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>The Bugzilla Guide - 3.6.1
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>3.8. Flags</A
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> Flags are a way to attach a specific status to a bug or attachment,
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either <SPAN
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>"+"</SPAN
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> or <SPAN
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>"-"</SPAN
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>. The meaning of these symbols depends on the text
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the flag itself, but contextually they could mean pass/fail,
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accept/reject, approved/denied, or even a simple yes/no. If your site
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allows requestable flags, then users may set a flag to <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"?"</SPAN
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> as a
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request to another user that they look at the bug/attachment, and set
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the flag to its correct status.
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>3.8.1. A Simple Example</A
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> A developer might want to ask their manager,
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<SPAN
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>"Should we fix this bug before we release version 2.0?"</SPAN
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They might want to do this for a <EM
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>lot</EM
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> of bugs,
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so it would be nice to streamline the process...
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> In Bugzilla, it would work this way:
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TYPE="1"
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> The Bugzilla administrator creates a flag type called
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"blocking2.0"</SPAN
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> that shows up on all bugs in
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your product.
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> It shows up on the <SPAN
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>"Show Bug"</SPAN
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> screen
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as the text <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"blocking2.0"</SPAN
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> with a drop-down box next
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to it. The drop-down box contains four values: an empty space,
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"?"</SPAN
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>, <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"-"</SPAN
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>, and <SPAN
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>"+"</SPAN
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</P
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>The developer sets the flag to <SPAN
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>"?"</SPAN
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> The manager sees the <SAMP
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>blocking2.0</SAMP
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flag with a <SPAN
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>"?"</SPAN
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> value.
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</P
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> If the manager thinks the feature should go into the product
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before version 2.0 can be released, he sets the flag to
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"+"</SPAN
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>. Otherwise, he sets it to <SPAN
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>"-"</SPAN
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</P
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> Now, every Bugzilla user who looks at the bug knows whether or
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not the bug needs to be fixed before release of version 2.0.
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>3.8.2. About Flags</A
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>3.8.2.1. Values</A
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> Flags can have three values:
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><SAMP
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>?</SAMP
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> A user is requesting that a status be set. (Think of it as 'A question is being asked'.)
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><SAMP
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> The status has been set negatively. (The question has been answered <SPAN
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><SAMP
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>+</SAMP
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> The status has been set positively.
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(The question has been answered <SPAN
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>
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</P
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> Actually, there's a fourth value a flag can have --
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<SPAN
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>"unset"</SPAN
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> -- which shows up as a blank space. This
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just means that nobody has expressed an opinion (or asked
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someone else to express an opinion) about this bug or attachment.
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>3.8.3. Using flag requests</A
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> If a flag has been defined as 'requestable', and a user has enough privileges
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to request it (see below), the user can set the flag's status to <SPAN
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>"?"</SPAN
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This status indicates that someone (a.k.a. <SPAN
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someone else to set the flag to either <SPAN
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> or <SPAN
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>"-"</SPAN
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> If a flag has been defined as 'specifically requestable',
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a text box will appear next to the flag into which the requester may
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enter a Bugzilla username. That named person (a.k.a. <SPAN
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>"the requestee"</SPAN
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will receive an email notifying them of the request, and pointing them
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to the bug/attachment in question.
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> If a flag has <EM
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>not</EM
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> been defined as 'specifically requestable',
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then no such text-box will appear. A request to set this flag cannot be made of
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any specific individual, but must be asked <SPAN
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>"to the wind"</SPAN
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>"ask the wind"</SPAN
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>3.8.4. Two Types of Flags</A
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> Flags can go in two places: on an attachment, or on a bug.
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>3.8.4.1. Attachment Flags</A
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> Attachment flags are used to ask a question about a specific
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attachment on a bug.
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> Many Bugzilla installations use this to
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request that one developer <SPAN
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>"review"</SPAN
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> another
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developer's code before they check it in. They attach the code to
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a bug report, and then set a flag on that attachment called
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<SPAN
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>"review"</SPAN
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> to
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<SAMP
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>review?boss@domain.com</SAMP
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boss@domain.com is then notified by email that
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he has to check out that attachment and approve it or deny it.
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</P
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><P
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> For a Bugzilla user, attachment flags show up in three places:
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></P
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> On the list of attachments in the <SPAN
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>"Show Bug"</SPAN
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screen, you can see the current state of any flags that
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have been set to ?, +, or -. You can see who asked about
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the flag (the requester), and who is being asked (the
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requestee).
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> When you <SPAN
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>"Edit"</SPAN
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> an attachment, you can
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see any settable flag, along with any flags that have
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already been set. This <SPAN
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>"Edit Attachment"</SPAN
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screen is where you set flags to ?, -, +, or unset them.
