Software version management system
First Claim
1. A software version management system for automatically collecting and recompiling updated versions of component software objects comprising a software program for operation on a plurality of personal computers coupled together in a distributed software environment via a local area network and wherein said objects include the source and binary files for various of said software program and are stored in various different local and remote storage means through said environment, said component software objects being periodically updated via environment editing means by various users at said personal computers and stored in designated storage means, said system including:
- models comprising system objects,each of said models representative of the source versions of a particular component software object,each of said models containing object pointers including a unique name of the object, a unique identifier descriptive of the cronological updating of its current version, information as to an object'"'"'s dependencies on other objects and a pathname representative of the residence storage means of the object,means in said editing means to notify said management system when any one of said objects is being edited by a user,means in said management system in response to notification of object editing to track said edited objects and alter their respective models to the current version thereof,said management system upon command adapted to retieve and recompile said source files corresponding to said altered models and load the binary files of said altered component software objects and their dependent objects into said computers.
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Abstract
A software version management system, also called system modeller, provides for automatically collecting and recompiling updated versions of component software objects comprising a software program for operation on a plurality of personal computers coupled together in a distributed software environment via a local area network. The component software objects include the source and binary files for the software program, which stored in various different local and remote storage means through the environment. The component software objects are periodically updated, via a system editor, by various users at their personal computers and then stored in designated storage means. The management system includes models which are also objects. Each of the models is representative of the source versions of a particular component software object and contain object pointers including a unique name of the object, a unique identifier descriptive of the cronological updating of its current version, information as to an object'"'"'s dependencies on other objects and a pathname representative of the residence storage means of the object. Means are provided in the system editor to notify the management system when any one of the objects is being edited by a user and the management system is responsive to such notification to track the edited objects and alter their respective models to the current version thereof.
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1. A software version management system for automatically collecting and recompiling updated versions of component software objects comprising a software program for operation on a plurality of personal computers coupled together in a distributed software environment via a local area network and wherein said objects include the source and binary files for various of said software program and are stored in various different local and remote storage means through said environment, said component software objects being periodically updated via environment editing means by various users at said personal computers and stored in designated storage means, said system including:
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models comprising system objects, each of said models representative of the source versions of a particular component software object, each of said models containing object pointers including a unique name of the object, a unique identifier descriptive of the cronological updating of its current version, information as to an object'"'"'s dependencies on other objects and a pathname representative of the residence storage means of the object, means in said editing means to notify said management system when any one of said objects is being edited by a user, means in said management system in response to notification of object editing to track said edited objects and alter their respective models to the current version thereof, said management system upon command adapted to retieve and recompile said source files corresponding to said altered models and load the binary files of said altered component software objects and their dependent objects into said computers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for automatically collecting updated versions of component software modules together which comprise a software program operative on a plurality of computers, said computers coupled together in a distributed software environment via a local area network and wherein said modules are stored in various different local and remote storage means throughout said environment and comprising the steps of
creating models representative of said modules, each of said models containing object pointers comprising a unique name of the module, a unique identifier descriptive of the chronological updating of its current version, information as to a module'"'"'s dependencies on other modules in the software program and a pathname representative of the residence storage means where the module resides, monitoring the editor facilities of said computers to determine when a module is being edited to form an updated version thereof, altering the model to reflect said updated version upon completion of editing.
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