Can a bazaar repository be hosted on an IBM System i?

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 03:42:29PM -0000, student wrote:
> New question #77773 on Bazaar:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/+question/77773
>
> We plan to develop Java / XML components for deploying to run on the
> IBM System i platform - used to be called AS/400 or i Series. IBM
> System i offers a feature called Integrated File System (IFS) to
> access its disk store through Windows based workstations.
>
> Could we use host the main bazaar repository on System i disk and
> access it through IFS from the Windows based workstations?

What does that entail? I haven't heard of IFS before, but people do use
nfs or samba. Although really since bzr is not a centralized vcs, I
don't see why you would not just use local storage.

Wouter van Heyst

WvH, the System i is used as a development server with a native application. The Java / XML components expose the application to other external applications. The native application has proven backup / restore capabilities. Therefore, by having the bazaar repository on the System i storage and accessible through IFS we have the advantage of not introducing other hardware along with the overhead of another set of operational capabilities.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 06:23:51PM -0000, student wrote:
> Question #77773 on Bazaar changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/+question/77773
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> student is still having a problem:
> WvH, the System i is used as a development server with a native
> application. The Java / XML components expose the application to other
> external applications. The native application has proven backup /
> restore capabilities. Therefore, by having the bazaar repository on the
> System i storage and accessible through IFS we have the advantage of not
> introducing other hardware along with the overhead of another set of
> operational capabilities.

Ok. Have you tried using bzr with IFS? It is not clear to me why you
think anything special is needed?

Wouter van Heyst

WvH, no we haven't tried bzr with IFS - but it's an option, thanks. The question stems from the fact that bazaar was suggested by a colleague while we were investigating SVN. The SVN investigation required us to look at some steps we'd need to undertake on the System i in order to host the SVN repository on it's storage - as outlined here http://www.softlanding.com/subversion/d-subversion.htm

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 06:41:41PM -0000, student wrote:
> Question #77773 on Bazaar changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/bzr/+question/77773
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> student is still having a problem:
> WvH, no we haven't tried bzr with IFS - but it's an option, thanks. The
> question stems from the fact that bazaar was suggested by a colleague
> while we were investigating SVN. The SVN investigation required us to
> look at some steps we'd need to undertake on the System i in order to
> host the SVN repository on it's storage - as outlined here
> http://www.softlanding.com/subversion/d-subversion.htm

Reading that document, it seems there might be some porting involved
before bzr will work, but the only way to tell is to try and see what
happens.

Bazaar's main dependency is Python. If python runs, you are almost done
(you'd still want to build some bzr C extensions for speed)

Wouter van Heyst

running `bzr selftest` on that may give you a good indication of how
well you can expect it is supported at present.