https://mantisbt.org/wiki/ 2026-05-16T06:49:35+00:00 https://mantisbt.org/wiki/ https://mantisbt.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2013-08-30T16:50:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:3rdpartycode?rev=1377881438&do=diff 3rd party code in Mantis Mantis uses some projects code to provide some of its features. Here we keep track of the 3rd party projects that are included in Mantis, along with their version and status. Refer to the README.libs file for details ADOdb Purpose: Database abstraction text/html 2013-02-22T09:56:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:active_directory?rev=1361527001&do=diff Active directory settings Introduction The page aims at describing how to configure mantis to connect to Active Directory. General principles Active Directory can currently be used by mantis for the following usage: * Check user password. * Retrieve user mail address (optional). text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:addson_requirements?rev=1225268723&do=diff Mantis Plug-ins Requirements * Author: Victor Boctor * Status: In Progress Introduction Mantis currently supports some extensibility features like custom fields, custom functions, custom constants, and custom strings. These has proven to be useful features that allowed Mantis users to tweak their own installations without having to change Mantis code base and hence making the upgrade experience much easier. The aim of Mantis Plug-ins support is to take this to the next level and enable … text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:adodb_fixes?rev=1225268723&do=diff ADODB Fixes Introduction This page is to track fixes that we have applied to the ADODB version distributed with Mantis. The aim of the page is to be able to reapply these fixes when we upgrade and to keep track of whether these fixes are applied to the official ADODB version (noting the version number with the fix). text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:alternative_custom_field_display_requirements?rev=1225268727&do=diff Custom Rules Requirements (Alternative to Custom Field Display Requirements) * Author: Daryn Warriner (daryn) * Status: Work in progress, Draft * Associated Issue: #5650, #4736, #5744 Introduction Current Approach Mantis allows for creation of custom field definitions for bugs. Currently, Mantis allows users to configure when each custom field is displayed and when it is required. The current implementation allows the user to specify the display/require option on 4 conditions; report,… text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:approval_of_signup_accounts_requirements?rev=1225268729&do=diff Approval of Signup Accounts Requirements Introduction This is a place holder for detailed requirements for feature implemented in the following issue: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=4112> Database Schema Changes * Schema Changes * Upgrade steps Do we need a change in schema? Can't we set the access level to NOBODY and block NOBODY users from logging in? Then when user is approved we change the access level to default signup access level (e.g. reporter). This way we don't n… text/html 2011-11-27T10:18:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:attachment_api_refactoring?rev=1322389104&do=diff Attachment API Refactoring (RFC) Motivation The current attachment API requires the client to explicitly check for the type of API used and then perform the actions by itself. This is sub-optimal for two reasons: * Adding one extra attachment type will break all the existing code; text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:avatar_for_users?rev=1225268723&do=diff Avatars for users This is tracked at: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=8206> Rationale In many sites, posts are associated with an “avatar”, a small image chosen by the user to represent his online presence. We could implement the same feature, targetting primarily the bugnotes, where such images will not waste space text/html 2011-11-18T14:18:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:build_process?rev=1321625928&do=diff MantisBT Build Process proposal This page is only a draft, pending discussion on the development mailing list. Scope This document proposes a number of improvements to the MantisBT build process, by introducing a structured build process used to validate code changes as they happen and to produce nightly builds. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:class_based_filter_api?rev=1225268730&do=diff Requirements for Class based Filter API * Author: Daryn Warriner (daryn) * Status: Draft * Associated Issues: * <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=3858> * <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=7183> * <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9398> * <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=7889> * <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=4843> Introduction The codebase for filter api is overly complicated and confusing both from a users perspective and a develo… text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:cloning_requirements?rev=1225268721&do=diff Cloning Requirements * Author: daryn * Status: Draft | Work in Progress Introduction Development groups have different requirements for how they clone issues and what needs to be cloned. It is possible for different requirements to exist between different groups even in the same company. Currently the Cloning feature of Mantis is limited in it's implementation to basically an easy way to copy text/html 2025-01-11T15:16:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:coding_guidelines?rev=1736608585&do=diff There has been a discussion on new coding standards for PHP5 object orientation on the Mailing list: <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bug-tracking.mantis.devel/2031/focus=2040> Coding Guidelines First, read the PHP Coding Standard by Fredrik Kristiansen (who happens to recommend Mantis for bugtracking). The rest of this page describes in which ways we differ, as well as other Mantis-specific guidelines. