Bugzilla/sco

All bugs in the MediaWiki software should be reported at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This is also the place to request new features or enhancements to the software.

Whit is Bugzilla?
Fer mair information, see the Wikipædia airticle oan Bugzilla.

Bugzilla is an online bug-tracking tool, developed by the Mozilla Foundation, and is the system we use to track all open issues with MediaWiki.

The raison that we uise Bugzilla is that it permits the deveelopers tae easilie fynd, track n tauk aneat issues, tae spot dupleecates n ulteematelie tae resolve thaim.

Wikimedia's bug tracker is uissuallie referred til aes "BugZilla". Aulder referances micht crie it "MediaZilla".

Reportin ae bug or speirin fer ae featur
Please see Hou tae report oan ae bug.

Comments
Bugzilla comments ar plain tex; ye canna uise HTML. Houever, Bugzilla will autæmateeclie cræft hyperlinks in thir waas:

Link to:
 * Bug report:


 * Comments: . Can also be combined with bug:


 * Attachments:


 * SVN commits: (link to the revision shown in Code review (through Special:Code/MediaWiki)


 * Chynge sets in Gerrit:   The recognised format fer chtngeset nummer is . Newlines added bi bugzilla break the autælinkin, aes uissual. Techneecal details: see rules.

More info: Hints and Tips. From The Bugzilla Guide. Go there for latest version.

Ful URLs
Wabsteids:

MediaWiki-style internal links
Thay ar supportit. Bi defaut thay point til Ingils Wikipædia. Interwiki prefixes ar supportit ava, n wairk aes uissual, stairtin fae en.wikipedia.org: will link til the German Wikipædia, n sae oan.

Uisin pipes fer ae differant label disna wairk. Fer example;  isna supportit n will na cræft ae link.

Section links wairk ava, bit ye need tae insert thaim richt: the simplest waa is tae copie the URL fae the location baur o yer brouser, n add brackets roond the pairt o it efter wiki/, e.g. tae link Eeditin interface (techneeclie: the section link haes tae be URL-encoded awreadie).

Langer interwiki links need tae be oan thair ain line, itherwise thay'r split ower twa lines n will na be linkified. Gif aen interwiki link is na recognised, add ae colon : afore it (e.g. ).

Aes o late, non-local interwikis wairk ava.

Why maun Ah register?
We need ye tae register tae uise Bugzilla. This is primarilie sae that we can contact ye gif thaur's further speirins aneat yer bug haun-in. Fer example, gif ae deveeloper canna repleecate yer proablem thay will speir ye fer mair information. Bi defaut ye'll get e-mail annooncemants whan thaur's acteevitie oan yer bug reports.

Foreby, ye can add/remove yersel fae onie bug report (incluidin reports cræftit bi ither uisers).

Ye can chynge yer preferances tae speceefie whan Bugzilla shid (n shidna) send emails til ye. Tae chynge yer preferances, log in oan Bugzilla n clap oan yer email address at the tap richt o the page.

Hou dae Ah register?
Registerin is simple n free. Clap oan the "cræft accoont" link at the tap richt o the page, enter yer e-mail address (n optionlie yer real name) n clap oan "cræft accoont". Than simplie log in uisin the passwaird that ye get in the confirmation e-mail (this can be chynged in yer preferances yince ye'v loggit in). Whan loggin in enter yer email address in the login form oan onie Bugzilla page.

Mynd that new uisers ar preventit fae takin certain actions bi defaut, like claisin or assignin tickets. This is mair tae protect again spam. Ye can get thir richts bi parteecipatin in the tracker in ither waas, or bi speirin fer thaim oan IRC.

Hou tae skauk yer email address
Please mynd that (onlike oan Wikimedia waurks) yer email address will be veesible oan the threeds that ye parteecipate in, n oan threed CC leets that ye'v added yersel til. It is veesible til awbodie wha's loggit in. It's na veesible til fawk that'r na loggit in. Yer email address canna be skaukt fae loggit-in readers.

It is possible tae cræft aen addeetional wab-based e-mail address, n than set it tae forewaird email til yer main email address. This prevents exposure o yer main email address. Google Mail (Gmail) permits free email forewairdin. Ye can autæmateeclie forewaird email fae yin Gmail accoont til anither Gmail accoont, or til onie email accoont.

Ye can chynge yer email address or name at onietime oan Bugzilla. Thay ar than chynged in aw bug threeds that ye parteeceepatit in. Sae gif ye decide at ae later date tae skauk yer main email address or name ye can still dae sae.

Why can Ah na report bugs oan the wiki?
Ye can. You can report bugs bi writin thaim in chauk oan the fitpath ava. Houever, gif ye want ae deveeloper tae dae sommit aneat it than ye need tae pit it somewhaur that thay'r likelie tae see it, like Bugzilla.

Hou dae Ah link til ae bug?
Gif ye want tae cræft ae link fae ae wiki page til ae Bugzilla report, uise, whaur XXX is the nummer o the bug report. Fer example will gie ye the follaein link: 4198.

Ye can uise the bugzilla template ava, fer example will gie ye. In some wikis, ye can uise, and foreby  whan the bug report haes been maurkt aes fixt.

Whit dae the prioritie n severitie fields mean?
See Bugzilla/Fields (Prioritie) n Bugzilla/Fields (Sevritie).

Whit dis the Status field mean? (NEW, RESOLVED, etc.)
See the field description. NEW is yin o the statuses that aen apen bug micht hae ava.

Speirins

 * Leet apen Bugzilla tickets bi nummer o votes

See foreby

 * Uisin bugzilla
 * Bugzilla/Fields – hou tae fil in differant fields in ae bug report.
 * Bugzilla products & components
 * A bug's life cycle – hou the Status n Resolution fields wairk.
 * patch-related keywairds - hou tae uise the Keywairds field tae track patches (either in bugzilla or gerrit)
 * Wikipædia: Bug reports n featur speirins


 * Follaein bugs
 * Annoyin wee bugs
 * Annoyin muckle bugs
 * wikibugs-l – mailin let tae follae aw Bugzilla acteevitie.
 * #mediawiki (IRC) is autæmateeclie noteefied wi ilka chynge til Bugzilla, ava.


 * Bugzilla admeenistration n contacts
 * Bug management
 * Leet o Bugzilla admeens oan Meta
 * Bugzilla admeenistrater richts policie (New, June 2013)