Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration

Chapter 20. Referenced Patterns

Photo by Stephen P. Berczuk, © 2001.

1790s English-style barn. Union, Maine. October 2001.

This chapter provides a brief summary of patterns from other sources that we reference in this book.

Named Stable Bases

This pattern was originally published in “A Generative Development Process Pattern Language” (Coplien 1995).

Intent: How frequently do you integrate? Stabilize system interfaces no more than once a week. Other software can be changed and integrated more frequently (summary is from The Pattern Almanac 2000 (Rising 2000)).

Daily Build and Smoke Test

This pattern was originally published in “A Generative Development ...