[cvsnt] CVSNT Web access

[Arthur Barrett]

Shashi Kanth,

> -- Is there any  paid software is available which will 
> gives you the web access to CVSNT repository and you can 
> do some basic tasks like checkin , checkout , commit , etc 
> .. ? ( Basically , my users want this feature ) 

If you users are familiar with VSS then I doubt they really want web
checkin /checkout (since VSS never had that option) - however I do
suspect they want to be able to browse the server for a single file and
check it out to a location on their PC from anywhere on the network.

For this I suggest CVS Suite, Workspace Manager (which was more-or-less
designed for people familiar with the VSS and PVCS interfaces).  
http://march-hare.com/cvsnt/features/workmgr/

CVS Suite also includes an eBook which explains how to configure CVSNT
so it uses a reserved editiing system which your VSS users are perhaps
more familiar with.  The eBook also explains the strengths and
weaknesses of that approach and what alternatives exist:
http://march-hare.com/cvsnt/features/book/

Otherwise (as Luigi suggested) I recommend that you ask the users to
express their requirements in business terms not technical terms and
leave the technical implementation out of the requirements.

Eg Good:
I need to be able to check out and reserve for my exclusive use the file
hello/hello.c from anywhere in the world using any PC regardless of
whether it has CVSNT or any software other than a web browser installed
on it.

Eg Bad:
I need a web based checkout/checking facility


Regards,


Arthur Barrett