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> Requests are listed in the <SPAN
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>"Request Queue"</SPAN
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>, which
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is accessible from the <SPAN
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>"My Requests"</SPAN
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> link (if you are
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logged in) or <SPAN
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>"Requests"</SPAN
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> link (if you are logged out)
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visible in the footer of all pages.
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>3.8.4.2. Bug Flags</A
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> Bug flags are used to set a status on the bug itself. You can
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see Bug Flags in the <SPAN
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screens, as described above.
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> Only users with enough privileges (see below) may set flags on bugs.
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This doesn't necessarily include the assignee, reporter, or users with the
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<SAMP
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>editbugs</SAMP
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> permission.
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>3.8.5. Administering Flags</A
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> If you have the <SPAN
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>"editcomponents"</SPAN
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> permission, you can
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edit Flag Types from the main administration page. Clicking the
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<SPAN
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>"Flags"</SPAN
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> link will bring you to the <SPAN
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>"Administer
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Flag Types"</SPAN
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> page. Here, you can select whether you want
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to create (or edit) a Bug flag, or an Attachment flag.
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</P
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> No matter which you choose, the interface is the same, so we'll
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just go over it once.
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>3.8.5.1. Editing a Flag</A
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> To edit a flag's properties, just click on the <SPAN
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link next to the flag's description. That will take you to the same
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form as described below (<A
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HREF="flags-overview.html#flags-create"
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>Section 3.8.5.2</A
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>3.8.5.2. Creating a Flag</A
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> When you click on the <SPAN
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>"Create a Flag Type for..."</SPAN
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link, you will be presented with a form. Here is what the fields in
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the form mean:
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><A
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>3.8.5.2.1. Name</A
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> This is the name of the flag. This will be displayed
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to Bugzilla users who are looking at or setting the flag.
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The name may contain any valid Unicode characters except commas
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and spaces.
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</P
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><H4
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-description"
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>3.8.5.2.2. Description</A
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> The description describes the flag in more detail. It is visible
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in a tooltip when hovering over a flag either in the <SPAN
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>"Show Bug"</SPAN
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>
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or <SPAN
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>"Edit Attachment"</SPAN
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> pages. This field can be as
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long as you like, and can contain any character you want.
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</P
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><DIV
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><H4
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-category"
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>3.8.5.2.3. Category</A
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> Default behaviour for a newly-created flag is to appear on
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products and all components, which is why <SPAN
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>"__Any__:__Any__"</SPAN
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>
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is already entered in the <SPAN
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>"Inclusions"</SPAN
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> box.
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If this is not your desired behaviour, you must either set some
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exclusions (for products on which you don't want the flag to appear),
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or you must remove <SPAN
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>"__Any__:__Any__"</SPAN
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> from the Inclusions box
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and define products/components specifically for this flag.
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</P
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><P
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> To create an Inclusion, select a Product from the top drop-down box.
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You may also select a specific component from the bottom drop-down box.
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(Setting <SPAN
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>"__Any__"</SPAN
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> for Product translates to,
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<SPAN
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>"all the products in this Bugzilla"</SPAN
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>.
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Selecting <SPAN
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>"__Any__"</SPAN
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> in the Component field means
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>"all components in the selected product."</SPAN
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Selections made, press <SPAN
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>"Include"</SPAN
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>, and your
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Product/Component pairing will show up in the <SPAN
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>"Inclusions"</SPAN
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> box on the right.
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><P
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> To create an Exclusion, the process is the same; select a Product from the
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top drop-down box, select a specific component if you want one, and press
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Exclude"</SPAN
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>. The Product/Component pairing will show up in the
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Exclusions"</SPAN
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> box on the right.
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</P
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><P
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> This flag <EM
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>will</EM
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> and <EM
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>can</EM
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> be set for any
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products/components that appearing in the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Inclusions"</SPAN
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> box
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(or which fall under the appropriate <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"__Any__"</SPAN
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>).
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This flag <EM
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>will not</EM
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> appear (and therefore cannot be set) on
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any products appearing in the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Exclusions"</SPAN
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> box.
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<EM
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> IMPORTANT: Exclusions override inclusions.</EM
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>
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</P
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><P
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> You may select a Product without selecting a specific Component,
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but you can't select a Component without a Product, or to select a
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Component that does not belong to the named Product. If you do so,
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Bugzilla will display an error message, even if all your products
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have a component by that name.
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</P
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><P
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><EM
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>Example:</EM
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> Let's say you have a product called
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Jet Plane"</SPAN
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> that has thousands of components. You want
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to be able to ask if a problem should be fixed in the next model of
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plane you release. We'll call the flag <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"fixInNext"</SPAN
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>.
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But, there's one component in <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Jet Plane,"</SPAN
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>
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called <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Pilot."</SPAN
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> It doesn't make sense to release a
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new pilot, so you don't want to have the flag show up in that component.
