openCollabNet Technical Newsletter - Volume 21, September 16, 2008
In this issue, we celebrate the arrival of CUBiT 2.0, welcome you to the Subconf Subversion Conference, and announce new CollabNet Desktops as well as CollabNet Subversion 1.5.2.
CUBiT enables developers to access on-demand build and test services in the cloud. Teams can manage their own library of continuous build software stack profiles, rapidly provision that configuration onto an available machine, and version control the profile throughout development, build, and QA testing.
So that you may experience CUBiT firsthand, we have just released a full-featured trial of CUBiT 2.0. This online trial allows you to use existing continuous build profiles or create your own.
Give us your opinion on a new tool for development teams and enter to win an Amazon.com gift certificate for $250. This short online survey takes less than 5 minutes to participate:
Subconf is the premier Subversion-focused conference in the world. This year it will be held on October 14 - 16 in Munich, Germany. Greg Stein will kick off the conference with his keynote "Subversion's Secret Sauce". There will also be a Subversion developer summit featuring the core Subversion developers and contributors.
CollabNet Desktops allow Visual Studio and Eclipse developers to access features in CollabNet platforms directly from their IDE, including their Subversion source repository, trackers, and many other tools. New releases of both desktop projects now support the latest versions of Eclipse, Visual Studio, CollabNet Subversion and CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise. If you use Eclipse or Visual Studio, download the latest CollabNet Desktops:
The latest version of CollabNet Subversion is now available. CollabNet Subversion 1.5.2 is a certified and supported binary based on the canonical Subversion project.
CollabNet and Electric Cloud have teamed up to integrate the CollabNet CUBiT build and test environment with the Electric Cloud ElectricCommander solution. ElectricCommander automates and accelerates the software build-test-deploy process that follows the creation of new code.
Having launched the new openCollabNet (OCN) this past May, we were surprised to find that we've already surpassed 100,000 members. Considering that there were fewer than 20,000 in April, the growth has been phenomenal. Kepp up the good work!
Steering Subversion
"When the Subversion project first launched, it was blessed to have something that many much older projects still lack: a clear direction. It would have been easy – and certainly the temptation existed – to try to make Subversion all things to all people. Why settle for "a compelling replacement for CVS" (which was the goal at the time) when we could shoot for "best-of-class version control"? "Next-generation SCM solution"? "All that and a bag of chips?" Here's why..."
...and from the onCollabNet blog:
Dropping those "barriers to entry"
"Every open-source community needs an immunity system, to protect it from destructive, incomplete, or off-topic contributions. Nobody just opens the repository and invites "guest" to commit. As I argued in 'Redeeming the Commons', the integrity of the community first (and the code only second) is the real "common" that must be protected..."
Does all 'Collaboration' Have to be Face-to-Face?
"Eugenia Loli-Queru just wrote an interesting blog post on why Linux will never be as good as OS X from a desktop user experience perspective. I'm not 100% sure I agree with her (even though I'm a Mac user), but I certainly see her point. However, she lost me when she made the somewhat overarching claim that Open Source projects cannot be effective unless everyone is 'on the same campus'."
Is open-source "difficult"?
"Has Matt Asay lost his way? In a post with a title about managing an open-source community, built up of comments about patching an open source project, and ending with a complaint about how hard it all is, he uncharacteristically never touches the actual question of community. Open-source projects are community works, not baskets for drive-by contribution..."
Communities, Managers, Leaders, Support
"Chris Brogan has some excellent thoughts about what makes a good Community Manager... Quite a few thoughts, actually: half a dozen 'essentials,' and dozens of other great posts besides. He's really built up quite an oeuvre on the subject. He missed a few."
Whither goest thou, Version Control?
"In the perennial debate over Version Control, the latest chapter is entitled 'Centralized vs. Distributed' (sometimes also known as "Subversion vs. Git", though both flavors have other worthy representatives). For a while, Ben Collins-Sussman has been the lightning rod of the debate... Now, a new Ben (Griffiths) steps into the ring with a really trenchant insight into the split."
Join this live demo of CSFE 5.0 to learn: How to connect disparate, heterogeneous tools and systems together with an integrated toolset; how to set up a centralized repository, using Subversion® ; and how to realize accelerated development and substantial cost savings.
In this webcast, Rich Wolverton, Applications Architect in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), described how his team is deploying CollabNet SourceForge Enterprise to effectively manage multiple development projects, each with its own set of specific workflows and requirements, within a single web-based platform.
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