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Ilya V. Yakovlev
This book is a description of a software configuration management system called Vesta. Vesta was designed by researchers at Compaq/Digital Systems Research Center to solve the problems of repeatability, incrementality, and consistency. Repeatability addresses the need to reproduce a previous build of a software system. Incrementality allows for the reuse of previous builds and leads to faster, yet reliable builds. Consistency helps ensure that all derived files are up to date, relative to the originals. Vesta is applicable in large software development environments where code is compiled and the aforementioned problems need to be addressed. Open source code is available for download for Linux and Unix environments. An introductory chapter provides a refresher on the Unix system, outlines system components, and provides a description of Vesta. A separate chapter discusses other software packages that are competitors to Vesta, including tightly integrated development suites and standalone tools. Another chapter includes a discussion of Vesta's performance. The authors describe the system's performance as being equal to or better than the popular Make tool. The concluding chapter describes popular uses of Vesta, its benefits, its limitations and costs. Appendix A is a Vesta software development language reference manual. Appendix B points the reader to the Vesta Web site for additional information. The text is essentially a how-to guide for Vesta. It is comprised of 262 pages that span 12 chapters, two appendices, a convenient index, and 62 appropriate references. The book's primary audience is Linux and Unix software developers working with large compiled software systems and looking for repeatability, incrementality, and consistency in their software builds. Online Computing Reviews Service
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