Hi! I'm working on a program that shall have an "updates" module (online). I can't figure out how to do this. Initially i'm trying with a SVN repository. Any better idea? How is this normally done? (I'm not asking for a concrete languague, i only want an general idea about the procces) Thank you.
A:
What we do (in an intranet environment) is roughly:
We have an application that (instead of directly starting) points to a little script that fetches the latest 'publicized' version from a known location using rsync.
Then the script simply bootstraps the application itself.
This way:
- Everyone always works with the same version of the software.
- New builds are easy to deploy: just copy them over to the known 'sync' location.
- Using rsync or similar allows you to minify overhead since it works incrementally.
We force the upgrade upon our users, but this mechanism could also be adapted for online (on-demand) updates.
ChristopheD
2010-04-16 14:06:02