Invisible tags

[cvs_user2009]

Hello,
We are using MyEclipse 6.6 as IDE to develop J2ee apps. This tool is
seamlessly integrated with CVS. In this case it is CVSNT. I am responsible
for CM builds. It is pretty early in the game so the builds happened on the
HEAD. Here is a problem: I've been assured that dev managers are creating
tags on a regular basis (they are in a different location), but I don't see
them. I do refresh and nothing. I've set a separate repository and put tags
in a test module. All was perfect, I could see and check out my versions.

There's something else, when I go to the file level and request History for
a file I can see that, yes, the tags are there. I tried to see if WinCVS
will show me the tags. No, it was consistent with MyEclipse. Is there a way
for me to be able to check the code out on these tags? What would be an
issue here?

PS: I think I did my due diligence, but could not find an explanation.

Thank you

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello,

Post by cvs_user2009
We are using MyEclipse 6.6 as IDE to develop J2ee apps. This tool is
seamlessly integrated with CVS. In this case it is CVSNT.

So, do I understand it correctly: MyEclipse is the client, and CVSNT is
the server? BTW: Is MyEclipse a variant of Eclipse?

Note that Eclipse uses its own CVS client, which has its own problems.
Furthermore, CVSNT is NoT CVS, ;) as is WinCVS. WinCVS builds on top of
CVSNT, but CVSNT has diverged much from CVS. Thus, chances are higher
you will get good responses to your problem on a mailing list linked
from

http://www.march-hare.com/cvsnt/

or some "MyEclipse" (or Eclipse) based mailing list.

Post by cvs_user2009
There's something else, when I go to the file level and request History for
a file I can see that, yes, the tags are there. I tried to see if WinCVS
will show me the tags. No, it was consistent with MyEclipse. Is there a way
for me to be able to check the code out on these tags? What would be an
issue here?

If the tags are actually there, you could check it out from the command
line:

cvs co -r TAGNAME projectname

with CVSROOT set accordingly. However, this does not explain why your
setup does not show you the tags.

HTH,
Spiro.

[cvs_user2009]

Hi Spiro,
Naturally, after the post I did not stop trying to solve my problem. And
though I stand by my claim that I did my due diligence, I was a couple of
hours way to fuguring it out on my own.

Post by Spiro Trikaliotis
So, do I understand it correctly: MyEclipse is the client, and CVSNT is
the server? BTW: Is MyEclipse a variant of Eclipse?

Yes on both counts, MyEclipse is a variant of Eclipse and it is a client of
the CVSNT server. But I think it is not crucial. What was crucial is how we
set up out module/project/directory structure and how a client looks for
tags (or how you form a request, to be exact). The structure has three
layers:
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
The actual projects are on the Level 3, and they were tagged. However, the
Level 1 was the one I was trying to find tags at. It is a classical case of
miscommunication (but it's a different story). Naturally, I could not see
any, unless I specifically look at subfolders. When I was setting tags at
the proper level (1) all was fine. And when I was looking at a file history
(which was at the Level 3) I could see the tags. What was confusing is that
at the module Level 3 I did not see the tags as versions. Well, that's the
legacy of VSS and a confusingly good GUI of MyEclipse (when you look at a
well designed GUI you expect it to be smart, but it ain't).

Post by Spiro Trikaliotis
Note that Eclipse uses its own CVS client, which has its own problems.
Furthermore, CVSNT is NoT CVS, ;) as is WinCVS. WinCVS builds on top of
CVSNT, but CVSNT has diverged much from CVS. Thus, chances are higher
you will get good responses to your problem on a mailing list linked
from
http://www.march-hare.com/cvsnt/
or some "MyEclipse" (or Eclipse) based mailing list.
If the tags are actually there, you could check it out from the command
cvs co -r TAGNAME projectname

yes, you're right. I would be able to do that, but I wanted to browse the
tags via GUI.

Post by Spiro Trikaliotis
with CVSROOT set accordingly. However, this does not explain why your
setup does not show you the tags.
HTH,
Spiro.

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Post by Spiro Trikaliotis
Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://opencbm.sf.net/
http://www.trikaliotis.net/ http://www.viceteam.org/

Thank you for your reply, I hope I was coherent in my explanation of what
had happened with MyEclipse. I just a little exceeded my expectations. Hope
this thread will be helpful for somebody else in future.