Re: Change Control / RCS / PVCS

Leo,

Thanks very much. Very helpful. Internally we are discussing whether to copy in the binaries or the text versions. I favour your approach. Others say we should convert to text when we wish to rcsdiff (by writing a script which does the necessary conversions for us). You must have written scripts which do the necessary conversions around ci and co.

What do you see as the pros and cons of each approach. (Sorry for this very detailed picking of your brain!)

Regards,
Paul Beardsell
psb_at_SamBuSys.com

Leo Albers wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> We transfer only the BINARY files between NT and the Unix server using
> NFS.
>
> RCs check-in
> The binary file (mmb,fmb,pll or rdf) is converted to ASCII. This ASCII
> files is checked-in.
>
> RCs check-out
> The file (mmt,fmt,pld or rex) is check-out and converted to binary
> format.
>
> Each form has a block FORM_INFO that displays RCS info. It can be
> activated via a menu-option "About this Form"
> It displays RCS info about the Form,Menu, Standard library and
> Forma-specific library.
>
> The following procedure is stored in a COMMON used library.
>
> PROCEDURE GET_FORM_LIB_INFO IS
> H_SCC_FORM_LIB varchar2(100) ;
> BEGIN
> H_SCC_FORM_LIB := substr('$RCSfile: $',instr('$RCSfile: $',':')
> + 2
> ,instr('$RCSfile: $',',') -
> (instr('$RCSfile: $',':') + 2)) ||
> ' (' || replace(replace('$Revision:
> $','$'),'Revision: ') ||
> ' - ' || substr(replace(replace('$Date:
> $','$'),'Date: '),1
>
> ,instr(replace(replace('$Date: $','$'),'Date: '),'+') - 1) || ')';
> copy(H_SCC_FORM_LIB,'GLOBAL.SCC_FORM_LIB') ;
> END;
>
> The following procedure is stored in a TEMPLATE library. As you can
> see this one contains the RCS info.
>
> PROCEDURE GET_STANDARD_LIB_INFO IS
> H_SCC_STANDARD_LIB varchar2(100) ;
> BEGIN
> H_SCC_STANDARD_LIB := substr('$RCSfile: XV_LTPL01.pld,v
> $',instr('$RCSfile: XV_LTPL01.pld,v $',':') + 2
> ,instr('$RCSfile: XV_LTPL01.pld,v
> $',',') - (instr('$RCSfile: XV_LTPL01.pld,v $',':') + 2)) ||
> ' (' || replace(replace('$Revision: 1.2
> $','$'),'Revision: ') ||
> ' - ' || substr(replace(replace('$Date:
> 1998-11-23 12:15:34+01 $','$'),'Date: '),1
>
> ,instr(replace(replace('$Date: 1998-11-23 12:15:34+01 $','$'),'Date:
> '),'+') - 1) || ')';
> copy(H_SCC_STANDARD_LIB,'GLOBAL.SCC_STANDARD_LIB') ;
> --
> END;
>
> I hope the above helps.
> Regards,
>
> Leo Albers
> EDS Venray
> Netherlands
>
> Paul Beardsell wrote:
>
> > Leo,
> >
> > Do you find that you can ci on Unix and co the same file
> > on NT without causing any problems?
> >
> > Are you able to embed RCS Identifiers such as $Id$
> > in the ASCII files?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul Beardsell psb_at_SamBuSys.com
> >
> > Leo Albers wrote:
> > >
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > We use RCS version 5.7 on the Unix box for several types of files.
> >
> > > Transfer (drap&drop) between NT and the Unix box is done using a
> > NFS link.
> > > For Oracle Forms(forms/menus), Reports and Libraries we build 2
> > scripts to
> > > replace "co" and "ci".
> > > Using a "variable" in a form,report or library will store the RCS
> > info like
> > > $Id: $ when the file checked-out of RCS.
> > > This enables you to display program version info at any time.
> > > The scripts take the binary input like, *.fmb, *.mmb, *.pll, *.rdf
> > and
> > > convert them into ASCII.
> > > The reason that we wan't only "ASCII" files loaded into
> > RCS...because it
> > > causes a less problems and storage.
> > >
> > > And yes....CI-RCS http://www.ComponentSoftware.com/csrcs
> > recommended by Andy
> > > Hardy looks very promissing.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Leo Albers
> > > EDS Venray
> > >
> > > Paul Beardsell <psb_at_sambusys.com> wrote in message
> > > news:38DCD16A.D2B85A95_at_sambusys.com...
> > > > Does anybody have any recommendations for change control of
> > > > Developer/2000 forms, menus and reports?
> > > >
> > > > We have had a brief
> > > > look at PVCS and are not impressed. We use RCS on Unix and we
> > > > find it excellent and we are considering using the command line
> > > > version of RCS for NT for our Developer/2000 forms etc.
> > > >
> > > > any comments?
Received on Sat Apr 08 2000 - 22:46:35 CEST