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Synchronizing software variants with VariantSync
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Publikationsdatum
2016-09-16
Sprache
English
Institut
TORE-URI
First published in
Volume
16-23-September-2016
Start Page
329
End Page
332
Citation
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (16-23-September-2016): 329-332 (2016-09-16)
Contribution to Conference
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84991672348
Developing and managing software variants is a key challenge in today's software development. Due to conflicting requirements, software is developed in multiple variants to satisfy the needs of individual customers. While software product lines allow the efficient development of a high number of variants, many projects in industrial software development start with few variants, where each variant is developed separately. Unfortunately, for an increasing number of variants, this clone-and-own approach becomes error-prone and unprofitable regarding synchronization of changes between variants. With VariantSync, we demonstrate a tool to reduce the gap between clone-and-own and product lines by automating the synchronization of software variants and simplifying a potential later transition to a product line.
Schlagworte
Clone-and-own
Evolution
Software product lines
DDC Class
600: Technik