[LON-CAPA-admin] updating summary

[Scott Harrison]

Dear All:

There are 2 different UPDATING issues here to be aware of:

* Updating with the intelligent tarball (loncapa.tar.gz; recommended)
  versus
* Updating with CVS

*** Updating with the intelligent tarball ("loncapa.tar.gz" recommended)
STABLE tarball:
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz
BLEEDING EDGE tarball (updated daily):
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/unstable_latest/loncapa.tar.gz

*** Updating with CVS
STABLE CVS:
cvs update -r STABLE -d
BLEEDING EDGE CVS:
cvs update -A -d

Unless you are writing software code, I recommend using
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/unstable_latest/loncapa.tar.gz
for development machines.

Regards,
Scott

> If you want to make absolutely sure that you are on the bleeding edge, use
> 
>  cvs update -A -d
> 
> - Gerd.
> 
> Travis Souza wrote:
> 
> > As I understand, cvs update with no target (i.e. STABLE) will update to
> > the latest and greatest.  Anyone please correct me if I'm misinformed.
> >
> > Travis
> >
> > Lars Wrote **************************************************
> > When updating with loncapa.tar.gz, how do we distinguish between a
> > STABLE update and the latest development update?
> >
> > Lars.
> 
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