Configuration, Version and Release Management

Question 1

What are some problems that might show up from SE?

Answer 1

Problems of identification and tracking
Software delivering problems
Problems of version selection

Question 2

What is Software Configuration Management

Answer 2

The discipline of controlling the evolution of software systems.

Question 3

3 Classic CM Problems

Answer 3

Double Maintenance problem: Prevent the occurrence of multiple copies of the same file that must be independently updated.
The shared data problem: Allow two or more developers with access to the same data/file.
The Simultaneous update problem: Prevent file clobbering from two or more developers updating the same file at the same time.

Question 4

What are Versions

Answer 4

Versions ::= Revision | Variant -> Recorded state of an asset at a given point in time
Revision: A software object that was created by modifying an existing one
Variant: Two software objects sharing an important object, differing from each other.

Question 5

Important terms in configuration

Answer 5

Release: A version that has been made available to the user/client
Configuration: Combination of components into a system according to case-specific criteria
Baseline: A static reference point for any configurable items in your project

Question 6

3 major Configuration models?

Answer 6

Composition Model: Configuration = set of software objects
Change Set Model: Configuration = bundle of changes
Long Transaction Model: Configuration = all changes are isolated into transactions

Question 7

Rule-Based Configuration Building

Answer 7

Baseline: No version, no selection needed
Developer: Select all versions checked out by me
Cautious developer: Select last baseline
Reconfiguration: Select according to…
Time machine: -||-
New Release: -||-

Question 8

What are some tools used in Configuration

Answer 8

SVN
Friends
Make