboard&nbsp;designators),&nbsp;we&nbsp;can<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;simply&nbsp;see&nbsp;what&nbsp;issues&nbsp;are&nbsp;present&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;(unlike&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bugs),<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;confuse&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;with&nbsp;issues&nbsp;(unlike&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bugs).<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;still&nbsp;some&nbsp;"regressions"&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;system&nbsp;over<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;previous&nbsp;systems:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Users&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;view&nbsp;the&nbsp;"dependency&nbsp;forest"&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;keyword.&nbsp;&nbsp;While&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;tree&nbsp;is&nbsp;of&nbsp;one&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;a&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;forest&nbsp;is&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;list,&nbsp;and&nbsp;consists&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;tree&nbsp;for&nbsp;each&nbsp;member&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;list.&nbsp;&nbsp;Users&nbsp;can&nbsp;work&nbsp;around&nbsp;this&nbsp;with&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;by&nbsp;creating&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bug&nbsp;and&nbsp;viewing&nbsp;the&nbsp;dependency&nbsp;tree&nbsp;of&nbsp;that&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bug.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Users&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;that&nbsp;initially&nbsp;apply&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but&nbsp;instead&nbsp;they&nbsp;must&nbsp;edit&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;once&nbsp;it&nbsp;has&nbsp;already&nbsp;been<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;submitted.&nbsp;&nbsp;They&nbsp;can&nbsp;work&nbsp;around&nbsp;this&nbsp;with&nbsp;summary&nbsp;designators,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;since&nbsp;they&nbsp;specify&nbsp;the&nbsp;summary&nbsp;at&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;time.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Users&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;store&nbsp;or&nbsp;share&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list&nbsp;that&nbsp;contains&nbsp;a&nbsp;keywords<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;column.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hence&nbsp;they&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;what&nbsp;columns&nbsp;appear<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list&nbsp;URL,&nbsp;as&nbsp;mentioned&nbsp;earlier.&nbsp;&nbsp;They&nbsp;can&nbsp;work&nbsp;around<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp;using&nbsp;summary&nbsp;designators,&nbsp;since&nbsp;almost&nbsp;all&nbsp;bug&nbsp;lists&nbsp;have&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;summary&nbsp;column.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Users&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;view&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list.&nbsp;&nbsp;However<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;often&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;only&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;small&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Having&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;column&nbsp;means&nbsp;that&nbsp;all&nbsp;keywords<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will&nbsp;appear&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;can&nbsp;take&nbsp;a&nbsp;substantial&nbsp;amount&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;space&nbsp;where&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;has&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords,&nbsp;since&nbsp;the&nbsp;table&nbsp;columns<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;adjust&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;largest&nbsp;cell&nbsp;in&nbsp;that&nbsp;column.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hence<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;users&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;which&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;should&nbsp;appear&nbsp;in<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;list.&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;a&nbsp;very&nbsp;real&nbsp;sense,&nbsp;each&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;field&nbsp;unto<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;Users&nbsp;can&nbsp;work&nbsp;around&nbsp;this&nbsp;by&nbsp;using&nbsp;summary&nbsp;designators,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;since&nbsp;they&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;will&nbsp;share&nbsp;the&nbsp;space&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;summary&nbsp;column.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Users&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;when&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;issue&nbsp;are&nbsp;resolved.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hence&nbsp;they&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;receive&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;on&nbsp;all&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;keyword.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;introduction&nbsp;a&nbsp;generic&nbsp;watching<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;facility&nbsp;(also&nbsp;for&nbsp;things&nbsp;like&nbsp;watching&nbsp;all&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;component)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;would&nbsp;achieve&nbsp;this.&nbsp;&nbsp;Users&nbsp;can&nbsp;work&nbsp;around&nbsp;this&nbsp;by&nbsp;using&nbsp;tracking<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bugs,&nbsp;as&nbsp;dependencies&nbsp;have&nbsp;an&nbsp;existing&nbsp;way&nbsp;of&nbsp;detecting&nbsp;fixes&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bug&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;was&nbsp;blocked&nbsp;by.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Dealing&nbsp;With&nbsp;The&nbsp;Keyword&nbsp;Overload<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At&nbsp;the&nbsp;time&nbsp;of&nbsp;writing,&nbsp;the&nbsp;mozilla.org&nbsp;installation&nbsp;has&nbsp;approximately<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;100&nbsp;keywords,&nbsp;and&nbsp;many&nbsp;more&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;in&nbsp;use&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;system<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;have&nbsp;the&nbsp;problems&nbsp;it&nbsp;does.