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:combo_edit_requirements?rev=1225268729&do=diff AJAX Combo Edit Control Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction It is common in Mantis to have a form where the user must enter a valid user name, category, platform, OS, etc. The aim of this task is to implement an AJAX control and wrapping PHP code which allows the use of this control to replace edit boxes and combo boxes in the scenarios that are mentioned later in the document. text/html 2014-10-07T15:58:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:contributing?rev=1412697529&do=diff Contributing to MantisBT Talent and Time One of the greatest ways to contribute to Mantis is to contribute your talent and time. For Mantis to keep growing we need such support in all areas related to the software development cycle. This includes: text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:custom_field_display_requirements?rev=1225268725&do=diff Custom Field Display Requirements Author: Ryan O'Leary Introduction This feature is documented here: <http://bugs.mantisbt.org/view.php?id=5744> Mantis allows for creation of custom field definitions for bugs. Currently, Mantis implements code allowing configuration of when the each custom field is displayed and when each custom field is a required field. The current configuration allows the user to specify the display/require option on 4 conditions; report, update, resolved, closed. The rep… text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:customize_issue_forms_and_views?rev=1225268729&do=diff Customize Issue Forms and Views This topic will explain how to customize the issue report, update and view pages. TBD text/html 2011-09-10T21:28:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:customizing_columns_in_view_issues_page?rev=1315690120&do=diff Customizing Columns in View Issues Page Introduction This recipe explains how to customize the columns to be viewed in the View Issues page. In the case where a column is specified in the list of columns to be viewed, but the code determines that such field is not applicable or is turned off via configuration, the column won't be viewed. The current values of the information listed below can be found in the source code in the file config_defaults_inc.php. text/html 2018-09-07T06:47:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:customizing_relationships?rev=1536302866&do=diff Customizing Issue Relationships Author: Victor Boctor Introduction Starting Mantis 1.1.0a4, it is possible to add your own custom relationships. In this example, we will add “origin of” and “originates from” relationships. These relationships will be supported the same way as native relationships: i.e. in View Issue page, relationship graphs, filters and email notifications. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:cvs_access?rev=1225268723&do=diff CVS Access Introduction This article aims at helping developers with commit access to Mantis CVS to get the latest code and submit their changes. Related Documentation I would suggest reading the following documentation: * Quickstart Guide To Open Source Development With CVS and SourceForge How to check out Mantis code? text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:database_optimization?rev=1225268724&do=diff Database Optimization This page describes some database optimisations for SQL Server 2000. These are based on Mantis 1.0.2 The Problem The project I was working on used a Mantis installation based on Windows 2003 Server/IIS/PHP and SQL Server. The filters were starting to become unusably slow, particularly the view_all_bug_page. Pressing the text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:db_dump_restore?rev=1225268729&do=diff Information originally from djcarr in bug #8407 here ---------- After more investigation I've come up with a set of good guidelines for dumping and importing fairly large mantis databases. I'll post them here in case they can help someone else. * 1. In MySQL Server's my.ini set the following. This allows file attachments greater than 1MB to be imported back in. text/html 2016-01-04T17:53:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:db_schema?rev=1451930035&do=diff MantisBT Database Schema This pages documents the MantisBT schema definition script (admin/schema.php), and explains how to modify it. Introduction The schema is defined as a numbered list of updates (aka upgrade steps), stored as an array. Each step consists of two elements: text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:developer_journal_requirements?rev=1225268730&do=diff Developer Journal Requirements * Author: Jim Hanley (DGtlRift) * Status: Draft * Associated Issue: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=8225> Introduction Although Mantis can keep notes regarding specific issues, it cannot securely track day to day logging of individual developers. A solution might be to create a developer specific issue that would never close, but this is somewhat clumsy. Another solution would be to just hold the journal within the wiki, but this has security … text/html 2018-03-07T12:35:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:developers_corner?rev=1520426157&do=diff Developers' Corner Contributing to MantisBT Core Development * Development Process * Coding Guidelines * MantisBT Database Schema * Executing Database Queries * How to create, build, or edit DocBook manual pages * Write good Git Commit Messages * How to submit patches * Branching and Release Management Policy * 3rd party code in Mantis * Working with Git Submodules in MantisBT * Interactions between the SOAP API and plugins * Style Guide (DRAFT) * Handling Security I… text/html 2014-05-13T19:15:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:development_process?rev=1400008529&do=diff Development Process Terminology This process will use the 'work item' as a generic terminology for features or bugs. Principles * Treat each other with respect and value diversity of contributors. * Shipping is what unlocks the value of the checkins we make. Release often. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:development_scheme?rev=1225268722&do=diff Branching and Release Management Policy There are usually two active branches at any given time: * The stable branch * The development branch Release packages from stable and development branches are linked on the home page. Between releases, the latest code is always available from our text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:diff_emails_requirements?rev=1225268725&do=diff Diff email Requirements * Author: Gianluca Sforna (giallu) * Status: Draft * Associated Issue: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=895> Introduction A different email style for notifications was requested more than once (with smaller variants) from ages. Basically, what we want to obtain is a more compact (and readable) email to be sent to users, so that only the relevant modifications that triggered the notifications will be shown. text/html 2014-04-14T06:22:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:distributions?rev=1397456551&do=diff Mantis Linux Distributions This page is to keep track of GNU/Linux distributions that include Mantis and to include links to the Mantis page on the websites of such distributions. This page may also include links to non-Linux distributions, e.g. a distribution which provides a Windows installer for Mantis, etc. text/html 2025-12-30T12:11:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:docbook?rev=1767096713&do=diff Working with DocBook Manuals Required Tools No special tools are needed to edit DocBook files, a plain-text editor is good enough to do the job, although a specialized XML editor may be useful. In order to build the manuals however, you need to have a working DocBook tool chain installed on your system. