Software Integration and Distribution: Overview
This section documents all the procedures and tools used for releasing the gCube system. It is intended as the central access point to information about the integration, validation, and distribution of the system for developers, software testers, release managers, and for any other actor involved in the development of the system (see Software_Integration_and_Distribution:_Roles).
Given the large size of the gCube system, its high degree of modularity and the number of developers involved in the implementation, a set of procedures that formalize and simplify the integration, test, documentation and distribution of the software have been defined. These procedures coordinate the actions and the timing of the different actors to achieve the desired result. Section Release Procedures provides a detailed description of each procedure by listing actors and their responsibilities for each step of each procedure.
Activities in release procedures are highly automated and supported by several tools described in section Release Tools.
Release Roles
Release Tools
- SCM Tools
- Building tools
- Tracking System - Redmine
- Testing Infrastructure
- Documentation
- Distribution Site
Release Procedures
- Continuous Integration
- Major/Minor Release Cycle
- Maintenance Release Cycle
- Documentation Writing guidelines
- Distribution procedure
Test Plan