Re: creating policy

[mthread]

On Sep 14, 4:36 pm, Jim Hyslop <address@hidden> wrote:
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> mthread wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   thanx for the reply. But I am curious how so many projects are
> > handled using CVS. I am sure every project development team must be
> > implementing the sort of policy we are looking to implement. Hope more
> > guys give their ideas for this topic.
>
> It can be summed up in one word: trust.
>
> Trust your people to follow the rules. You can set up the system so that
> the testing team cannot change the repository, but only check out. Once
> you've done that, does it really matter if they use "export" or "checkout"?
>
> Actually, I would think you'd /want/ them to use checkout - that way you
> can verify exactly which version they've checked out. If the testers end
> up with version x.y.3 but they're supposed to be testing x.y.4, you have
> to do a lot more digging to figure out whether the tester exported the
> wrong version, or whether the developers forgot to increment the build
> number.
>
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> Jim Hyslop
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Hi,
   Thanx everyone for the help. Currently we have given only read
permission for the testing team. Although they cannot make any
modification in the repository, one thing that worried me is the
availability of CVS directories when they checkout a version. I would
like to know if the presence of CVS directory might cause any issues
in future(like being able to modify the repository in some way)

I will also look into contrib directory and triggers to see if I can
do more interesting things using CVS.

regards,
mthread