The PushOK proxy (http://www.pushok.com/soft_cvs.php) is an "SCC API plug-in which provides access from practically all Microsoft SCC enabled software to general CVS repositories. The Microsoft SCC API is supported by: MS VC 5.0-7.0, MS VB 5.0-7.0, MS .NET, MS FrontPage, MS DEV and other Microsoft development tools."
In other words, it sits between CVS and the development tool, allowing CVS to behave like SourceSafe. Hence, the proxy should not be "doing things by 'object name'" -- it shouldn't actively be doing anything except what Remedy Administrator tells it to do. Although I think it's a very cool idea, I have not worked with the PushOK CVS proxy for a long time, for the following reasons. First, I'm simply not sold on the way Remedy does source control. Def dumps are good enough, at least in a small shop like mine. (For more of my rambling rants about source control, Remedy, and the pitfalls related thereto, search the ARSLIST archives.) Second, I've stopped using CVS for source control in my C, C++, Java, etc. projects. I now use Subversion (http://subversion.tigris.org/) along with TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/). It's simply a better solution, which is why projects like GGC, Python, Samba, Zope, Mono, etc. dropped CVS in favor of SVN. As a matter of fact, the PushOK people have released a proxy for Subversion (http://www.pushok.com/soft_svn.php), but I haven't tried it out because of reason number one above. If I find some time later this year, I may try it out, but for now I'm just not motivated... Tim Widowfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] v: 937-878-9045 f: 937-878-9055 m: 937-369-7012 http://www.widowfield.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Carey Matthew Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Monday, October 9, 2006 8:47:11 AM Subject: Re: [ARSLIST] Remedy integration with CVS Ruediger, I know nothing about the proxy your talking about, but based on what you said I would be concerned. If this proxy is only doing things by "object name" then you likely have other problems to deal with too... There are multiple names spaces for ARS objects. For example: You can have a form named "Bob", an active link also named "Bob", a Filter named "Bob", a Menu named "Bob", and a Web Service named "Bob". If your Source control system does not recognized that Active Link "Bob" is an active link then the order of which these objects are added to your Source Control system matters as the last one in will "win" and replace the other object. (Which might be a very subtle and bad thing if you later try to check out the form "Bob" and get an active link definition in the process. :( -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Love, then teach Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. On 10/9/06, Ruediger Tams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > @Tim Widowfield > > Hi Tim, > I've just testetd the pushOK Proxy with ARS 6.3 Admin p17 and ARS server > 6.3 p15 but I have different issues. > I've tested pushOK to connect to a subversion server but pushOK won't > create the object tree in subversion like I see it in my Admin Tool. > I have only one module and all objects (forms, ALs, filters...) under this > module. > > I can't check in or check out my objects correctly, too. > e.g. I've checked in a Form. Now I wanted to check out this form. > It wasn't possible - and when I wanted to check in again it says that > this object wasn't checked out... > > What versions did you used? Thanks. :-) > > Regards > Ruediger _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
