[wp-testers] release/svn question

[Roy Schestowitz]

_____/ On Thu 29 Dec 2005 04:25:14 GMT, [John Joseph Bachir] wrote : \_____

> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>
>> Now that 2.0 is out, I want to quit tracking the svn "head" and 
>> stick with the release. I'm only familiar with cvs, and cvs-ish 
>> policies. Most projects I've been on tag releases. Some branch the 
>> release and only commit critical fixes to the branch, allowing you 
>> to stay "current" with only what's required.
>>
>> I'm having a hard time getting my head to work the svn way, and I'm 
>> also unsure of how wordpress release policy. Is there a way to do 
>> this?
>
> svn does not have true tags, but there is a convention that allows 
> for the same functionality, with perhaps some added nicities.
>
> to get a given tag, you checkout or export .../.../tags/<tagnumber>
>
> so to get wordpress 2.0 from the repository, you do
>
>   svn export http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.0
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> John

You can keep your installation up-to-date with neither SVN nor CVS:

http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-testers/2005-December/001444.html

It has the merit that it can run automatically on the server. The price to pay
is bandwidth.