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I'd like to have every reported issue be automatically assigned an "admin" tag, showing that the issue needs to be reviewed. This would be separate from the normal issue state, so that the issue could be worked on without losing the tag.

Just to be clear: this tag would be automatically added only ...

I'm on Mantis 1.2.11, and although I'm using the Projection (using custom_strings_inc.php to name "Risk") and ETA (named "Effort") fields, I can't figure out how to filter on them. I have the columns visible in the "View Issues" page, and can sort on them, but there's no filter field visible for ...

I'm using Mantis 1.1.6, and I'm quite confused on just what issue relationships are for. I can set issue A to have a relationship with issue B, where the relationship can be "parent of", "child of", "duplicate of", "has duplicate" or "related to". But, what's the point? Is it just for user ...

I posted a document on this topic on my website at <http://suitable.com/docs/mantisbt.html>. It may give you some of what you're looking for. Feel free to use or rewrite it, for your or the Mantis project's benefit. (I also posted about it in this forum at <http://forums.mantisbt.org/viewtopic.php?t ...

I'm working on building a tool to import bug data from another product. I've seen the importer code described at http://www.mantisbt.org/mantis/view.php?id=4220, but it's not flexible enough for my needs, so I'm rolling my own (I'll post about it here if I think the results are generally useful ...

Getting started with Mantis (1.0.0rc2), my greatest difficulty was in understanding the workflow, the meanings of the different issue fields, and how the whole package might be simplified. After several days of work I have installed and trimmed Mantis to the point where it's suitable for the smaller ...

Thanks: that's great. Two questions:

- How can I find useful ancillary documentation like this?

- Could something like this diagram (whichever represents the current situation) be added to the main manual?

Is there an overview somewhere of the bug submitting/handling workflow supported by Mantis? The overview would specify:

- the various bug states (new, feedback, confirmed, assigned), how they function and best practice for using them
- suggestions for additional, custom bug states
- when a bug can ...

I'm trying to install MySQL and Mantis 1.0.0rc1 under OS X 10.3, but I'm having trouble figuring out the different username/password combinations that are required. There are Unix usernames (which I use to login to my computer), MySQL usernames (which I use to connect to MySQL), and Mantis usernames ...