RE: Perforce to subversion migration

If you start Perforce without a license file you are restricted in the number of users/clients allowed, but it is still possible to use a suitable repository (or copy thereof). The "free" limit used to be 2 users/5 clients, but I see the latest release (2011.1) allows 20 users/20 clients without a license (or unlimited users, but only 1000 files in the depot). The problem is that the free server won't start if these limits are breached. You used to be able to fix the user count by simply truncating db.user, but the client information is spread across several tables. If your existing installation is still working and can be trimmed down to 20 users/clients, then that might be a viable route. Also worth checking is whether your license file is in fact invalid with a newer version. Most Perforce licenses lock the expiry date, not the version (although I believe their licensing mechanism does allow for that as well).

Tony.

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From: Nrupen Kantamneni [mailto:npk_at_cypress.com]
Sent: 19 January 2012 08:41
To: 'users_at_subversion.apache.org'
Subject: Perforce to subversion migration

All,
I was trying to migrate a perforce database to SVN using p42svn.pl (0.21 version) script. This requires the perforce to be 2006 or later. However my perforce version is 2005.2. Is there a way I can migrate the database from perforce to svn retaining the version history ? Upgrading perforce is ruled out as we do not have any support .

Thanks,
Nrupen

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