Any ex ClearCase or VSS users out there?

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> "Maritza" == Maritza Mendez <martitzam at gmail.com> writes:

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    Maritza> The way I think of this (and some experts will
    Maritza> probably correct me) is that ClearCase fundamentally
    Maritza> tracks history of each file, from which the history
    Maritza> of a branch must be inferred.

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    Maritza> Conversely, bzr (like some other tools) tracks the
    Maritza> history of branches, from which the history of
    Maritza> individual files can be inferred.

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    Maritza> What I am saying -- as someone who has helped a few
    Maritza> people make the jump from ClearCase to bzr -- is
    Maritza> that it might be much easier to present the bzr way
    Maritza> as a different way to achieve the same goals than to
    Maritza> try to literally translate one into the other.

    Maritza> So I'm not sure how much help I can be in the stated
    Maritza> goal of helping people migrate by documenting
    Maritza> parallels between ClearCase and bzr.

I think you underestimate yourself here ; I'm pretty sure the
paragraphs I quoted above are very precious for people coming
from ClearCase...

    Maritza> I'll have to think about that.  What I do know is
    Maritza> that it is possible to migrate without that
    Maritza> documentation, if the people you are traning want to
    Maritza> make the change.

On the other hand, the people who don't want to make the change
are less likely to read that document :)

    Vincent