Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:19:01 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1014697142.ec6613@mired.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Danny J. Zerkel" <dzerkel@columbus.rr.com>, Aleksander Rozman - Andy <andy@kksonline.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clearcase and FreeBSD Message-ID: <15476.30005.502996.945006@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3C74716E.E36286FF@mindspring.com> References: <20020217161249.D0B2B3235@ns1.rwwa.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20020220214519.02b98280@213.161.0.10> <200202210204.g1L245H20108@clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com> <3C74716E.E36286FF@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> types: > "Danny J. Zerkel" wrote: > > Maybe cvs is an academic toy. Most real development requires a real > > configuration management system. Why do you think there is work being done > > on FreeBSD in Perforce? > Frankly, it's because CVS only permits a single line of > concurrent developement, and it's a limiting tool; but > CVSup is CVS-centric and fails with P4, and P4 costs money as a > barrier to adoption for FreeBSD if the project were to cut over to > it, Not necessarily. The client is free, and in the ports tree. That includes the server with an evaluation license, which limits it to two clients and two users. Perforce offers Open Source software projects free multiuser - which means unlimited clients - licenses. See <URL: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/price.html > and search for "open source" on the page. They even point to the FreeBSD license as a good choice for a candidate. > so there's understandable backpressure against using it for the main > repository. I think the real pressure is that none of the sources are available. Last time I checked, they didn't even publish a description of the protocol between the server and the client, so you can't independently develop a client. They *do* provide a link library for all their build platforms that you can use to build custom clients, but you don't get source to that. I admit to being biased, but I think that switching would be an incredible win for everyone concerned. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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