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From: rterek@pitstop.UUCP (Robert Terek)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Software Maintenance for the UNIX Operating System
Keywords: unix maintenance
Message-ID: <293@pitstop.UUCP>
Date: 9 Dec 88 06:17:27 GMT
References: <21896@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: rterek@pitstop.UUCP (Robert Terek)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA.
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In article <21896@apple.Apple.COM> earlw@apple.com (Earl Wallace) writes:
>I'm looking for final solution in maintaining UNIX source code.  I know about
>SCCS, RCS, Make and NewMake, but I was wondering if there is something out
>there that goes beyond these programs.  Maybe a database-driven software
>maintenance system that keeps all module information in the database
>and allows you to build any release of your UNIX software at anytime.  


I've often wondered about this, especially after using Apollo Computer's
DSEE system (Domain Software Engineering Environment). DSEE is much more
sophisticated than make/sccs (build according to a "thread", distributed
building, etc.), it's too bad it only runs under AEGIS. Does anyone know
if Apollo plans to port DSEE to UNIX? Has anyone else designed a software
maintenance tool that approaches DSEE in functionality, but runs under
UNIX?


Bob Terek
Contractor, Sun Microsystems
rterek@sun.com