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such&nbsp;a&nbsp;large&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;introduces&nbsp;logistical&nbsp;problems:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;It&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;easy&nbsp;for&nbsp;someone&nbsp;to&nbsp;learn&nbsp;what&nbsp;a&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;means.&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;is&nbsp;buried&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;other&nbsp;keywords,&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;find.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;It&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;easy&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;what&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug.&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;the&nbsp;number<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;is&nbsp;large,&nbsp;then&nbsp;this&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;difficult.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These&nbsp;lead&nbsp;some&nbsp;people&nbsp;to&nbsp;feel&nbsp;that&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;"too&nbsp;many&nbsp;keywords".<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These&nbsp;problems&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;without&nbsp;solutions&nbsp;however.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;harder&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;find&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;designators&nbsp;or&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;than&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keywords.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;essential&nbsp;problem&nbsp;is&nbsp;it&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;easy&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;we're&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;mass&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Keyword&nbsp;Applicability<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;previously&nbsp;mentioned,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;for&nbsp;fields&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;adapt&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;values&nbsp;of&nbsp;other&nbsp;fields.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;certainly&nbsp;true<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for&nbsp;keywords.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;simply&nbsp;not&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;because&nbsp;of&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;product,&nbsp;component,&nbsp;etc.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hence,&nbsp;by&nbsp;introducing&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;applicability,&nbsp;and&nbsp;not&nbsp;displaying<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;current&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;or&nbsp;clearly<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;separating&nbsp;them,&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;overload&nbsp;problem&nbsp;less<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;significant.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;when&nbsp;you&nbsp;click&nbsp;on&nbsp;"keywords"&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;you&nbsp;get&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;all<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;to&nbsp;introduce&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;tailored<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;that&nbsp;reports,&nbsp;in&nbsp;order:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;currently&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;not&nbsp;currently&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;but&nbsp;applicable&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;optionally,&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;not&nbsp;applicable&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;essentially&nbsp;orders&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;into&nbsp;three&nbsp;groups,&nbsp;where&nbsp;each<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;group&nbsp;is&nbsp;more&nbsp;important&nbsp;than&nbsp;the&nbsp;previous,&nbsp;and&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;appears<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;closer&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;top.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Keyword&nbsp;Grouping&nbsp;&#38;&nbsp;Ordering<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;could&nbsp;further&nbsp;enhance&nbsp;both&nbsp;the&nbsp;global&nbsp;and&nbsp;bug&nbsp;specific&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;list<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by&nbsp;grouping&nbsp;keywords.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;should&nbsp;always&nbsp;have&nbsp;a&nbsp;"flat"&nbsp;view&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keywords,&nbsp;but&nbsp;other&nbsp;ways&nbsp;of&nbsp;viewing&nbsp;the&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;useful&nbsp;too.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;applicability&nbsp;was&nbsp;implemented,&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;group&nbsp;keywords<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;their&nbsp;"applicability&nbsp;condition".&nbsp;&nbsp;Keywords&nbsp;that&nbsp;apply&nbsp;to&nbsp;all<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;separated&nbsp;from&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;that&nbsp;apply&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;product,&nbsp;both&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;global&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;list&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;in&nbsp;that&nbsp;product.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;could&nbsp;specify&nbsp;groups&nbsp;of&nbsp;our&nbsp;own.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;many&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;in<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a&nbsp;mutually&nbsp;exclusive&nbsp;group,&nbsp;essentially&nbsp;like&nbsp;radio&nbsp;buttons&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;user<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interface.