[Fwd: Re: [p4] Perforce and Powerbuilder, etc.]

[Richard R. Klemmer]

I meant to send this to the list.

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Subject: Re: [p4] Perforce and Powerbuilder, etc.
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:00:10 -0400
From: "Richard R. Klemmer" <richard at webtrek.com>
To: Robert Cowham <robert at vaccaperna.co.uk>
References: <LAEEJGODNEJNOPLNMGBNKEPFCEAA.robert at vaccaperna.co.uk>

Robert Cowham wrote:
> 
> > Currently, our development is done in Powerbuilder 6.5 on Windows and
> > C++ on HP-UX.  I'd like to be able to use one tool to manage all of our
[...]
> >
> > Is there any information on the SCC support in Perforce?  I couldn't
> > find anything on the Web site.
> 
> Check out http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.002/user/sccnotes.txt
> (linked from the documents page under release notes).

Unfortunately, this doesn't have any information on using Powerbuilder. 
The other link you sent just stated that Powerbuilder should work, but
isn't certified.  Still, that's something.

> > I've never worked in an environment that used Configuration Management,
> > and I've always hated that fact.  Any suggestions on how might be the
[...]
> 
> Quite a big subject! How clear are you on the sorts of things you would like
> to implement/know work?
> 
> A lot of successful CM is about selling it to managers AND developers. Make
> it as easy as possible to use in their everyday lives and they are much more

I've pretty much gotten the support of management, at least for
something in the price range of Perforce, but some of the developers are
ambivalent.  They don't see the need for it, even though the need has
shown it's self again and again.  Not a big problem, except that means
I'll have to walk them through the use of whatever tool we use, so it's
better if I understand it completely first.  I've downloaded the two
person evaluation and another developer and I are going to set that up
and play with it next week.  That should give me some better ideas on
how to manage our setup.



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