Re: add dlls + ocxs to source safe ?

From: Ralph (msnews.20.nt_consulting32_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:28:42 -0500

"scott" <nospamscott@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Do developers normally add the resulting DLLs and OCXs into source safe as
> well as the source code ?
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
>

Nobody seems to have mentioned it directly, but if you don't insure you have
a copy of your production DLLs and OCXs, it is very difficult to maintain
'binary compatibility' should you ever decided to make any minor changes to
the components.

As one respondent noted you usually have a 'current' copy laying around
someplace - so it becomes a case of whether you can chance it or not. In a
single shop this may not be a problem. In my situation with multiple clients
over several years I find it easier to just keep as much as possible in VSS
databases.

Also, as you likely know binary files are not stored as incremental
changes - either a copy of each revision is saved or a singe copy of the
last one. Choosing the former will often grow the database dramatically.

-ralph

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