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;creates&nbsp;a&nbsp;natural&nbsp;grouping,&nbsp;although&nbsp;other&nbsp;groupings<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;occur&nbsp;(which&nbsp;depends&nbsp;on&nbsp;your&nbsp;keywords).<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;possible&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;use&nbsp;collapsing/expanding&nbsp;operations&nbsp;on<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"twisties"&nbsp;to&nbsp;only&nbsp;should&nbsp;the&nbsp;groups&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And&nbsp;instead&nbsp;of&nbsp;grouping&nbsp;keywords,&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;order&nbsp;them&nbsp;on&nbsp;some&nbsp;metric<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;usefulness,&nbsp;such&nbsp;as:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;was&nbsp;last&nbsp;added&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;how&nbsp;many&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;is&nbsp;on<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;how&nbsp;many&nbsp;open&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;is&nbsp;on<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Opting&nbsp;Out&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Keywords<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not&nbsp;all&nbsp;people&nbsp;are&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;care&nbsp;about&nbsp;all&nbsp;keywords.&nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore&nbsp;it<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;makes&nbsp;sense&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;may&nbsp;wish&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;which&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;you&nbsp;are<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in,&nbsp;either&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;page,&nbsp;or&nbsp;on&nbsp;notifications.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;will&nbsp;therefore&nbsp;not&nbsp;bother&nbsp;users&nbsp;who&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;interested<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;them.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Keyword&nbsp;Security<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;all&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;available&nbsp;and&nbsp;editable&nbsp;to&nbsp;all&nbsp;people&nbsp;with<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;edit&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;access.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;situation&nbsp;is&nbsp;clearly&nbsp;suboptimal.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Although&nbsp;relying&nbsp;on&nbsp;good&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;for&nbsp;people&nbsp;to&nbsp;not&nbsp;do&nbsp;what&nbsp;they<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shouldn't&nbsp;works&nbsp;reasonably&nbsp;well&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;mozilla.org,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;better&nbsp;to<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;enforce&nbsp;that&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;-&nbsp;it&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;breached&nbsp;through&nbsp;malice,&nbsp;accident<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;ignorance.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;situation&nbsp;where&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;desirable&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;presence&nbsp;or&nbsp;absence<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;not&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;revealed,&nbsp;organisations&nbsp;either&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;content&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;divulgence,&nbsp;or&nbsp;not&nbsp;use&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;at&nbsp;all.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;situation&nbsp;where&nbsp;they&nbsp;choose&nbsp;to&nbsp;divulge,&nbsp;introducing&nbsp;the&nbsp;ability<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;restrict&nbsp;who&nbsp;can&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;would&nbsp;also&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;keyword<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;overload.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Personal&nbsp;Keywords<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Keywords&nbsp;join&nbsp;together&nbsp;a&nbsp;set&nbsp;of&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;which&nbsp;would&nbsp;otherwise&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unrelated&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;system.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp;allow&nbsp;users&nbsp;to&nbsp;store&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;queries.&nbsp;&nbsp;However&nbsp;we&nbsp;don't&nbsp;allow<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;them&nbsp;to&nbsp;store&nbsp;their&nbsp;own&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;reduces&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;usefulness&nbsp;of&nbsp;personal&nbsp;queries,&nbsp;since&nbsp;you&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;join&nbsp;a&nbsp;set&nbsp;of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unrelated&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;together&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;way&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;wish.&nbsp;&nbsp;Lists&nbsp;of&nbsp;bug&nbsp;numbers<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;can&nbsp;work,&nbsp;by&nbsp;they&nbsp;can&nbsp;only&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;small&nbsp;lists,&nbsp;and&nbsp;it&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;impossible&nbsp;to&nbsp;share&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;between&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;queries.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Personal&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;necessary&nbsp;to&nbsp;replace&nbsp;personal&nbsp;tracking&nbsp;bugs,&nbsp;as<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;they&nbsp;would&nbsp;not&nbsp;pollute&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;space.&nbsp;&nbsp;Indeed,&nbsp;on&nbsp;many<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;installations&nbsp;this&nbsp;could&nbsp;remove&nbsp;some&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;global<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;space.