John Plocher writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > Actually, it is hosted on a SCM of sorts. It's SCCS plus some old > > shell scripts, but it's really a management system. > > If there was a way to integrate mail logs into a SCM, I'd be there > in a heartbeat.
I think the simplest way to deal with that issue is to set up a *separate* mail archive -- perhaps a customized version of hypermail -- and use the case archives for the specifications and not the email. It'd be possible (and almost trivial) to write a small script that injects an email message into a file in mercurial ... but quite probably not something you'd really want to do. > Wish number two would be the ability to mark a > case's materials as "read only" after the case concludes - I don't > want anyone (but me :-) to modify the history we have archived... One of the beauties of a SCM is that there's a trail of blame if anyone were to do such a thing, plus an obvious (and simple) way to revert such changes. In other words, I'd very much rather not have "read only" mode, because it'd only function to get in the way of people who are doing the right thing, and (assuming we don't have vandals on the ARC) wouldn't do much to protect us. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
