Hi doug: Is there any integration from bazaar to a bog tracking system? Sean. -----Original Message----- From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Lee Sent: 23 February 2008 20:17 To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: collaboration I have now used three different version control systems to manage scripting projects. CVS is the oldest, Subversion more recent, and Bazaar the latest. I use CVS for a lot of long-term projects that started years ago, Subversion for the Skype scripts, and Bazaar for new stuff I'm working on. I would say CVS is no longer the way to go on new projects, though there is a version of CVS called CVSNT that I have not examined thoroughly. CVS itself does not support a lot of things very well that later systems support and that are likely to happen, such as renaming files, moving files, making subfolders, and handling binary files. Subversion can handle all of those issues pretty well, and it is easy to use, but I don't find it very easy to set up initially. Bazaar is very new, very easy to set up, able to handle all of the mentioned issues, and also able to do what is called "distributed version control." For a scripting project, a lot of the power of the modern version control systems may not be particularly necessary. I like to prepare for possibilities before they happen, but that's just me. :-) In my job, though, I also need the distributed version control support, though I'm avoiding an in-depth explanation of that in this message so I don't confuse people with a lot of stuff that isn't specifically related to scripting. I don't remember URLs for CVS or Subversion off the top of my head, but Bazaar, including a Windows installer for it, can be had from http://bazaar-vcs.org One final point: Version control systems do help with sharing of course, but they do more than that. They make it possible to recover from slowly-discovered coding mistakes. They also make it possible to return to a particular version to test something that's happening on a customer's machine even though they've missed the last four script updates. It takes some getting used to, but version control is orders of magnitude better than just keeping myriad copies of entire script folders lying around. On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 07:59:59AM -0700, Jackie McBride wrote: Hi List: My entire scripting existence I've written scripts on my own. Yesterday, I was approached w/the possibility of collaborating w/a fellow scripter on a project, &, for a variety of reasons, particularly time constraints on my part as well as a profound respect for the person in question, I decided to accept his offer of assistance. Emails crossing w/various versions of the scripts being developed quickly led us to believe that we needed to develop some format for exchanging work if this were to be a successful endeavor. Unfortunately, neither of us has ever done this b4. My initial thought is to assign various tasks, where each person works on part of the application independently & where there is no overlap. That, of course, can be hard to do, especially w/a complex program, as this is. So, has any1 ever done this, & how have u managed version control? Any help appreciated. -- Jackie McBride Please join my fight against breast cancer <http://teamacs.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=1790196&pg=personal&fr_id=3489> & Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.net __________? View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts -- Doug Lee, Senior Accessibility Programmer SSB BART Group mailto:doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done." --Helen Keller __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 2898 (20080223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 2898 (20080223) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts