Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread Vikrama Sanjeeva
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 4/21/2010 8:48 AM, Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: > >> >> > >>Also, in case of web-applications what is the best practice to >>deploy REL-1.7 on production ? Do we replace whole REL-1.6 code >>with REL-1.7 or just update t

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread Les Mikesell
On 4/21/2010 8:48 AM, Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: Also, in case of web-applications what is the best practice to deploy REL-1.7 on production ? Do we replace whole REL-1.6 code with REL-1.7 or just update the production with modified binaries of REL1.7 ? Nor

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread Vikrama Sanjeeva
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:18 PM, David Weintraub wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Vikrama Sanjeeva > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks Andy and David for your answers. > > > > As I said, it was just a supposition in a case where it becomes necessary > to > > fix all previous releases (for

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread David Weintraub
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: > Hi, > >   Thanks Andy and David for your answers. > > As I said, it was just a supposition in a case where it becomes necessary to > fix all previous releases (for whatever reason). And in this case, I too > think not to touch the tag itse

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread Vikrama Sanjeeva
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: > >> >> Also, in case of web-applications what is the best practice to deploy >> REL-1.7 on production ? Do we replace whole REL-1.6 code with REL-1.7 or >> just update the production with modified binaries of REL1.7 ?

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread Les Mikesell
Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: Also, in case of web-applications what is the best practice to deploy REL-1.7 on production ? Do we replace whole REL-1.6 code with REL-1.7 or just update the production with modified binaries of REL1.7 ? Normally you would want to work in a way that gives you a known

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-21 Thread Vikrama Sanjeeva
Hi, Thanks Andy and David for your answers. As I said, it was just a supposition in a case where it becomes necessary to fix all previous releases (for whatever reason). And in this case, I too think not to touch the tag itself rather as per David's advise, branch the tag 1.6, fix it and then r

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-19 Thread David Weintraub
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: > Suppose I have total 6 releases in /tag which are considered as stable > releases. Now if, at 6th release we realize that there is a "bug" which > should be fixed in all previous releases then what should be the strategy ? > Is there any w

Re: fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-19 Thread Andy Levy
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 15:14, Vikrama Sanjeeva wrote: > Hi, > >    Suppose I have total 6 releases in /tag which are considered as stable > releases. Now if, at 6th release we realize that there is a "bug" which > should be fixed in all previous releases then what should be the strategy ? > Is th

fixing bug in multiple releases

2010-04-19 Thread Vikrama Sanjeeva
Hi, Suppose I have total 6 releases in /tag which are considered as stable releases. Now if, at 6th release we realize that there is a "bug" which should be fixed in all previous releases then what should be the strategy ? Is there any way in SVN which allows to fix bug in all releases "at-a-ti