Bugzilla

Bugzilla
Bugzilla-based error management in use in the KDE project
Basic data
developer	Mozilla Foundation
Publishing year	August 26, 1998
Current  version	5.1.2 ( February 16, 2018 )
operating system	platform independent
programming language	Pearl
category	Bug management
License	MPL / GPL / LGPL multiple licensing
German speaking	Yes
www.bugzilla.org

Bugzilla is a free web-based bug tracker , i.e. a tool for managing errors ( bug reports ) and requests for enhancements ( feature requests ) in software products . The name is made up of Bug (English expression for a program error) and Mozilla . The project's mascot is Buggie , a thoughtful, alarmed, wide awake and somewhat grumpy-looking bug.

technology

Bugzilla is free software written in Perl , which is under the Mozilla Public License and is therefore also available free of charge. It is based on the CGI interface of a web server ; it is used via an HTML interface - from the user's point of view, Bugzilla works like a website; therefore a web browser is required for use. An English-language interface is included, and language packs can be easily installed. Currently (version 5.1.2) you can choose between MySQL , PostgreSQL and Oracle as the database system .

Bugzilla can therefore run on any operating system for which a Perl distribution, a suitable web server and a corresponding database system exist.

use

Many large open source projects use Bugzilla to collect error messages and requests from users. In addition to these basic tasks, some installations are also used to call up certain package versions (for example to transfer program packages in the Linux distribution Gentoo from the unstable to the stable branch) or to document the progress of a task.

history

Bugzilla was originally developed for pure software error tracking at Netscape in Tcl , so the source codes were not yet disclosed. After Netscape decided to release the source code of the Netscape Navigator browser, Bugzilla was also released. The released version, with the version number 2.0, was a port of the Netscape-internal version, written in TCL, to Perl . Since then it has been further developed by a group of developers around the Mozilla Foundation. With the completely revised version 3.0 published in May 2007, Unicode support was integrated.

Web links

Commons : Bugzilla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official project website
• A German language package
• Bugzilla in use by Mozilla.org
• Software Quality Reports for Bugzilla ( Pentaho )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.bugzilla.org .