Believe me, I don't want to make publicity of my blog, is jut for not rewriting it again:
http://theremedyforit.com/2011/12/version-control-in-bmc-ars/ Regards, Jose Huerta http://theremedyforit.com/ On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 21:31, LJ LongWing <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > Starting with 7.5 (I think it was), Remedy included a Version Control > capability that the system can automatically make a backup def of all code > as it's modified. So it keeps versions of specific code and such....the > problem is this. The export of this information is in Def format. I > cannot > say 'show me the diff between v2 and v7 of an object. This is specifically > because the def is a proprietary encoded format. Even if it was exported > to > XML Def it wouldn't be extremely useful because of the nature of the XML. > If it was exported as a 'script', then I would easily be able to see the > differences between versions and be able to merge different branches of > effort a bit easier than I currently can. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Baker > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Overlay and Applications > > Guillaume > > I do take onboard your points but I have to disagree: AR System provides no > version control. If you believe it does, please tell me how I revert a form > to its state at any point in time since AR System was installed, and no, > taking hourly backups of my database isn't a useful step forward. > > I don't feel the 4/5/6GL discussion is relevant to my post (and it's not > something I really recognise now-a-days). I'm talking about how to improve > the platform, not the way in which it's used. And many problems in IT are > not simply solved by some sticky tape, or a new cache, but a serious change > in thinking. That's evident in MId Tier 6.3, and if the concept was pushed > back to the AR System server level, the entire platform would benefit. > > I appreciate change is never easy, but as other posters have pointed out, > there's a lot of attraction to having an easy to use platform that can also > happily compete with other platforms. > > I've self-taught myself to write in a number of languages (yet I speak just > one), and I don't see why AR System developers should be placed into a box > and told they can only use the admin tool with limited functionality, no > version control or useful development tools, or find a Java compiler and > use > another product. There's a lot of middle ground between those two poles. > > > John > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ___ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
