Re: Subversion and RPG source change management

I agree, but if we are trying to make this work for PDM/SEU users as well,
then it is a bit harder to do that.

I don't even see that data in WDSC, but it is a key piece of information
that should not be lost for PDM/SEU users.

Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



From: Arco Simonse <arco400@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/28/2010 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: Subversion and RPG source change management
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



What is the added value of keeping the "change date area" in the source if
you have Subversion to inspect your source differences?
See how easy it is in RDI to click "Compare with: Base revision" or
others.
If you get used to that, you'll never get back on the "change date area".
Regards,
-Arco
2010/5/28 Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc. <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

WDSC stores source in the IFS as a text file with the line number and
change date as the first 12 characters of each line. When sending

changes

up there must be a way for it to manage that. Probably deletes all the
records from the member and inserts the new records as they are stored

in

the file. This is different from how CPYF works with source files. I
suspect that what we need to use is an RPG program, or find the one that
already exists for WDSC, and use that to get the source to the iSeries
without loosing line numbers and date stamps.

I know uploading source in the standard manner will not work.