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  • Bugzilla ... bug management
    • The leading open source bug tracking system, runs on top of the popular MySQL atabase
    • scalable: mozilla.org's installation has ~225,000 bugs today, 60,000+ accounts with activity (over 100,000 total)
    • more than just a bug tracking system, it's a bug management, patch management, review tracking, and project management tool.
    • Widely used at other Open Source Projects, Universities, Small Companies, and Large Fourtune 500 Coporations.
  • Bonsai ... tree control
    • A web-based tool that lets you perform queries on the contents of a CVS archive
    • Includes tools for looking at checkin logs and comments, doing diffs between versions of a file, and finding out who is responsible for changing a particular line of code.
  • Tinderbox ... tree visibility
    • See what is happening in the source tree: who checked in, what platforms have built successfully, and the state of the files that made up the build (cvsblame) so you can figure out who broke the build.
    • Tinderbox/testerbox automation compiles and tests every group of check-ins, signaling engineering and management when problems are introduced by a developer check-in.