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Re: poor version management in archetype editor


> I understand that subversion is used as more or less external software
> from the archetype editor tool. 
> 
> That is fine, but still leaves the need to be able to save an 
> archetype
> as:  
> 
> body temperature draft v01.adl
> 
> and after making changes and update and redistribution, 
> 
> body temperature draft v02.adl
> 
> and when all parties agree it is finished
> 
> body temperature draft v1.adl

Well, the scheme here (using subversion) could be to

- check in a first version of "body temperature"
- create a branch "draft"
- checkout, modify, checkin
- when satisfied tag as "v0.1", "v0.2", ...
- when satisfied with the draft branch merge it back into the main 
branch

Or similar approaches.

Basically it is more of a policy question. Versioning as such probably 
should not be the
genuine job of the Archetype Editor in itself. However, if that editor 
*understood* versioning
and could access/integrate an external tool that would make proper use 
of versioning
a lot easier, particularly for users not yet familiar with that sort of 
thing.

Karsten Hilbert

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