hi All Can anyone provide me info on 1. Pros and cons of promotional model 2. Let us say there is a product line with Application A which has its own branch...
hi All Can anyone provide me info on 1. Pros and cons of promotional model 2. Let us say there is a product line with Application A which has its own branch...
I would suggest that the new projects each have their own project tree and you also create a common project tree which, when you need something from project A...
I like Jeff's idea below. Regarding "promotion model pros and cons" ... I am familiar with several different kinds of promotion models. So it would be helpful...
hi The present scenario in this company is 1. They use incremental build. That is they mark baseline + files for certain CR for a build. Once the build is done...
Hi. I'd appreciate some help from real people who are working with software configuration management tools. I'm writing an article for the new magazine,...
Dear Esther, Yes, there is a Santa Claus. However, in more modern terms, Santa is a jovial, beer-bellied purveyor of toys and 'wares' that eager executives...
Esther: Feel free to post your question over on CM Crossroads www.cmcrossroads.com. There are over 11,000 CM practitioners that might want to contribute. ...
Esther, ... Even for someone who knows SCM, choosing a tool can be difficult. They can vary quite radically in philosophy, terminology, features, and pricing. ...
British Computer Society CM Specialist Group "Why Software Asset Management and Configuration Management is essential" How do we sell configuration management...
I think I forgot to announce this to this list (sorry about that). I gave a presentation on the topic of "Agile" SCM on March 4. Anyone interested in seeing...
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has information or perhaps an implementation of SCM for a relational DB? I have a situation were we need to version control a set...
Hi, On 17 Mar 2004, at 19:19, Brooke Wallace wrote: [snip] ... [snip] Last year I did a little project that sounds similar. I ended up using a single-file...
Yes, I am definitely looking into the possibility of implementing a change of format rather than a DB API, although it may not be practical. Thanks for the...
Hi Brooke, We use XML files to represent small amounts of structured data. They version rather nicely - even in VSS - as they are just plain old text files. ...
Hi Brad, Good presentation! In my experience, there are still many forces away from Agility. - Many managers fear losing control. But the few managers I know...
Readers of this group are probably familiar with the task level commit pattern. This pattern prescribes that each check-in to a version control system should...
Michael, In general, if you're using the task level commit (TLC) pattern, you'll have to determine (in advance) the amount of automation support you have ...
SourceOne is an IT recruitments firm operating out of Bangalore, and providing services to IT corporates across India. We at SourceOne believe that to keep...
Austin, How would handle the scenario in which a shop uses a change tracking object (i.e., a task) to manage all check-ins, but does not want to build using...
Michael, MORE ON TASK-BASED-DEVELOPMENT Correct. When you are doing TBD, you want to abandon the notion of "tips" entirely. Instead, define your change process...
Austin, If I do task based development as you describe below, it seems that I cannot have continuous integration as described by Martin Fowler. While the...
Michael, Of course: use finer grained tasks. I think that you're getting confused about the difference between, say, a "Change Request" (CR), and a "Change...
... There is a second form of implicit dependency. Let's assume you have 2 chunks of work: Task1 and Task2. Both tasks require the same file (file1.c) to be ...
Let me toss one other issue into the mix; I'd like to hear what people think... There are a couple of principles that are good to follow: 1. Always use the...