Re: Remedy integration with CVS

[Heider, Stephen]

**   Related topic:   This solution might not give you the granularity you require, but...  Another option that is close to a CVS solution is automated periodic exports of workflow.  Every night my system exports all ARS objects to a .def file, then moves the .def file into a .zip file.  The filename includes the date/time of the backup.    HTH   Stephen From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew White Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 6:59 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Remedy integration with CVS ** Tim,               Without getting into a back and forth…  In whole, source control is a good thing.  In fact, if you do work in the financial, insurance or pharmaceutical companies it is mandated.   While Remedy doesn’t play 100% nice with MS SourceControl the good points outway the bad points IMO.   From what I am reading below (i.e., people on vacation) it sounds like a process issue more than anything.  I am not sure who doesn’t like the idea of being able to look at the differences between code for a given object from one point to another to track down a root cause and/or potential bug.  Moreover, I enjoy having the ability to rollback to a previous version of an object with a few clicks.   Matt White White Consulting, Inc. 201.248.0438   From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Widowfield Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:40 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Remdy integration with CVS   Or you could try the CVS proxy plug-in for SCC.  (SCC is Microsoft's API/protocol for SourceSafe.)  I've played with it on development AR servers, and it works OK.  I've never tried it for extended periods or on production servers.  Still, it's a nice little tool...    http://www.pushok.com/soft_cvs_proxy.php On the whole I have an ambivalent attitude toward source control on ARS.  It gives other development groups and managers (the PHBs) the mistaken impression that we actually have "source."  In reality, we have the opposite of source code -- we're storing exported, rendered definition files.  There is no AR preprocessor.  There is no AR compiler. I will grant you that it's nice to be able to lock out code that's under construction.  However, I've experienced two kinds of events in which SourceSafe really gets in the way of productive work.  First, I've been stuck with AR objects that are checked out (locked) by people who left on vacation.  That's a pain, but not a real killer.  Second, I've been on projects where SourceSafe has crashed.  There's a good reason why Microsoft's internal development teams don't use SourceSafe...  It isn't reliable and it doesn't scale.  At least this was the state of affairs throughout the late 90s and the early 00s.  If SourceSafe has recently gotten more reliable and scalable, that's nice.  (But I kinda doubt it...  I mean, consider the "source.")   Tim Widowfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] v: 937-878-9045 f: 937-878-9055 m: 937-369-7012 http://www.widowfield.com   ----- Original Message ---- From: Matthew White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:03:33 PM Subject: Re: [ARSLIST] Remdy integration with CVS ** Balaji,               Good luck! ;)               In short, you would have to export each object into a def file and Checkout/Commit via command line or IDE (i.e., WinCVS).  This is a place where Remedy/BMC just falls short…   Matt White Consulting, Inc.   From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Balaji Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:01 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Remdy integration with CVS   ** Hello, I want to integrate remedy with CVS. Has any one does this integration before and can you pls share details as how to go about it.   regards Balaji         Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___   __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___