Understanding the Bugzilla issue tracker

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Charles S. (aka. Tanstaafl) asked in this thread:

Follow-up...

In the bug UI, is there an easy way to get a list of bugs that have been
patched/fixed in master, that a user like me could browse, and pick
certain ones that I could then test and if confirmed fixed, could
request be back-ported (if they haven't been already)?

I would be very happy to participate in this manner, but honestly, the
bug UI is a bit daunting, so anything that makes this easier for non
devs would be very welcome for technically inclined non-devs like yours
truly.

@Charles, *,

Great question! As it happens you can do just that as the project has
implemented use of a set of status messages posted to the *Whiteboard* field
in Bugzilla to hold various QA and development status notes.

Notice of patch commits against specific BZ issues are automatically
posted**

-=To search against the Whiteboard=-

Open Bugzilla --> Search, and select the "Advanced Search" panel tab
Under the Product column select "LibreOffice"
Under the Status column keep the default of NEW-ASSIGNED-REOPENED (unless
looking at historical details)
In the Detailed Bug Information section, on the Whiteboard row enter
"target:4.4.0" (i.e. either current master, or specific branch)

The general and advanced details are in these two Wiki articles:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Whiteboard
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Bugzilla/Fields/Whiteboard/Advanced