RE: Branching bug ??? (was Re: Bug is tagging the head of a branchhead???)

2004-05-20 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
I don't deny that clearcase is capable of supporting a number of branching models :).. What I was saying is that forcing a /0 version on parent branches can and will cause unnecessary merges( perhaps trivial, but it's more work still, even more work in cvs for that matter ). Especially if you are

RE: Branching bug ??? (was Re: Bug is tagging the head of a branchhead???)

2004-05-19 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
I'm confused, My understanding is that Rational( or IBM ) recommends a sparse branching methodology. This methodology is the same one used in cvs. So the question becomes how are you doing your branching in clearcase, and what do you consider it's benefits over this methodology? I'm at a loss

RE: cvs admin -L

2004-05-14 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
It means that it becomes a requirement to lock the file no matter who you are. donald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo Carvalho Fernandes Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 5:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cvs admin -L Hi all ! In

RE: Script for renaming CVS files and directories ?

2004-05-13 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
Automation isn't really possible, as far as I understand the problem. There's no way of putting the knowledge of what you want into a script... And essentially the process centers around moving or renaming files, it's not terribly difficult to do by hand. What exactly are you looking for?

RE: Versioning between checkout|update, commit

2004-04-01 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
-Original Message- From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 7:45 AM To: Paul Sander Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fouts Christopher (6452); MKlinke Subject: RE: Versioning between checkout|update, commit Thank you for the

RE: Versioning between checkout|update, commit

2004-04-01 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
The problem with this methodology is that it's very easy for stuff to get checked in that will break the build for other people. Isolation is *good*. Allowing people to save work that may not be finished is also good( although maybe not as good ). donald -Original Message- From:

RE: cvs log and UTC

2004-03-24 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
Yes, please, I can't tell you the hell I've had recently with Timezones being non-numeric. Did you know that Australia has a EST timezone that nicely corresponds to the East coast of the united states? donald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: EOF while looking for end of string in RCS file : How to deleteproblem file?

2004-03-13 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
If you never wanted the mp3 file to be in the repository, directly removing the ,v file is a safe operation to do. donald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Phase Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EOF

RE: [OFT] scripting removal of $Id:

2004-02-20 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
I'd be carefull about using that line as part of a blind search and removal. $Id:.* is very legal syntax with perl code. Having said that a dry run would quickly let you know if it was going to cause you problems. donald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: CVS Pros/Cons

2004-02-13 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: CVS Pros/Cons --- Donald Sharp (sharpd) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut Check-outs and commits are not atomic. The repository will not become corrupt, but if you are checking in a number of files and one file fails, the system does

RE: CVS Pros/Cons

2004-02-12 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
cut Weaknesses of CVS: There is no integrity-checking for the source-code repository. Amazingly, there are no checksums or signatures to allow the integrity of the source-code repository to be verified. This means that the repository can become corrupt and it can be months before you realize

RE: Have I got a corrupt repository?

2004-01-14 Thread Donald Sharp \(sharpd\)
Andy - As a suggestion to tackling this problem from a different direction, would you please run the check_cvs script over your repository. The script should be found in the scripts directory of the cvs distribution. I'm interested in the output. donald -Original Message- From: [EMAIL