Archive for November, 2009
Subversion Guru training course – update
Posted by Mark in Subversion on November 19, 2009
Some of you may be aware that I have been spending a considerable amount of time since February working on a Subversion training course. As with many projects this one turned out to be more work than I anticipated, I fear my ambitions for the project somewhat overtook my capacity to complete all the work. [...]
Differentiating Configuration Items from Components
Posted by Mark in CMCrossroads, Configuration Management, Plain Old Blog, Software Configuration Management on November 17, 2009
Configuration management literature is replete with references to something called a ‘configuration item’ and most attempt to explain what a configuration item is. Despite this there remains confusion. “Should all files in my software system be a configuration item?” is a common enough question to raise concern that the concept of configuration item is not [...]