| Re: Version Control [message #25985] |
Thu, 02 August 2001 13:10  |
Craig Markwardt
Messages: 1869
Registered: November 1996
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Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:
> "Dr. Otto Jusko" wrote:
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>> When working on larger projects with more than one developer, the
>> problem of diverting versions and file overwritng arises. When working
>> under HP-UX we frequently used a product named "SoftBench" which
>> provided us with version control and the mandatory file locking. Is such
>> a product available for IDL ? Or in general: Would you like to have it
>> inside IDL ?
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> I use CVS (Concurrent Versions System) for everything: IDL source
> code, Fortran source, shell source code, etc. It's free so I don't
> expect it to be the be-all-and-end-all, i.e. developers still have
> to keep in contact, but it can be used remotely (e.g. my software
> repository is on a big-honking-nightly-backed-up computer in
> Wisconsin and I work here in DC.) It has file locking and tracking
> so you can see who's been doing what to which file.
I second this. I also use CVS to keep multiple copies on different
machines synchronized (ie, server, desktop machine, laptop).
Craig
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| Re: Version Control [message #25993 is a reply to message #25985] |
Thu, 02 August 2001 08:50  |
Paul van Delst
Messages: 364
Registered: March 1997
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"Dr. Otto Jusko" wrote:
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> When working on larger projects with more than one developer, the
> problem of diverting versions and file overwritng arises. When working
> under HP-UX we frequently used a product named "SoftBench" which
> provided us with version control and the mandatory file locking. Is such
> a product available for IDL ? Or in general: Would you like to have it
> inside IDL ?
I use CVS (Concurrent Versions System) for everything: IDL source code, Fortran source,
shell source code, etc. It's free so I don't expect it to be the be-all-and-end-all, i.e.
developers still have to keep in contact, but it can be used remotely (e.g. my software
repository is on a big-honking-nightly-backed-up computer in Wisconsin and I work here in
DC.) It has file locking and tracking so you can see who's been doing what to which file.
Check out www.cvshome.org. It used to require RCS to be installed, but I think it's
standalone now. And it works for Unix, Windows, and VAX/VMS systems.
paulv
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| Re: Version Control [message #26258 is a reply to message #25985] |
Sat, 11 August 2001 07:23 |
Aaron Birenboim
Messages: 24
Registered: October 2000
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Craig Markwardt wrote:
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> Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:
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>> "Dr. Otto Jusko" wrote:
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>>> under HP-UX we frequently used a product named "SoftBench" which
>>> provided us with version control and the mandatory file locking. Is such
>>> a product available for IDL ? Or in general: Would you like to have it
>>> inside IDL ?
>>
>> I use CVS (Concurrent Versions System) for everything: IDL source
>> code, Fortran source, shell source code, etc....
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> I second this. I also use CVS to keep multiple copies on different
> machines synchronized (ie, server, desktop machine, laptop).
I third.
CVS is THE DE-FACTO standard. It is used by ALL significant
open source software efforts.
The ONLY version control I would accept in IDL would
be hooks in IDLDE to work with CVS.
In my opinion, it is a MS conspiracy that products like
VC++ and Borland have hooks to commercial software
like Perforce and MS version control, but not CVS. Then again.... by
the time
of this writing they ARE supporting CVS... I dunno.
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Aaron Birenboim | Black holes are where G-d divided
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