OT: Method of packaging software for shipment

[Eric Cope]

I agree. I had planned on tagging my release versions. I was unaware of the
export feature. I expected to populate a new space, clean it, and zip it up.

Eric

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 19:53 -0600, Alex Dean wrote:
> > On Mar 11, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Craig White wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 14:47 -0700, Eric Cope wrote:
> > >> It needs to be deployed to Linux and Windows. I can't just tar /dir
> > >> because I have .svn files I don't want to include as well as test
> > >> directories. I planned on using a form of tar/zip.
> > >>
> > > ----
> > > ignoring that this really should have been on the development mail
> > > list...
> > >
> > > svn help export
> > >
> > > I can't imagine a single good reason for using an existing directory
> > > instead of exporting specific 'tags' from svn and using that for
> > > packaging except that there really wasn't much understanding and
> > > planning in svn.
> >
> > Can't speak for anyone else, but at least in my case I think there was
> > quite a lot of understanding and planning.
> >
> > If the build machine already has a recent working copy of the branch
> > you want to build, switching to a different branch or getting the last
> > bug fix with 'svn up' or 'svn switch' is a lot simpler and faster than
> > getting another full 'svn export'.
> ----
> I tend to think bigger picture and don't resort to simplifications just
> because they are simpler or faster.
>
> Reasons that come immediately to my mind to only use an svn export (from
> a specific 'tag':
>
> - stability - you can always see what was packaged by doing a checkout
> in another directory or on another computer.
>
> - repeatability - you will always get the same files regardless of
> where, how you package them.
>
> - durability - one of the reasons you chose a version control system in
> the first place... that if the system that you built it on or saved it
> on isn't available, you still can get the files that comprised the
> package.
>
> - identification - easy enough to tag and identify which version but if
> you have some 'build machine with a recent working copy of the branch',
> that machine is going to change if not within minutes, certainly in some
> days.
>
> There's a reason that management systems and practices are developed and
> rarely do they focus on simpler or faster.
>
> Craig
>
>
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