VECT : Versions, Environments, Collections, Trees
by Jeff Blaine
What is VECT?
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VECT is a rewrite and reworking of Carnegie Mellon University's
Environment Maintenance Tool. VECT provides a framework for managing
software releases. It permits administrators to roll out software to
their users in a controlled manner by allowing for:
o Trees of software
o Different 'environments' associated with trees. For example,
one could point the majority of users at the 'stable' environment
but point bleeding edge users and administrators at the
'development' environment, on a per-tree basis. Once software has
been tested well, it can be released to the 'stable' environment.
o History. Unless specifically deleted from within VECT, software that
was released to a tree N years ago and superceded by a newer version
is still available for re-release.
More Information
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VECT is released under the GNU Public License and is (c) Copyright
2000 The MITRE Corporation.
Topics such as "Why rewrite EMT?" and "What are the differences
between EMT and VECT?" are covered (among other things) at the
VECT homepage:
http://vect.sourceforge.net/
