From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,791530e499e6a7f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Samuel T. Harris" Subject: Re: ada writing guide Date: 2000/04/20 Message-ID: <38FF1D6B.4120AF7B@Raytheon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 613611422 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <8d1rso$bir$2@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au> <8d1vhj$hdr$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8d2hig$7e6$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38F5DF8C.1A01E5A4@utech.net> <8d4t07$o15$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <38F603FE.B0C3ED83@utech.net> <8d5dsc$c27$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8d6hjn$j9p$1@clnews.edf.fr> <8d76vj$9jt$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8d7uak$1d1$1@wanadoo.fr> <8dfd6q$uch$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <87em84vavt.fsf@deneb.cygnus.argh.org> <8dfpj7$crs$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Raytheon Aerospace Engineering Services Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > > With revision control, we have: > > Monday Fred opens up an emacs session. > Tuesday, Joe opens up an emacs session, checks out the cap file, adds > 3 capitalizations, and checks back in the cap file. > Wednesday, Joe checks out the cap file, adds 3 more capitalizations, > and checks back in the cap file. > Thursday, Joe checks out the cap file, adds 3 more capitalizations, > and checks back in the cap file. Any version control system which allows Fred to simply check-out the file without warning him that his content is no longer based on the latest version is seriously broken! This is a basic access control feature. If you want this protection, then support of this feature becames a primary tool selection requirement! > Friday, Fred checks out the cap file, adds 5 capitalizations, and > checks back in the cap file. (wiping out all 6 of Joe's) > Monday, Joe checks out the cap file, adds 4 more capitalizations, and > checks back in the cap file (wiping out Fred's 5) > etc. > Our configuration management tool fails on Freds Friday check-out because the version upon which he is basing his check-out is no longer the latest version available. At that point, Fred can try again and either accept the latest version before the check-out (thus preserving Joe's changes) or forcing his version to become the latest (because he KNOWS Joe's changes are bogus). -- Samuel T. Harris, Principal Engineer Raytheon, Aerospace Engineering Services "If you can make it, We can fake it!"