We use a build machine. ;) Really, it's the best way to deal with releases. People develop in their own branches of the code, and them when features are ready,

We use a build machine. ;) Really, it's the best way to deal with releases. People develop in their own branches of the code, and them when features are ready, we merge back into the Trunk. We have a machine (actually a VM) check the code for revisions, and when there is a checkin, it downloads it from svn (cvs should be similar), and then builds, and uploads. You could do jUnit tests, etc at the same point, to ensure that everything is in sync. It's not exactly identical, but take a look at http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000023.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000023.html Joel points out some good reasons why build machines can really help. -Colin