Version Control in Embedded Systems

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

In comp.arch.embedded Yaakov <H_shemisone@yahoo.com> wrote: Are people using formal Version Control systems for embedded applications? If you're using something other than a nightly backup to the network server, I'd like to know what it is.

People should and will use whatever's available as long as it
integrates with their development environment. Things like CVS, which
has the benefit of being free software, should be enough for all but
the most massive projects in embedded-dom, I think.

Backups don't come even close to actual version management, mainly
because they don't give you a usable interface to document *what* each
version actually is, or *how* and *why* it was changed relative to its
predecessor.

You should still to backups and archival, of course --- but of the VC
software's repository files, not of individual work copies.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

[Ken Lee]

On 2 Jul 2003 12:03:43 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
In comp.arch.embedded Yaakov <H_shemisone@yahoo.com> wrote: Are people using formal Version Control systems for embedded applications? If you're using something other than a nightly backup to the network server, I'd like to know what it is.People should and will use whatever's available as long as itintegrates with their development environment. Things like CVS, whichhas the benefit of being free software, should be enough for all butthe most massive projects in embedded-dom, I think.Backups don't come even close to actual version management, mainlybecause they don't give you a usable interface to document *what* eachversion actually is, or *how* and *why* it was changed relative to itspredecessor.You should still to backups and archival, of course --- but of the VCsoftware's repository files, not of individual work copies.

All valid. It amazes me that such an investment in the source code is
not protected as a matter of course. As you have implied, it's the tip
of the iceberg -- we also use PVCS Tracker for bug tracking.

Ken.

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