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ClearCase and ClearQuest

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ClearCase "Notify" program should support secure mail relays

The current "notify" program shipped with ClearCase on Windows will only connect to an "open" mailrelay over plaintext SMTP. An open mail relay can be leveraged by malicious actors to send spam, possibly magnifying the impact of a network breach i...
over 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

checkvob should detect corrupted containers

Add a checkvob option to scan the VOB for corrupted source container. That option will prevent critical situation such as multisite replication stuck because of corrupted container. Currently the only way is to open all files until an error is pro...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Dynamic Forms: Buttons linked to text field is not hiding when linked field is hidden

In dynamic forms , we have linked the Button to the Reference list and if linked Reference list field is hidden button also will be hidden. but it is not working for other fields like text , multiline and choice list. if we linked the Button to th...
about 3 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

No world writeable Clearcase Logfiles

Clearcase writes world writeabel logfiles in Directory /var/adm/rational/clearcase/log. This is a security violation and is not allowed within Commerzbank.
almost 5 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

Better vizualisation of added and removed attachments in modify-mode

After adding and removing several attachments to a record in the web-client,it not comprehensibly which attachments have been added, which have been removed and which are actually stored on the record. For a better visibility we would like to have...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 2 Future consideration

Creating OSLC-Queries in the web-client

In the web-client and the eclipse-client it is possible to create queries with the query-builder.Actually the user can see the clearquest-query as a SQL-statement also. In our product the users create a lot of OSCL-Queries,but OSLC is as big and c...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 2 Future consideration

Missing Operators at OSLC-Queries using OSLC 2.0

In our understanding of OSLC 2.0 a query is similar to build like SQL.For writing OSLC-queries it is neccessary to proof values for empty and also for a value.It is also neccessary to negate those queries.Actually there are a lot of restrictions i...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

Handling Attachments and setting field values at the same time using OSLC 2.0

In the web client it is possible to add an attachment to a recordBefore saving the attachment into the database, the user can also modify some fields on that record (e.g. Description, Tags etc.)This is important if some fields become mandatory if ...
about 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 2 Future consideration

improve rcleartool performance

Find a solution to speed up rcleartool execution, for example by reusing the same java environment. When sitting in rcleartool shell, the first command is slow (because of java overhead) but subsequent commands are faster.Unfortunately "rcleartool...
over 6 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

CTE plugin should check version of CC full client

The CTE Eclipse plugin should check the CC full client version (installed on the same workstation) and give a warning if it's different.
almost 7 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration