Does Bugzilla support any markup language?

Question

I can't find documentation about how to format text in Bugzilla. Does Bugzilla support Markdown, Textile or some sort of markup language out of the box?

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Half interesting news: there is an open P3 enhancement [1] for adding optional support for Markdown [2] and it is possible to voteup. Though it doesn't seem there is too much enthusiasm around it.

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330707

[2] http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

Madrepore

I'm curious as to what problem introducing this feature would solve. Is Bugzilla really hindered by the inability to do bold and italics? – Factotum

@Factotum Bugzilla is not hindered by this, as a lot of people use it (myself too) every day with success. But considering that usually markup languages offer more than "bold and italics", many readability problems would disappear. For pepole not using it, to get an idea about how Bugzilla looks like try imagine StackOverflow without text formatting capability. Hardly acceptable, you can't even write [This is a link](http://example.com/). Come on! – Madrepore

@Guandalino: It's better when the URL is written out in full (at which point BZ auto-hyperlinks it for you), so that it is readable in all forms, including when printed. Bugzilla may be implemented as a web application, but it is not really a website per se. – Wilsonwilt

@LightnessRacesinOrbit I'm wondering if you still print anything in 2022 😅 – Kimball

Answer 1

Edit: Bugzilla 6.0 will include optional markdown support; it was implemented as a GSoC project in the bug linked in the question. Docs.

Before 6.0, the only thing it supports is the > prefix on lines, which makes them purple and not wrap.

Positivism

Long plain links are ugly distractions; shortened links can be abused. Simple link production, like Markdown system, would be a worthwhile enhancement. IMO. :) – Liebowitz

I would prefer some simple formatting capabilities. This is not an either/or situation. Markdown is designed to be readable and good looking with and without being rendered. You can have your simplicity, printability, and the ability to have code blocks, hyperlinks and more, all at the same time. Markdown also happens to be insanely easy to implement in web applications written in modern languages. – Subtemperate

I think they pulled Markdown from 5.0. 5.1 docs do mention markdown, though. – Parvenu

This is a fairly new answer. Does anyone know when Mozilla will release Bugzilla 6.0 in its bugtracker for Firefox? To me, markdown in BZ is not critical, but it would be nice. – Yachting

Answer 2

At this moment, Markdown formatting is supported on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ based on my own testing just now. There's a small link that says "Markdown styling now supported"

However, Mozilla's bugzilla instance appears to be running one of several Markdown Bugzilla extensions listed on GitHub, since Markdown doesn't seem to be mentioned in the bugzilla code repository.

As for version history, bugzilla.mozilla.org links to documentation indicating they are running Bugzilla 4.2. Markdown was introduced in the Bugzilla 4.5.6 development snapshot, but reverted from 5.0. Then, Markdown support was included in the Bugzilla 5.1.2 documentation.

I can't find current plans. There was discussion here without clarity about what happened:

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330707
• https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Markdown

Conclusion

Any given Bugzilla installation may or may not support Markdown right now, but Markdown was designed to be readable, so go ahead and use it. It seems likely it will be rendered as HTML in the near future even if it isn't right now.

Foresight