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:dokuwiki_integration?rev=1225268721&do=diff This page is to document the steps needed to update DokuWiki to work with Mantis versions that support DokuWiki integration. This involves updates like authentication and template. See also * Introduction * Integrating DokuWiki with Mantis text/html 2023-09-23T08:03:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:due_date_requirements?rev=1695456210&do=diff Due Date Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction Mantis currently tracks very well the project versions and issues status, however, it currently (up to 1.0.x) doesn't track progress relative to time. This is not a big issue for a bugtracker, but it may be a useful tool that helps with project management and also is very useful for scenarios where Mantis is used to manage things like tickets, to do lists, fullfilment of customer orders, etc. Hence, this feature is about assigning a d… text/html 2009-04-21T07:36:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:dynamic_enum_custom_fields?rev=1240299410&do=diff Enumeration Custom Fields with Dynamic Possible Values Introduction Starting with Mantis 1.1.0rc1, it is possible to define enumeration custom fields that have a dynamic set of possible values. The possible values are constructed via a custom function. The implementation of the custom function can depend on the context (current project, current user, current user's access level). text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:dynamic_plugin_requirements?rev=1225268726&do=diff Dynamic Plugin Requirements Author: John Reese Status: Feedback / Bugfixing Introduction This is a proposal for a very lightweight method of including a plugin/hook system for Mantis. It should be able to handle not only minor enhancements for areas such as outputting text, but adding new pages, menu items, and entire features to the application. It should be very simple, but very powerful. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:enabling_anonymous_access?rev=1225268730&do=diff Enabling Anonymous Access Mantis can be setup in a way to allow users to access Mantis without having to sign up or login. For security reasons this feature is disabled by default. Mantis allows customising what an anonymous user can access and can modify the same way it does for normal user. This is done by requiring that a user account be created and granted all the required access and then being selected as the account to be used for anonymous access. text/html 2020-05-13T16:28:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:executing_db_queries?rev=1589387323&do=diff Executing Database Queries MantisBT relies on ADOdb library for database abstraction. Whenever coding new APIs or modifying existing ones Developers must be careful to always call db_param_push() before any use of db_query(). Design flaw Our current database text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:extensible_object_embedding_requirements?rev=1225268726&do=diff Extensible Object Embedding (e.g. YouTube) Author: Victor Boctor Introduction This feature is to allow embedding of custom objects into Mantis. This will be shown in area like issue view page, news and others. An example of object that can be embedded is videos. text/html 2023-07-21T11:45:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:faq?rev=1689939906&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions This section of the Wiki is not well maintained. Expect to get broken links and outdated information! Customisation How do I customise Severities, Priorities and Statuses? See Customising Enumerations in the MantisBT manual. Integration Does MantisBT provide a webservice interface? text/html 2013-04-26T21:52:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:feature_candidates?rev=1367013143&do=diff Features identified from the bugtracker rombert - this is based on a high-level survey of the bug tracker, taking into account bugs with lots of discussion or features which make sense IMO. * Voting ( 668 ) * New custom field types (14565, 4640, 3790, 6325, 13180 ) * HTML notification emails ( text/html 2019-01-15T15:15:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:features?rev=1547565317&do=diff Mantis Feature List Mantis is an issue tracker that is implemented in PHP. The main features include: * Free (GPL License) * Easy to Install (both internally and in hosted environments). * Easy to evaluate * Demo * InstantMantis - Be up and running in 2 minutes (not recommended for production use) text/html 2009-08-28T21:48:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:firefox_bookmark?rev=1251496085&do=diff Mantis Bookmark for Mozilla Firefox * Bookmarks - Manage Bookmarks... * New Bookmark... * Populate the bookmark with the following information: * Name: Mantis Bugtracker Quickview * Location: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=%s> * Keyword: mantis * Description: Type text/html 2018-02-06T13:35:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:git_commit_messages?rev=1517924147&do=diff Git Commit Messages This document provides guidelines on how to write a well-formed commit message when developing for MantisBT. Checklist See Details and explanations section below for further information. * Summary * Maximum length 72 characters, try to stay under 50 if possible. text/html 2014-04-30T17:00:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:git_submodules?rev=1398877207&do=diff Working with Git Submodules in MantisBT Some 3rd party libraries are stored and maintained in the MantisBT repository using Git Submodules. This setup requires some special handling when initializing the repository and when switching branches, especially to and from branches which do not (yet) have submodules in it. text/html 2008-11-07T07:16:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:gitosis_management?rev=1226042208&do=diff Managing Gitosis Repositories Author: John Reese Concepts Gitosis stores repositories in the 'git' user's home directory. In the case of git.mantisbt.org, this path is /srv/git. Configuration of the hosted repositories is defined in a special repository text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:global_categories_requirements?rev=1225268725&do=diff Global Categories Requirements Author: John Reese Introduction Categories in Mantis are specific to a single project, and can only be used by issues in that project. But there are many times, especially in organizations with many different projects, that it would be very useful to have not only shared sets of categories, but inherited categories from parent projects as well. This would greatly simplify and automate multiple project administration. