Perforce sounds like bliss to me Roger.
Unfortunately, Intersolv(Merant) are firmly embedded in the system.
Regards
Roger
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> No. We have three change control systems: a home grown one called
> HOPE, the open source CVS and a commercial one called Perforce.
> Perforce is the better system. We did comparisons a while ago and it's
> the one to go for. Far easier to use and maintain. See
> http://www.perforce.com/perforce/pvcs.html
>
> Programmers usually hate change control but, for multiple concurrent
> users who are continually committing changes to a project, it's the
> way to get things done. Each of the three CCSs feed our build
> distribution system, which I also, umm, keep going.
>
> CCSs are hard to grasp even when we try and explain it very very
> slowly multiple times, particularly about trunk and branches. Trunk is
> the main line of development, a series of consecutive changes. A
> branch is another series of consecutive changes starting at a change
> in the trunk or another branch. If you've gotten this far and a
> tumbleweed hasn't just blown past you, maybe you'd like a job?
>
> Roger
>
> Got one thanks.(Job that is) Control systems engineer is I think the last title they gave it.
> Started as a C programmer on 6 months contract seven and a half years ago and still there.
> Hardware, software engineering, technical author and general help centre, that's me.
> Earns a decent crust tho.
>
> Roger
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