> Generally looks good. Thanks for looking.
>>>>>> "Mark" == Mark J Nelson <Mark.J.Nelson at sun.com> writes: > > Mark> My plan is to send this note once a week until we get to build > Mark> snv_95, and then send it more frequently. > > Once a week seems a little too often, at least to start. Maybe start > out once every 2 weeks, and move to once a week at snv_94? We're in build 93 right now, so I think you just asked for one less note, skipping next week? > Either way, you'll want to call out changes whenever there is an update > to the text. Otherwise, people will read the first couple lines and > then delete. Agreed; I'll figure out with the next one what that will look like, as far as drawing attention to pertinent content. > Mark> - The /ws/onnv-gate will transition to Mercurial for build 97. > > So the initial Mercurial gate will still be called /ws/onnv-gate? Dunno. Didn't mean to imply that; I suppose if I say "The ON Nevada Gate," that makes it distinct from the Teamware workspace that is "/ws/onnv-gate." > I'm not sure that's what we want to do, for a variety of reasons. It > means figuring out the NFS exports: will everything be exported > read-write, or what? And it's not how the gate will be deployed when > it's external. Plus there's the whole performance issue we've run into > with NFS. > > It might be better to use ssh access to the gate. > > If we do continue allowing NFS access, we'll need to allow for NIS > updates to the auto_ws map when the switch happens. Yep, per above, totally didn't mean to imply gate paths or access mechanisms. Completely on board with ssh. > Mark> ------ Developer Responsibilities, aka What You Need To Do NOW ------ > > I agree with Bill's comment about encouraging people to try out wx2hg. > I would particularly recommend this for workspaces with a likely putback > after the transition date. They could also start poking through our > transition documentation. > > Mark> When the tools integrate (don't worry, we'll send out a flag > Mark> day messagae), > > Typo: messagae -> message > > Mark> We'll keep you posted when we integrate the tools, and provide > Mark> more details on how to have be happy and productive in a > Mark> Mercurial world. > > "how to have be" -> "how to be" Uh, yeah. What you said. :) --Mark