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:graph_from_filter?rev=1225268729&do=diff Graph from Filter Requirements Author: Glenn Henshaw (thraxisp) Introduction see also Performance Counters Requirements Mantis has a fixed set of project summary graphs showing the current distribution of issues. There is one historical graph, showing the number of open/closed issues over all time. text/html 2021-07-14T16:08:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:handling_security_problems?rev=1626278922&do=diff Handling Security Issues This document provides guidelines to report security issues in MantisBT, and describes the process we follow to deal with them internally. For users If you discover a security issue or what you think could be one, please text/html 2016-09-27T23:46:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:howto_submit_patches?rev=1475019974&do=diff Getting your Patches into Mantis You have identified a bug in a MantisBT, and you have developed a solution to correct the defect. So, how do you submit that solution, for inclusion in MantisBT? By following the guidelines set out below, you will give your solution its best chance of being adopted, in a timely fashion. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:howto_submit_pathces?rev=1225268719&do=diff Getting your Patches into Mantis You have identified a bug in a Mantis, and you have developed a solution to correct the defect. So, how do you submit that solution, for inclusion in Mantis? By following the guidelines set out below, you will give your solution its best chance of being adopted, in a timely fashion. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:i18n?rev=1225268724&do=diff This is the main page internationalization and globalization of Mantis. It is maintained by the globalization developers. text/html 2024-03-26T09:03:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:importexport?rev=1711443822&do=diff Import Export for a list of bugs * Author: Gianluca Sforna (giallu) * Status: Draft | Work in Progress | Implemented * Associated Issue: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=4220> Introduction A complete solution for copying a list of issues between two different Mantis instances is something asked from quite some time: text/html 2011-11-16T12:29:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:instantmantis_faq?rev=1321446554&do=diff Instant Mantis FAQ Sending Emails not working I receive the following error message, PROBLEMS SENDING MAIL TO: someone@domain.com Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function. Instant Mantis is unable to locate an SMTP server to send email. If you have access to an external SMTP server you can add the following lines to the config_inc.php file located in the folder instant_mantis_root\mantis\mantis-1.0.1. text/html 2014-01-01T06:14:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:instantmantis_install?rev=1388556898&do=diff MantisHub now offers MantisBT as a service with free 30-day trial (no credit card required). InstantMantis is no longer support. text/html 2014-04-14T06:21:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:instantmantis?rev=1397456488&do=diff Instant Mantis Instant Mantis is no longer supported - checkout MantisHub if you want to try MantisBT text/html 2012-01-17T12:22:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:issue_dependency_tree_requirements?rev=1326802933&do=diff Issue Dependency Tree Requirements Author: Ryan Leite Albuquerque Introduction The idea behind this feature is to make available a new page so that the relationship between the issues can be easily visualized. The relationship between children and parent issues fits well in a tree representation. text/html 2011-11-16T12:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:issue_voting_requirements?rev=1321447151&do=diff Issue Voting Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction The idea of voting is to allow users to vote on the issues that matter most to them. Given that most of the time it is good to have all features implemented and bugs fixed, users should do some choice when deciding to vote for the more important issues. Users should also be able to vote against feature requests that they believe will be of harm to the product. text/html 2011-11-16T12:34:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:link_to_new_website?rev=1321446896&do=diff Update Mantis to link to mantisbt.org The official Mantis Bug Tracker website was changed temporarily to mantisbugtracker.com, this page will guide you through the process of linking back to mantisbt.org if you happened to have a Mantis release which links to mantisbugtracker.com (these are 1.0.6 and 1.1.0a1). It will be greatly appreciated if you can update your Mantis installation and your website to point to mantisbt.org. You can do that as follows: text/html 2011-11-16T12:39:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:linked_attachments?rev=1321447175&do=diff Linked Attachments from YouTube, Flickr, and others Author: Victor Boctor Introduction Mantis supports attaching files to issues and projects. Mantis also supports auto-preview for image attachments and there are patches to make it auto-preview flag files as well. This feature allows Mantis to support linked as attachments. This is where a user attaches a link rather than an actual file. The link should be auto-previewed if it is pointing to a recognized format. This is similar to what W… text/html 2019-01-14T11:02:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:localizing_custom_fields_labels?rev=1547463758&do=diff Localizing Custom Fields Labels Please refer to Customizing MantisBT section in the Admin Guide. text/html 2025-12-15T12:52:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:mailmap?rev=1765803165&do=diff Updating the .mailmap file The .mailmap file allows Git to handle user aliases. It is useful to maintain a clean and consistent list of authors, for example if users changed e-mail addresses or used different names when checking in their commits. Identifying duplicate authors in Git history text/html 2019-01-14T11:04:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:mantis_recipes?rev=1547463849&do=diff MantisBT Recipes Mantis Recipes are a set of how-to guides that are task based. * Mantis Bookmark for Mozilla Firefox * Install MantisBT on a Hosted Website (shared host) * trac2mantis - Migration from trac to MantisBT Customization * Customizing Columns in View Issues Page * Localizing Custom Fields Labels * Customizing Issue Relationships * Extending Custom Group Actions * Enumeration Custom Fields with Dynamic Possible Values * Using Numeric Priorities * Automatic UR… text/html 2011-11-16T12:34:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:mantis_search_plugin_for_mozilla_firefox?rev=1321446879&do=diff Mantis Search Plugin for Mozilla FireFox The Firefox search bar is a very useful feature. Just click Ctrl+K, type in