On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it risky because I would be using rsync instead of svn update, or > is it risky because I wouldn't be using a test/staging machine? Why > can't testing be done on the dev machine?
risky because you can't 100% prove what you got is exactly what is in SVN. If you check the code out and then rsync it you might accidentally make a change between checkout and rsync. But if you do the checkout direct to the end-user machine you know what you got can straight out of svn. That said most people don't do that. Part of what you ask your dev to do is create an "install bundle" on most UNIX-likemacnines this is a .tar file. in Windows it's an installer. on Mac it's a disk image .dmg file Then you move those to the end user -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California
