293863 - Paragraph 5.5 in manual - add the following details

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 190853

(Bugzilla :: Documentation, defect)

Description

[Willem Semmelink]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050317 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Bugzilla 1.16.x

I wanted to re-open Bug 233502 for documentation purposes, but since I have no
rights, I file a new bug report. 

I request re-opening the bug for documentation purposes, to add Comment 10 to
the manual:

" Adding a group that matches a product (in 2.16 anyway - this isn't an issue in
2.17.x) does not automatically add all the bugs in that product to the group. 
You'll need to run a query which returns all bugs in the product, then click the
"change several bugs at one" link, then set the group radio buttons to add that
group to all of those bugs.

I request the 2.16 manual be changed - add this in Paragraph 5.5. I suggest
slight change in wording to emphasize we are talking about existing bugs:

" Adding a group that matches a product does not automatically add the existing
bugs in that product to the group. You'll need to run a query which returns all
bugs in the product, then click the "change several bugs at one" link, then set
the group radio buttons to add that group to all of those bugs. This applies to
version 2.16 of Bugzilla only - isn't an issue in later versions of Bugzilla."

Regards
Willem Semmelink

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
The manual does not contain the said paragraph

Actual Results:  
User is not informed about effect on existing bugs, and that poses security risk.

Expected Results:  
After change user will be aware, and configure software properly.

Comment 1

[Willem Semmelink]

I suggest the following improvement to my earlier proposal:

" Adding a group that matches a product does not automatically add the existing
bugs in that product to the group. You'll need to run a query which returns all
bugs in the specific product. Make sure that you include all statuses  in the
query: (Unconfirmed, new, assigned, reopened, resolved, verified, closed). When
the bugs for the product display, click the "change several bugs at one" link,
then set the group radio buttons to add that group to all of those bugs. Click
the radio button on "Remove" from all the other groups. This applies to version
2.16 of Bugzilla only - isn't an issue in later versions of Bugzilla."

Comment 2

[Frédéric Buclin]

Colin, is that something which needs to be fixed? If yes, in which versions? Please confirm the bug or close it.

Comment 3

[Frédéric Buclin]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 190853 ***