the text to search for, then click Enter. The same feature would be very useful for locating Mantis issues. This post explains how you can get the search bar working with Mantis. text/html 2018-05-04T11:55:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:mantisbt_survey?rev=1525434904&do=diff User survey MantisBT surveys Candidate survey questions Final draft, pending setup in the surveys applications. References: * Bugzilla survey 2008 * Git User's survey 2012 It's interesting that the Bugzilla survey was aimed at a small number of organisations using MantisBT, rather than its direct users. Something to consider for us as well - perhaps by having two different surveys - organisations versus end-users. text/html 2011-11-16T12:34:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:mysql_to_mssql?rev=1321446849&do=diff Moving from MySQL to MS SQL This is an extract from the forums. I'm hoping it will be revised and detailed later, but it can be a good start. Just converted from mysql using the mysql odbc connector and copying table by table in SQL Server Management Studio. text/html 2013-05-01T20:57:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:next_release?rev=1367441868&do=diff MantisBT 1.2.16 * Dramatic performance improvements for installations with a large numbers of subprojects cc7703acc8d05f253d52a152a7d8cd0c1c43815d * New plugin event - EVENT_DISPLAY_EMAIL_BUILD_SUBJECT 4090050b8cef90b9c632ff22b1dc2dff681ae073 text/html 2011-11-16T12:36:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:notification_requirements?rev=1321446998&do=diff Pluggable/Micro Notification Requirements * Author: John Reese (jreese/nuclear_eclipse) * Status: Draft * Associated Issue: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=9350> Introduction Given the potential of the new event system in Mantis 1.2, and the current limitations and difficulties in the Mantis email notification subsystem, a more robust and extensible solution should be put in place. The first piece of the solution involves creating an extensible infrastructure for generating a… text/html 2011-11-10T14:08:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:numeric_priorities?rev=1320934094&do=diff Using Numeric Priorities Introduction Some users prefer to use numeric priorities like “1, 2, 3, etc” (where 1 is the highest) rather than using “immediate, urgent, high, etc”. This guide goes through the steps of customizing Mantis so that it uses such priority system. text/html 2013-12-13T05:12:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:page_sponsorship_available?rev=1386911577&do=diff Page no longer available. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:page_template_construction?rev=1225268719&do=diff This page describes how to build templates. Template Construction Templates are created from small subsections. The following sections are have been built. * debug.tpl - a debug stub * header.tpl - page top * login_header.tpl - bar showing login information text/html 2011-11-16T12:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:page_template_requirements?rev=1321447022&do=diff Page Template Requirements Author: Glenn Henshaw (thraxisp) Introduction Mantis pages are currently hard coded as php files with embedded HTML and a smattering of CSS. In many cases, the page itself determines the presentation based on the current user's access level and system parameters. There are also several pages that are graphically close to each other or related. This construction makes it difficult to modify the overall look and feel of a site, or to add or delete fields. text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:page_template_todo?rev=1225268725&do=diff Templates ToDo List * Prototype Conversion of view_bug_page - 90% * need a good way to generate top menu * embedding javascript by passing through an array is not optimal - suggestions? * document conversion approach - 60% * Refine view/update/report bug_page as a single page text/html 2011-11-16T12:40:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:password_security?rev=1321447201&do=diff Password Security Author: Adam Sutton Introduction Mantis currently lacks support for advanced password security features commonly employed by security concious applications / organisations. These features are important when the database contains sensitive information and users may be inclined to use weak passwords. The features that would be required are: text/html 2011-11-16T12:38:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:passwordless_protected_access?rev=1321447129&do=diff Passwordless Protected Access Overview A user can be given a link of the form <http://mantis.company.com.au/view.php?id=123&key=987tyjkhcgwip2uy523hriu> and then be able to view and/or edit the task without a separate login. This is particularly useful when you want to email a link to a person without creating an account for them or without asking them to login (which might be too much effort for some customers). text/html 2011-11-16T12:39:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:paypal_integration_requirements?rev=1321447165&do=diff PayPal Integration Author: Victor Boctor Status: Work in Progress Introduction Mantis supports the concept of sponsorship where users can put sponsorships on issues and developers can do the work and contact the users for the payments. Mantis also provides ways to track the sponsorships and depends on the developers to update the status of such sponsorships as unpaid, requested or paid. The exchange of PayPal email information, receiving the payments and update the sponsorship status is all… text/html 2011-11-16T12:38:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:performance_counters_requirements?rev=1321447082&do=diff Performance Counters Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction The Mantis database contains a snapshot of the information at a point in time, hence, the reports on it can only do the same. As far as project management is concerned, it is often needed to track changes over time. For example, how is the number of bugs opened per day and bugs resolved per day vary as the project gets closer to the release date? text/html 2019-01-14T11:00:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:phpfreechat?rev=1547463620&do=diff Integrate phpFreeChat into Mantis Author: Victor Boctor Introduction A lot of open source projects use IRC for chatting and a lot of companies use some sort of Instant Messaging, which makes chatting an essential part of the software development environment. I have found text/html 2011-11-16T12:54:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:plugins_events?rev=1321448081&do=diff Plugin Events Reference This document is a reference for all events declared by the core Mantis plugin API. It should contain the event name, type, a description of where and when it is triggered, and any special parameters it may expect