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;a&nbsp;similar&nbsp;vein&nbsp;and&nbsp;with&nbsp;similar&nbsp;effects,&nbsp;group&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;could&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;introduced&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;only&nbsp;available&nbsp;to&nbsp;members&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;group.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Keyword&nbsp;Restrictions<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;not&nbsp;islands&nbsp;unto&nbsp;themselves.&nbsp;&nbsp;Along&nbsp;with&nbsp;their&nbsp;potential<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;involved&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;inter-field&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;mentioned&nbsp;earlier,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;can&nbsp;also&nbsp;be&nbsp;related&nbsp;to&nbsp;other&nbsp;keywords.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Essentially,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;two&nbsp;possibilities:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;a&nbsp;set&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;are&nbsp;mutually&nbsp;exclusive<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;the&nbsp;presence&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;implies&nbsp;another&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;must&nbsp;be&nbsp;present<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Introduction&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;ability&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;these&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;would&nbsp;have<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;benefits.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;mutually&nbsp;exclusive&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;were&nbsp;present&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;their&nbsp;removal<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;would&nbsp;fix&nbsp;up&nbsp;the&nbsp;database,&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;reducing&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on&nbsp;that&nbsp;bug.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;the&nbsp;situation&nbsp;where&nbsp;a&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;implies&nbsp;another&nbsp;keyword,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;two&nbsp;possiblities&nbsp;as&nbsp;to&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;handle&nbsp;the&nbsp;situation.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;first&nbsp;is&nbsp;automatically&nbsp;add&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;would&nbsp;fix&nbsp;up&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;database,&nbsp;but&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;increase&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;second&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;automatically&nbsp;remove&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword,&nbsp;and&nbsp;alter&nbsp;queries<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;so&nbsp;they&nbsp;pick&nbsp;up&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;keyword&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;removed&nbsp;keyword.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;would&nbsp;fix&nbsp;up&nbsp;the&nbsp;database&nbsp;and&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;on&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bug,&nbsp;but&nbsp;it&nbsp;might&nbsp;confuse&nbsp;users&nbsp;who&nbsp;don't&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;keyword.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alternatively,&nbsp;the&nbsp;implied&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;could&nbsp;be&nbsp;listed&nbsp;separately.<br>
<br>
Notifications<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Every&nbsp;time&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;gets&nbsp;changed&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;get&nbsp;sent&nbsp;out&nbsp;to&nbsp;people<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;letting&nbsp;them&nbsp;know&nbsp;about&nbsp;what&nbsp;changes&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;made.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;a<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;significant&nbsp;feature,&nbsp;and&nbsp;all&nbsp;sorts&nbsp;of&nbsp;questions&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;raised,&nbsp;but<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;they&nbsp;mainly&nbsp;boil&nbsp;down&nbsp;to&nbsp;when&nbsp;they&nbsp;should&nbsp;be&nbsp;sent&nbsp;and&nbsp;what&nbsp;they&nbsp;should<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;look&nbsp;like.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Changes&nbsp;You're&nbsp;Interested&nbsp;In<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As&nbsp;of&nbsp;version&nbsp;2.12&nbsp;users&nbsp;can&nbsp;specify&nbsp;what&nbsp;sort&nbsp;of&nbsp;changes&nbsp;they&nbsp;are<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;receiving&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;for.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;still<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;limited.&nbsp;&nbsp;As&nbsp;yet&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;facility&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;which&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;you<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;care&nbsp;about,&nbsp;and&nbsp;whether&nbsp;you&nbsp;care&nbsp;about&nbsp;changes&nbsp;to&nbsp;fields&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;QA&nbsp;contact&nbsp;changes.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;often&nbsp;an&nbsp;unnecessary&nbsp;comment&nbsp;will&nbsp;go&nbsp;along&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;change,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;either&nbsp;because&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;required,&nbsp;or&nbsp;the&nbsp;commenter&nbsp;is&nbsp;ignorant&nbsp;of&nbsp;how&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;new&nbsp;system&nbsp;works.&nbsp;&nbsp;While&nbsp;explaining&nbsp;why&nbsp;you&nbsp;did&nbsp;something&nbsp;is&nbsp;useful,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;merely&nbsp;commenting&nbsp;on&nbsp;what&nbsp;you&nbsp;did&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;because&nbsp;that&nbsp;information&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;already&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;view&nbsp;"Bug&nbsp;Activity".