Whining. [Bugzilla - over the wall]

[Two three days before i had to add some new versions and components to the bugzilla. So as usual i sent mails to sys admin. Due to more mails i got chance to get some authentication for "Product" area in Admin page. Other than that some how i got the permission for "Whining" too..] :) story.

"Set queries which will be run at some specified date and time, and get the result of these queries directly per email. This is a good way to create reminders and to keep track of the activity in your installation." Yes.. I have copy pasted the whining description from bugzilla. In my words whining helps to filter the bugs and email in predefine time or time periods. The saved names of search criteria can use to filter the bugs in whining. Whining let us to do the scheduling.

http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/tip/en/html/whining.html

Other than that there are two more things to do.

1. Need to set a cron job in bugzilla installed machine.
   

   */15 * * * * cd  ; ./whine.pl [pls check my previous post for crons] ;) 

2. Need to become a member of "bz_canusewhines" group. [mmm.. you need to access for groups area in admin page. else contact sys admin]
   
   Note: Better to take the membership of "bz_canusewhineatothers" group too. It gives permission to create whines for others.

mm... i guess this is more usable for Managers and people who more concern about project status. 

Advantages.

1. No need to think more about CC list of bugzilla components.
2. This is a some kind of a automation for bugzilla status reports.