Hope this helps. You said "we." That means you really need to use a version control system with a branch identical to your production system code. Do all your bug fixes against that branch. Whether you do a full regression test before pushing new code to the production machine is a judgement call. If you have just shot a bug in a single controller or view maybe not. If you've changed a module or some other shared file, you should probably regression test the whole app.
Your VCS ignore file should include the session, database and error directories, and any directories where you store uploaded user files. Changes to a model are never incremental in my view. Once I have released an app into production I never allow any framework to migrate tables. I always write my own migration scripts. To introduce the changes, therefore, I have to briefly kill the app, run my migration scripts, update the code, set fake_migrate to true and restart the app. I also then exercise the app enough to ensure the fake migrations take place, set migrate back to False and return the app to the users. I have also made a habit of cleaning the production apps before the upgrade and making a tarball of the entire web2py directory. I maintain my own rollback directory on the production machine, whether there is a VCS in play or not. I don't necessarily use a VCS on solo projects. On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 12:34:10 AM UTC-5, Jayadevan M wrote: > > Let me try rephrasing the question. What is the preferred way of deploying > changes in production? > > On Thursday, October 3, 2013 6:15:44 PM UTC+5:30, Jayadevan M wrote: >> >> I have deployed version 1 of an application in production. Let us say we >> used the admin console and created a project (.w2p) file and that was how >> we deployed it. Which is the best way to roll out the next release? If we >> use the same approach, it will also move to prod the files under databases >> folder and result in conflicts? >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
