Simply put, Bugzilla can track bugs and code changes, communicate with teammates, submit and review patches and manage quality assurance (QA).
Bugzilla is written in Perl and support multiple databases.
Here are some key features of "Bugzilla":
User features:
· Time Tracking
· Request System
· Private Attachments and Comments
· Advanced Search Capabilities
· Email Notifications Controlled By User Preferences
· Bug Lists in Multiple Formats (Atom, iCal, etc.)
· Scheduled Reports (Daily, Weekly, Hourly, etc.) by Email
· Reports and Charts
· File/Modify Bugs By Email
· Automatic Username Completion or Drop-Down User Lists
· Patch Viewer
· "Watch" Other Users
· Move Bugs Between Installs
· Save and Share Searches
Administrator Features:
· Full Unicode Support
· Localization
· mod_perl Support for Excellent Performance
· Webservices (XML-RPC) Interface
· Control Bug Visibility/Editing with Groups
· Impersonate Users
· Excellent Security
· Powerful Extension Mechanism for Highly Customizable Installations
· Custom Fields
· Custom Workflow
· Multiple Authentication Methods
· Support for Multiple Database Engines
· Sanity Check
Requirements:
· Perl 5.8.1 or higher
· MySQL 4.1.2+ for Bugzilla 3.x
· or MySQL 5.0.15+ for Bugzilla 3.x
· or PostgreSQL v8.03.0000+
· Oracle v10.02.0+
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· The tagging system has been redesigned: the old tagging fields in the page footer are gone in favor of a Tags field in the bug itself. Tags remain private and are only visible by you. They can also be used in queries as any other field.
· Bugzilla can now correctly identify uploaded attachments which have a MIME type of application/octet-stream.
· You can now save tabular and graphical reports as you already do with saved searches. Previously, you had to bookmark them in your web browser.
· You can customize columns displayed in whinemails.
· As usual, the WebServices have been improved with several new methods.
· The security has been improved, such as using HMAC SHA-256 to generate tokens instead of MD5.