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| '''Step 2:''' Enter a name for the bug tracker. The name you choose should use alphanumeric characters and hyphens only so that it can form part of a URL. For example: if the project is called ''Jeff's Text Editor'', you might enter the name ''jeffs-text-editor''. | '''Step 2:''' Enter a name for the bug tracker. The name you choose should use alphanumeric characters and hyphens only so that it can form part of a URL. For example: if the project is called ''Jeff's Text Editor'', you might enter the name ```jeffs-text-editor```. |
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| '''Step 4:''' Use the ''Title'' text-box to enter a descriptive, human-readable name for the bug tracker. In our example from step 2, you could use ''Jeff's Text Editor'' here. | '''Step 4:''' Use the ''Title'' text-box to enter a descriptive, human-readable name for the bug tracker. In our example from step 2, you could use ```Jeff's Text Editor``` here. |
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| '''Step 6:''' Enter the base URL of your bug tracker. For example: https://www.jeffstexteditor.com/bugs | '''Step 6:''' Enter the base URL of your bug tracker. For example: ```https://www.jeffstexteditor.com/bugs``` |
If you want to use Launchpad to monitor the status of bugs in a Mantis bug tracker, you need to let Launchpad know where the bug tracker is hosted.
Registering a Mantis bug tracker
Step 1: Visit https://launchpad.net/bugs/bugtrackers/+newbugtracker
Step 2: Enter a name for the bug tracker. The name you choose should use alphanumeric characters and hyphens only so that it can form part of a URL. For example: if the project is called Jeff's Text Editor, you might enter the name jeffs-text-editor.
Step 3: Select Mantis from the Bug Tracker Type drop-down list.
Step 4: Use the Title text-box to enter a descriptive, human-readable name for the bug tracker. In our example from step 2, you could use Jeff's Text Editor here.
Step 5: Enter a summary of the bug tracker's purpose and the sort of bugs that it tracks.
Step 6: Enter the base URL of your bug tracker. For example: https://www.jeffstexteditor.com/bugs
Step 7: Describe how people can contact you.
Step 8: When you are ready, click the Add button to register your bug tracker with Launchpad.
Translating Mantis bug statuses
Launchpad translates the statuses used by external bug trackers to the equivalent Launchpad bug status. This makes it easier for Launchpad users to understand the status of a bug, whether or not it is tracked directly in Launchpad.
[https://help.launchpad.net/BugStatuses#mantis Find out how Launchpad translate Mantis bug statuses].