to receive. text/html 2014-02-27T08:05:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:plugins_feedback?rev=1393488331&do=diff Plugin Feedback and Questions General Suggestions After reading the documentation, and the code, I'd suggest that plugins SHOULD actually be utilized for user replacable functionality. A prime example for this would be a login event. Authentication plugins could then react to a login event, and return if a user is authorized for something. This would also potentially allow for multiple authentication mechanisms, such as a Mantis specific administrator, but also single signon authentication … text/html 2011-12-30T15:35:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:plugins_overview?rev=1325259330&do=diff Plugin System Overview Author: John Reese Status: Work in Progress Design Overview The dynamic plugins system for Mantis is based on a philosophy of simplicity and lightweight design. It provides a very flexible framework for adding features to Mantis, or modifying certain existing functionality, using plugins. The system has been created to utilize an event-based hook system, but also allows plugins to create new view pages and more. Most anything that isn't directly allowed by the plugi… text/html 2013-06-21T13:54:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:plugins_sample?rev=1371822888&do=diff Sample Plugins Super Cow Powers This is a very minimal plugin that does nothing but increase your site's Geek Factor. Directory Structure mantis/ plugins/ Supercow/ Supercow.php plugins/Supercow/Supercow.php <?php class SupercowPlugin extends MantisPlugin { function register() { $this->name = 'Super Cow Powers'; $this->description = 'Gives your Mantis installation super cow powers.'; $this->version = '1.0'; $this->requires = array( 'M… text/html 2024-02-21T11:16:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:press?rev=1708514216&do=diff Mantis Reviews and Press * 2024-02-21 - Introducing MantisBT – a FOSS bug tracker * 2016-08-27 - 100+ self-hosted alternatives to popular services * 2016-07-20 - MantisBT 2.0 bekommt eine komplett überarbeitete Oberfläche * 2016-05-15 - 5 Free Bug Tracking Software Solutions to Cut IT Costs * 2015-11-23 - Top 10 Testing Tools We’re Most Grateful For This Thanksgiving * 2015-11-03 - 15 Most Popular Bug Tracking Software to Ease Your Defect Management Process * 2015-10-13 - 5 Tools … text/html 2008-12-28T18:29:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:problematic_messages?rev=1230488976&do=diff The following messages may be problematic, because they contain multiple parameters that are not necessarily translatable in all languages. A solution should be found for this problem. * $MANTIS_ERROR[ERROR_DB_CONNECT_FAILED] = 'Database connection failed. Error received from database was #%d: %s.'; text/html 2011-11-16T12:37:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:project_page_requirements?rev=1321447033&do=diff Project Page Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction In Mantis 1.1.0a1 the concept of a project page was introduced. The aim of this page is to allow easily linking to a specific project in the bugtracker. At the moment, the page sets this specified project as the current project and then open the View Issues page. In the future there should be more information on this page, in addition to the ability to click on a link and go to the View Issues page. text/html 2012-09-25T08:42:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:projects?rev=1348562537&do=diff Projects, Sub-Projects and Categories Projects are the basic organizational element in Mantis. Users are assigned access and roles by project. Sub-projects are projects in their own right. A sub-project be attached to multiple parent projects. For example, a common utility library can be represented as a sub-project. For searches or reporting, the issues in sub-projects are combined with those of the parent project, i.e. issues of the sub-projects are shown when visualizing those from the par… text/html 2020-01-09T15:41:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:related_tools?rev=1578584500&do=diff MantisBT Related Tools Author: Victor Boctor * Mobile Devices * MantisTouch for mobile access to your MantisBT instance to all your users, without each one needing to buy an app. Also clicking on links in email notifications will get you directly to the mobile optimized interface. text/html 2026-05-14T14:36:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:release_process?rev=1778769394&do=diff Mantis Release Process Prerequisites To execute the steps described in this document, the operator must have the following in terms of access rights and setup * To test before the release * A local machine with MantisBT * To prepare the release text/html 2011-07-13T09:06:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:releasenotestemplate?rev=1310547993&do=diff The proposed release notes format is below. The recommended contents is a 30-40 words description of the improvement/new feature, followed by an optional screenshot. The screenshot can be reasonably wide, but the height should be limited to 400 px. MantisBT X.Y.Z release notes text/html 2011-11-16T12:37:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:reporting_requirements?rev=1321447048&do=diff Reporting Requirements Author: Rolf Kleef Introduction When using Mantis as a management tool, for example for SLA's (Service Level Agreements), a user (often a project manager) needs to be able to create more types of reports. Report per period text/html 2013-12-26T18:05:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:reporting_via_email?rev=1388081152&do=diff Reporting via Email Challenges * Keeping track of who reported an issue. * Making sure we don't open Mantis to spam. * Making sure that users don't spoof the email FROM address to impersonate other users. * Support different types of email formats and protocols (e.g. POP3). text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:requirements_template?rev=1225268722&do=diff Template for Requirements * Author: Your Name (Your Mantis Handle) * Status: Draft | Work in Progress | Implemented | etc * Associated Issue: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=0> Introduction Introduction of idea Implementation Notes * Some notes Database Changes * Alter/Create/Drop text/html 2013-04-23T21:49:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:requirements?rev=1366753781&do=diff Requirements This page has links for requirements for features that are planned for future Mantis releases. The idea is to define the requirements and discuss them before we go ahead with the implementation which provides the community with a good chance to provide early feedback. It also opens the door for the community to implement such features and contribute them back, knowing that it is inline with the core team's vision and hence higher the likelyhood