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

["Kevin McGuire/OTT/OTI" <Kevin_McGuire@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Ringo,

We are keen to validate our story and API against as many repositories as 
possible, so your offer is greatly valued.

If you already have Java bindings then that certainly helps a lot.  You 
should wait until we start releasing the 2.0 work to eclipse.org (should 
be happening in next week or so). The delta between 1.0 and 2.0 is 
significant, so starting work based on 1.0 will be a waste of time.  You 
should also understand that the 2.0 will be in considerable flux over the 
next month.

I don't know what's involved in starting a subproject; I will forward your 
request.

Kevin







Ringo De Smet <ridesmet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: platform-vcm-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
11/13/2001 02:21 PM

 
        To:     "James Moody/OTT/OTI" <James_Moody@xxxxxxx>
        cc:     platform-vcm-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject:        Re: [platform-vcm-dev] VCM plugin for StarTeam

> "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.

I read on the VCM page that the goal is to have CVS + 2 additional 
providers ready by the end of the year. I suspect that one of the two 
additional ones will be ClearCase. I would like to propose StarTeam as 
the second. And I don't know if StarBase is going to participate 
themselves in this, but otherwise I will. The company where I work 
standardized on StarTeam and we also have the StarTeam SDK. This SDK 
includes a full Java library to all the features of StarTeam, so an 
Eclipse integration should be easily done. No native code has to be 
written at all.

I don't know about the licensing and distribution terms of the StarTeam 
Java library. I'll figure this one out.

BTW, if I would start on this one, what build of the R2.0 stream should 
I use? Stable, nightly or integration build? Can I use the 1.0 version 
to develop and a 2.0 build to test my code against?

You may interpret this message as an official request to the PMC for the 
creation of a StarTeam VCM sub project.

Ringo

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