Re: WDSCi and RPGLE source on the IFS -- WDSCI-L


"WARNING, WARNING, DANGER WILL ROBINSON!"  (arms flailing wildly)

Please note that when you put source code in the IFS, you lose one ofthe most important features of OS/400, IMHO, that *PGMs and *MODULEscarry with them the name of the source file, library and member name anddate/time stamp for the primary source member from which they werecreated. That feature has "saved" many companies in identifying the"correct" source for objects in "production" use. No other platformshave this feature built-in -- it is unique to i5/OS and OS/400, to myknowledge.

IBM mainframe customers license expensive ISV products to add thisfunctionality to the operating system.


Sincerely,

Mark S. Waterbury

> Violaine Batthish wrote:

Hi Arco,

You are correct that iSeries project do not currently support IFS.
IFS support is on the list of requirements for iSeries projects.

thanks,

Violaine Batthish
WebSphere Development Studio Client, IBM Toronto Lab



wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/20/2006 10:37:18 AM:

   Hi Michael,

   >Thanks for straightening me out on the SRCSTMF parameter.  I'm sure

it

   >wasn't added after I sent my post <grin>.  I just never looked that
   >closely.  Out of curiosity, what benefit do you see in using the IFS

for

   >source?

   A very simple reason/benefit. I'd like to use an open source Version
   Control system (Subversion) with it.
   Subversion only operates on the "normal" filesystems.

   I'm aware that putting my source on the IF causes the loss of member

text

   and source type, and not to forget the source lines change date and
   sequence.

   But when an iSeries Project imports sources from the original source
   members under the QSYS system, the project keeps track of this member

text

   and source type in separate metadata files. That way, when the project
   sourcemember is pushed back to the original sourcefile, the stored

text

   and sourcetype are reset. So there are possibilities to keep track of

the

   same thing for IFS sources.

   But for me, keeping these properties would not be very important. For
   example, in other programming languages we don't have text

descriptions on

   the sources at all, so personally I don't care if I lose them.

   The most important thing would be the possibility to import an IFS

source

   in a WDSC project, and have the possibility to do the same thing with

it

   as I can do with source members. But as far as I can see this is not
   possible now.

   Best regards,
   Arco Simonse