that it gets integrated into Mantis… text/html 2011-11-16T12:29:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:roadmap_requirements?rev=1321446588&do=diff Roadmap Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction Mantis has the changelog feature which is very good at tracking the work that has already been done. However, out of the box, Mantis doesn't have a feature that can help with the planning work and associating it with future versions (or milestones) on the roadmap. The aim of this feature is to achieve that. text/html 2011-11-16T12:30:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:role_globalization?rev=1321446639&do=diff Globalization Developers Author: Victor Boctor * See the following article which explains the difference between localization and globalization: Localization vs. Globalization. * Actively communicate with translators through the mantisbt-lang mailing list. * Monitor issues in 'localization' category, prioritize and help resolve them. text/html 2011-11-16T12:35:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:role_packager?rev=1321446922&do=diff Packagers Author: Victor Boctor General * Typically they have experience in packaging products or are the packagers for Mantis for one or more distributions. 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Testers should subscribe to mantisbt-cvs@lists.sourceforge.net and test the features as they are committed. * Responsible for pre-release testing including Wiki articles for documenting test cases. text/html 2011-11-16T12:31:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:role_translator?rev=1321446660&do=diff Translator Role Author: Victor Boctor Translators will work closely with Globalization Developers to do the following: * Maintain localization files for a specific language in one or more encoding. * Submit regular updates to mantisbt-lang / bug tracker. * Provide feedback on the localization / globalization support in Mantis. text/html 2011-11-16T12:35:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:role_users?rev=1321446938&do=diff Active Users Role The community and the user base is what differentiates a successful open source project from a non-successful one. Users are able to contribute to Mantis via the following means: * Register on <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs> and report bugs or feature requests. Also contribute your opinion on issues that are already reported by other users. Diversity of needs and opinions guarantees that we develop a product that is generic enough and simple enough for all our users. text/html 2013-06-21T20:30:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:run_multiple_mantis_sites_on_one_installation?rev=1371846630&do=diff How to serve multiple mantis installations on the windows platform with * just one mantis installation * one or more databases There are 6 areas to take into account: * Sources * Database * Configuration * Attachments * Scheduled tasks text/html 2013-09-16T07:56:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:schema_compare_update?rev=1379318201&do=diff MantisBT Schema Comparison and Update This pages describes a process to compare a given MantisBT schema with a standard installation, and update it if necessary. The SQL was written for a MySQL installation, and would not work on other RDBMS without adjustments due to use of metadata. text/html 2013-10-04T16:15:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:setting_up_mail_queuing?rev=1380903301&do=diff Setting up Mail Queuing Introduction Up to Mantis 1.0.x releases, emails were always sent synchronously. This means that when the user performs an action that triggers the sending of emails, the user had to wait till the emails are actually constructed and sent. The email queueing feature was first implement in Mantis 1.1.0a1 release. text/html 2013-08-30T16:43:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:soap_and_plugins?rev=1377880997&do=diff Interactions between the SOAP API and plugins RFC: this page is a request for comments, nothing is set in stone Current status The SOAP API currently does not accept any contributions from plugins, the plugins contributes fields or methods. The main reason is that the plugins do not have meaningful hooks which they can use to contribute safely to the SOAP text/html 2011-11-16T12:40:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:source_control_integration_requirements?rev=1321447234&do=diff Source Control Integration Requirements Author: John Reese Status: Draft Introduction One of the major features that bug tracking software requires is direct integration with version control software. Mantis is currently in an odd position, because it does not have any ability to integrate with VCS systems, yet it offers a way for any VCS to pass a textual message to Mantis that will be attached to bugs as simple bugnotes. This process is useful, but very limited, and many users prefer tig… text/html 2024-04-04T07:06:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:start?rev=1712214384&do=diff Mantis Bug Tracker Wiki Welcome to Mantis Bug Tracker Wiki. This wiki is integrated with the bug tracker. Once users are logged into Mantis, they will be authenticated in the Wiki as well. The current settings allow logged-in users to contribute to already existing pages. If you think a page is needed to cover a specific topic, please add your suggestion to text/html 2013-04-30T09:54:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:style_guide?rev=1367315670&do=diff Style Guide (DRAFT) HTML * Do use HTML5 * Do not use tables for layout. Tables may only be used when the content is actually table data. * Do not put business logic in the templates - Using PHPTAL templating engine will assist with security (automatically escaping strings to prevent XSS attacks), internationalisation and ease of template maintenance. The templates are valid XML documents and can be rendered directly in a web browser without needing to be parsed through the templating en… text/html 2011-11-16T12:42:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:success?rev=1321447353&do=diff Mantis Success Stories This is a place for Mantis users to share their Mantis success stories with the rest of the community and with others who are evaluating Mantis. It is also a great way to motivate the Mantis team by communicating to them how Mantis made a difference in your organization. text/html 2011-11-16T12:42:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:summary_by_activity?rev=1321447322&do=diff Most active bugs summary This is tracked at: <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=8208> Rationale The summary page could benefit from a list of the most active bugs, since active bugs are likely related to topics the users and/or the developers are interested in. Several metrics were proposed as a measure of activity: text/html 