How do you use pip, virtual_env and Fabric to handle deployement?

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Published on 2010-03-14T09:23:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 10:45 UTC
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What are your settings, your tricks, and above all, your work flow?

These tools are great but they are still no best practices attached to their usage, so I don't know what is the most efficient way to use them.

Do you use pip bundles or always download?
Do you set up Apache/Cherokee/MySQL by hand or do you have a script for than.
Do you put everything in virtual_env and use --no-site-package?
Do you use one virtual_env for several projects?
What do you use Fabric for (which part of your deployment do you script)?
Do you put your Fabric scripts in on the client or the server?
How do you handle database and media file migration?
Do you even need a build tool such as SCons?
What are the steps of your deployment? How often do you perform each of them?
etc.

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