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Visible Systems preps Razor 5.2
Razor Version 5.2. Soon, a new version of Visible Systems™ software
configuration management product Razor® will be available for the Mac OS X
10.4 running on the Intel x86 and PowerPC. Additionally, Razor will support
execution of its commands from a remote command line that will take
advantage of SSH remote security features. These two features are among 25
other product enhancements that make Razor 5.2 the best value among
integrated SCM solutions on the market today.
Razor Remote Command Line: The new Razor remote command-line interface (CLI) enables
command-line functionality to be executed on a remote machine (other than
the Razor server host). The Razor remote CLI requires the use of
both 'ssh' and 'scp'. These two utilities are typically included as
part of the OS installation for most UNIX platforms. Users running
the Razor remote CLI will need to install PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
Razor remote CLI
implementation notable exceptions are starting/stopping Razor databases and
license managers. That said, the Razor remote CLI will allow users to
perform the following Versions-related operations: check-in, check-out,
un-checkout, promote, branch files, terminate branches, get read-only
copies of files, remove, rename files/folders, rename files/folders, bump
major version number of managed files.
Planned Eclipse Plug-in for Razor (5.3): The remote command line feature is the first of a two-step
process towards the implementation of a Razor “plug in” for the Eclipse
platform. Much like other SCM tools, the remote command line will represent
Razor’s interface to Eclipse. All from within an Integrated Development
Environment (IDE), you will be able to work with Razor’s command line
features and many of the other tools that support Eclipse.
Custom Help Desk: Razor’s web based issues management tool, Issue Weaver, has
been customized to accommodate the most complex help desk and document
management situations. Just ask for a demo of what we did for the National
Data Buoy Center at NOAA.
About Visible Systems Corporation Visible offers end-to-end, model-based solutions for
developing and managing large-scale software and database applications
through the Visible Enterprise Workbench suite of tools. ©2007 Visible
Systems Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Razor Quick Reference Guide
Product
Technical Support Razor_support@visible.com
Frequently
Asked Questions http://www.visible.com/Products/Razor/FAQs.htm
Razor
Online Documentation http://www.visible.com/Products/documentation.htm
For more
information regarding site and program licenses, upgrades, renewals or on
the actual date of release 5.2, please contact:
John
Nash Vice President of Marketing Email: john.nash@visible.com Jennifer
Stone Razor Customer
Relations
Email:
jstone@visible.com
Phone: 315.363.8000,
ext. 231
Partial
list of Product Enhancements since release 5.0 (over 50 product
enhancements in all)
Added support for IBM eSeries Servers, Red Hat Linux
Enterprise, Windows XP SP2, Apache 2.x and Microsoft IIS, Updated the Razor
executable to install easier on laptops; Web-based System Administration
(Monitoring); Added functionality for "Live Links" between
versions and issues; Developed a SCM Requirements-based functionality by
enabling users to add, view and store attachments to Razor’s Issues; Integrated Razor
with Guiffy diff/merge tools at no additional license charge to the Razor
end user; Provided the ability to perform a (recursive) difference between
a folder specified on the user's local file system with a folder managed by
the Razor DB; Upgraded Windows Services for Unix; Incorporate the use of SSH for improved security of remote
client authentication, Add support for Macintosh OS; Add the capability of
a Remote Razor Command Line; Update the Razor Desktop so that it starts
as a small box at the top right corner of the user's desktop; Add new
capability to Razor Issues and Issue Weaver to insert a delimiter
(timestamp followed by username) into the text panes each time the issue is
modified.
Looking
ahead … Razor’s Versions Weaver (browser based version control) will
be looking for Alpha/Beta test sites in exchange for a product discount.
Please notify us if you are interested in the details.
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