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Configuration Management Tools FAQ



Frequently Asked Questions about Software Configuration Management Tools.

This FAQ about Software Configuration Management Tools was compiled and written by Dave Eaton dwe@arde.com with numerous contributions by others.

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This document, as a collection of information, is Copyright 1995-2001 by Dave Eaton. It may be freely redistributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the written permission of the copyright holder. This article is provided as is without any express or implied warranty. The content is the sole responsibility of the author and contributors, and does not necessarily represent the position of their employers nor an official position or opinion of any company. Please contact the FAQ editor regarding changes.

-01 Summary (comp.software.config-mgmt)
-02 Abbreviations Used (comp.software.config-mgmt)
-03 Process versus Configuration Management
Vendors Don't Always ...
-04 Commercial Vendor Contact List (comp.software.config-mgmt)
-05 "Free" But Perhaps Not Fully Supported (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
There are a number of tools generally available at no charge - ...
-06 /BriefCase Toolkit (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
The /BriefCase 3 Toolkit expands the basic capabilities of ...
-07 Emacs Offers Extensions For Version Control (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
While not a CM tool in itself, Emacs 19 includes a mode called VC ...
-08 Aegis (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
Aegis is a project change supervisor distributed under the GNU ...
-09 BCS (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
BCS stands for Baseline Configuration System. It was written by ...
-10 CVS (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
CVS (Concurrent Versions System), which requires RCS (built in ...
-11 GNU CSSC (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
An test release of GNU CSSC version 0.09 is available. This is ...
-12 ICE (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
Its authors report that the Incremental Configuration Engine (ICE) ...
-13 ODE (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
The OSF Development Environment (ODE) from the Open Group is ...
-14 Project Revision Control System (PRCS) (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
PRCS, the Project Revision Control System is the front end to a set ...
-15 RCS (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
RCS (Revision Control System) is often considered to be better ...
-16 rcsview - RCS and CVS file viewer (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
Written in Tcl, rcsview is a companion tool that allows you to ...
-17 SCCS (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
SCCS (Source Code Control System) is comes with most ...
-18 ShapeTools (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
The shape toolkit (ShapeTools) is a set of commands for ...
-19 Subversion (Version Control Systems Generally Available "Free)
The Subversion project (available under an Apache/BSD-style ...
-20 Tools to "make" or "build" Software
While these are not CM tools in the general sense, the make or ...
-21 Growing Number On Market (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
With an increased emphasis on software development costs, ...
-22 +1CM (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
+1CM from +1 Software Engineering is one of fourteen ...
-23 AccuRev/CM (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
AccuRev(tm), from AccuRev Inc. (formerly Ede Development Enterprises)...
-24 AllChange (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
AllChange is a full-featured configuration management and ...
-25 CCC/Harvest, CCC/Manager, CCC QuikTrak (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
The Change and Configuration Control (CCC) family of change ...
-26 ClearCase (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
ClearCase, by Rational (formerly Pure Atria) was designed by ...
-27 CM Synergy (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
CM Synergy from Telelogic (which acquired Continuus Software Corp.,...
-28 CMF (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Configuration Management Facility (CMF) supports a hierarchy ...
-29 Code Co-op (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Reliable Software's Code Co-op is a server-less version control ...
-30 CMS and MMS (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Included in Digital Equipments Corp.'s DECset are CMS and MMS. CMS:...
-31 CMVC (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
IBM Configuration Management and Version Control (CMVC) is ...
-32 CMZ (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
CMZ is a code and text manager for all programming and text ...
-33 CONTROL-CS (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Network Concepts began offering an SCM tool called CONTROL to ...
-34 Corporate RCS (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Corporate RCS by Thompson Automation Software manages ...
-35 Disciplined Software Management (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Disciplined Software Management by Saint Mavris Technology is ...
-36 DRTS (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
The Distributed Revision Tracking System (DRTS) by ILSI ...
-37 DSEE (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Domain Software Engineering Environment (DSEE - pronounced dizzy) ...
-38 ExcoConf (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
ExcoConf by Excosoft AB is reportedly a high-end SCM tool ...
-39 Endevor Workstation (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Endevor Workstation from Computer Associates Intnl. automates ...
-40 FtpVC (FTP Version Control) (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
FtpVC (FTP Version Control) is a simple shareware MS Windows 95 ...
-41 HOPE (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
HOPE is an object-oriented team programming environment for C/C++ ...
-42 NeumaCM+ (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
NeumaCM+ from Neuma Technology Inc. provides Configuration Management,...
