Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Managing software components
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-14
2010-11-30
Zhen, Wei Y (Department: 2191)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Managing software components
C707S999203
Reexamination Certificate
active
07844949
ABSTRACT:
A computer method and apparatus for software configuration management is disclosed. Given a subject software system under development, the subject software system including one or more components and being represented by one or more configurations in a first stream, the invention method and apparatus stores the first stream on a first repository. Software development of one component of the subject software system is enabled in a working stream stored on a second repository. The working stream has one or more configurations of the one component. For the one component, the invention method and apparatus create a second stream on the first repository, create in the second repository a copy of the second stream and create in the first repository a copy of the working stream. When a configuration of the working stream stored on the second repository is of interest to the subject software system, (i) a replication of that configuration is made to the first repository copy of the working stream and (ii) the resulting copy of the working stream is merged with the second stream on the first repository. The replication and merge enable merge conflicts to be resolved.
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Clemm Geoffrey M.
Komar Paul
Vasta John R.
Chow Chih-Ching
Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds P.C.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Zhen Wei Y
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