[p4] How many of you use a sandbox area for user items.

[John-Mason P. Shackelford]

Here at Pearson Ed. we have a depot called sandbox to which all users
have read access. Each Perforce user as exclusive write access to a
//sandbox/users/<username>. The user entries to the protect table are
added (and deleted) by a simple web based tool which also creates new
users, assigns them to the appropriate groups in a single step.

We also have a //sandbox/groups/<group name> area that we can use for
projects that do not have a home else where on the server but which
need to commit right away. This allows us to move quickly on start up
projects or  loosely organized short term projects. Occasionally
projects in this area are moved into a permanent home, often they are
only active briefly and left in the groups area.

Another depot called practice is writable by all users and gives
people a place to learn Perforce, test various scenarios, etc. I use
it to demonstrate functionality and to distill and reproduce bug
reports before sending them on to Perforce. This depot we periodically
obliterate.

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John-Mason Shackelford

Software Developer
Pearson Educational Measurement

2510 North Dodge St.
Iowa City, IA 52245
ph. 319-354-9200x6214
john-mason.shackelford at pearson.com
http://pearsonedmeasurement.com