Thanks to everyone who provided me with very helpful feedback re: my
problem of "software distribution with subversion". I am re-evaluating
the project, and how to complete it best.
Thanks!
Jason.
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Branko Čibej wrote on Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 00:37:41 +0100:
> I expect you've considered this option, but just to add it to the list:
Guten Tag Jason Keltz,
am Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2013 um 23:10 schrieben Sie:
> Any ideas that anyone might be able to offer?
As it seems most answers vote against using Subversion and use rsync
or some alternative instead, I would like to add some ideas which vote
for Subversion because I use a
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Jason Keltz wrote:
> >
> See my email to Les... If only the rsync server could save a copy of the
> file checksums when it runs, it would probably decrease the sync time by
> half and save a whole lot of disk activity...
If you don't use the --ignore-times option
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Jason Keltz wrote:
>>
>> I'd think it is exactly the problem that rsync is intended to handle.
>
> rsync is great when you want to sync the contents from one machine to
> another machine in one direction.. (unison if you need dual direction
> sync...) I thoug
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Jason Keltz wrote:
> On 31/01/2013 9:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> Subversion is not a software distribution tool; it is a document and
>> revision management system. Use a different tool. As someone else said,
>> rsync seems like a good tool for this job; I didn'
On 31/01/2013 9:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 20:05, Jason Keltz wrote:
On 31/01/2013 6:06 PM, Bob Archer wrote:
What you need to do could work. I assume this "software" in order to run can
build built or whatever during your nightly update on each client?
You keep saying "r
On 31/01/2013 6:40 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Jason Keltz wrote:
I am faced with a problem where I need to distribute a directory containing
about 60 GB worth of software on a Linux file server to about 100 systems.
The software must be localized on those systems a
On Jan 31, 2013, at 20:05, Jason Keltz wrote:
> On 31/01/2013 6:06 PM, Bob Archer wrote:
>>
>> What you need to do could work. I assume this "software" in order to run can
>> build built or whatever during your nightly update on each client?
>>
>> You keep saying "rsyncing" ... you wouldn't us
On 31/01/2013 6:06 PM, Bob Archer wrote:
I am faced with a problem where I need to distribute a directory containing
about 60 GB worth of software on a Linux file server to about
100 systems. The software must be localized on those systems and not shared
out over NFS. On a regular basis, softwa
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Jason Keltz wrote:
>
> I am faced with a problem where I need to distribute a directory containing
> about 60 GB worth of software on a Linux file server to about 100 systems.
> The software must be localized on those systems and not shared out over NFS.
> On a reg
I expect you've considered this option, but just to add it to the list:
Why not use a package manager like apt or yum, or a distributed
configuration manager such as puppet, to manage your servers?
While Subversion can be used as a substitute, it's not really suited for
this kind of application --
> I am faced with a problem where I need to distribute a directory containing
> about 60 GB worth of software on a Linux file server to about
> 100 systems. The software must be localized on those systems and not shared
> out over NFS. On a regular basis, software may be added or removed from th
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