OT: Release procedure experiences

[Nathan Smith <na...@labpro2000.com>]

Hi all,
 
should have been a bit more succinct with my request.
 
I would like to know what kind of software Release procedure a lot of you
carry out, and your experiences with that procedure, with respect to a small
company developing commercial software.
 
How do you carry out patch releases?
 
How do you carry out full releases?
 
Do you have a development CVS and release CVS?
 
Or, do you just carry out releases from the development CVS?
 
Do you identify files for each piece of work by a bug id number or call
number?
 
Can the files associated with that id be checked out from CVS? Is that a
good idea for doing patch releases?
 
How would you do unit tests for a web application that relies heavily on a
database and the data in it?
 
Anything else you have experienced that may be helpful to streamline out
release process.
 
Maybe I could reciprocate if anybody has a question for me.
 
 
Cheers.
 

Nathan Smith 
Software Developer 
LabPro 2000 Limited 
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