Steve O’Grady and I have a recurring debate about package management systems and which approach is best for users. Somewhere during the discussion I realized that over the last year or two, I’ve actually begun using Subversion as a package management system. Pretty much every open source web application I use on a production server is an SVN checkout.

It makes installing security updates a snap – just ssh into my server and “svn up” for the app that needs an update.

Steve and I even agree on this one. 😉

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