louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) (09/12/89)
We have a requirement to put all documents and such under configuration management. We are using SCCS under UNIX, but we also have to worry about the stuff done on the Mac. Our first approach was to BINHEX everything on the mac, and transfer to the UNIX host, and then use SCCS. This is okay, but time consuming. What I would kiek t odo is have an SCCS-like environment on the Mac that would work on the native format of the files (Word, MacDraw...) Anyone have any ideas? Louis -- Louis McDonald The Aerospace Corporation louis@aerospace.aero.org
peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) (09/12/89)
In article <57611@aerospace.AERO.ORG> louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) writes: >We have a requirement to put all documents and such under configuration >management. We are using SCCS under UNIX, but we also have to worry >about the stuff done on the Mac. Our first approach was to BINHEX >everything on the mac, and transfer to the UNIX host, and then >use SCCS. This is okay, but time consuming. What I would kiek t odo is >have an SCCS-like environment on the Mac that would work on the >native format of the files (Word, MacDraw...) > >Anyone have any ideas? > >Louis > >-- >Louis McDonald >The Aerospace Corporation >louis@aerospace.aero.org MPW includes a SCCS-like facility called Projector. It's got a very nice dialog interface (via Commmando) or can be used from the MPW command line directly. It DOES require that you are in MPW to access it. One constraint it has that might be important it you is that although it handles all file types (Text, MacDraw, Word, etc), it handles Text files better. With Text files, only the changes since the last version are stored. With non-Text files each new generation stores a complete new copy of the file. What this means is that Text file Projector databases can be stored more efficiently. Non-text files aren't stored as efficiently, but otherwise everything works the same. We've been using Projector to manage source code AND documentation files stored in MacWrite II format. Claris Corp. | Michael R. Peirce -------------+-------------------------------------- | 5201 Patrick Henry Drive MS-C4 | Box 58168 | Santa Clara, CA 95051-8168 | (408) 987-7319 | AppleLink: peirce1 | Internet: peirce@claris.com | uucp: {ames,decwrl,apple,sun}!claris!peirce
levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (09/13/89)
In article <10549@claris.com> peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) writes: | |MPW includes a SCCS-like facility called Projector. It's got a very nice |dialog interface (via Commmando) or can be used from the MPW command line |directly. It DOES require that you are in MPW to access it. There is also a package (sorry, forgot the name) advertised in MacTutor with full-page ads which apparently performs SCCS- or RCS-like functions. I believe it is a package of MPW tools, so it also would require using MPW. = Nets: levin@bbn.com | or {...}!bbn!levin | POTS: (617) 873-3463 |