Running on top of CVS
I'm in the process of trying to get Jazz working in sync with our organization's existing CVS repository. I can import the CVS projects into Jazz just fine, but the problem arises when trying to push changes back to the CVS. From what I've read in some old threads, it's necessary to uncomment some code in plugins.xml (which I can't find) in order to enable manual synchronization of a Jazz workspace with the CVS. Is this still the way to go about things, and if so where is the plugins.xml file located?
Why is this code commented out in the first place, or more importantly why can't I set Jazz to sync with the CVS automatically? I can't very well port everything over to Jazz and ditch our CVS repo when Jazz is still beta and no pricing info has been released for the upcoming retail version... |
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The old threads talked about technology we used 2 years ago to move our own code from CVS to Jazz. We built a very brittle connector between Jazz and CVS, but it was painful and we wouldn't ever want to have others try and use it. So it was commented out and currently has been removed from the code base.
To productize this tool, it would take more time than we have available. Connectors for CVS and Subversion are not planned for the 1.0 release. We will however provide importers, and expect that teams can use the importers to evaluate Jazz and ultimately move their teams source code over as well. There is also the option of moving to Jazz for Work Items, Planning, and Builds, while keeping your source code in CVS for some time. |
The code is commented out because it no longer functions. In the early
stages of Jazz development, this functionality was used to back up the contents of the Jazz repository while the development team self hosted. Once the Jazz SCM became stable, the CVS syncing functionality was no longer used or maintained because there was no man power available to work on it. Here is a link to a work item requesting this type of functionality: https://jazz.net/jazz/resource/itemName/com.ibm.team.workitem.WorkItem/40296 You should add a comment to the work item stating your need for this feature. This feature is currently not on the list of features to be included in the Team Concert 1.0 release. Michael lswapp wrote: I'm in the process of trying to get Jazz working in sync with our |
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That's very discouraging news, but thanks for the reply. I posted on the work item as you suggested.
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I agree, we will never be able to start using this in the office if the changes don't go back into the cvs repository. Once you have a good enough reputation, this might be an option, but it will be hard to get early adopters without this functionality.
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