Quoting George Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Is it acceptable practice to use svn checkouts on a production site?
No.
An SVN checkout is, almost by definition, _not_tested_. Running
untested code on a production system _will_ bite you.
Also, you should not change code in an installed Product. Zope does
not refer back to the code for an installed Product - at least not in
all circumstances - wiser listers than I could be a bit more precise
about this - but the rule of thumb is that the ZODB wins, _not_ the
filesystem.
I'm running into a problem where I need to fix bugs, but I don't know
whether to fix it elsewhere and do a fresh export, or use svn to keep files
in sync.
Not entirely certain how you expect to use SVN to "keep files in
sync", but to be honest this sounds like a bad idea (see above). You
should apply a fix to the code, package up a new version of the
Product (use the version.txt to track version numbers and keep a
changes log in the tarball too), then upgrade your Production server
from that - after testing it first.
You _will_ need to write migration code to the new version - or be
_certain_ that you don't need to - which means testing it first.
Also, if it is okay to use svn, any documentation on how to set up an online
svn instead of on my home laptop? =)
I assume you don't have direct access to an on-line server. There are
places that will host projects for you - but the 'free' ones tend to
be community collaboration sites, so if this is a non-free or private
project I would read the small print first.
Or you could pay for some managed hosting, and a decent host should
set up an SVN repository for you.
Chris Derson
There are no stupid questions
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