bzs@xenna.encore.com (Barry Shein) (01/24/89)
Call for Papers Workshop on Software Management New Orleans Hilton and Towers New Orleans, LA April 3-4, 1989 David Tilbrook and Barry Shein will be chairing a workshop in New Orleans, LA on Monday and Tuesday, April 3-4, 1989. The workshop will concern the manage- ment and processing of source; the discipline of manag- ing, maintaining, and distributing software. The ulti- mate objective of software management is unremarkable and painless installation of software and its subse- quent upgrades at a remote site. The objective of the workshop is to present, discuss, and increase awareness of the issues involved with software management, in order to improve and facilitate the distribution and sharing of source throughout the UNIX community. Possible topics include: Release engineering Configuration management Installation tools and techniques Construction tools and techniques Source code control systems Testing The workshop will include full length papers, short presentations, and a panel discussion on tools (e.g., is PCTE a good or viable idea?). Among the speakers already scheduled are: Vic Stenning (keynote), Steve Bourne, Andrew Hume, Kirk McKusick, and Evi Nemeth. Abstracts of 350-700 words in PostScript or troff for- mat should be submitted to software@usenix, by January 25th, 1989. Full papers will be required by March 2nd, 1989. Authors will be notified by Febuary 6th, 1989 or at the San Diego Conference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nroff -me version (suitable for framing, please post) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .in +1i .ce 5 .sz 18 Call for Papers .b .sp .5 Workshop on Software Management .r .sz 14 .sp .5 New Orleans Hilton and Towers .sp .2 New Orleans, LA .sz 12 .sp .5 April 3-4, 1989 .sz .sp David Tilbrook and Barry Shein will be chairing a workshop in New Orleans, LA on Monday and Tuesday, April 3-4, 1989. The workshop will concern the management and processing of source; the discipline of managing, maintaining, and distributing software. The ultimate objective of software management is unremarkable and painless installation of software and its subsequent upgrades at a remote site. The objective of the workshop is to present, discuss, and increase awareness of the issues involved with software management, in order to improve and facilitate the distribution and sharing of source throughout the UNIX community. .sp Possible topics include: .sp .5 .in +1i .nf Release engineering Configuration management Installation tools and techniques Construction tools and techniques Source code control systems Testing .fi .in -1i .sp The workshop will include full length papers, short presentations, and a panel discussion on tools (e.g., is PCTE a good or viable idea?). .sp Among the speakers already scheduled are: Vic Stenning (keynote), Steve Bourne, Andrew Hume, Kirk McKusick, and Evi Nemeth. .sp Abstracts of 350-700 words in PostScript or troff format should be submitted to \fBsoftware@usenix\fP, by January 25th, 1989. Full papers will be required by March 2nd, 1989. Authors will be notified by Febuary 6th, 1989 or at the San Diego Conference.