[hyades-dev] Tagging many changed file with a CVS version from the CVS T

[Joseph P Toomey <jptoomey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This message is directed towards developers
who have CVS commit privileges for Hyades projects.

As you know, we have instituted a process
for checking in files that allows for traceability between bugzilla defects/enhancements
and checkins to resolve them.  That checkin process (as a reminder)
is described below:

1) On top of a meaningful description,
add the defect number in the "Commit Dialog" text box
2) After committing the changes, version
the changed files.  This
can be done by right clicking the files->Team->Tag as version.  The
version should be bugzilla_defectNumber

This is currently a two step process,
because Eclipse does not support the -r flag when checking in files.  An
enhancement request was filed by Marcelo several months ago, but it appears
unlikely that this request will be implemented.  (You can view the
request, and even vote for it, at the following URL:  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=44923)

Due to a change in the behavior of the
Team -> Synchronize with Repository feature in CVS, many of us have
had great difficulty performing step 2 above, because the list of changed
files disappears when you commit them, and the context menu to select the
files in the package explorer is no longer present in Eclipse 3.0.  *Please
Note*:  this function is still available from the Team Synchronizing
perspective, but is no longer a context menu.  It is now located:
 Navigate -> Show In -> Package Explorer / Navigator.  Using
this option, you can synchronize with repository, multi-select all of your
changed files associated with a given defect / enhancement, and then *before
you commit the changes*, choose Navigate -> Show In -> Package
Explore / Navigator.  This will select all of the changed files in
either the navigator or package explorer, and after you commit your changes,
you can switch to the explorer and choose Team -> Tag as Version, and
it will tag all of the selected files.

Hope this helps,
--Joe

Joe Toomey 
Advisory Software Engineer
Rational Software
IBM Software Group