[p4] P4V vs. P4WIN

[David Weintraub]

But what you were saying was for Unix users to use P4win. Yes, if you
can find a shared workspace between a Windows and Unix/Linux machine,
you could use the "AltRoot" (and remove the Host field) in order to
share a workspace between a Windows box and a Unix box. I do that
right now with the Cygwin version of "p4" on my Windows machine.

However, what it sounds like you're saying is that if I have to do
something in Perforce and I am on my Linux box, I should leave my
Linux box, go back to my Windows box in order to use P4win and not
P4V, do whatever I needed to do, then go back to my Linux box to do
whatever I was doing in the first place.

I can understand a Window only environment and standardizing on P4win,
but if you have a mixed environment, P4V may be the better choice
since it works the same on all platforms.

Most of the problems P4win people are having with P4V has to do with a
different interface and the different way you would use that
interface. When P4V first came out, there was a lot of short comings
with it, but over time, it has become more stable. more powerful, and
more useful. In my situation, where I work on both Windows and
non-Windows system, I am better off using P4V which gives me a single
interface on all the various systems I may use.

On 4/15/07, Sheizaf, Yariv <yariv.sheizaf at sap.com> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Answer your technical question:
>
> Yariv:
> > Unix oriented users install P4win on their PCs, use the AltRoot option
> > and work from P4win because P4V UI is problematic.
>
> David:
> Explain how I install P4win on my Linux box again? The biggest
> advantage to P4V is that it works on *all* platforms while p4win only
> works on Windows. Using P4V means that I use Perforce the same way
> whether I am on my Linux box or on my Windows box.
>
> >> If your Perforce client work space is located on a filer (Network
> Appliance or alike), or using Samba, you can see your client files in
> both Linux and Windows, and use P4win (or P4v) from Windows using
> AltRoot field in your client spec setting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Yariv Sheizaf
>
>


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