Re: [platform-vcm-dev] VCM plugin for StarTeam

["James Moody/OTT/OTI" <James_Moody@xxxxxxx>]

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Hi Ringo,

You might find the following document interesting:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-vcm-home/docs/online/vcm_story2.0/vcm2story.html

It is an explanation of the focus of our current work. In 1.0 we ended up 
with a repository adapter that was very CVS-centric,
and we are in the process of re-architecting the VCM component to provide 
more customizability and flexibility to
the repository provider. For this reason, we are currently asking that 
people interested in implementing repository
adapters hold off until our new work can be released. It may be *possible* 
to write a repository adapter for our
1.0 codebase (i.e. what is currently released in CVS), but you may 
encounter serious problems, and the API will
most definitely undergo a radical change before 2.0 is released, requiring 
you to do much work if you implemented
for the 1.0 codebase. From the above document,

"Our plan is to have the VCM 2.0 design closed off by end of year, and an 
initial cut of our new CVS adapter written for
VCM 2.0 in that same time frame. We are eager to work with repository 
vendors in the context of the Eclipse Project
at eclipse.org in that same time frame, in order to validate our design, 
and to ensure that there will be first class integrations
from the major vendors for the release of Eclipse 2.0."

So I guess the word is: be patient, and there will soon be a much better 
API for you to work with.

To keep up with VCM issues in Eclipse, visit our VCM team home page at:

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-vcm-home/main.html


Thanks for your interest,

james




Ringo De Smet <ridesmet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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11/11/2001 05:10 AM

 
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        Subject:        [platform-vcm-dev] VCM plugin for StarTeam

Hello,

I apologize for my first message being wrong. Here is what I wanted to 
say to this list:

I am interested in creating a VCM plugin for StarTeam. The company I 
work for is using StarTeam and we also have the StarTeam SDK available. 
This SDK contains a full Java library to all the features of StarTeam, 
so an Eclipse binding can't be that hard.

Where to go from here?

Ringo

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