RE: Re: iSeries Project -- WDSCI-L

Mark, you've given me stuff to think about. I'll be taking another look. Someone once said (Violaine? Phil C.?) that the project is not a full-fledged change management tool. It looks as if you all are able to take good advantage of it in your product, however.

Consider this scenario -

1. our header files in the same library as C source, both for common objects and product-specific objects 2. different libraries for the common and product stuff 3. target library for objects is separate from either of these other 2, except modules - modules usually in one of the source libraries - not distributed 4. a build program that establishes a compilation environment (lib list, etc.) and creates all the objects

So, does a project allow you to specify a build program? is this like your "wizard" or "style"? Does this program run in the "associated" library? Are these wizards part of TurnOver or of WDSC?

Later

Vern

At 07:30 PM 6/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:

Vern,

But wouldn't the build just be a "sandbox" type build that you might use
for some Unit testing before promoting the items to your formal testing
areas?

Also, the Build in iSeries Projects is somewhat flexible.  With TurnOver we
contribute a "build style" to the project that lets TurnOver do the build.
We have made the whole build process a wizard.  I know you do a lot with C.
Say you had some header files and C modules in your project.  The build
wizard would not only build those items, but it would (optionally) show you
all of the related objects and build those.  So every module that used
those header files would be built and every program/service program that
used those modules would be built etc.

The build is not tied to the library, it is just the default build styles
that are.  I think you could use the CL build style and then modify the
program it generates.

Mark

      Subject:    RE: [WDSCI-L] Re: iSeries Project
Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Mark

I looked again - the library is also where the builds are run, it says. So
I can't have a separate destination. Now we don't use a full-fledged CM
product like yours - I've used yours and Aldon's and appreciate their
benefits. But we have some procedures in place that this model just does
not fit.

I'm ready to hear more.

Vern