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How the software company manages different version of Programs?


Most of the software company have old software which continue maintain, and they also develop current / new software. How they manage different versions of program? Is there any tools to help developers maintain software version? thz


Solution

  • In general, people use what is called software configuration management software, which usually includes a version control system like Subversion, Mercurial, git, Visual SourceSafe, et cetera and a project management suite such as Trac, Bugzilla, Google Code, SourceForge and the like. There are about a million options here.

    Personally, I'm a big fan of the Mercurial and Trac combination, but lots of people live by Subversion (and people love git, too).