<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;unnecessary&nbsp;comment,&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;of&nbsp;changes&nbsp;that&nbsp;would<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;otherwise&nbsp;not&nbsp;generate&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;for&nbsp;certain&nbsp;people&nbsp;do&nbsp;so,&nbsp;because<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;few&nbsp;people&nbsp;are&nbsp;willing&nbsp;to&nbsp;turn&nbsp;off&nbsp;comments.&nbsp;&nbsp;One&nbsp;way&nbsp;to&nbsp;deal&nbsp;with<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp;problem&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;allow&nbsp;people&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;that&nbsp;their&nbsp;comments&nbsp;are<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;purely&nbsp;explanatory,&nbsp;and&nbsp;that&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;who&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;change&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;comment.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;one&nbsp;possible&nbsp;rationale&nbsp;for&nbsp;unnecessary&nbsp;comments&nbsp;is&nbsp;that<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;bug&nbsp;activity&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;display&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;normal&nbsp;page&nbsp;and&nbsp;hence&nbsp;it&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;cross&nbsp;reference&nbsp;comments&nbsp;and&nbsp;actions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hence,&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;beneficial&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;this.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Bugs&nbsp;You're&nbsp;Watching<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;to&nbsp;receive&nbsp;a&nbsp;notification&nbsp;about&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;your<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;name&nbsp;on&nbsp;it.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;suboptimal&nbsp;because&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;about&nbsp;a&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;before&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;receive&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;on&nbsp;it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Often&nbsp;you&nbsp;are&nbsp;interested<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;any&nbsp;bug&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;field&nbsp;set&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;value.&nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;example,&nbsp;you<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;product,&nbsp;component&nbsp;or<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;keyword.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If&nbsp;someone&nbsp;could&nbsp;automatically&nbsp;receive&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;about&nbsp;these&nbsp;bugs,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;make&nbsp;everyone's&nbsp;lives&nbsp;easier.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;the&nbsp;default&nbsp;assignee<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp;QA&nbsp;contact&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;component&nbsp;will&nbsp;automatically&nbsp;receive<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;for<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Question:&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;moves&nbsp;half&nbsp;way&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;BCC.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Bulk&nbsp;Changes<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;very&nbsp;useful&nbsp;feature&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;ability&nbsp;to&nbsp;perform&nbsp;an&nbsp;action<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;at&nbsp;once.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;this&nbsp;means&nbsp;that&nbsp;similar<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;generated&nbsp;for&nbsp;each&nbsp;bug&nbsp;modified.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;can&nbsp;result&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;torrent&nbsp;of&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;that&nbsp;can&nbsp;annoy.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;since&nbsp;the&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;are&nbsp;all&nbsp;changed&nbsp;close&nbsp;to&nbsp;each&nbsp;other&nbsp;in<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;time,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;easy&nbsp;for&nbsp;someone&nbsp;to&nbsp;mass&nbsp;delete&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;notifications<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;generated&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;bulk&nbsp;change&nbsp;and&nbsp;miss&nbsp;an&nbsp;unrelated&nbsp;notification&nbsp;in&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;middle.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These&nbsp;factors&nbsp;can&nbsp;lead&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;tendency&nbsp;for&nbsp;people&nbsp;to&nbsp;delay&nbsp;bulk&nbsp;changes,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;them&nbsp;entirely.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;suboptimal.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;better&nbsp;if&nbsp;a&nbsp;bulk&nbsp;change&nbsp;generated&nbsp;only&nbsp;one&nbsp;notification<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mail.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;would&nbsp;vastly&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;annoyance&nbsp;factor,&nbsp;and&nbsp;prevent<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accidental&nbsp;deletion&nbsp;of&nbsp;notifications.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One&nbsp;problem&nbsp;with&nbsp;this&nbsp;change&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;some&nbsp;people&nbsp;separate&nbsp;out<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;using&nbsp;filtering.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;means&nbsp;that&nbsp;they&nbsp;would&nbsp;no&nbsp;longer<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be&nbsp;match&nbsp;parts&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;bulk&nbsp;change&nbsp;under&nbsp;different&nbsp;filtering&nbsp;rules.