[p4] Keeping everybody in sync with client specs?

[Gabor Maghera]

I don't know if this is an option in your environment, but I would encourage
containerizing.  In other words, don't allow top level directory creation
(similar to what John Dix points out).   If people add a subdirectory to a
directory already covered in your client spec, chances are your build script
will not have to change (there are a few exceptions to this).  If they need
to add a new top-level directory, that is best handled via a request to the
depot curator (who is likely to be on the build team).

Cheers,
Gabor

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:46 PM, Dix, John <JDix at medmanagesystems.com>
wrote:

> I have restricted top level branch access to builders only. Developers
> have read only access to our baseline branch, Dev branches are created by
> request only and permissions are assigned as needed. They are given full
> permissions to their "personal" branch.
>
> With regard to maintaining the branches and who does what, developers are
> 2nd class citizens and the builders are in charge. We're held to strict FDA
> standards with regard to auditing so to let developers do what they will
> would cause our company to fail and FDA audit.
>
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> Sent: Sun 3/30/2008 10:03 PM
> To: Roy Smith; perforce-user at perforce.com Com
> Subject: Re: [p4] Keeping everybody in sync with client specs?
>
>
>
> you can write a form-in trigger on client spec and check if the client
> spec is modified by developers.
>  Now what do you want to do:
>  1) Just inform everyone that client spec is changed ?
>  2) Modify the build client spec automatically ( need more logical approch
> to do this )
>  You can also write a wrapper on sync with cetain options like very the
> client spec if modified by some other users etc..
>
>  --
> Roy Smith <smith_roy at emc.com> wrote:
>  We've got a recurring problem involving keeping everybody on the same
> page with client specs. What seems to keep happening is:
>
> 1) Development adds a new top-level directory to a project
> 2) The build team doesn't update their client spec and the build breaks
> 3) Much ranting email gets sent with both sides pointing fingers
>
> Part of the problem is that the build team needs to pull in more
> stuff than the developers. In addition to the code itself, they need
> build scripts, documentation, etc, so we can't both both use the same
> template. They need to build a client spec which is a superset of
> what dev uses.
>
> How do other people solve these sorts of problems? We're looking for
> something which doesn't require any manual steps (or as few as
> possible).
>
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