-43 PCM (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Tesseract Technology is a small South African company with a suite ...
-44 PERFORCE (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
PERFORCE by Perforce Software is a client/server system ...
-45 PVCS (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
PVCS by MERANT (formed by the combination of Micro Focus ...
-46 QEF Software Process Automation System (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
QEF from Advanced Software Inc. is a commercial product which ...
-47 Quma Version Control System (QVCS) (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Author Jim Voris (jimv@clark.net) reports that although QVCS is not ...
-48 RAZOR (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
RAZOR from Visible Systems Corporation (formerly from Tower Concepts)...
-49 RCE (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
DuraSoft is now the marketing partner of Mr. Walter F. Tichy, ...
-50 SABLIME (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
SABLIME by Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T Software Solutions)...
-51 Serena ChangeMan DS (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Serena ChangeMan DS (formerly known as eChangeMan and before that ...
-52 Serena ChangeMan ZMF (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Serena Change Man ZMF, by Serena Software, Inc. is a process-based ...
-53 Software Configuration Library Manager (SCLM) (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
SCLM by IBM is a component of ISPF, which is which is part of OS/...
-54 Software Manager (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Software Manager from Vertical Sky, wholly-owned group of Mortice ...
-55 Source Code Manager (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Source Code Manager (SCM), from UniPress Software Inc, is ...
-56 SourceOffSite (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
SourceOffSite by SourceGear Corporation is a 3rd party add-on ...
-57 StarTeam (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
StarTeam by StarBase Corporation offers common version ...
-58 TeamConnection (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
IBM's VisualAge TeamConnection Enterprise Server is a repository-...
-59 TeamSite (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Interwoven's TeamSite is a CM product specifically designed ...
-60 TeamWare (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
SPARCworks/TeamWare from SunSoft is a visual code ...
-61 TLIB (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
TLIB by Burton System Software provides version control for PC users....
-62 TRUEchange (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
TRUEchange (formerly known as Aide-de-Camp or ADC) from TRUE ...
-63 VisualEnabler (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Visual Enabler from Softlab (a subsidiary of auto maker BMW) is ...
-64 Visual SourceSafe (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
SourceSafe provides for true project level configuration control. ...
-65 MainSoft Visual SourceSafe for UNIX (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
SourceSafe was originally written for the PC. Mainsoft used ...
-66 Metrowerks Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Metrowerks produces the Macintosh version of Visual SourceSafe. It ...
-67 Voodoo (Commercial Configuration Management Tools)
Voodoo is a version management tool for the management of projects ...
-68 Tools Related To Configuration Management
Embedded In Other ...
-69 CM Tools With World Wide Web Sites
As the popularity and accessibility of the World Wide Web (WWW) ...
-70 I have heard about this group (comp.software.config-mgmt) from cross-postings in other groups, but it's not in my news offering. How can I get it?
Talk to your local system administrator. All sites do ...
-71 What is (Software) Configuration Management (CM or SCM)?
There are a number of different interpretations. For purposes ...
-72 How does Problem Management relate to Configuration Management?
Many organizations choose to integrate their problem management ...
-73 Where else can I look for configuration management information?
Topics related to software configuration management are ...
-74 How can a vendor get information into the product summaries? (Configuration Management Tools)
If you know of a tool you believe should be represented in one ...
-75 What user and vendor comments are appropriate here? (comp.software.config-mgmt)
Heated discussions often have been raised in this ...
-76 How do I reconfigure my PC or its applications?
Although questions about PC hardware configurations, changes ...
-77 How can I do CM in a mixed platform network?
The basic setup is that you put your source code repository on ...
-78 Will a sophisticated CM system solve my problems?
Discussed in many forms on this newsgroup, the simple answer is no,...
-79 How should a CM system relate to process enforcement?
This is a very controversial topic and many good discussions ...
-80 What is the "best" CM tool to use?
This is a loaded question without an answer. The real answer ...
-81 How should I version control my Web site?
This is a special case of SCM and may be a bit outside ...
-82 Are job postings permitted in this newsgroup? (comp.software.config-mgmt)
The consensus of the readers of this newsgroup is to permit short,...
-83 What is the history of Revison Control and Configuration Management?
This subject would take more room than is possible in the FAQ. ...
-84 How can a user add information to this FAQ? (comp.software.config-mgmt)
This did not used to be a question anyone asked, since USENET ...
-85 What are the benefits of SCM?
This question arises in several forms. Sometimes it is what ...
-86 Books About Configuration Management
(Hal Render maintains a bibliography of books and articles on SCM,...
-87 May I post specific questions about ClearCase here?
Yes, you may post them here and are quite likely to get an answer....
-88 Is there a tutorial someplace on RCS?
Try executing 'man rcsintro'. It comes with rcs. Also try to ...
-89 Is there a tool to convert SCCS data to RCS format?
There is a GNU csh script named sccs2rcs which does this. Check ...
-90 Why do I get Ctrl-M characters in my CVS files?
This seems to happen when a user checks out files from a ...







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