[thesite] Re: test.evolt.org

[Daniel J. Cody]

I'd love to go to a CVS stype enviornment.. 

However, I remember when I tried to push all thesite code into a
sourceforge CVS account, no one would touch it with a 5 foot stick.

*shrug*

Dean Mah wrote:
> 
> In a previous environment that I worked in, we used CVS to handle the
> concurrent development updates.  We had an automated process that did
> pushes from CVS fixes branch into production every morning.  For
> critical fixes, there was also a manual scripted way to push changes
> immediately into production.  Any large scale development would be in
> a CVS dev branch that would be synchronized with the fixes branch
> periodically.
> 
> This was the ideal situation for us.  People that needed to push
> changes into production immediately could while people that
> wanted/needed/were required to have their changes QA'ed could have
> that done as well.  And then depending on the branching structure, we
> could have an area for long-term development.
> 
> Dean
> 
> Warden, Matt writes:
> 
> > > to confirm, yes, i do have all the passwords from dan, but contrary to
> > > rumour, all i can do is access the production database -- you do not want
> > > me even attempting anything else (image of child playing with matches)
> > >
> > > despite the necessity (or convenience) of touching live stuff, which has
> > to
> > > happen from time to time, i think we should try to get a good test
> > > environment (site plus database) going
> > >
> > > who can help us get there?  if anybody else feels like i do, let's take
> > > this over to thesite
> >
> > If anything, it would be easier to have changes like mine in a central
> > place.
> >
> > Plus, I could integrate my changes with the dynamic file rather than having
> > dan or someone else do it.
> >
> > But, this would probably only be a testbed for the w.e.o site, right? Oh
> > well. Still a good thing, IMO.
> >
> > We would have to address keeping the t.e.o version current, tho. Especially
> > with *cough* certain people *cough* making changes directly to the w.e.o
> > site.  =P
> >
> > If we get this set up, I'll insert some test data, etc. I have a local
> > version of thesite, but it's a little outdated.
> >
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 
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