Abstract
A software release is a fully constructed version of a software product; it often consists of a hierarchy of files arranged in a directory structure. This hierarchy may contain many different types of files. Because of the World Wide Web, there is an increasing tendency for software to consist of a system of systems (i.e., to be assembled from pre-existing, independently produced, or independently released systems). It is not easy to manage software releases of such systems with simple file utilities, because, in these systems, tasks such as determining which files are in a release, which file permissions have changed from one release to another, and which files have changed in all the releases are very difficult. This paper discusses the problems of software release management (SRM) and outlines a prototype tool — the software release inventory manager (SRIM) — that addresses these problems. The SRIM automatically identifies the various files required for a software release, builds a system to track files and releases, validates information, and produces repeatable and controlled releases.
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