> I agree that a build is not a deployment, but I do believe > a build can be a component of a deployment.
I am also looking to use NAnt as both a build tool and a deployment tool. (Haven't got there yet, still setting up infrastructure). I disagree, however, with the premise that NAnt should be fully transactional. Why? For NAnt to be fully transactional, every task needs to have built in "smarts" to support rollback. How would you achieve this in a task that runs an SQL script to update the table structure of a database? It seems that you're expecting the task to be able to understand the script and dynamically generate another script to restore the database to its former state. Even for simpler tasks, like deleting files from a file system, the issue of transactionality becomes difficult. You can't just defer the delete until it is time to commit, because other activities are likely to occur in the same directories. Instead, you need to move the files (to somewhere there is enough disk space, which may not be TEMP), then handle both commit (delete/cleanup) and rollback (move the files back again). In my scripts, the structure I'm taking is that our change controller will have two separate commandlines to run. The first will perform a full backup of everything affected - zip directories, extract registry keys, dump database tables. When that has worked, the second will do the actual deployment, with appropriate error messages if everything fails. Just my 2c, Bevan. ****************************************************************************** "This message (and any files transmitted with it) are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. This message does not necessarily reflect the views of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. If the recipient has any concerns about the content of this message they should seek alternative confirmation from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand." ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list Nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
