Sunday, March 06, 2005 1:24 PM szurgot

VS 2005 FEB CTP - Where's VSS

Ok, if there weren't enough acronyms in there <grin>

I've loaded up and install the Visual Studio CTP. Loaded up some applications I've been working on to see how they compile, and I come to find out I've got no Source Safe module. Unlike the Nov CTP (which was also professional, I beleive) this one doesn't come with VSS for whatever reason. Is that going to be made available, or are we out of luck on that one.

I will say this. It works pretty well. I've been playing around with it, and haven't had any major problems so far. Seems to be faster and I've only had two crashes so far... My thought though is with Beta 2 right around the corner (I keep seeing the date of March 31st), is it worthwhile to submit bugs on this one, since Beta 2 is probably already "in the can" so to speak, and undergoing final testing....

Note/Update: This is the Professional version from MSDN. (I'm assuming Professional, it's not Enterprise, and it's not the Express ones and the VS 2005 site list Profession as being available)

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# re: VS 2005 FEB CTP - Where's VSS

Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:45 PM by Shaykat

The Feb CTP is just the Express SKU and not Professional, so there is no VSS module in it.

On the bugs aspect - my personal feeling is you should absolutely provide feedback. This is for two reasons - if the feedback you provide doesnt make it for Beta2, its got a good shot for RTM. The second is more subtle - we see areas of pain for customers through the bugs you submit - if one area seems poorly designed we need the feedback so that we can make the experience better.

Hope that helps.
Shaykat

# re: VS 2005 FEB CTP - Where's VSS

Monday, March 07, 2005 12:24 AM by Chris Szurgot

Well, I downloaded it from MSDN, and it certainly looks like Professional... It doesn't actually say "Professional" anywhere, but it's not an express SKU, and the VS 2005 site (http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/Default.aspx) lists Professional as available, so I'm going to assume that's what I've got. I can't report a bug because it's not listed in the available versions drop down, however.

Frustrating.

# re:VS 2005 FEB CTP - Where's VSS

Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:00 AM by TrackBack

^_^,Pretty Good!