[development] Announcing cvs_deploy.module

[Moshe Weitzman]

sean - please read the links that derek provided and ask clarifying 
questions there is needed. i get the feeling you didn't read given the 
broad nature of your question.

Sean Robertson wrote:
> Can your describe in a little more detail exactly what this module does? 
>  I already use CVS to get all of my sites (I have a setup script that 
> creates the vhost on our server, sets up the database and user, and 
> downloads drupal from CVS).
> 
> 
> 
> Derek Wright wrote:
>> Hello world,
>>
>> FYI for anyone who cares about deploying Drupal sites directly via CVS...
>>
>> As per the discussions at:
>>
>> http://drupal.org/node/124661
>> (about providing support to update_status for folks who deploy from CVS)
>>
>> http://drupal.org/node/150316
>> (about moving all CVS-specific code out of update_status)
>>
>> and my meta comments on Dries's article about git:
>> http://buytaert.net/linus-torvalds-on-git
>>
>> I decided to create a new contrib module called "CVS deploy":
>> http://drupal.org/project/cvs_deploy
>>
>> See the description on the project page for more info.
>>
>> I'll make some release tags soon, probably once update_status 5.x-2.0 
>> (at least a beta) is out.  Meanwhile, HEAD is for 5.x core.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Derek (dww)
>>
>>
>> p.s. I hope to integrate this with drush_pm.module in the future to 
>> finally implement my dreams for a script to automatically update a 
>> site to the latest recommended official releases from all of your 
>> currently installed modules, directly via CVS.  For the interested 
>> reader:
>>
>> http://drupal.org/project/drush
>> http://drupal.org/node/124661
>>
>>
>> p.p.s. This module is only targeted at power users/developers who 
>> deploy sites via CVS, which is why I'm spamming this list about it. ;)
>>
>>
>>
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