[development] Announcing cvs_deploy.module

[Sean Robertson]

I did, but it's not entirely clear exactly what functionality is in the 
module.  The project page really needs to be updated with a feature 
list.  At any rate, I've downloaded it to one of my dev sites and will 
be playing with it.




Moshe Weitzman wrote:
> 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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