[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Best Practice Performing Upgrade and Uninstall

[Jeff Blaine < >]

On 8/21/2013 2:36 AM, Howard Zhang wrote:
> Hi Torben,
>
> Yes, I know the "package" resource, but the prerequisite is that I 
> have pack my own source code into a .deb package or .rpm package.
>
> But if the software is developed by myself, I did not pack the source 
> code, and it do not exist in any package repository.
>
> What is the common practice on this situation?

The common practice is to package your software for your OS of choice 
using FPM[1] and stick it in an appropriate package repository that you 
host yourself.

Jeff

[1: Search Google for effing package management]