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How to use bugzilla.kernel.org

Getting bug reports for components

The kernel.org bugzilla uses a mechanism that allows anyone to subscribe/unsubscribe from bug reports for specific components. This is done using virtual default assignees and "watched user" functionality of bugzilla.

To start getting bug reports for a component

  1. Create an account on bugzilla.kernel.org if you do not yet have one
  2. Find out the default assignee for the component you are interested in:
    1. Click on "Browse" in the top bar
    2. Click on the category you are interested in
    3. Copy the email address of the default assignee for that component
    4. (Often, it would be a "virtual default assignee" like "drivers_foo@kernel-bugs.osdl.org" or "drivers_bar@kernel-bugs.kernel.org", which are not real deliverable addresses on purpose.)
  3. Once you have the default assignee's email address, click on "Preferences" in the top bar
  4. Select the "Email Preferences" tab
  5. Scroll to the bottom, where you will find the "User Watching" section
  6. Add the email address of the default assignee to the field. If you are watching multiple users, the entries are comma-separated.
  7. Submit changes

To stop receiving bug reports for a component

  1. Log in to bugzilla.kernel.org
  2. Click on "Preferences" in the top bar
  3. Select the "Email Preferences" tab
  4. Scroll to the bottom, where you will find the "User Watching" section
  5. Remove the email address you no longer want to shadow
    1. (Often, it would be a "virtual default assignee" like "drivers_foo@kernel-bugs.osdl.org" or "drivers_bar@kernel-bugs.kernel.org", which are not real deliverable addresses on purpose.)
  6. Submit changes
userdoc/bugzilla.1436193694.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015-07-06 14:41 by mricon