2014-01-09T13:54:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:support_corner?rev=1389275647&do=diff Support Corner Our target should always be to resolve more bugs than our incoming rate. Use the summary page to get stats on this. Triage process During triage, try to do the following: * If possible, try to immediately resolve * duplicates * support requests (i.e. issues that are neither a bug in Mantis nor a new feature request) as text/html 2011-11-16T12:38:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:support_rtl_languages?rev=1321447111&do=diff Supporting Right-To-Left Languages This issue in the bugtracker covers the work needed to support Right-To-Left languages. <http://www.mantisbugtracker.com/bugs/view.php?id=7484> text/html 2014-02-27T08:06:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:svn_config?rev=1393488407&do=diff Subversion configuration for Mantis Developers Author: Martin Fuchs Subversion uses the concept of file “properties” (see also SVNBook - Properties) to record additional information for the files in the repository. A property in this context is just a key name with an associated value. Subversion can store any number of properties per file. In principle you can store any textual key/value information you want to add some meta information to your files. There are a number of reserved property n… text/html 2011-11-16T12:53:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:svn_git_conversion?rev=1321448035&do=diff SVN to Git Conversion Process Username conversion Using the script at <http://www.undefinedfire.com/lab/changing-existing-git-authors/> as a basis, generated the following shell script: #!/bin/sh if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "nuclear_eclipse" ]; then export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="jreese@leetcode.net" export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="John Reese" .... elif [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "(no author)" ]; then export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="unknown@users.sourceforge.net" export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Unknown" else export GIT_AUT… text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:svn_integration?rev=1225268721&do=diff Source Control Integration text/html 2012-08-24T08:25:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:syntax?rev=1345796748&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing the text/html 2011-12-14T19:54:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:systemi?rev=1323892463&do=diff System i Support Mantis support for IBM System i platform (AS/400, iSeries) and DB2. [[MySQLi5|Installing MySQL on System i]] <http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads> (as of 2007-01-30) IBM AIX downloads AIX 5.2 (POWER, 64-bit) Standard 5.0.27 28.1M Max 5.0.27 28.1M text/html 2008-10-29T08:25:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:tagging_requirements?rev=1225268727&do=diff Tagging Requirements Author: John Reese Introduction One of the biggest movements in the modern web communities is the push towards 'tagging' articles and topics with short descriptive keywords that represent the content and can be used to find items with the same subject. Mantis currently can only classify issues by project and category, which can be limiting, and only allows one classification per issue. By implementing tagging, it would allow users to attach multiple keywords to each rep… text/html 2011-11-16T12:37:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:time_tracking_requirements?rev=1321447063&do=diff The following implementation was incorporated in 1.1.0a3: Time Tracking The following forum threads mainly covers an alternative implementation: Mantis Add-On - Time Tracker - Easy to run & install text/html 2013-07-23T20:23:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:translatewiki_integration?rev=1374610992&do=diff TranslateWiki Integration Following a discussion with siebrand on IRC, here is some reference material on how TranslateWiki works with MantisBT's i18n. * Mantis currently uses <https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Translate/blob/master/ffs/FlatPhpFFS.php> * configuration for that is in <https://github.com/wikimedia/translatewiki/blob/master/groups/MantisBT/MantisBT.yaml> * mantis could probably use the MediaWiki core FFS with some small updates, but we really need to get rid… text/html 2026-02-07T17:32:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:translationshowto?rev=1770485561&do=diff How to create or update a translation So, you noticed your language of choice is missing a string or you just spotted a less-than-ideal translation and want to contribute the updated string, here is some hints for fixing the issue and properly submitting your modifications for inclusion in MantisBT. text/html 2013-04-23T21:42:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:ui_grievances?rev=1366753362&do=diff UI grievances This page collects various UI problems reported by users, to be taken as input for a MantisBT GUI redesign. @AwesomePierre * can't relayout without touching every file * tablebased & hardcoded styles * rarely id or class attributes. no chance to css it text/html 2013-06-10T16:18:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:upgrade_to_utf8?rev=1370881096&do=diff Upgrading to a Mantis UTF8 Author: Alexey Chumakov Introduction This HOW TO describes the issues that are involved with upgrading from 1.0.x releases (or ones old than those) to 1.1.0x releases, since in the 1.1.0x releases Mantis was changed to use UTF8 language files and encoding for database saved and read from the database. This Wiki topic is based on an email sent by Alexey Chumakov to the Mantis mailing lists. text/html 2011-11-16T12:41:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:users_directory?rev=1321447309&do=diff Mantis Users Directory Author: Victor Boctor Introduction Recently, I've decided to add a users directory to Mantis Website. This directory lists some of the companies / projects that uses the Mantis Bug Tracker. At the moment, the process for an entry to be added is as follows: text/html 2013-06-21T20:27:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:wanted_topics?rev=1371846422&do=diff Wanted Topics To request the creation of a new topic, please add your suggestion to this page. You can also mention why you think it's need or supply information that you think should go there. * Internationalization - The main page for internationalization and globalization of Mantis. text/html 2011-11-16T12:39:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:website_requirements?rev=1321447187&do=diff Website Requirements Author: Victor Boctor Introduction This page is the place holder for the requirements for a new version of the Mantis website. Website Components The website is currently composed of the following: * Main Webpages * Forums (phpBB)