Talk:Bugzilla

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How does one install this lovely wiki version of bugzilla? I went to the bugzilla site and it only has their own GUI on it. I'd much rather use this lovely wiki GUI to interface with bugzilla. Davecotter 21:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I remember finding a link to a download of the skin, but that was ages ago and I can't remember where it was (meta maybe?). Mind you, that was a long time ago, and I know Brion had to do some tweaking when he upgraded to v3.0 so the latest version may not be available. If you can't find it via Google or elsewhere then try pestering Brion, but make sure you've had a proper look first, as he's a busy man! --HappyDog 21:58, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

I have the same problem here. The default skin looks awful (I will report this to the developers). I'd enjoy using the media-wiki-skin/template, if possible. Have you found out, where to get it?

I don't the internet refrence should be there(all your bug belong to me)--Arecus fan 15:57, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meta-bugs

This all very nice, and I want to add several suggestions, but I don't need yet an other user/password setup?

I will prefer to have a suggestion box embedded in this site rather than going to yet an other site. Sorry! :-) --Asset 19:02, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Alternatively implement bugzill.mediawiki.org ?

Suggestion lets make Extension:Suggestions for this?

It's actually an email/password setup... but no at the Suggestions. Plus, there kinda already is an Extension requests page... --Skizzerz 19:25, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Email addresses do not need to be public anymore

From: Bugzilla#Why must I register?: "Please note that (unlike on Wikimedia projects) your email address will be visible to everyone."

Registration is not the problem preventing more suggestions, discussions, and solutions concerning MediaWiki bugs and enhancements. Millions of people are now registered at Wikipedia, and via unified login they can now comment on any Wikimedia project without further registration.

In my opinion that should be extended to Bugzilla reporting and commenting. Since all these registered users have user talk pages, they can be contacted on their user talk pages. Their email does not need to be reported publicly anymore since we no longer need a separate registration system for Bugzilla.

I, and many others, can't report bugs because we don't want our email addresses public. Just like I don't want my real name public either. Every Bugzilla report or comment shows the email address of the poster. Why can't bugzilla.wikimedia.org use unified login instead? It is a wikimedia site. My unified login works here, too, at this mediawiki.org site. I am able to sign and timestamp this message.

Some people say that we can use a throwaway email address and a fake Bugzilla login name. I already use several email addresses. I don't want to create another one just for Bugzilla. I rarely check some of my other email addresses. I use some for email lists, and I only check them infrequently. So they would not be useful for Bugzilla.

Any email from a developer to one of my throwaway email addresses would be lost in the avalanche of email they already get. I don't want to post my good email address, because I don't want another email address ruined by tons of spam in the inbox due to it being public.

Wikipedia succeeded when it went from "expert" editing (by people using their real names) to broad editing by anyone willing to log in. Bugzilla reporting and commenting will do better too with unified login.

I use the Firefox browser. I have the same bug-reporting problem with Firefox. They probably did not hear about many problems with the beta versions of their Firefox 3 browser due to using bugzilla as their main form of bug reporting. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org

I have not upgraded to Firefox 3 due to problems they introduced with Firefox 3. I use Firefox 2 still. I have tried reporting the Firefox 3 problems on their forums, but just like at Wikimedia one has to use Bugzilla if anyone is to pay some real attention.

I appreciate that the developers have limited time, and that some are unpaid, but I also have limited time, and work on this unpaid. Please let me and others report bugs, suggestions, and possible solutions.

Many of us have thousands of hours and edits on Wikipedia, the Commons, etc., and can point out problems with various enhancements, and proposed implementations of solutions for bugs. We can tell you from experience with previous attempts, software versions, related programs, etc.. --Timeshifter 07:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)