[cvsnt] CVS Suite 2009 Trial [2009-3779] for Windows

[Arthur Barrett]

We have just released an update to the preview of CVS Suite 2009 Trial Edition for Windows to improve support for Windows.  Other downloads are available for Mac OS X Intel, Red Hat Linux x86 and SuSE Linux x64.  CVS Suite 2009 is based on the 2.8.01 codeline (Soolin).
http://march-hare.com/cvspro/#downcvsnt

Fixes included in this release:
* trial Invalid License errors
* Oracle Audit and Oracle 10g clients
* Bugzilla integration crashes
* Bugzilla integration errors / changes showing as 'added files'
* Crashes related to CVSROOT/modules
* improved diagnostics for 'unable to rename file .. still trying' errors


Included in the trial edition are these components NOT AVAILABLE in the Community Edition:
* CVS Suite High Performance Server Service
* Bugzilla, Mantis and Atlassian Jira Integration
* Multi-Site unison synchronisation
* Visual Studio Integration (SCCI)
* CVS Suite Studio - Graphical CVS Client
* Release Manager
* Install Guide: eBook 'All About CVS'
* Guide: Using CVS Suite with Eclipse
* Guide: Using CVS Suite with SQL Navigator and Oracle

This is a major upgrade to CVS Suite Server and we now have trial editions available for Red Hat Linux x86, SuSE Linux x64, Mac OS X Intel and Windows with more platforms coming in the next few weeks - including Debian Lenny i386.

The trial installation guide for linux/unix is not available yet - but install is straightforward, eg: on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86:
$ tar xzf cvs-suite-trial-2009-3759-rh9-rpm.tar.gz
$ sudo rpm -e cvs
$ sudo rpm --nodeps -i cvsnt-2.8.01.3759-1.i386.rpm cvsnt-suite-triggers-2.8.01.3759-1.i386.rpm
$ sudo /sbin/chkconfig --add cvslockd
$ sudo /sbin/chkconfig --add cvsmanager
$ sudo /etc/init.d/cvslockd start
$ sudo /etc/init.d/cvsmanager start

Note: CVS Suite 2009 is still undergoing regression testing and so a recommended customer release will not be available for a few more days (or longer if we find problems). 

If you have questions about CVS Suite 2009 Trial Edition for Windows please contact the sales team (who also do pre-sales technical support):

 UK/Europe:     sales at march-hare.com
 Germany:       germany at march-hare.com
 Spain:         spain at march-hare.com
 North America: sales.us at march-hare.com
 Asia Pacific:  sales.au at march-hare.com


Also see the FAQs:

 * How much of the code is Free/Open Source
    http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9r1
 * Are the commercial releases of CVS Suite the same as the free CVSNT?
    http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9r
 * Reports of malware or a virus in CVSNT
    http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq2.asp#3a0
 * Are March Hare Software going to begin charging for CVSNT?
    http://march-hare.com/cvspro/faq/faq1.asp#9c

Regards,


Arthur Barrett
Product Manager