On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Jonathan M. Hollin wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:31:57 -0000 > From: Jonathan M. Hollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: mod_perl Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: CVS > > Hi people, > > I am currently developing a content management system under mod_perl, with > data stored in an RDBMS (MySQL at present, but Oracle on the production > server). > > I would like to add version control to published documents (read pages) and > wondered if anyone has any experience of this who would be willing to offer > me some advice. I have a CVS server and am curious as to whether there is > some way this can used (bearing in mind that I want to manage DB data, not > files). I would like to be able to rollback to any previous version (if > possible), and would also like to document the different versions > themselves. > > I'm thinking that I could maybe commit the database files to CVS and then > use a module to communicate with the CVS server (Apache-CVS, VCP, VCS-CVS, > etc). Is this possible? Has anyone ever tried anything like this? > > I have searched CPAN and used Google to search the web and Usenet but have > so far drawn a blank. > > I suspect that I will not be able to use CVS in this manner and that > therefore I am going to have to "roll my own". If this does turn out to be > case - can anyone lend me any guidance as to how I work out what's changed > in a record (between versions)? Then I can just store the changes in a DB > as required. > > Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator > West Yorkshire Perl User Group > http://wypug.pm.org/ >
Jonathan, I worked on a system earlier this year that had a need for revision control of files. I decided to use RCS and the Rcs.pm Perl module. The Rcs.pm module actually had several flaws which I tried to communicate to the author, but I never heard from him. However, with my fixes, I found using RCS to be perfectly adequate for my needs. I interacted with a database, as well (MySQL), but only to store the file's location and some meta-data on the file. I really enjoyed using RCS, allowing it to handle the manipulation of the files. Personally, I didn't feel I could roll anything better than RCS, though you may feel different about replicating CVS's functionality. ky
