lwb@pensoft.UUCP (Lance Bledsoe) (01/08/91)
THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN POSTED AS A FAVOR:
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To: UNIX Developers in need of a Version Control System
From: Joelle DuFort, Soulution Systems
372 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02181
Phone: (617) 431-7445
FAX: (617) 431-8419
Date: December 27, 1990
Subj: Beta Panel for UNIX Version Control System
I am looking for beta testers fo "Sourcer's Apprentice", the version
control system for the professional. This product is developed and
published by Solution Systems, the publishers of "BRIEF". The ideal
beta test candidate uses a Sun 3 or SPARC Station, and is willing to
be part of an active, dedicated beta panel.
Sourcer's Apprentice is a system for managing changes to program
source code. As you develop and maintain your programs, you use
Sourcer's Apprentice to:
* Track each change made to a program source file
* Document each change
* Recreate the source file as it existed at any point in time
* Prevent simutaneous updates to the same source file
* Group modules to ensure that you apply a change to all the
related source files that require it
* Organize the source files that belong to a particular project
* Secure source files saved on a file server from unauthorized
access and updates
Programmers who are developing applications singly or as part of a
group in a networked, multi-developer enviornment, can benefit from
using Sourcer's Apprentice.
Sourcer's Apprentice Features:
* Better organization and security during the development
stages.
* Reverse differences storage - Sourcer's Apprentice only
saves the differences between versions, which saves you
valuable disk space.
* You never loose access to past revisions or versions, so if you
need to access version ".91" instead of your current version,
Sourcer's Apprentice can retrieve it by building the
differences it has saved.
* We give you the ability to block access to the module you've
checked out so that others can't work on it simultaneously.
This feature is called locking. Whenever you check out a
module for modification, Sourcer's Apprentice locks the
storage file so that no other user can check out the same
module for modification. The module is still available for
read-only access, but the lock prevents two users from
updating the same module simultaneously.
* We provide the ability to compare any pair of versions of a
module and have the differences between the versions
highlighted.
* Lets you manipulate related modules or releases as a group.
This grouping feature ensures that you apply a desired change
to all the related source files that require it.
* You can generate reports on groups or releases and can add to
and remove modules from a group or release at any time.
* Lets you track and document each change made to a program
source file.
* The branching feature allows you to perform alternate lines
of development on modules. An alternate line of development
branches from the main sequence of module development. You
may want to create a branch if, for example, a module requires
operating system specific code in order to be ported to another
operating platform. The branch is stored in the same storage
file as the main sequence, but is given a distinct version
number.
If you are chosen to participate in our beta panel, as an expression
of our appreciation, you will receive a complimentary copy of the
product when it is released.
Please call me at: (617) 431-7445 or fax me at: (617) 431-8419 for
more information. Thank you.
Cordially,
Joelle M.T. DuFort
Soulition Systems
372 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02181
Phone: (617) 431-7445
FAX: (617) 431-8419
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