RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400

["Shawn Church" <shawn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, I will try to download it in a day or two.  Phil suggested to backup
the repository itself on a daily basis, which is a practice I will employ,
but I also like having the option of occasionally exporting everything to a
non-proprietary format "just in case".

Thanks again, I hope to post a more positive note in a few days.
Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:24 PM
To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400


For backup, I regularly export my packages to JAR files containing source,
so I suppose I misspoke when I said my Java code never becomes .java files.
It does, but compressed inside a JAR file.

Back in the bad old days of a 64MB 333MHz Pentium running Win/98, I would
see occasional lockups.  And if you do manage to lock VAJ up, the repository
consistency check can take  while.  But I've not had one of those, as I
said, in quite some time.

I have a fairly large machine, an 800MHz PIII with 512MB of RAM, so that may
help, as does Windows 2000.  However, I often run VAJ, IE5.5, NoteTab Pro,
Paintshop Pro, Websphere Studio, CODE/400, Websphere adminclient, Outlook,
CA Express, Word and Powerpoint all at the same time (this is a typical
environment when I write articles) and about the only thing that ever locks
up is IE.

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Shawn Church
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:42 PM
> To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400
>
>
> I am not necessarily "required" to work with an outside version control
> system, but out of habit and common practice that comes natural.  Do you
> ever export your code for purposes of backup, etc.?  I seems a
> little spooky
> to trust all my code to the VAJ repository, but maybe that's just me.
>
> I have been puzzled as to the poor performance of VAJ I have experienced,
> which is why I have tried it on several different occasions in different
> environments, and hence is reproducable.  I can't quickly blame NT, since
> nothing else has been problematic, but you also say you haven't had these
> types of problems in "quite some time", implying you may have had these
> problems at some time in the past?  If everyone else which is using VAJ
> successfully is also running 2000, then NT may very well be the issue.
> Otherwise, maybe I should try VAJ 3.5 sp2.  I can't/don't want to
> yet go to
> 2000, because of the lack of compatibility with a few applications which
> don't yet support 2000 (ie - Iris).  My reference to "rare" was not to
> application crashes in general, but to the point of requiring a system
> reboot since the processes were frozen to an extent I could not end them
> individually.
>
> My development is a mix of OS/400, NT, and Linux, but my primary concern
> (over cost) is the viability of the product in general.  Since it sounds
> like my experiences were unique, I should probably try it again.
>
> If you could address the question about the Java code safety, I would
> appreciate knowing "best practices" for this situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn
>

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