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Software Configuration Management: State of the Art, State of the Practice

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System Configuration Management (SCM 1999)

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Which are the open problems in Software Configuration Management SCM? The purpose of this paper is to ignite a discussion on current and future SCM directions. Based on the findings of a Dagstuhl Seminar on the current state of Software Engineering, we assess the state of SCM with the goal to identity effective SCM tasks and solutions, to establish a core body of SCM knowledge, and to denote remaining real-world SCM problems.

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  1. Informatik Gemeinschaft für Unternehmensberatung, Rütistrasse 9, CH-5401, Baden, Switzerland

    Karol Frühauf

  2. Universität Passau Lehrstuhl für Softwaresysteme, Innstraße 33, D-94032, Passau, Germany

    Andreas Zeller

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Frühauf, K., Zeller, A. (1999). Software Configuration Management: State of the Art, State of the Practice. In: System Configuration Management. SCM 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1675. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48253-9_15

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