Bugtracker
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The idea of Bugtracking
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Quick Introduction to the MantisBT
We are using the Mantis Bugtracking system, wich is a web-based opensource solution written in PHP and a MySQL Database backend. The front-end is quite easy to use.
If you want to report a bug in BenchIT you firstly have to create an account on the website. With your registration a bugtracker account is created as well. If you already have an account simply visit the bugtracker page and log in with your username and password.
After loggin in you can choose several options from the menu on top of the page. Most important for you are the Report Issue and the View Issues Buttons.
Before reporting a new Bug, please take a look in the list of existing bugs. To do so click in the View Issues button. After doing that you will see a long list of bugs wich where reported, but don't be afraid most of them are harmless. To look up a certain problem use the search field and the filter options on top of the buglist. Next to the filter options you can select a project from the box on the right top corner to reduce the amount of bugs displayed.
The projects are representing BenchITs main components and are used to assign the bugs automatically to the responsible developer.
If you don't find your issue reported already you can click on the Report Issue Button to get to the report form. If you have not choosen a project already you will have to do this now. In the report form you must fill out the Summary and Description Fields before clicking the Submit button on the bottom.
On top you can specify your bug a bit more by choosing Category, the Reproducibility and the Severity. The category defines the general kind of issue you are reporting, for example if you are missing a feature in the System choose Feature in the category box, if you are reporting a bug, choose Bug in the category box.
The reproducability box allows you to define how often your issue is apearing, for example a bug that always happens if you click a certain button choose 'always' from the box. At least the severity gives us a hint how hard the problem is, for instance a simple spelling mistake is trivial, while a crash in the measurement system is a major problem
When you are reporting you don't have to care about the people handling the bug later on, just choose an appropriate project and give us a short description of the problems bothering you!
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