About
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What is it? 它是什么？
Mantis is a web-based bugtracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and
requires the MySQL database and a webserver. Mantis has been installed on Windows, MacOS,
OS/2, and a variety of Unix operating systems. Almost any web browser should be able to
function as a client. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
(GPL).
Nantis 是一個基于web bug追蹤系統。它使用php腳本語言和需要Mysql 數據庫和一個web服務器。Mantis
已經被安裝在Windows、MacOS、OS/2和各種各樣Unix操作系統中。幾乎所有的web瀏覽器應該可以做為一
個客戶端功能。它被在GNU通用公共license(GNU)下發布。
Mantis is free to use and modify. It is free to redistribute as long as you abide by the
distribution terms of the GPL.
Mantis是免費使用和修改的。它是在GPL原則下可以被重新修改分配的。
History 歷史
Mantis started as an internal bug tracking tool for a pet project (video game). Good, free
packages were lacking at the time so a bugtracker was written. Since then, Mantis has been
totally re-written and make it available to the public.
Mantis開始作為一個為pet項目（視頻游戲）的內部bug追蹤工具。免費的包缺少在時間，所以bug追蹤被
寫出。從那以后，mantis被重新編寫并且將它公布與眾。
Goals 目標
The goals for this project are to produce and maintain a lightweight and simple bugtracking
system. Additions of complexity and/or features are modular and configurable so that users
can be shielded from unwanted clutter.
這個項目的目標是產生和維護一個高亮度并且簡單的bug追蹤系統。復雜的附加特征被模塊化并且被注冊
這樣，用戶可以避免不想要的混亂。
The product is designed to be easily modifiable, customizable, and upgradeable. Anyone with
intermediate PHP and MySQL experience should be able to customize Mantis to suit their
needs.
這個產品被設計成很容易修改，可定制、和可升級的。伴隨Php和MySQL經驗的任何人應該可以定制Mantis
來滿足他們的需要。
Features and Benefits 特性和用處
Free 免費
Easy installation 容易安裝
Web based 基于web
Platform independent 平臺獨立
Multiple projects 多項目
Multiple languages 多語言
Emailing 郵件
Simple Search 簡單搜索
Viewing filters 過濾顯示
PHP php
Upcoming Features 將來的特征
Check the Roadmap for a more detailed and sometimes up to date list of items.
Versioning
The release numbering convention used is major.minor.micro (eg. 0.18.2).
Major - Indicates a very large change in the core package. Rewrites or major milestones.
Minor - Significant amount of feature addition/modification.
Micro - Usually bug fixes or minor features
How to Help
Report real bugs to the Development Bugtracker
Suggest (reasonable) features
Contribute code or tell us where to look.
Let us know if you find it useful. We won't publish the information without permission, but
we appreciate the feedback!