Re: Clear Case

[grante@visi.com (Grant Edwards)]

In muc.lists.debian.user, you wrote:

>   bp> I recommend avoiding the use of clear case.
> 
> Unfortunately there is no free software available right now which has as
> much capability as ClearCase.  That may change as currently active
> projects become more stable but right now ClearCase is the best choice
> for some types of development environments (not only that, but if your
> company is using it you don't have a lot of options :)).
> 
> However, the types of development environments it is really appropriate
> for do _not_ include small/medium (less than 50+ full-time, dedicated
> developers) projects or projects with lots of small, widely dispersed
> teams.  This means it's virtually never appropriate for any kind of free
> software development effort.

CC is a very powerful system.  From what I remember (it's been
3-4 years since I worked somewhere that used CC), administering
it took up a considerable portion of one IT person's hours.
Maybe 1/4 to 1/2 of one person's time every week.

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