UUID - human readable form now really needed
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Hi RTC world -
I read this article about how to generate a BoM from the command line ( https://jazz.net/library/article/978 ). While the article is good and very useful, the output of the identifier and version as a UUID is very difficult to explain. Sure, I understand what it is, but it is extremely hard to read. In this world where everyone finally understands what "2.0" means, to start using a convoluted identifier like the UUID in its raw form is just plain wrong. Ok - so IBM wants to push the edge by using version control where the version number itself doesn't matter - but how do you identify the version itself without a number? (Someone suggested to us once to use the date/time stamp - and we respectfully declined to step back 25 years in CM evolution.) The article I mentioned above helps us so much to satisfy a need, but the output of the UUID as the version indicator is just not a good idea. I would love to see the result as a real number, or even a plug-in or script to convert the UUID to a real number. Even any further information about how to figure out the version number from the UUID would be nice. I It would be greatly helpful in RTC 4.0. Thank you! |
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As of RTC 5.0, human readable version numbers are available.
Donna Thomas selected this answer as the correct answer
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Ralph Schoon (63.3k●3●36●46)
| answered Apr 17 '14, 5:46 a.m.
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Please see https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/milestones/5.0M4?p=news#version-identifier-feature
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Ralph Schoon (63.3k●3●36●46)
| answered Sep 24 '12, 6:49 a.m.
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Donna,
Search the work items for "audit" and you will find several more, for example https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Rational%20Team%20Concert#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=203884 where you could add your support. Comment the work item or the one David mentioned to support it. In general I would suggest to create an enhancement request for things like this here: https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Rational%20Team%20Concert#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem or look for a similar one and support it. Just providing a statement here does not have a lot of impact. |
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Hi Donna, I'm not sure what your question is here.