Bugzilla Taxonomy

*Testproduct

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1150

Marcus: Either move the issues to more suitable products and finally remove the product or reduce the availabilities to a minimum, so that everybody is clear that this is only for testing purpose

api

This is the application programming interface.

2510

Regina: Keep this and include "app dev", "scripting" (devide in Basic and others), "sdk", "udk", "vba".
Kay: I would favor moving this to "app dev" and adding the categories Regina suggests.

app dev

Issues with app dev programming features like macros, scripts and extensions.

11

Move issues to more suitable products and finally remove the product.

chart

This is the chart application for data charts and plots.

2171

?? There is no chart "application", is there, at least not standalone?  Should this be moved into framework?

database access

The database application of the OpenOffice suite.

6469

Rename to "base"

documentation

End-user documentation, HOW-TOs for the various components making up OpenOffice.org

2380

Regina: Hide it, and add the item "build-in help" to the suitable products. Only available in search for older issues.

drawing

This is the drawing application for vector and bitmap drawings.

3973

Rename to "draw".
Regina: Join with impress as product Draw/Impress. Large parts of the code are shared and developers are likely familiar with both modules.

extensions

Issues related to the extensions project. Extensions include all elements extending OpenOffice.org

186

Regina: Remove it. Most extensions are foreign.

external prerequisites

External sources used by Apache OpenOffice

92

Move to "builds" and "installation" and finally remove the product.
Regina: Not to "installation" but to "Build".
Dave: there are a few issues that are really installation mixed in with build.

formula editor

This is the formula editor.

1049

Marcus: Rename to "math". Please note that this is one of the key application of the office suite.
Kay: Use as a sub-component of "calc"?
Regina: No, it is for writing formulas (as Latex) not for calculating values. It is the product Math. In most cases it is used as OLE in Writer, but Writer has already so much issues.

framework

This is the framework of the applications.

13291

Regina: Rename to "global" and add examples. Integrate lingucomponent.
Rob: Is there a different word than "global" we can use?  I think some users might think "global" has something to do with localization.

gsl

This project contains the visual class library and other modules (e.g. printing, PDF export, ...).

3211

Regina: Hide, it is not a user but a developer category. For users not understandable.

installation

This for install set related issues

4388

Rob: Move into framework?

l10n

Localization and Internationalization

5059

Regina: Rename to Internationalization. Add a "not for translation errors" to the description.

lingucomponent

This project covers Linuguistic functions like spellchecking, hyphenation and thesaurus.

903

Regina: Move to "framework".

native-lang

Native-Lang deals with information and resources in a person's native tongue.

1874

Regina: Add "translation errors" to the description.

performance

To improve OpenOffice.org performance.

76

Regina: Remove. Add component to suitable products. No high level category needed for few issues.

presentation

This is the presentation application.

8110

Rename to "Impress"
Regina: Move to Draw.

qa

This is the project for Quality Assurance and checking.

1869

Regina: QA has mailing list and Wiki to track problems with there work. Remove if possible, otherwise hide it.

scripting

Everything related to Basic, the Scripting Framework and the Basic IDE including the dialog editor.

430

Regina: Move to api

sdk

This is OpenOffice.org's software development kit

468

Regina: Move to api

security

To improve the security and privacy features of OpenOffice.org

26

Regina: Move to framework.

spreadsheet

This is the spreadsheet application.

13531

Rename to "Calc"

tools

These are the tools used in the build process and the build environment.

3371

Rename to "Builds".
Regina: Join with external prerequisites.

trademark

Issues related to the OpenOffice-related trademarks, requests to use them, reports of improper usage, etc.

5

Remove. Work is done on mailing list.

udk

This project is for the object model development and component technology.

1006

Move the issues to "sdk" and finally remove the product.

ui

User Interface of Apache OpenOffice

2320

Regina: All relevant products have an own component ui. Remove if possible, otherwise hide.

vba

Visual Basic for Applications project.

118

Regina: Move to api.

word processor

This is the word processor and HTML editor application.

31486

Rename to "Writer"

www

Covers website infrastructure and mail list functionality, such as IssueTracker, bad links, dysfunctional mail lists.

4095

Regina: Rename to "infrastructure". Most products have a component www, which gives confusion.
Rob: The per project "www" was legacy.  Every project (even NL projects) had their own code and www components.  We should hide the per-project www's.

xml

This is the extensible markup language file format.

817

Regina: Remove. Unclear description and problem is too special. Perhaps component of Base. It seems, that it was mostly used for problems in the XSLT based filters.
Kay: seems to part of general development (api?) to me. Not relevant to end users.