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One&nbsp;possibility&nbsp;to&nbsp;resolve&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;allow&nbsp;people&nbsp;to&nbsp;specify&nbsp;groups<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;bugs.&nbsp;&nbsp;All&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;group&nbsp;would&nbsp;go&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;same<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;notification.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;filters&nbsp;could&nbsp;then&nbsp;distinguish&nbsp;the&nbsp;different&nbsp;bug<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;groups.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In&nbsp;any&nbsp;case,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;likely&nbsp;there&nbsp;would&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;a&nbsp;transition&nbsp;period<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;allow&nbsp;people&nbsp;to&nbsp;alter&nbsp;their&nbsp;filters.<br>
<br>
Nominations<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
Linking&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;Installations<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;first&nbsp;example&nbsp;of&nbsp;linking&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;installations&nbsp;together&nbsp;has&nbsp;is<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;introduction&nbsp;of&nbsp;bug&nbsp;moving&nbsp;in&nbsp;version&nbsp;2.12.&nbsp;&nbsp;However,&nbsp;it&nbsp;would&nbsp;be<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;useful&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;link&nbsp;installations&nbsp;in&nbsp;more&nbsp;ways.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Dependencies&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;between&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;in&nbsp;other<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;installations.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;is&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;because&nbsp;dependencies&nbsp;are<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;synchronised&nbsp;on&nbsp;both&nbsp;bugs,&nbsp;so&nbsp;the&nbsp;installation&nbsp;that&nbsp;changes<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dependencies&nbsp;would&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;communicate&nbsp;the&nbsp;new&nbsp;state&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;other<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;installation.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;also&nbsp;mean&nbsp;that&nbsp;relationships&nbsp;and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;notifications&nbsp;that&nbsp;refer&nbsp;to&nbsp;other&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;would&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;communicate<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;other&nbsp;installation.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;References&nbsp;to&nbsp;bugs&nbsp;in&nbsp;other&nbsp;installations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;type<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"bug&nbsp;XXX"&nbsp;or&nbsp;"bug&nbsp;#XXX"&nbsp;where&nbsp;XXX&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;number,&nbsp;you&nbsp;get&nbsp;an<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;automatic&nbsp;hyperlink&nbsp;to&nbsp;that&nbsp;bug.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;useful&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;could<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;say&nbsp;"YYY&nbsp;bug&nbsp;#XXX"&nbsp;where&nbsp;YYY&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;name&nbsp;of&nbsp;another&nbsp;installation.<br>
<br>
Retirement<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
Whiny&nbsp;Reports<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Group&nbsp;Redesign<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Hard&nbsp;Wrapping&nbsp;Comments<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;"hard&nbsp;wraps"&nbsp;its&nbsp;comments&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;line&nbsp;size,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;E-Mail.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;has&nbsp;various&nbsp;problems:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;The&nbsp;way&nbsp;it&nbsp;currently&nbsp;works,&nbsp;wrapping&nbsp;is&nbsp;done&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;browser&nbsp;at<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;submission&nbsp;time&nbsp;using&nbsp;a&nbsp;non-standard&nbsp;HTML&nbsp;extension&nbsp;not&nbsp;supported<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;by&nbsp;some&nbsp;(uncommon)&nbsp;browsers.&nbsp;&nbsp;These&nbsp;browsers&nbsp;generate&nbsp;comments<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that&nbsp;scroll&nbsp;off&nbsp;the&nbsp;right&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;screen.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;Because&nbsp;comments&nbsp;are&nbsp;of&nbsp;fixed&nbsp;width,&nbsp;when&nbsp;you&nbsp;expand&nbsp;your&nbsp;browser<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;window,&nbsp;the&nbsp;comments&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;expand&nbsp;to&nbsp;fit&nbsp;available&nbsp;space.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;much&nbsp;better&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;world&nbsp;of&nbsp;soft&nbsp;wrapping,&nbsp;where&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;browser&nbsp;wraps&nbsp;the&nbsp;text&nbsp;at&nbsp;display&nbsp;time,&nbsp;similar&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;world&nbsp;processor.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And&nbsp;as&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;word&nbsp;processor,&nbsp;soft&nbsp;wrapping&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;preclude&nbsp;the<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;insertion&nbsp;of&nbsp;newlines.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hard&nbsp;wrapping&nbsp;is&nbsp;too&nbsp;entrenched&nbsp;into&nbsp;text&nbsp;E-Mail&nbsp;to&nbsp;fix,&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;can<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;fix&nbsp;Bugzilla&nbsp;without&nbsp;causing&nbsp;any&nbsp;problems.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;old&nbsp;content&nbsp;will&nbsp;still<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;be&nbsp;wrapped&nbsp;too&nbsp;early,&nbsp;but&nbsp;at&nbsp;least&nbsp;new&nbsp;content&nbsp;will&nbsp;work.<br>
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