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So, you include <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Jet Plane:__Any__"</SPAN
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> and you exclude
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Jet Plane:Pilot"</SPAN
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>.
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-sortkey"
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>3.8.5.2.4. Sort Key</A
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></H4
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><P
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> Flags normally show up in alphabetical order. If you want them to
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show up in a different order, you can use this key set the order on each flag.
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Flags with a lower sort key will appear before flags with a higher
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sort key. Flags that have the same sort key will be sorted alphabetically,
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but they will still be after flags with a lower sort key, and before flags
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with a higher sort key.
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</P
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><P
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> <EM
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>Example:</EM
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> I have AFlag (Sort Key 100), BFlag (Sort Key 10),
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CFlag (Sort Key 10), and DFlag (Sort Key 1). These show up in
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the order: DFlag, BFlag, CFlag, AFlag.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-active"
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>3.8.5.2.5. Active</A
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></H4
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><P
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> Sometimes, you might want to keep old flag information in the
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Bugzilla database, but stop users from setting any new flags of this type.
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To do this, uncheck <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"active"</SPAN
|
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>. Deactivated
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flags will still show up in the UI if they are ?, +, or -, but they
|
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may only be cleared (unset), and cannot be changed to a new value.
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Once a deactivated flag is cleared, it will completely disappear from a
|
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bug/attachment, and cannot be set again.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-requestable"
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>3.8.5.2.6. Requestable</A
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></H4
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><P
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> New flags are, by default, <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"requestable"</SPAN
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>, meaning that they
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offer users the <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"?"</SPAN
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> option, as well as <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"+"</SPAN
|
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>
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and <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"-"</SPAN
|
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>.
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To remove the ? option, uncheck <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
|
>"requestable"</SPAN
|
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>.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-specific"
|
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>3.8.5.2.7. Specifically Requestable</A
|
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></H4
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><P
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> By default this box is checked for new flags, meaning that users may make
|
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flag requests of specific individuals. Unchecking this box will remove the
|
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text box next to a flag; if it is still requestable, then requests may
|
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only be made <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="QUOTE"
|
|
>"to the wind."</SPAN
|
|
> Removing this after specific
|
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requests have been made will not remove those requests; that data will
|
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stay in the database (though it will no longer appear to the user).
|
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-multiplicable"
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>3.8.5.2.8. Multiplicable</A
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></H4
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><P
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> Any flag with <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Multiplicable"</SPAN
|
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> set (default for new flags is 'on')
|
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may be set more than once. After being set once, an unset flag
|
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of the same type will appear below it with <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"addl."</SPAN
|
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> (short for
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"additional"</SPAN
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>) before the name. There is no limit to the number of
|
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times a Multiplicable flags may be set on the same bug/attachment.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-field-cclist"
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>3.8.5.2.9. CC List</A
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></H4
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><P
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> If you want certain users to be notified every time this flag is
|
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set to ?, -, +, or unset, add them here. This is a comma-separated
|
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list of email addresses that need not be restricted to Bugzilla usernames.
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-grant-group"
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>3.8.5.2.10. Grant Group</A
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></H4
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><P
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> When this field is set to some given group, only users in the group
|
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can set the flag to <SPAN
|
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"+"</SPAN
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> and <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"-"</SPAN
|
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>. This
|
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field does not affect who can request or cancel the flag. For that,
|
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see the <SPAN
|
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
|
>"Request Group"</SPAN
|
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> field below. If this field
|
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is left blank, all users can set or delete this flag. This field is
|
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useful for restricting which users can approve or reject requests.
|
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="section"
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><H4
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CLASS="section"
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><A
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NAME="flags-create-request-group"
|
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>3.8.5.2.11. Request Group</A
|
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></H4
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><P
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> When this field is set to some given group, only users in the group
|
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can request or cancel this flag. Note that this field has no effect
|
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if the <SPAN
|
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"grant group"</SPAN
|
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> field is empty. You can set the
|
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value of this field to a different group, but both fields have to be
|
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set to a group for this field to have an effect.
|
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</P
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><A
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NAME="flags-delete"
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>3.8.5.3. Deleting a Flag</A
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></H3
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><P
|
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> When you are at the <SPAN
|
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"Administer Flag Types"</SPAN
|
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> screen,
|
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you will be presented with a list of Bug flags and a list of Attachment
|
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Flags.
|
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</P
|
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><P
|
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> To delete a flag, click on the <SPAN
|
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CLASS="QUOTE"
|
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>"Delete"</SPAN
|
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> link next to
|
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the flag description.
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> Once you delete a flag, it is <EM
|
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>gone</EM
|
|
> from
|
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your Bugzilla. All the data for that flag will be deleted.
|
|
Everywhere that flag was set, it will disappear,
|
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and you cannot get that data back. If you want to keep flag data,
|
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but don't want anybody to set any new flags or change current flags,
|
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unset <SPAN
|
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|
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|
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