RE: Subversion and WDSC

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/03/2005 03:56:26 PM:

> What are people using this for? Java CVS?  Or would it even work for RPG
> code so we can store it in the IFS on the iSeries?
> 
> Kinda perked my interest being that RPG and CVS was a topic of 
discussion
> about a year ago, but nobody had a good solution for getting RPG into 
CVS
> without having to jump through hoops to get it to compile and such.

I think (hope) what has sparked the interest is that we have ported the 
Subversion server so that it can run on OS/400 and made that port 
available for free under an open source license agreement.  See:

http://www.softlanding.com/subversion/index.htm

As for the RPG question, IMHO, storing your RPG in stream files and a 
generic version control system isn't really viable for the reasons you 
alluded to.  Subversion doesn't really do anything to change the equation. 
 

This is more about not needing to setup a Linux or Windows server just so 
that you can run a tool like CVS.  Of course it is just a huge bonus that 
Subversion is such a great tool.

Mark



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