To clarify, it sounds like your goal is to identify the differences between the version of the software each client is running and the current version, and to automatically bundle together all the files that are different between the two versions so that you can give the customers only the files needed to upgrade. Is that correct?
For deployment, is your goal to create an installer executable file that the customer can double-click on to have the new files added, or do you control the deployment by being able to directly upload to the customer's servers? -Mike Chabot On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Joseph Bugeja <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Our system is developed using ColdFusion technology. We have a number of > clients and very often we need to deliver them not a full deployment (our > whole package) but just some updates to certain files (.cfm, .cfc, .js, etc.). > > I am searching for a solution that can automatically build software releases. > To my knowledge there are Windows programs that can handle of course both > partial and full releases. Example, for VB.NET and C# you can easily build a > release through .NET Visual Studio. However, what about ColdFusion/J2EE? > > Our system is platform independent so ideally the solution should cater for > this. > > Joseph. > >> The answer to your question would depend on what "software" you are >> dealing with plus what computer environment you have. Uploading a >> small Web site to a Linux server is quite different than distributing >> an enterprise software package to 1000 Windows users. The methods you >> use to test and approve code before deployment would also impact how >> your software releases are handled, as would the way you implement >> database changes. >> >> -Mike Chabot >> >> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Joseph Bugeja <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Do you recommend any good release management software, ideally an >> open source solution that we can use to automate releases of our > software? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
