add support for clearcase, porting away from clearquest

[anonymous]

pls add support for clearcase and a way to port existing projects that are currently using clearquest (i.e., dump the clearquest db into sqlite in a format that trac can use).

Thanks.

[rosullivan@…]

Not sure if this is the right place to "vote" for this feature ... but I'd like to see clearcase support too (ideally w/ ClearQuest? migration tool).

[eldar@…]

Me too... googling for info now.

[marcus.widerberg(at)dotway.se]

There is AFAIK no wiki that supports linking to clearquest or just clearcase, this would be pretty awesome.

[cboos]

As support for VersioningSystemBackend has been made more modular, this could now be implemented as a plugin (even more so after the upcoming VcRefactoring).

As there's little chance that the TracTeam will work on that, I think we can close the ticket as won't fix. However, if such a plugin gets written, it would still be nice to mention it on this ticket.

Another reason for reopening this ticket (in case such a plugin gets written) would be to request specific changes in the ["TracDev/VersionControlApi" version control layer], to enable or improve support for that system.

[anonymous]

I'd love to see support for a ClearCase? backend! CC provides the CM functionality we need, but if Trac could sit on top and let us reference version information and correlate source with tickets, that would be awesome!

[anonymous]

I figured I'd let me voice be heard too. I've love to see some integration with clearcase/clearquest and trac.

[Jerry]

Oh voting? Yes, well our linux based organization uses Clearcase and Python where we can, so count us in as hoping for Clearcase support.

[anonymous]

Replying to Jerry:

Oh voting? Yes, well our linux based organization uses Clearcase and Python where we can, so count us in as hoping for Clearcase support.

Use the voting links on the top-right.

[eblot]

I really don't think that ClearCase will ever supported with Trac.

Clearcase is outdated, provides very poor libraries that only run on some hosts, is a commercial product but poorly supported, etc.

At best, it could be implemented a plugin, I really don't see such an error-generating product being officially supported.
I don't think any Trac developer will spend weeks trying to support this outdated SCM. Do not expect too much from this ticket, even with a high vote count.

Too much work to support an obsolete commercial product. Finally, it's a pre-changeset SCM system which would not fit right into the Trac repository model.

[nkantrowitz]

Replying to eblot:

I really don't think that ClearCase will ever supported with Trac. Clearcase is outdated, provides very poor libraries that only run on some hosts, is a commercial product but poorly supported, etc.

Your best bet is probably to pay Rational/IBM a lot of money to make a plugin for it. At the very least someone would need to be willing to pay for licenses for the people working on it (Trac core team or otherwise).