aspgpas@cid.aes.doe.CA (Peter Silva) (07/17/90)
I'm looking for a portable source code manager that lets multiple users modify the same file at the same time. Two+ users should be able to get the same mod file (via command like SCCS "get"), make changes, and only know that someone else was working on the same file if the two happen to modify the same LINES of code. In that case, an error message would be given when the second modifier of the lines tried to return his mod (using a command like SCCS 'delta'). The manager should also maintain multiple variations of a single package. The most obvious example of a 'variation' is for hardware dependencies, but there are many others. We would like to be able to make changes that affect a specific number (one, some, all) variations. RCS and SCCS meet neither of these requirements. Public domain, shareware and commercial software are all of interest. I have read a paper about SUN's translucent file system which sounded interesting, and elegantly supports multiple versions. I don't remember it dealing with concurrent editing. Experiences, recommendations, etc... wanted. Will post result if sufficient interest shown. Advance thanks for your help. Peter Silva OS Support psilva@cid.aes.doe.ca Dorval Computer Centre Atmospheric Environment Service -- Peter Silva psilva@cid.aes.doe.ca (514) 421-4692