Download Acquia via SVN or CVS?
Are there any plans to allow users to download Acquia via SVN or CVS? I know that once a site is setup than spokes will take care of updates, but it would be great (especially during such active development) to be able to update our local copies without deleting the old files, downloading the new ones, & unpacking them. It would also help to avoid problems with un-compressing the files (i.e. http://acquia.com/network/node/2708 ).
Just to clarify, the Acquia
Just to clarify, the Acquia Network will not actually *do* the updates, although it will provide update notifications.
I'll ask someone from engineering team to come comment on the SVN / CVS request.
Greg Knaddison
Just to clarify, the Acquia
But it could, and I think it should ( see http://drupal.org/project/issues/plugin_manager for the "could" ). At least when I last used it RedHat up2date allowed you to schedule updates on a server via their web interface control panel and I am really hoping Acquia will do the same.
A lot of "regular" users,
A lot of "regular" users, and folks without developer support (e.g. design only shops, kind of like the Expression Engine market) would pay the entry level support fee for this feature alone.
dhubler
Very valid request IMO, I
Very valid request IMO, I put this in the product backlog. Cross reference: US593
Questions for Alex:
1.) Would rsync access be acceptable?
2.) If SVN only included release minor update and not ongoing development, would that be ok or even ideal?
SVN is definitely a
SVN is definitely a developer must (we'd use SVN externals to merge into our system -- there are probably additional things you could do with your layout to help with this). Don't need SVN "trunk" access, just release.
Rsync would not be an acceptable replacement.
I'll second Boris'
I'll second Boris' statement- Rsync wouldn't really work for us. I'd personally prefer only "official" (minor or major) updates, rather than a developer snapshot.
Thanks for the clarification on spokes- that makes it all the more important to get this kind of access. Otherwise updating multiple sites will become a very big headache very quickly...
I third Boris' statement. If
I third Boris' statement. If there is not SVN access we'd be putting Carbon into our internal repository to manage.
Just wondering if there was
Just wondering if there was any update on whether or not Carbon could be made available via SVN?
Joshua Brauer
There isn't an update yet.
There isn't an update yet. As Douglas mentioned above it has been added to our list of things we'll be looking at and there are many great arguments for it. There will likely be more of an update once we have released the 1.0 version.
Thanks,
Josh
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Jeffrey Dalton
Third the vote here... SVN
Third the vote here...
SVN management of client projects would be a HUGE .. I say HUGE benefit for smaller shops and devs as well as client so they could feel confident in more streamlined upgrades. This first upgrade for Acquia distro is reminding me of the hassle of upgrading drupal sites and how this could be managed with SVN. Please seriously consider this and know that it is on the minds of many of us out here....
I would definitely be
I would definitely be interested in the ability to update Acquia installations via CVS, SVN, or Git. In fact, I will probably stay with Drupal just to maintain this ability.
I have to agree, I plan on
I have to agree, I plan on having multiple sites (only one at the moment) and if I could update via svn/cvs it would be an incredible help and make much less headaches when updating multiple sites. Of course i only see you doing this for drupal core, core modules, and the acquia contributed modules. Personally added modules would still have to be updated personally (wich i have found that drush.module and drush_mm.module is very useful). I also have to second AlexUA that I would only prefer official updates rather than a dev snapshot. But could be a nice extra if enabled for some
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I am really liking Bazaar at
I am really liking Bazaar at the moment, and it seems very easy to setup and manage. Could we get Acquia via Bazaar?
Roland Tanglao
Just for fun, I have checked
Just for fun, I have checked acquia drupal 1.2.1 into github.com at:
http://github.com/rtanglao/acquia-drupal-6/
http://raincitystudios.com/blogs-and-pods/roland-tanglao/acquia-drupal-6...
It's my first foray into git and github so please forgive any newbie mistakes :-) !
...Roland
Roland Tanglao
i updated my copy of acquia
i updated my copy of acquia drupal at github.com to acquia drupal 1.2.4
it should be possible to simply do a:
git pull
to update to 1.2.4 if you used http://github.com/rtanglao/acquia-drupal-6/ to set up your site with acquia drupal 1.2.1 or 1.2.3
Roland Tanglao
Part 2 of my git and acquia
Part 2 of my git and acquia drupal series - acquia drupal 1.2.4 and a mini git drupal faq:
http://raincitystudios.com/blogs-and-pods/roland-tanglao/git-drupalers-2...
Adding my vote for a version
Adding my vote for a version control repository of some kind, though there's technically nothing stopping me from using Roland's repo! Here are the steps I have to do to update Acquia on my server:
Pretty messy, and that's not including file cleanup. One 'svn switch' (or Git equivalent) would replace all those steps, and I could get an easy diff of the changes before making the update.
Roland Tanglao
free at last from the
free at last from the tyranny of tar files! i would have preferred git or bzr but svn is awesome enough!!!!
from http://explore.twitter.com/acquia/status/1332197621 :
"Look for Acquia Drupal to be available via SVN at the end of the month."
i.e. acquia drupal will be available end of March 2009 in svn! go acquia go!
Roland Tanglao
acquia shipped svn on april
acquia shipped svn on april 1st, go acquia go!
http://acquia.com/documentation/getting-started/fresh-install/svn
feature request: please add svn tags for all releases, it's a one line command and easy (I know because Bryght and Raincity have been tagging Drupal in svn for 4 years!)
As a rookie,and not having
As a rookie,and not having to much computer skills, I was able to use SVN with success.
For those who do not know how to start you have to use "putty" to invoke commands on windows base PC. Just Google "putty" and it would give you the results where you would be able to d/l the file. Do not know how to configure "putty", just Google"how to configure putty"
Works like a charm
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